I’m in Love with the Villainess Episode 4: Magic Mite

Time to meet the GOAT of the show (or so I’ve seen several times from fans). Don’t tell me why though.

We joined our heroines in Magic class. Having “plread” this scene many times Rae wasn’t paying much attention so Claire made sure she did.

During target practice as Rae narrated the lesson to viewers, aka she stared off into the clouds, Misha told her not to slack off just because she’s a dual-caster. Rae tried to use a portion of her magic but even that was awesome. As we know standing out wasn’t what she wanted at all. Fortunately her beloved refused to be outdone by the lovesick protag which turned Rae on something fierce.

Loved this joke about Misha pretending she didn’t know Rae and Claire as she walked off “South Park style”. A little later Rae did it too. I know some people will be all “But OG. South Park weren’t first ones to use the ‘stick walk’.” True, but like Meduka Meguca and BOCCHI THE ROCK it’s the mainstream’s first exposure to it.

I need not delve into this class because as a JRPG fan this is basic knowledge. I assume many of my fans and frequent visitors here have played at least a few in their lifetime. More importantly as Rae practiced Earth magic Claire showed off her sexy flames yet again to our heroine’s glee.

One thing worth mentioning about the lesson was the focus on Claire when the professor mentioned that although Water Magic had healing powers it couldn’t revive the dead. Since we only met her father so far I had a hunch where this could be going. Can’t confirm yet but we’ll see. Something else was alluded to but for now I’ll wait and see how events unfold.

Moving right along the Brothers Prince saw our heroines bicker and gave us the classic “You must be really good friends” joke. After denying it Claire asked for Frosty Balls. As she gazed at him and Rae felt annoyed the other bros commended her magic skills and asked if she considered joining the Academy Knights by taking the exam. Despite their impressive description Rae summed up the elite group as just a fancy fantasy themed seitokai. Because it mainly served to reward players with more CGs of the bros she obviously wasn’t interested…until they asked if she wanted to become Claire’s knight.

Princely X Princess Yuri. That’s all Rae needed to hear.

Claire thought she pulled a fast one on Rae by announcing she too would take the “Seitokai” exam.

“ZOMG! BADASS OJOU-SAMA KNIGHT CLAIRE! Be still my beating heart!”

Seriously, ojou-sama knights in anime are HAWT!

Earlier in the episode we got a silhouette of what looked like two Slimes in the nearby woods. One student dodged a Fireball and it seemed to hit the big Slime causing it to grow. In this world monsters are creatures powered up and mutated by magic crystal thingies or something like that.

The professor tried to fight it but despite being a tri-caster he didn’t know Earth magic but Rae did and lent a hand surprising him with her already advanced magic. This was all thanks to Rae playing this boss event multiple times. Not often you see a turn-based RPG battle minigame in an otome dating sim. Despite their best efforts Rae had a feeling the students going all out wouldn’t be enough to beat it and she’s right.

As the students were all caught in its tentacles Rae was worried…because this was an event that would win players Plus Points with the Prince of choice. Agonizing over the choice Rae hoped fate would intervene as she called out to her one true savior.

Unfortunately she forgot said savior got caught too. On the bright side she remembered the best part of the Frosty Balls rescue CG. Fortunately ol’ Picha Frio was there to energize the ojou-sama of our dreams as they teamed up.

She wasn’t wearing armor but Claire’s certainly a badass ojou-sama. Rae’s blessed.

#ClaireIsLove

Very important.

While everyone praised the pair for saving them Rae went elsewhere. In the game it’s revealed the giant Slime was a mom protecting her baby from the Fireball. Because “monsters” it’d be hard to stop the fight so the best course of action was to adopt the baby Slime as her familiar, Ralaire. Yup, the main future couple’s ship name. Again I don’t know why it’s the “GOAT of all GOATS” yet but surely it’s more than its undeniable cuteness and name origin. We’ll see what happens.

As they left the forest Rae saw something she dreaded. Claire earning Frosty Points. As she’s about to run from a sight that would haunt her for years to come she’s spared by a twig. Rae got to enjoy Claire worried for her safety.

Earlier in the episode Claire asked why Rae didn’t think much of the teachers praising her strong magic potential to which she jokingly said “the only one whose praise I’d care about is yours Miss Claire.”

.

.

.

.

.

She wasn’t joking as seen here when Claire gave her a “That’ll do pig. That’ll do” compliment.

After the ED Misha discovered Ralaire and Rae convinced her to become her auntie. They tried to keep her a secret as long as they could but her future other mom eventually found out. Misha looked lovely in her jammies BTW.

Great stuff as usual. Next time it’s the “Seitokai” exam.