It sounds like I might enjoy this book, but I'm disappointed to hear from this review that she's not actually evil.
I guess Gael Baudino's Dragonsword trilogy is a Western isekai? The main character I think maybe first has a vivid fantasy life, and then trauma makes it become real, and she's staggered by the enormity of that event and the responsibility that lies on her. So, doesn't seem very similar to this one.
I haven't read any Asian isekai. The isekai and related anime I've seen are mostly characters are locked into a MMORPG, or characters die and get reborn in an unfamiliar world like MMORPG-style rules, or Ascendance of a Bookworm, where the character gets reborn in a fantasy world and works to invent mass-market books because she loves reading. I think My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! might be the only one I've seen where the protagonist is previously familiar with the story and the characters.
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I guess Gael Baudino's Dragonsword trilogy is a Western isekai? The main character I think maybe first has a vivid fantasy life, and then trauma makes it become real, and she's staggered by the enormity of that event and the responsibility that lies on her. So, doesn't seem very similar to this one.
I haven't read any Asian isekai. The isekai and related anime I've seen are mostly characters are locked into a MMORPG, or characters die and get reborn in an unfamiliar world like MMORPG-style rules, or Ascendance of a Bookworm, where the character gets reborn in a fantasy world and works to invent mass-market books because she loves reading. I think My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! might be the only one I've seen where the protagonist is previously familiar with the story and the characters.