Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte

Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte is a really different otome/villainess anime. Two Japanese students connecting with an otome game world was something really unique. The main core is unity and love as the answer to problems , or at least that’s how I interpreted it, especially because of the ending. Fortunately, this is a fully animated story. I mean, the entire main story was adapted from the light novel, which is a rarity in this genre. First of all, the animation is where I have some issues. It’s not that good, to be honest. Sometimes it feels weird, particularly in thescenes set in Japan. In the otome world, however, it fulfills its function and doesn’t feel strange at all. Maybe most of the budget went into those scenes. The characters were a great surprise. Compared to other anime of this genre, the characters from the otome world feel like real characters. Lieselotte, Sieg, Fine and Baldur are characters with problems, insecurities and contradictions. Lieselotte’s development was great ;h er trauma and pain don’t disappear easily; it needs time, change and love. On the other hand, Kobayashi and Endo were great companions on this adventure. They are not archetypes; they feel like real people. The script is enjoyable, but it has some incoherences and things that don’t make complete sense, especially in the last part of the anime (the final four episodes). There are some deus ex machina moments. Still, it’s enough to carry a coherent and solid story. It’s well written in the sense that everything goes in one direction and the pacing is well measured : It doesn’t feel rushed or stretched out. Personally, the anime surprised me. I didn’t expect much after watching the first episode, but I decided to give it a chance. I’m a fan of villainess anime, and I’m glad to see a different one. I would dare to say it became my second favorite villainess anime, only after "I’m in Love with the Villainess". If you’re a fan of the otome setting, you should watch it. It’s a complete story, and like every story written with passion, it leaves a small pain or a feeling of emptiness in the chest.