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The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess (2025)

Animation · Comedy · Fantasy

Konoha Satou’s dark fictional past becomes her reality when she’s reincarnated as Iana Magnolia, the villainess of her own adolescent fantasy. Now as a role she meticulously designed to be despicable, remembering every last detail is now a matter of life and death. Will she be able to rewrite her character’s fate into something peaceful?

IMDb rating: 5.8 (412 votes)
Episode average: 7.3 +1.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Crunchyroll
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2025)

7.35 avg 12 episodes 7.1 → 7.1 24 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Magical Ability Is More Important Than Study Ability	7.1	50
2	A Lavish Ball Is Better than Obon Dancing	7.1	36
3	You're the One Who Sent Me the Dark History?	7.5	35
4	No Matter Who Dies, I'm Gonna End Up a Suspect	7.9	28
5	A Sick Person's Temperature Is Taken Forehead to Forehead	7.5	24
6	If the Suspect is Identified, Is Death a Certainty?	7.8	26
7	These Mental Images Are Rated for All Ages	7.0	25
8	"Original" Is a Magical Set of Letters	7.1	26
9	Self-Evaluations Are Unreliable	7.3	25
10	I Choose the Beauty of the Elves over the Normies of the Human World	7.4	22
11	A Life Is More Important Than Adoration!	7.4	21
12	Kindness, Strength, and the Man I Must Erase	7.1	20