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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

TV·2020–2021·2 seasons, 24 episodes·MBS·Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy·24m·7.5

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Wealthy heiress Catarina Claes is hit in the head with a rock and recovers the memories of her past life. It turns out the world she lives in is the world of the game Fortune Lover, an otome game she was obsessed with in her past life... but she's been cast as the villain character who tries to foil the protagonist's romances!

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  1. 01My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E04I Had a Friendly Tea Time With an Attractive Butler...S02E04 · 8.5The one behind the kidnapping of Catarina Claes turns out to be someone that nobody expected. Catarina is shocked to learn the true reason why he kidnapped her, but he's so moved by her cheerful demeanor that he begins to tell her more and more about himself. As he does, Catarina proposes an idea...
  2. 02My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E01I Avoided My Doom Flags, So I Got Carried Away at the Cultural Festival...S02E01 · 8.0Catarina Claes, the daughter of a duke, successfully avoided all of her doom flags and is now enjoying her school life. One day, she learns that the school festival is coming up, and she's psyched to experience it. Geordo and the other student council members are swamped with festival preparations, so Catarina is left on her own to wonder what kinds of foods she'll find at the event.
  3. 03My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E03I Was Captured...S02E03 · 8.0Catarina is kidnapped by someone while on her way to the ball, but after awakening in an unfamiliar room, she struggles to fully grasp her situation and doesn't seem to realize she's been kidnapped. Even when the kidnapper shows up to see her in person and she asks why she was kidnapped, her questions are easily dodged. Meanwhile, Geordo receives a letter from the kidnapper and immediately begins an investigation to find and rescue Catarina.

Castfull cast & details

Maaya UchidaMaaya UchidaCatarina Claes (voice)Shouta AoiShouta AoiGeordo Stuart (voice)Tetsuya KakiharaTetsuya KakiharaKeith Claes (voice)Tatsuhisa SuzukiTatsuhisa SuzukiAlan Stuart (voice)Yoshitsugu MatsuokaYoshitsugu MatsuokaNicol Ascart (voice)Saori HayamiSaori HayamiMaria Campbell (voice)Toshiki MasudaToshiki MasudaSirius Dieke / Raphael Wolt (voice)Takehito KoyasuTakehito KoyasuJeffrey Stuart (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2020Aired 7.2Season avg
  1. S01E01My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S01E01I Recalled the Memories of My Past Life...April 5, 2020 7.6After a hard knock to the head, Catarina Claes regains all of her memories from her previous life as a modern-day high schooler and realizes
  2. S01E02My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S01E02A Prince Challenged Me to a Fight...April 12, 2020 7.5One day, as Catarina is hard at work trying to avoid her own destruction flags, she's invited to a tea party hosted by the daughters of the
  3. S01E03My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S01E03Met a Beautiful Brother and Sister...April 19, 2020 7.5Catarina is immersed in a romance novel when she finds out she's been invited to a tea party hosted by Geordo and Alan at the palace. She's
  4. S01E04My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S01E04I Enrolled in the Magic Academy...April 26, 2020 7.4Catarina finally meets Maria Campbell, the heroine of the otome game, and redoubles her efforts to avoid triggering her destruction flags. M
  5. S01E05My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S01E05Season's bestI Visited the Heroine's Parents' House...May 3, 2020 7.8Catarina has completely fallen for Maria's charm, and she advances their friendship by coming to the rescue when some overbearing noble girl
  6. S01E06My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S01E06I Had Fun Over Summer Vacation...May 10, 2020 7.0Catarina has successfully(?) avoided triggering her own doom thus far, and now she's enjoying a summer vacation spent doing all kinds of pre
  7. S01E07My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S01E07I Entered a Dangerous Dungeon...May 17, 2020 7.2With summer vacation over, Catarina and the others are gearing up for a practical exam. The condition to pass is to retrieve a stone inhabit
  8. S01E08My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S01E08I Became Engulfed by Desire...May 24, 2020 6.5On her way to the east building library to find some reference books, Catarina joins up with the usual gang, and they decide to have a study
  9. S01E09My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S01E09Things Got Crazy at a Slumber Party...May 31, 2020 6.5Anne Shelley is Catarina's personal maid, and is dedicated to serving her every need around the clock. Catarina is always surrounded by frie
  10. S01E10My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S01E10The Moment of My Doom Arrived... Part 1June 7, 2020 6.5Catarina is suddenly faced with her own "judgment event." The cafeteria is abuzz, leaving Catarina's mind in a panic as she suspects her doo
  11. S01E11My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S01E11The Moment of My Doom Arrived... Part 2June 14, 2020 7.5There's still no sign of Maria anywhere, and now Catarina has fallen into a deep sleep during which she dreams of her past life. Meanwhile,
  12. S01E12My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S01E12The Final Event Has Begun...June 21, 2020 7.5Catarina and the others have found the imprisoned Maria, and at last they confront the one behind her disappearance. How will this confronta

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2021Aired 7.4Season avg
  1. S02E01My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E01I Avoided My Doom Flags, So I Got Carried Away at the Cultural Festival...July 3, 2021 8.0Catarina Claes, the daughter of a duke, successfully avoided all of her doom flags and is now enjoying her school life. One day, she learns
  2. S02E02My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E02I Turned Into a Villain...July 10, 2021 7.8One of the actors in the play being put on by the student council is injured, and the search is on for an emergency stand-in. As the opening
  3. S02E03My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E03I Was Captured...July 17, 2021 8.0Catarina is kidnapped by someone while on her way to the ball, but after awakening in an unfamiliar room, she struggles to fully grasp her s
  4. S02E04My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E04Season's bestI Had a Friendly Tea Time With an Attractive Butler...July 24, 2021 8.5The one behind the kidnapping of Catarina Claes turns out to be someone that nobody expected. Catarina is shocked to learn the true reason w
  5. S02E05My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E05Love for the Younger Brothers Poured Forth...July 31, 2021 7.0The day after the resolution of Catarina Claes's kidnapping, the first prince, Jeffrey Stuart, passionately speaks of his love for his young
  6. S02E06My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E06I Had a Summer Adventure...August 6, 2021 7.0Catarina is overwhelmed by Geordo's suddenly passionate advances. Since she had no romantic experience in her previous life, either, she has
  7. S02E07My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E07My Wish Was Granted...August 13, 2021 7.0Raphael Wolt, an employee at the Department of Magic, welcomes Catarina and her friends for a tour of the facility. Lana leads them in an ex
  8. S02E08My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E08I Had an Arranged Marriage Meeting...August 20, 2021 7.5Nicol makes the decision to go through with an arranged marriage. Although he meets many prospective partners, all he can think about while
  9. S02E09My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E09Keith Disappeared... Part 1August 27, 2021 7.0Catarina is feeling thrown off by her sudden awareness of Geordo, so when she's back at home during a break from school, she spends her time
  10. S02E10My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E10Keith Disappeared... Part 2September 3, 2021 7.0Catarina and a few of her friends set out on a journey to find Keith, assisted by Larna. Catarina still believes Keith left because of her.
  11. S02E11My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E11Keith Disappeared... Part 3September 10, 2021 7.0Upon learning that Keith was kidnapped, Catarina heads to the mansion that Alexander indicated to save him. The group enters the mansion eve
  12. S02E12My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S02E12My Graduation Ceremony Happened...September 17, 2021 7.0Catarina Claes is finally graduating from the Magic Academy. Catarina reflects on the past two years as she talks with all of her precious f

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