The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs

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Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a particularly punishing dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life, which includes a complete playthrough of the very game in which he is now trapped. Watch Leon spark a revolution to change this new world in order to fulfill his ultimate desire…of living a quiet, easy life in the countryside!

Associated Names
One entry per line
MobuSeka
Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu
Otomege Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu
Thế Giới Otomegame Thật Khắc Nghiệt Với Nhân Vật Quần Chúng
Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs [Official Title]
乙女ゲー世界はモブに厳しい世界です
女性向遊戲世界對路人角色很不友好
Related Series
Ano Otomege wa Oretachi ni Kibishii Sekai desu (Same Franchise)
The World of Otome Game Too Tough for Mobs: Original Route (Spin-Off)
Recommendations
21st Century Archmage (8)
Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite (8)
To Be a Power in the Shadows! (WN) (7)
I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! (7)
The Regressor and the Blind Saint (6)
The Main Heroines are Trying to Kill Me (6)
Recommendation Lists
  1. good Harem
  2. Fun (Mainly) Fantasy
  3. Ones I want to remember
  4. Male mc in Otome game
  5. Best of jp

Latest Release

Date Group Release
09/21/21 Dobelyu Wai v7 ss if
09/14/21 Dobelyu Wai v7 ss
09/08/21 Dobelyu Wai v7 epilogue
09/08/21 Dobelyu Wai v7c13
08/31/21 Dobelyu Wai v7c12
08/24/21 Dobelyu Wai v7c11
08/17/21 Dobelyu Wai v7c10
08/10/21 Dobelyu Wai v7c9
08/04/21 Dobelyu Wai v7c8
07/27/21 Dobelyu Wai v7c7
07/21/21 Dobelyu Wai v7c6
07/13/21 Dobelyu Wai v7c5
07/06/21 Dobelyu Wai v7c4
06/23/21 Dobelyu Wai v7c3
06/15/21 Dobelyu Wai v7c2
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Kreate
Kreate rated it
November 30, 2022
Status: v6c1
Don't even bother with this garbage.

The MC is the typical cannot harm any other, but anyone can do what they want with me type. Which just becomes even worse over time as the plot and how characters act is contrived to a ridiculous degree in the later stages.

And then my main issue with the story is how you cannot find even a single competent character, it's completely ridiculous. Every single character is so ridiculously incompetent or just so plain awful of a person that it would seem like the author... more>> feeds on the stuff.

The power dynamic of the nation and what different families and characters have the power to do makes no sense.

Author pulled this one straight out of the shitter, don't waste your time. <<less
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ryuanmio
ryuanmio
October 7, 2020
Status: v6c4
An amazing story! Though honestly, at this point, I feel like the author should just make a separate novel based on the Marie Route... Still, I actually enjoy the SS plot more than the actual plot. It reveals a lot about the world setting that the original doesn’t mention or only skims through, and it is much more interesting to me!
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gman12567
gman12567 rated it
March 31, 2019
Status: --
This novel literally has all the worst things you can have concerning a Japanese MC he half asses everything he could of got the cheat like items sooner but he didn't care enough to bother too, concerning his knowledge of magic and fighting skills its been said he could do much better than he is but he doesn't care enough. He is a beta like most mc's but even worse he pushes all the girls away because of reason's like their too high class, too low class, he's just a... more>> mob character, or that they have too much potential at one point the main girl is distressed and is crying to the MC and he just walks out of the room cause he said he had nothing to say he also distanced himself from the main girl because she was protected by other guys despite neither them or her showing any interest in each other because according to him he's just a mob character. <<less
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darksideskna
darksideskna rated it
April 2, 2023
Status: v4
MC was a doormat in his previous life and is mob character in the new life, he has the mentality of a mob character and only reacts passively to situations, MC knows that there is another reincarnated person trying to usurp Protagonist but does nothing to hinder her and passively waits till she claims the title of saint.
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Shut it
Shut it rated it
September 13, 2022
Status: --
One of the most pu*sy MC I’ve read. He doesn’t kill, let other people hit him as they please, let people sh*t in his face and don’t care and the most annoying thing is he have the power to resist, but he doesn’t. Moreover, what the freaking hell is wrong with everyone in this novel!? He save their ass over and over agin, but they still call him tr*sh try to kill him again and again. Does it even make any sane!? And the noble and king as well as... more>> the prince, what the hell are you guys even doing!? When he being mistreated, when he framed you doesn’t even believe him even go to him and yell at him?? Why doesn’t any of them even try to help him at all?? Just what is the world is wrong with no this novel logic! Seriously, the novel start our well, but ruined thanks to the author masochist tendency for having MC suffers all the time. <<less
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psenk
psenk rated it
January 22, 2021
Status: v6
Until volume 3, the story is actually entertaining. As if it reaches the end of volume 4, it kinda went downhill.

It felt like a new season of tv series where the writer has been changed. A lot of characters development inconsistencies. Like throwing new characters without good pivot, one might say. Being dense is good, but purposely making MC dense, so the hype will be spectacular is kinda atrocious. All the supporting characters saying the MC dense, and none of them lay it out for the MC. Which is mind... more>> boggling.

Some of the relationship is so shallow, and that includes MC's bond with every girl despite all that focus on the female characters that has been progressed nicely within the first three volumes. So much potential. And a sudden yuri development, which is shallow fan service where none of the real progress is happening. They don't talk about feelings, and if they do, it was sorry-insert-statement. And all the point of confessing in the first place, just went poof.

Inconsistent characters, throwing out new shallow but supposingly deep characters, kinda threw me off. But there's some good stuff in this, especially you will fell how despicable and worrying society they have, and I think the author has made tremendous job. Felt like gritting my teeth over and over, and would say exceptionally happy when MC pulls through. But the thing is it really shines just the first three volumes.

After that, I feel like it bothers me with this characters. I understand the society is despicable and stuff, but I shouldn't be feeling the same to all the MC and other characters now do we? <<less
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Farrensiscon
Farrensiscon rated it
July 2, 2020
Status: v5 epilogue
Okay some 1 star reviewers have a real problem with feminist plot at the start. I hate feminist but this novel makes fun of it not promoting it. Yes at the start you think it's s*upid but it's a otome game plot.

Spoiler

later in the story it is shown that there is a sequel and in this sequel it's not a feminist and has a better plot that the first showing how shitty the first plot is

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Personally I like this story second two evil lord
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Scyferine8878
Scyferine8878 rated it
April 4, 2020
Status: v5 epilogue
Firstly I apologize if I make any grammatical errors and mistakes

Boi! This is one of the best isekai ever! Honestly does all 1 rating reviewers here

REALLY read the novel and understands it? MC is also one of the best protagonist in the isekai stories yeah sometimes he's hypocrite by the way of his thinking but his actions betrays it he is not really a coward likes 1 rating reviewers said if anything he is the one that do all the works for that kingdom, some 1 rating reviewers said that... more>> he is a beta for not kills the enemies lol he kills if necessary and not kills for fun.. The peoples he didn't kill is an important person so their existence is necessary, He is not really looking down on himself to the others but feels inferiority to his harem who will becomes a great persons in the future bcus he thinks that he will drags them down and steals their happiness but in the end he accepts their loves.. Gotta says the harem is actually done right. All the characters have their own's personalities and not a bland characters. The harem is not useless likes any other isekai stories and not forced romance either. The MC is not a beta and p*ssy, coward such as any other isekai stories MCs. His character developed well. I thought the Prince and his friends will be dumbs until the end of story but nope they got develops as the story progresses and not rushing, they are actually kinds but naives and easily manipulated also pushover. MC somehow got dragged in their sh*t and cleans their messed. The harem also fills with all the kind, cute, beautiful, and sweet girls and useful and helpful for the MC. MC is cunning, smart, kind (in evil way except for his harem), hard working, sly, humble (sometimes arrogant if it necessary), responsible, misunderstood, determines and caring. For Maria there are many haters for her but she got what she deserved after forced MC to finished the game that led him to his deathbed.
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      She already got chased out from her parent's house and got left by her husband and raised a child alone without her parents to helps. After that. She got reincarnated just to be in debts bcus of her new parents in isekai. In reality she's not really hating his brother but she has a brother complex, she just wants to be spoils by his brother (Leon) but he always ignored her and harshed on her that was why she messed with him to attracted his attentions before reincarnation.

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She gets better after that tho.. Idk what to say anymore but this novel is amazing.. MC also given up on his easy life as a commoner bcus he always get promoted by the bastard King but well the King also a necessary existence since he is the factor of MC's harem growing in numbers <<less
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ziki
ziki rated it
February 17, 2020
Status: v3c1
This is the kind of story that gets worse as you keep on going.

The story is full of idiots, or simply put it, unrealistic characters that don't use their brains.

That incudes MC who is basically, lazy, overpowered idiot whose actions have no consequences since his overpowered mech deals with everything for him. His overpowerness also compltely destroys the power system of the novel. In second volume there is already the most powerful enemy that MC encountered in the game and yet MC still doesn't struggle with him even for a... more>> second. This got boring really really fast. (there is also that part that MC also wants to be a hero who doesn't want to kill anyone... well I guess since he is invincible he can afford it but I really see no point to this character trait that doesn't fit the rest of his character either)

The worst however is the world setting that is really painful to read. Maybe it's alright for otome game to have such world setting but since MC is reincarnated into this world and this world becomes real therefore it has to follow a common sense and order. <<less
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isaiahjoentak
isaiahjoentak rated it
October 14, 2019
Status: v3c5 part3
at first it is a great novel, but after V2 the story is just a downhill

MC keep saying wanting easy life, yet did nothing to obtain it

MC is pushover, after the kingdom betrayed him, he did nothing

MC is beta male, his enemy killing many people and he didn't kill them

MC failed to understand that the world he is living no longer a game world
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polkxe
polkxe rated it
February 19, 2019
Status: v2 epilogue part1
If you're going in expecting something fresh or even plain old entertainging skip this LN right now. Apart from an interesting premise (a matriarchy is never/almost never a setting for a LN) and a couple singular instances which take place mostly at the begining which are done ok-ish, this LN manages to f*ck up spectacularly on almost every level. It's just your run of the mill isekai tr*sh that put on a fancy hat and is pretending not to be a generic isekai story. Harem, op MC, self righteous MC,... more>> actions with no consequences, zero attention to detail, one dimensional characters and I could gon on and on. Oh, by the way don't mistake my praise for the interesting setting premise with proper execution of said setting (the way it's presented is laughably bad and s*upid). Reading this story was like watching a car crash in slow motion. <<less
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Haxe
Haxe rated it
December 27, 2018
Status: v2c4 part1
The novel is great, is pretty hilarious with how the MC acts, as how concious he is of himself and the world he is in, this only has otome in name, and I find nice how the MC is, s*umbaggy, lazy and only when needed he does act, since that is a really usual and real way to deal with stuff, one only sees when is directly in front, one could say, and it doesnt matter that the world he is in is ilogical, because its meant to be like... more>> that from the get go, its stablished that it is like that and MC DOES find it weird and goes against it, hence his plan of being demoted and living peacefully with a regular and commoner girl in his island, and MC is not op by himself, he is good and all but not OP, he got the OP item that he knew about but it goes beyond it and he does not use it as much as one could think aside from side stuff like later in proffiting from gambling using Luxon to scout and predict all, I love how cynnical but grounded he is and how it shows with his gambling problem and how he says "I hate gambling but I love winning" and "Im a coward because I fight when I know I cant lose", it just shows a really clear mindset and specially in second half of volume 1 with certain event that shows how aware he is just about all <<less
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Kry69
Kry69 rated it
April 20, 2023
Status: v7
First 3 volumes were decent after that it just got worse.

MC is just a pu*sy and has no growth at all.

Plot is really bad as well after volume 3 and the villians are way too simple and there's literally no character with a brain in this novel.
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bladedvengence
bladedvengence rated it
March 15, 2023
Status: v5c3
dropped because a myriad of issues with the series.

Pros:

good worldbuilding of a bad world (this is on purpose)

... more>> decent main character for the first few volumes

good heroines/love interests

feel good solutions to most arcs

side characters develop into decent characters

Cons:

very frustrating plot development, most issues past the first main climax could be solved through a 5 minute conversation

POV switches to people, that are I think intended to be disliked, and makes reading those chapters a chore and very annoying

main characters lack of backbone towards his love interests gets really annoying after the third volume (before then it was somewhat understandable) they even start loving each other more than him lmao.

Our MC is an unreliable narrator but for dumb things, and gets progressively more annoying. <<less
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Goldenxman33
Goldenxman33 rated it
May 25, 2021
Status: --
The higher the expectations the bigger the disappointed.

Good art.

Good story.

OP MC that can destroy the world but let his enemy go until the last second when hundreds of people are died and his friends are seriously injured.

The root of the problem is that selfish girls reincarnated as mobs try to steal the Heroine position but they are not strong, pure or beautiful as the Heroine so it lead to a big mess end in a disaster.
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Keiken96
Keiken96 rated it
January 15, 2021
Status: v6
Firstly, if you want continue reading this go to jnovels. They have pdfs to volume 6.

I must say that I'm disappointed. I started this with the manga and got invested in this so much that this became the first light novel that I read. And I honestly enjoyed this. The world-building, the characters and the inconsistency of the game story. I loved it all. Seriously, if you really want to enjoy this just read till volume 4 for now.

The things started to go downhill from volume 5. The start of... more>> second part of the game. I mean, it made the story somewhat dragged on. Well as expected of an Otome game, the damsels-in-distress were all kinda familiar. The concept of the new humans and humans also starts to slowly reveal itself.
Spoiler

what I'm truly frustrated it that the author is seriously dragging the relation between Leon and Angie and Livia. And using them as Yuri Fanservice is somewhat disappointing. At this point, the moments between Marie and Leon are more interesting in the Maria route side stories

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The volume 6th contain some good moments and all, but the second part arc is not really fulfilling as the first one. I really hope for the seventh part to be good. <<less
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Asparagus
Asparagus rated it
July 7, 2020
Status: v5 epilogue
The story plays out like your typical power fantasy isekai. There's obviously nothing wrong with that if you're just looking to enjoy the story for what it is but ... more>>
Spoiler

the quality takes a nose-dive after volume 3 when the MC crosses the line from being an overpowered underdog to just being overpowered period. Romance progression in this story also gets really messy around that time.

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Alright I want to address some of the erroneous reviews on here. Some of you seem to be under the assumption that the world-building in this story is bad due to poor writing. You are missing the entire premise of the story. Seriously, read the title of the novel before you decide to write crappy reviews. This is an isekai about a boy who gets pulled into a poorly written game catered towards young girls. The fact that the world-building sucks is intentional and is constantly pointed out by the MC. Imagine you are a girl and you get pulled into the world of a gross harem anime catered towards young boys. Your first thought would be "Wow, this really sucks and is kind of sexist." That's basically the gimmick of the story. <<less
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sleib
sleib rated it
March 12, 2020
Status: v3c6
This is the world where nearly all the disadvantages of being female become males', females get most of the advantages males got during feudal era, the difference is that males still have disadvantages and responsibilities they usually had during history and females have the same responsibilities with men still doing most of the shit. Basically feminist paradise. The protagonist is strong but it's the AI he owns is overpowered is a more correct thing to say. The problem with this novel is the like many other Japanese ones: MC is... more>> lazy, unambitious and takes too much sh*t from people around him when he has immense power at his disposal. Many of the problems he and the people he cares about are facing could easily be solved by him, but his meekness and fear of standing out prevent him from doing that. Some new problems are created for the same reason. At volume 3 MC is becoming super annoying with his passiveness and out of place kindness, he get pushed around, arrested and yet he still seems loyal like a dog towards kingdom... yep that shitty kingdom. This novel is a good example of why Chinese novels became popular so fast even though they don't lack garbage either. <<less
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Mixander
Mixander rated it
March 7, 2020
Status: v5 epilogue
This novel is interesting.

many people that read this novel realized that there is something weird in the world setting, like social hierarchy, but I disappointed that they stopped reading until it's properly explained and disliked the novel because of that.

In this novel the women seems like has higher standing in the social hierarchy ladder. Many readers made some misconceptions and thought that the kingdom that the MC is at adopted matriarchy as their political system, but it is not, it's actually patriarchy, even tho the king is a tr*sh and... more>> afraid of the queen (apparently the queen origin is stronger than the kingdom and they need to cooperate because of mutual threat), they adopted patriarchy as their political system.

Apparently the royalty kinda brainwashed their young nobles using the academy and made some rules that'll benefits the girls and give some pressure to the boys. Their aim is to weakening the feudal lords bit by bit using the women and they wanted to use that to switch to centralized authoritarian rule.

I think the logic is like this

Women (no real political power) + preferential treatment -> haughty attitude + wasteful -> Weakening the feudal lord (Men with actual political power) in mental and monetary aspects -> no power to rebel -> easier to getting rid to switch to centralized authoritarian rule.

The story is fun and many interesting stuff with new perspective and concept like that.

I especially enjoyed the Marie Route side story. ? <<less
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StormHawk
StormHawk rated it
February 6, 2019
Status: --
It's fun for a while (maybe to ch50 or so) but the novel is going through the same route every 'beta' MC's going. In another word, it's just your typical small d*cked, ball less Japanese dude doing some s*upid things despite saying the opposite.

edit: NVM just don't read this novel, it's overrated. For god sake something is wrong with the author's brain to be smart but s*upid at the same time. I regret reading the reviews on this novel, it's overrated. It's as if we're reading a different novel
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