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I finished Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte. I skipped it earlier this year because it seemed like it would be an examination of a typical villainess story. It's about two people in the real world commentating on a visual novel, after all, and then their voices magically start influencing people inside the game. I'd never really watched a villainess anime before despite how many there are now, so I was worried I wouldn't appreciate the subversive premise. Since I've been watching the currently airing "I'm in Love with the Villainess", though, I finally felt comfortable going back to this one.

I'm glad I watched this, too, because it was really good! All of the characters were great individually, each with a lot of depth and development. More importantly, it was also easy to get invested in their relationships with each other. Endo and Kobayashi were a lot of fun together, but so were Sieg and Lieselotte. The tsundere villainess herself managed to be endearing (rather than annoying, which is one of my big problems with the currently airing "I'm in Love with the Villainess"... like, I could actually see why people might actually like Lieselotte). The anime had a lot of cute moments between the various couples. It also managed to build a compelling story about the threat of a "Bad End" to the game that the commentators desperately wanted to avoid. I really loved all of those meta aspects to the story.

Overall, this was a great anime. It makes me want to go back and watch a few more of those other Villainess shows from the last few years. There are just so many choices! "My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!", "I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss", "The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior"... I'm sure the list goes on.