Satoru Yamaguchi – författare

After hitting her head particularly hard one day, Duke Claes'' daughter, Katarina, suddenly recalls all the memories of her past life: that of a teenage Japanese girl. Just before her untimely death, this girl recalls playing an otome game... that is exactly like the world she''s living in now!She is now Katarina Claes, the antagonist of the otome game, who nastily hounded the protagonist until the end. Knowing all the possible outcomes of the game, she realizes that every single possible route ends with Katarina being murdered or exiled! In order to avoid these Catastrophic Bad Ends, she has to use her knowledge of the game and her own wiles, starting with breaking off this engagement with the prince...Will Katarina survive while making her way through this world, where bad flags trip at every turn? Find out in this reverse-harem rom-com, led by everybody''s favorite villainess!

After hitting her head on a rock, Katarina Claes regains the memories of her past life, and realizes that she''s been reincarnated into the world the otome game she''d been playing. There''s only one problem — she''s the villainess of the game, who has only bad endings!From practicing with the sword to crafting fake snakes, Katarina has done her best to prepare for all the possible Catastrophic Bad Ends. Now it''s finally time for her to enroll in the Academy of Magic, where the story of the game begins. Unfortunately she only finds more trouble there, starting with meeting the one who may spell her doom — heroine of the game!Join Katarina as she tries to avoid all the bad routes, only to end up getting entangled with them in ways she''d never imagined!

After being reborn as the villainess of an otome game, Katarina has done everything in her power to avoid the Bad Ends awaiting her at the end of the school year. Now, she has successfully finished the events of the game without being exiled or killed! Not only that, but she has made a close group of friends in the process.Now that the greatest crisis has passed, Katarina is excited to attend her first school festival in this world, and to sample all the delicious foods there... Just as she feels like she can finally relax, she is kidnapped! Is this the setup of a new romance event, and potentially another Catastrophic Bad End?!Find out if Katarina can survive in the next installment of this disaster-avoidance rom-com!

Katarina the "villainess" has successfully lived through the story of the otome game she was reincarnated into without meeting any of the Catastrophic Bad Ends that were destined for her. Now she is excited for the impending school graduation that she never thought she''d live to see.But suddenly, Keith goes missing! Aided by her friends, our favorite villainess goes out in search for her adopted brother, determined to bring him back home. Meanwhile, men and women alike battle it out for the oblivious Katarina''s romantic affections. Who will win in this increasingly tense war of love?

After being reincarnated as the "villainess" from the otome game Fortune Lover, Katarina expected to meet doom in the form of one of many Catastrophic Bad Ends. She managed to avoid them all, but her engagement with Prince Jeord still looms over her head.In this short story volume, a bitter rival appears to interfere with said engagement, and Nicol is looking for... a fiancée? And we learn trivia about Katarina''s circle of friends, such as how they would choose to be reincarnated.Sigh at Katarina''s cluelessness in these stories that jump back into the past! More Katarina, more zany antics, more manga pages!

After being reincarnated as the villainess of an otome game, Katarina has now successfully cleared not only the end of the game''s storyline, but also graduation from the Academy of Magic, without meeting any Catastrophic Bad Ends!...Or so she thought! Get ready for... Fortune Lover II! In the sequel to the original otome game, the evil character of Katarina Claes returns full force, and faces even more disastrous endings!As Katarina joins the ranks of the Magical Ministry to avoid being swept off to the castle by Jeord, she may have jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire! With bad ending flags everywhere, will she ever be able to lead a peaceful life?

Despite being reborn into the role of the villainess from an otome game, Katarina has successfully graduated from the Academy of Magic and overcome all of the Catastrophic Bad Ends that awaited her. Now she''s working at the Magical Ministry with her friends and her reliable and adorable Dark Familiar, Pochi, at her side! Surely there can be nothing but happy days ahead.Not so fast! Turns out there''s a sequel to Fortune Lover, and it takes place at the Ministry! If Katarina returns in the game, does that mean that she could face even worse fates than before?!After already meeting one character from the sequel, Dewey the boy genius, Katarina now has to make sure that she doesn''t run afoul of Cyrus, the stoic anti-ladies''-man. And if that wasn''t enough to deal with, she now has to search for an ancient magical contract!Join Katarina once more in the seventh volume of the popular romantic/catastrophic comedy!

Katarina was reincarnated as the villainess of an otome game. Now that the game''s events are long over, all she wants to do is live a peaceful life working at the Magical Ministry with her friends. But things are never that easy — Katarina has now found herself living in the sequel to the original game! This time, her character''s fate is supposed to include getting her hands on some powerful Dark Magic and then getting defeated by the heroes of the story. But although she''s done her best to avoid going down this path, she''s now ended up with a Dark Familiar (Pochi, the puppy) and the Dark Covenant in her possession! Katarina still has no idea how to escape certain doom, and now she suddenly has to attend some kind of international event at the castle. Could this be part of the sequel game too? Find out what happens next in the eighth volume of the popular romance and doom comedy!

After reincarnating as the villainess of an otome game, Katarina Claes successfully staved off all the Catastrophic Bad Ends the game held in store for her. But instead of a peaceful life working at the Magical Ministry with her friends, she discovered that the original game had a sequel! Between the Dark Magic she’s acquired and possible game events she’s gotten wrapped up in, she may already be on the way to even worse fates than before! Now, she gets up to her usual, charming-yet-airheaded antics in the search for a kidnapped girl. Together with friends and colleagues from the Ministry, Katarina investigates a human trafficking ring in a seaside town. Naturally, this daughter of a duke and fiancée of a prince goes undercover as…a shockingly capable waitress?! Doom is always just around the corner in the ninth volume of the adventures of this not-so-villainous villainess!

I was already surprised when I found out that I had been reincarnated in the world of Fortune Lover, the otome game that I was playing right before dying, but things just got shocking when I realized that I had become Katarina Claes, the main antagonist! I tried my best to avoid all of the game''s bad ends, and somehow succeeded...but now, it turns out that there was a Fortune Lover 2! I started working at the Magical Ministry, and, as time went on, I accidentally collected a bunch of Dark Magic items. Help! I''m getting more villainesque by the day! Now my boss also wants me to take Dark Magic lessons... Speaking of bosses, I''ve been helping one of my superiors, Cyrus, get closer to my friend Maria. He''s way too shy to make a move on her though. I''ll have to force his hand a little bit... Huh? What''s this? Did I run into another event from the game?!

Katarina''s attempts not to become the villainess that she is destined to be seem to have been in vain—her Dark Magic items seem to increase by the day, and now, under Raphael''s supervision, she is trying out a new spell that could be the key to avoiding doom. While she struggles with that, she also has to think about her engagement, since her relatives want her to get married as soon as possible, and then... she gets summoned by the King himself. Between all this, however, she goes to the Village where Maria used to live, and she makes some new acquaintances... Dewey''s family.

After reincarnating as the villainess of the otome game Fortune Lover and spending the last ten years dodging Catastrophic Bad Ends, Katarina Claes believed she was finally in the clear... Alas, the game has a sequel.

Katarina was looking forward to a peaceful career at the Magical Ministry, interspersed with sunny days spent tilling the earth of her vegetable garden—but fate has now brought her new potential Bad Ends and an array of new powers befitting a villainess. The latest threat emerges in the form of a power-hungry nobleman seeking to exert influence over the Kingdom of Sorcié’s royal family. Meanwhile, a challenger appears to contest Katarina’s protracted engagement to Prince Jeord! What’s more, this rival turns out to be someone Katarina knows very well...

Katarina Claes thought she was finally done dodging the Catastrophic Bad Ends of the otome game whose doomed antagonist she reincarnated as—but then she found out about the game’s sequel! While holding down a steady job at the Magical Ministry, she’s also sidestepping various risky events between the game’s protagonist Maria and the cast of romanceable characters who work alongside them at the Ministry. One day, Katarina receives some shocking news: Cezar Dahl, prince of Ethenell and one of the hidden romanceable characters, is returning to Sorcié to learn more about the customs of such a prosperous kingdom! Wouldn’t it be a pity if Katarina had to avoid Cezar too? They got along so well the last time they met... But Cezar has come to investigate more than just Sorcié’s government and culture. After all, there’s still a conspiracy of Dark Magic at large!

Just as Katarina Claes celebrated avoiding another one of the Catastrophic Bad Ends reserved for villainesses, a new threat appears on the horizon. Only days after escaping a gang of Dark Magic users—and losing control over her own magic in the process—she learns that she has been selected by the Magical Ministry to help investigate unrest in the borderlands between Sorcié and Xiarmah. Though she can’t help but worry about how similar this sounds to a previous perilous assignment, her trepidation is overcome by temptation at the thought of getting to eat Xiarmah cuisine, which is identical to the Japanese cuisine she remembers from her past life. Since the fall harvest has just arrived, she might even get to eat fresh rice! However, she will be traveling with Maria, the main target of the recent gang attack, and Cyrus, who has a crush on Maria—a fact only Katarina knows. Will romance bloom between them? And what of Cyrus’s beautiful childhood friend, who hails from Xiarmah?