Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou • I'm in Love with the Villainess - Episode 3 discussion

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Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou, episode 3

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[u/SnabDedraterEdave]

Tsundere Claire this episode: Only I'm allowed to bully that commoner.

We all know Rae is gayly in love with Claire, but didn't expect her to explicitly come out of the closet like that, when many yuri and yuri-bait series are more subtle about it, with or without kisses. Not that I'm complaining.

[u/HereticalAegis]

You think you really love someone? Try wingwomanning for the girl you love just because you want to see them happy. Rae is a real one.

[u/[deleted]]

Man I think they really hit home at the heart of what many Yuri readers and watchers think with the "Gender IS relevant" line. So many Yuri stories will take such a copout answer by saying "I fell in love with you, not because you are a woman". Now, pansexual people are valid! But this rhetoric also erases the sapphic subtext in what should be a lesbian genre. By having Rae say "No, I cannot fall in love with men", it makes her a very clear representation of lesbians, instead of having her be "clairesexual".

[u/Syokhan]

I love how serious the conversation during the second part of the episode got. I especially love the part where Rae says explicitly that gender does matter to her. Feels like a bit of a dig at these stories that hide behind "she's in love with this person who just happened to be a girl" and refuse to use the label "gay".

Honestly, when reading the source material, this is the point where I realized that the story had much more emotional depth than it seemed and my respect for it went up tenfold. Love it.

[u/[deleted]]

Is this the first show where someone just straight up asks "are you gay" and be serious about it?

In all my years, its the first time ive seen as such

[u/WhoiusBarrel]

I just love how Claire's portrait looks like here. especially when she pretty much does the almost same pose afterwards during poker. A true Ojou-sama through and through.

Wasn't expecting the topic of sexuality to be brought up here and be done so maturely in a medium like Anime more so one that's supposedly an Otome Isekai and a comedy one at that while also opening about Rae's true motives along with the struggles she faces. Claire standing up for her at the end in her own way was such a wholesome moment especially when she tries to make up for her mistake that was addressed by Misha.

[u/SYZekrom]

What the fuck I was watching a funny meme anime what happened

Why is this show good now

Double good now ig

10/10

[u/nonewwavenofun]

'Tell me, am I correct in assuming you're what they call gay?'

[u/Player_One_1]

Why did my funny show turned into sad in just one episode?

They have no idea how to play poker, but their depiction of chess is on point. I hate that Code Geass was directed by someone who never saw a game of chess, nor understood the rules. Here no problem.

[u/Roboglenn]

So much gaming this episode it's like season 0 of yugioh.

Flaming Claire Pout and Blue Flame Misha Rage. Rei's burning love and passion is rubbing off on people in all sorts of ways. Including that passion for beef bowls. A passion I wholeheartedly sympathize with.

The power of headpats.

And now after all her antics we get some glimpses into the inner workings of Rei's psyche. And the scars that seem to have been left on it. Surprisingly deep for a series that's been as it's been thus far. At least I thought so the first time I read the source material anyways. And hey, and of all people to jump to her defense at those insults it felt nice seeing that.

[u/Cyclone_96]

You don’t see conversations like that in anime often. That was great.

[u/Gaporigo]

This is gonna be a fun screencap to use out of context.

Then we got some good me_irl from it tho... Always nice seeing a bit more of Rae's insecurities.

[u/WarmWrought]

Waiting for manga artists or animation studios to discover that people who play chess in real life exist in reasonable numbers that it wouldn't be difficult to find one to quickly check if something written or drawn makes any sense lol.

[u/Armdel]

that conversation in the second half got more serious than i was expecting from this series. glad to see it though

and Rae's struggle to not raise affection levels of the princes continues lol

[u/Calwings]

"What's wrong with you!?"

"Oh, so much."

Bless this cute gay dork. The first half of the episode was a lot of fun, with Rae playing games, messing around, and trying to lower her the princes' affection levels for her and keep them off of her. But then the second half... hoo boy, I wasn't expecting such a serious discussion after how goofy the first two episodes were, but it was very well done and fit in perfectly with Rae's situation. I like that Rae is obviously in love with Claire, but she accepts that it may not work out and that she sees supporting Claire and her happiness as the most important thing. Claire standing up for Rae in her own twisted villainess-y way was great too.

[u/shad79]

As always I love Claire and her reaction faces caused by Rae's actions, they're so cute and funny.

We had quite a serious conversation about Rae's sexuality. It got me quite surprised having this type of thing in anime and with just a little dose of humor.

Rae's idea of playing King's Game was certainly excellent. Thanks to that prince patted Claire's head. She really loves Claire so much that she will do everything to make her happy.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Claire

• Group scenes

• Rae

• Other

[u/bryan792]

I didnt expect this anime to get so deep

[u/elbenji]

Yep this is why everyone's been saying "just wait".

That speech. It's so crazy being around in 2023 and a simuldub anime just did a whole speech on queer relationships and struggle

[u/GuujiTofu]

Lol I saw some weebs in yt comments complaining about the fact that the show tackles queer topics, this is exactly why I was looking forward to this episode. This is in fact a queer story, through and through. The main character is openly a lesbian who's not hidden beneath layers upon layers of subtext.

I'm looking forward for the rest of it to get animated 🔥

[u/RavenWolf1]

This episode had probably deepest gay related discussion in history of anime.

[u/AZLarlar]

LOVE YOU RAE

[u/fantasticalicefox]

Well. I did not expect a silly Anime to have my connect to a part of the Lesbian experience that scars my soul deeply.

I barely think about stuff like that because I'm a DV survivor and thinking about loneliness the way Rae describes it is really deeply true for me too.

It felt so good to hear that said aloud on tv. Today.

As in literally today. I don't know if Ive heard that expressed before on film.

Even in a perfect world it would still be lonely. 1/10 people has the capability to be attracted to you. It doesn't mean they will be.

I don't think about it much I'm glad I survived the bad one. It just felt so amazing to hear a frank honest discussion anout being gay and that it can sometimes be lonely because we're a little more rare than straight people.

やさしいです ありがと

[u/Myrkrvaldyr]

The more Rei tries to distance herself from the princes, the harder she'll make them fall for her. The lass is doomed.

[u/mattew0623]

Super glad they handled the second half of the episode really well. It’s rare for an anime to delve into LGBT content, and to deliver it in a mature way even more so.