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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!

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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)
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Recommendation Lists
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  4. Male mc in Otome game
  5. Best of jp

Latest Release

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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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Acer22
Acer22 rated it
September 15, 2021
Status: v6c4
So, I'm going to give this a 3 outa 5 starts, but in actuality the real rating would be closer to a 3.8/5 (yes, I rounded down). The reason? The world makes zero sense.

Now, first off, I love this MC. I came to this story from the manga, and I absolutely love this MC. He is hilarious, tr*shy, a kind jerk, and says some seriously funny stuff. I also love the 2 MAIN heroines of the series (the saint, and the duke's daughter). They are both wonderful.

Now, the downside..... the... more>> world building. I (personally) don't understand this world/country for anything. Originally, the setting was that the MC was born as the 2nd son to a mistress for a poor noble, in a country where women hold power (so, matriarchal society). To prevent being married off to some old hag, the MC escapes, becomes an adventurer, uses his previous world knowledge and finds some ancient runes with ancient technology (which, for some reason, is always better than previous technology). He scores, then loses as he is forced to go to the royal academy in the top class (where, supposedly, women there SUCK). Okay, sounds good so far.

But it's only then that you realize that in this world, apparently 2 + 2 =/= 4. In a matriarchal society, the Queen would have the most power, and women would be the head of houses. BUT! That's not the case.... at all. King is in charge, men are the head of houses, and some men have multiple wives and still "trade off" women to ensnare potentially powerful men as rewards or payment. So, where did the original setting go?

Since the only 2 ways I can read this are either 1, directly at Syosetu via MTL or Manga, I may not be completely up to date on how everything is set up. However, from what I have read, things aren't adding up right now. I'll keep reading (specifically the manga), because I want to see Angie and Livia confess their love to MC and I really enjoy the MC's personality, but I most certainly am not reading it for the setting or plot anymore. <<less
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farvskun
farvskun rated it
April 30, 2021
Status: v6
Good plot but could be better. I like the development of the story from the game routes to a different twists. The harem is also lovely.

I'll definitely give it a 5 not until volume 5 arrived. The first game is ok for me but that sequel just ruined it. Idk, it's just too many frustrations I got from reading that volume until volume 6. The MC just start is starting to get worse. He's so idiotically dense, indecisive and hypocrite. People around him keeps talking sense to him but he's... more>> like he never heard and understands anything at all. There's also side characters that is so annoying. I don't get why they keep forcing the story to follow the game scenario, it's so s*upid. While Marie route is unbelievably interesting. Still a good story. <<less
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Enferlain
Enferlain rated it
July 26, 2020
Status: --
Interesting idea, but I would have much preferred a slower paced Marie route short stories for the main plot instead of what we actually got.

If I think of it as the only plot that matters then I'd rate this novel much higher. I'll still follow it because the readers also like the shorts, meaning we get more and more chapters for it, so looking forward to that in vol 6.

Otherwise I just piss myself off on the main plot as I see some other people did as well from the... more>> reviews, but I'll give this a 3 because of the short stories so far. In fact I liked them so much I'll try writing something based on that idea. <<less
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highrobin
highrobin rated it
June 21, 2020
Status: v5 epilogue
The best review is to read a couple of chapters.

My opinion to this LN is a 3/5. It's not perfect, yet I still kept reading.

Basically MC is living in a game with a caste system and struggles to obtain a normal modest life, yet gets into more trouble when he interfere the main game.

... more>> Characters:

For the main part MC is your typically hidden OP character that wants a quiet life, but due to this game setting and his position he's forced to participate in the story.

He's a cynical person when it comes to certain characters mainly nobles since he's suffered to be a low class noble. With his big mouth and hate it also backfires when he's in a situation which could be solved if he was less hostile towards certain people. Still he tries his best to avoid more attention since he's well aware that his role as an 'mob' would destroy the 'story'.

For the majority of the male noble cast, they're acting like you would except what an otome game would be. Chivalrous, naive and love struck for the candidates while the adults are power hungry and have a superior complex.

If you are willing to read, there will be a lot of noble/commoner bullying. Students will look down to the MC and his friends mostly because he's different.

The female cast is memorable. Few characters like Livia and Marie stood out for me the most. Especially Marie in later volumes. Surely she's a spoiled child, but when it gets better once you read her past and motivation.

Romance: It exist but that's not the main focus since I felt like this story is mainly about MC goal for a modest life. The relationship between MC and his love interest is rather onesided. Unless someone is actually ready to takr the initiative. I felt like it's for comedic purpose to bully mentaly the MC.

What I love about the novel is the synergy between MC and some cast members.

You got Marie, who's in the first part is some sort of rival. It gets hilarious and heartwarming whenever they start bickering eachother which their flaws.

Luxon/Luxion his cheat item, the cynical and sarcastic robot is truly a blast when he's annoying MC.

Mentor, his well Mentor, simply like this old man

Simply saying, if you want to read an underdog story, try it. <<less
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Monomololo
Monomololo rated it
June 17, 2020
Status: --
The basic concept was decent but the other reincarnators ruined it and the MC became a placid herbivore who despite having made up his mind about not being dicked by the local culture just kinda stands by as everyone around him treats him like shit. Not proactive at all either.
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KA2094
KA2094 rated it
June 10, 2020
Status: v5 epilogue
To get this out of the way- Title makes no sense.

MC is s*upidly op but is overall lazy to counteract it and rather leaves things to the AI sidekick which results in fun conversation and surprisingly doesn't feel that wasted with moments where the MC shines feeling particularly great

The overall novel seems to get its energy from the s*upid setting where the world makes little sense and how the MC deals with the situation he has to (reluctantly) deal with. Later having his sister - the whole reason why he... more>> knows the plot of the game - as a foil to discuss with.

The weakest part are probably the idiot male leads at the start of the novel although later they become more bareable and are allowed in roles to be more competent which relieves some of the hate I have towards them.

The romance is honestly upper-mediocre and I usually ignore it and isn't usually dwelled on which is great. I also dont really usually like harems but this is fine. <<less
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jpmrblood
jpmrblood rated it
March 22, 2020
Status: --
This light novel is about a journey of a reincarnated boy into a mob character in an Otome game. The story is around there would more than meets the eye kind of story. We would discover many hidden backgrounds that the simple settings of the Otome game.

The writing is good and the flow of story is easy to understand. The translation is great and easy to digest. All in all, it's a good read.
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Minnu
Minnu rated it
February 20, 2020
Status: v5c11
I enjoyed the novel, it is satisfactory. Obviously MC is overpowered due to his mecha, but up to vol 3 MC mostly depends on the mecha to solve the problems but in second part of otome game author has shown us MC has more to him than his cheat mecha.

I like how MC don't use his power and try to live a normal life even though 90% of characters treat him like shit. Most of the typical OP MC after going through deep sh*t want to destroy the country or... more>> world.

Upto v3 MC has gone through lot of sh*t but there is no revenge part but in V4 he takes revenge himself how made him pissed, we are shown the dark side of MC. <<less
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BloodTrinity
BloodTrinity rated it
February 13, 2020
Status: v5 epilogue
Alright, time for me to finally leave a review after almost a full year of following this (followed the WN and manga too a while back)

First off, it has already been mentioned many times by the other viewers that "Holy sh*t the world building is bad, the hell is with this setting?"

I get it man, it's horrible with that reverse harem/boys are lower in status than girls setting. But it's a light novel based off an Otomege, which is mostly just bishounens and uh, no one said that Galges/Otomeges/Eroges... more>> had to make sense.

Next up "Hey what's up with Leon's dumb fickle personality of being a mob/bad guy and not wanting to kill and ending up killing anyway?"

I have no clue man, I'm just reviewing this because I like this LN, but for the above mentioned point I'll drop a star because, let's admit it
Spoiler

practically a whole bunch of events and conflicts could have been avoided if Leon was more proactive or didn't need to pull a 'checkmate' like the war, the crap with Pierre and most recently what happened with Noel. I know it will basically make for a pretty damned boring story but he could've just gotten her, f*cked off and threatened to vaporise whoever tries to invade his territory or Kingdom because of it. Some might agree with it, some might not, it's just my own opinion. Truly.

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But hey the SS are pretty damned good, it helped fleshed out the world even more than the main story.

Spoiler

That tragic love story thing with the grudge of the first Saint and her probably lover Lia who Leon has an uncanny resemblance to though. Just that short interaction gave us some hints that the Kingdom's beginnings might have had some dark secrets. Also got a feeling that Possessed!Olivia might see Leon and try to pair Olivia with him. Or pair herself with him. Pretty interesting to see how it will go.

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Ah damn I sidetracked too much. But yeah, so far the LN is pretty good and I've read 'Sevens' which was done by this dude too. <<less
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Ixcez
Ixcez rated it
February 13, 2020
Status: v5
Honestly not sure how I randomly got into reading this novel. But anyhow it somehow got me stuck and into spending half a day to read the 5 LN volumes that are translated thus far. So I have to say that it somehow got me quite engaged.

To start of the story is about a typical beta jp male main character who is pretty gruff and smack talks a lot like he's some stereotypical villain but as mentioned hes a beta so even though he pretty much from day 1 has... more>> the power to take over/destroy the world he never ever uses force unless it is really necessary. He will also refrain from killing even during battles/wars and make it much harder on himself since only maniacs kills ppl.

The character overall is fun and likable in my book though again the beta part is as always annoying, for instance his reason for reincarnating which in mentioned in the first part is that his little sister towards which he's a total gofer/s*ave to, forces him to finish the otome game cause it's to hard in a couple of days which leads to him having to play it for a few days straight without sleep + stairs = his death.

This then continues into the story in where he as mentioned is pretty much all powerful cause of his cheat but he doesn't want to use it while also spitting out a bunch of reasons for staying/doing stuff he just said he'd never do.

Before mentioning the supporting characters, which are mostly female it is worth to mention that the world or at least kingdom he starts out in is a female supremacy kingdom. Some spoilers on this part, or well info given along the first and second volume.

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Pretty much in the kingdom males has to fight in the wars as soldiers, work and earn money for the family, expected to get married before the age of 20 and etc. Overall men has to do all the work while females are expected to be spoiled and taken care of, this is mostly for nobility. What really horrible however is the fact that it is expected for females to have a harem often in the form of exclusive s*aves or lovers, now reverse harem is fine and all but it goes beyond that in the fact that a common demand is that the man will work while the woman is given a house that will house their around 10+ lovers and the man then has to pay for the house and her lovers/s*aves while she plays around and sleeps with her lovers. Even going so far as to forcing her husband to smile while having to raise children born from the lovers/s*aves.

This in turn has led to many men having a mistress which instead lives with them and gives them children instead. Men unable to marry or enter the academy at around age 15 is often times "sold" or forced to marry older women who, sometimes leading to them promptly being killed as soldiers since when a soldier dies the wife is given a pension. Which has led to certain women marrying young men and then promptly having them killed to make money.

Overall the whole thing is just way over the top seeing as men holds all positions in power regarding, military, commercial, politics etc while the female wives just plays around, spends money, tortures and ab*ses men in most cases.

It is later revealed that the whole reason this whole women supremacy thing even exists is because the kingdom a few hundred years back in time wanted to weaken the nobility by encouraging and enacting certain privileges for females, but it somehow went overboard cause the women after getting an inch went after a whole yard and then some.

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The female characters are overall good but they are also the only females who are not rotten and more normal compared to the normal female in this world.

The two main heroines are Olivia and Angelica, Olivia is the otome games MC and is the kind, innocent and naive type of character, while Angelica is the otome games villain being proud, rash, dependable and levelheaded.

Outside of these three characters there are mainly 6 supporting characters that I can mention without going to much into spoilers.

Marie who is sort of the semi villain of the story, she is another reincarnator who sets out to steal everything that was suppose to be Olivia's from the game, mainly her status and harem. To not go to much into spoilerland she is fully engrossed in the whole female supremacy theme and is quite the annoying and selfish kind of person, who uses her game knowledge and previous life experience of manipulating an enticing men to easily conquer the five ikemen.

The five ikemen basically the harem group Olivia was supposed to get but that is stolen by Marie, they are all pretty much the same in that their all rich, handsome, of high nobility and utterly s*upid. The author at first describes them as having different looks and personalities but eventually they just become a single entity in my opinion.

The plot is well so-so since it's just a lighthearted repeat of the same thing over and over, with the author often having the MC mention it's an otome game so stuff just don't make sense deal with it, to then try and flesh out and give reason and logic to stuff and why it happens but mostly it just makes it weirder or appear s*upid.

What probably drew me in is the simple fact that it is mostly lighthearted, easy to read, you don't really have to follow the plot (you could probably skip chapters without missing much, I honestly skipped the battle parts at some point) and some parts gave me a good laugh. <<less
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Nafizlatan
Nafizlatan rated it
January 14, 2020
Status: v3
Dang!

I really like the MC how he's not like other typical Japanese novel's MC.

He's mature sometime but not all the time unlike where typical ones shows 15 yo super mature kid and the plot is also good specially when he rises up and the peoples thought about him don't change immediately like what we usually see. So far so good.
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Fuez
Fuez rated it
January 2, 2020
Status: v1 illustrations
If I were to criticize this LN, it's how convenient the setting is laid out initially. Regardless of that, this LN has excellent flow of story/execution, delve deep into characters relationship (some drama) and likable MC (he's a good guy, but still crooked). Although, the MC obtains a cheat item, albeit through hard work (or more like a desperate move). Because the execution of the story is so good, the story is not bland, it's very engaging. To boot, there's a lot of humor too.
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easygoing
easygoing
December 30, 2019
Status: v2 epilogue
This really doesn't fit with the r-15 tag, sure there are s*xual elements in the background but the MC is so cookiecutter "no killing, no girlfriends" Japanese Ln protagonist it really ruins the whole story which is kind of interesting on its own, there's a lot of potential for wars and adventures and decent characters to be developed but the childish way the author portrays the MC really doesn't fit and kills the whole thing
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Nuage
Nuage rated it
December 24, 2019
Status: v4
This novel is okay-ish. The first volume is well written, but the story feels forced hereafter. This is not the intelligent story I was waiting for.

Update: volume 4 is a very enjoyable read. I hope the author keep up the good work and doesn't go back to making a chicken out of the protagonist.

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The characters are enjoyable though not really fleshed-out.


The world building is above average (which is not saying much)

The plot as a whole is fine and there are surprises, which makes the novel enjoyable.


The only thing which really prevented me from enjoying the novel is really the MC. He was great at the beginning, he knew where his strength was and played accordingly. But as we understand more about the world and what the boy can do, we also come to understand that the MC is s*upid and cannot use his power intelligently. His pacifist attitude feels forced and in contradiction with some of his late-game decisions.
He wants to stay a mob and not be involved with the plot? Fine. But then act like it. Think it through. He couldn't be more blind if tried. Once he got involved with the plot, he had every tool needed to steer the world in the right direction, but he had no intention of being proactive.
In the end, he is a very frustatingly short-sighted protagonist with pacifist principles but lacking the intelligence to achieve them.
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Darkmaster72
Darkmaster72 rated it
December 1, 2019
Status: v1c2
It's a good story and really well translated but it's a story which you'll either like or won't like it, it's about a normal MC, who's reincarnated were gender biased is reversed, that means male's are treated like female and if you're thinking something funny I might have to disappoint you, the scniernero is somewhat like mediaeval likewise the treatment.
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hallc
hallc
November 30, 2019
Status: v6c7
Typical Mashima Yomu novel. I enjoy his work and this is no different. You can really tell how much he's improved going from Dragoon to Otome. The main character Leon is fantastic though his main trait of "indifference" has fallen out the window as his character has grown. And it's not limited to the MC either, each main/supporting character's arc had a noticeable impact on their personality in the story. The story is great, I specifically love how Mashima creates an reason to continue on. Only complaint is that volume... more>> 4 exists solely to set up the events in volume 5. It serves to real purpose and is a bit lacking as the climax in volume 5 is all Mashima is going for. <<less
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kirisaki_shin
kirisaki_shin rated it
November 14, 2019
Status: v4 epilogue
This is freaking funny. The MC got thrown into a horrible world for men. Almost sold to a 50 years old hag. And even though he didn't want involve with the game chara, he always get dragged into it and get a horrible reward in the end.

I also like how the MC solve the problem by completely destroying his opponent until the end. Usually in op isekai novel, the MC just beat his opponent and the end. This is why I like this novel
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blitzshockz
blitzshockz rated it
November 14, 2019
Status: v4 epilogue
This is a really satisfying to read and suprisingly really funny. At first I didn't like the MC that much but on the 3rd vol things really heated up and the MC became a badass and the revenge is really satisfying on the 4th vol the MC is really cunning. I just love the payback the MC give the villain for pissing him off.

p/s. I still dont like the five idiots and Marie became really pitiful I felt sorry for her. And the MC will kill people in the story.
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blitzshockz
blitzshockz rated it
November 14, 2019
Status: v1 illustrations
This is a really satisfying to read and suprisingly really funny. At first I didn't like the MC that much but on the 3rd vol things really heated up and the MC became a badass and the revenge is really satisfying on the 4th vol the MC is really cunning. I just love the payback the MC give the villain for pissing him off.

p/s. I still dont like the five idiots and Marie became really pitiful I felt sorry for her. And the MC will kill people in the story.
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Gsichtselfmeter
Gsichtselfmeter rated it
July 16, 2019
Status: v3
Its a pretty good japanese novel, but being a japanese novel, it has its flaws. The world and setting are great, the MC does his stuff, but it really bothers me that he is depicted as black-hearted s*um but at the same time doesnt care if people sell him out or try to harm his interests. This just feels very fake to read. Still 4* in comparison to other japanese novels.
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