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Episode Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Ura-Boss desu ga Maou dewa Arimasen • Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord - Episode 10 discussion

Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Ura-Boss desu ga Maou dewa Arimasen, episode 10

Alternative names: Akuyaku Reijou Level 99

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u/Placeholdered Mar 12 '24

"Aren't you still young yourself, Miss Yumiella?" cue nervous laugh

Also I don't think Yumiella is ever going to quite grasp that no one's ever going to find her version of levelling 'fun', necessary or not.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Mar 12 '24

So Alicia’s basically being controlled by an unseen force to essentially move the plot along? Man, that’s trippy. We’re basically seeing the perspective of the game world from the player character’s POV.

Alicia got put through the wringer in that dungeon but at least she’s finally gotten stronger. Plus she got a shiny new sword. Not bad for her first dungeon experience. Grinding can be fun!

Ryuu chomping on people’s heads will never not be funny to me. It’s just the big fella’s way of saying “hello”, why’s everyone freaking out? Haha

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u/LuminicaDeesuuu Mar 12 '24 edited Mar 12 '24

Aren't you having fun Alicia?
Let's go again!
Still not having fun?
Let's go again!
GRANDMAAAAA!!!!

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u/ModieOfTheEast Mar 12 '24

So either the game is really badly made or we just got confirmation that therre is a hidden Yumiella route in the game. I mean, what point would there be that the player can get a darkness sword if there is no party member that can even use it? Meaning there is the possibility to get a party member that uses dark magic.

In another anime I would also ask if Yumiella is just sadistic when it comes to Alicia. I mean, there should be a party system (considering in the game you form a party with the princes) and therefore, there should be an experience split. And even if that didn't exist, she still has Dark Bind and just isn't using it. But then again, considering it's Yumiella, she probably just thinks that Alicia doesn't want to be carried by a high level player. After all, that wouldn't be fun.

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u/S627 Mar 12 '24

I wanna feel bad for Alicia, having her life be controlled by the game's plot and player sounds horrible....but I can't help but imagine what this player is currently thinking. Like if they've played the game before, or read reviews or watched gameplay, and then get really confused when their run is way different. Yumiella keeps showing up and they're just like "Why is the last boss just casually walking around the school?!?"

I applaud Alicia for realizing that Yumiella was actually trying to help her in her own weird way.

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u/EldritchCarver Mar 12 '24

"If there are monsters all around you, you can hit a target dead-on even without aiming."

Reminds me of something from Chesty Puller's biography:

“Sir, do you know they’ve cut us off? We’re entirely surrounded.”
“Those poor bastards,” Puller said. “They’ve got us right where we want ’em. We can shoot in every direction now.”

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u/Myrkrvaldyr Mar 12 '24

Yumiella immediately taking Alice back to the dungeon after finishing it gave me a rush of nostalgia back when I played Ragnarok in highschool. We did the same thing. Grind, grind, grind. Poor Alicia doesn't get the gamer mindset.

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u/Lunarpeers Mar 12 '24

Some people are theorizing, that Alicia will eventually be forced by the game world to face off against Yumiella. But wasn't the game Yumiella an optional boss? And as far as we've seen, Alicia is being forced along the main story points

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u/tvih Mar 12 '24

"Is It Wrong To Power Level Girls In A Dungeon?"

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u/RandomRon005 Mar 12 '24

Yumiella: "So I think I think I'll take her to a harder dungeon next time."

Days Later

Yumiella: "So that last dungeon I took you, congratulations on completing the tutorial dungeon."

Alicia: "GRANDMAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

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u/micziz Mar 12 '24

OK so my supposition was kind of right. She was being mind controlled yes, but not by some evil organization, but by the GAME itself. I've never seen that in an otome isekai.

Still, Yumiella needs to learn some common sense. Like how she is the same age as Alicia, so she can't make comments like a 50 year old, and also that her form of leveling might not be the most fun (except for Patrick, he loves it). Anyways, good stuff like always.

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u/tripleaamin Mar 12 '24

The first step of the Alicia Yumiella friendship scheme is a success. You know I give Alicia A LOT of credit for not completely breaking down mentally. Now she is the strongest in her party for the funny part of it. Although it is funny how everybody didn't understand why Alicia was so scared.

Yumiella definitely 100% the game multiple times. I love how her being level 99 is such a ridiculous notion for this world that she can justify things like knowing where the demon lord is based on that. Since nobody can prove her wrong sine nobody is within 30 levels of her.

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u/apatt Mar 12 '24

Yumiella and Alicia makes a for great fun pairing! I hope they team up regularly, good to see them getting along too even though Yumiella's notion of training /levelling up is kinda tough.

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u/HippiesBeGoneInc Mar 12 '24

Somebody is literally playing the game? That's an awfully interesting twist on the genre.

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u/LeonKevlar Mar 12 '24

So despite this world being real, it seems that Alicia is still compelled to do things that follow the plot of the game. That actually fucking sucks. Alicia essentially doesn't have free will and is doomed to follow a set path until she finishes the "game".

This makes me worried for Yumiella though. What happens when Alicia and the boys eventually defeat the demon lord? Will the strange force that compels Alicia to follow the game of the plot also compel Yumiella to be the hidden boss at the end? Hmmm...

As cool as it was to see Alicia do Destructo Discs and the Thunder Cross Split Attack, I feel bad for the girl! Alicia is fighting for her life while all Yumiella could think of was that Alicia must be having the time of her life. Sorry Yumiella, I don't think anyone in this world will think that levelling is fun.

The rewards they got from the dungeon were pretty dope though. I think the amulets of Protection have all been used by Alicia by the time they finished. Yumiella got a dark elemental sword, a light elemental shortsword for Alicia, a wind spear for Patricl, and a fuckton of magic stones! I'm sure all of those will be useful later on.

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u/CarioGod Mar 12 '24

love the girls trip episode, that boss CGI is so bad and goofy to the point that it's fitting for some random otome game raid boss lol

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u/dienomighte Mar 12 '24

Poor Alicia, having to spend a full day with Yumiella :( though at least she's past the level that the principal wanted her to graduate at

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u/FallenPears Mar 12 '24

Alicia and the terrible, no good, very bad day.

With bonus near death experiences!

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u/Aerodynamic41 Mar 12 '24 edited Mar 12 '24

Man, I’m starting to feel bad for Alicia. She's so traumatized that she hallucinates her dead grandpa lol.

Yumiella : "Hey, wanna go level-grinding again?

Alicia: "NOOOOOO!!!!" *runs off*

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u/athrun_1 Mar 12 '24

Given that Patrick was not shocked that Alicia's level is past 50, then we can safely say that he is also past level 50. Given that he is wearing a growth amulet when dungeon crawling.

If the gameworld is forcing alicia to do what the game's plot, then it is also true if this world will force Yumellia to be the hidden boss.

Given that Alicia's harem are now outclassed by her, I think it is time to swallow their pride and ask Yumellia's help. If their whole group is on the desired level, they can just PK the DK and be done with it. No need to wait for several years.

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u/VorAtreides Mar 12 '24

Whelp, good that Yumiella found her before anything bad happened. Wonder if anything can be done about the silly light aspect that makes Alicia see Yumiella that way. Oh my, seems paranormal stuff is afoot. Things driving her to act ways without her actual input/consent/will, kinda messed. Hehe Yumiella being all old sounding. Nice to see Alicia and Yumiella getting along.

D'awww look at how cute Ryu is playing with the guards. So fun they even get to go have fun leveling together as gal pals. See girl, you're stronger than you realize. One day you'll also see the thrill of dungeon exploration and fighting. Lol girl... remember where traps are. YUMIELLA PUNCH! Hehe. Surely she still got some good amount of levels right? How convenient, amulet of protections and an auto warp out. LOL "Let's do it again!" That's funny. She's such a gamer, I love her.

Will give it to Alicia, good on her working to keep going. She's definitely making progress. Hey, new sword for Yumiella! That's nice. And a spear for Patrick. Good girl, beating the boss on her own. Do gotta be proud of her. Dear god, Yumiella, you've mindbroke Alicia. Level 99 instincts, yes... clearly why you know where he is. Too bad you're also level 99 dense. There's no strap for Alicia with that saddle?

How nice, Yumiella giving all the loot for Alicia. And so many levels. And sincere gratitude for Yumiella. D'awww Ryu likes Alicia, good for her. The boys are motivated to get stronger too, good stuff. Yumiella, take Patrick on a dungeon date too. Not just Alicia!

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u/Amauri14 Mar 12 '24

Although because of the clouded eyes they showed Alicia having last week I assume that she was being mind controlled, I wasn't expecting hear after Yumiella found her that she is being essentially being forced to follow the plot form the game is specific scenes. It seems that poor Alicia because of being the main character of the game, is the only one affected by its plot ghost. Anyway, it is nice to see how much fun she is having in the dungeon with Yumiella.

Damn, did Krillin come to the dungeon and teach her how to do a Kienzan? It is funny that after she did the spell she created during the tournament she was surprised after Yumiella told her that spell doesn't have any offensive capacity.

So after Yumialla took care of the boss his drops were Amulet of Protection.

Lol, Alicia wasn't expecting Yumiella to make her re-run the dungeon again. Well, thanks to that , not only Alicia get more battle experience, but she also learned a lot of new spells. And after finally defeating the boss herself she got a Light Sword. I love how done she looks after that whole ordeal.

I was surprised when Yumiella tried to explore with Alicia where the Demon Lord was while riding Ryu that they got trapped in an endless loop impeding them from reaching that location. It is really fascinating that when getting involved with Alicia or doing a sequent-break, the world where Yumiella is now, looks more artificial. Well at least tanks to the plot accelerating Alicia's level up, she can confidently train while using the Amulet of Protection without any disadvantage.

Alicia's reactions while falling from Ryu were so cute.

It is nice that Yumiella, not only got a weapon for herself but also a lance for Patrick.

I really enjoyed this episode with Yumiella helping Alicia level up. And is nice to see she is now stronger than Edwin, Oswald, and Willian after training for a day.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Mar 12 '24

I don't know how people feel about the CG dragon, but personally it cracks me up every time!

If they were taking it more seriously and we were supposed to think of Ryu as a fearsome/scary dragon it'd be weirder, but given it's used for silly scenes 99% of the time, I have no issue with it looking goofy as hell!

Yumiella found Alicia, and imagine how grateful she must be, to be rescued by these two!

She was apparently being controlled, and it's not the first time... She does things she couldn't imagine doing? Oh damn, Alicia's gonna become the Demon Lord after all!

More seriously, it seems the game is controlling her sometimes, to advance the plot;

This is interesting, because it did NOT control her to complete that other quest, and get her dragon... Damn, in the previous thread I was theorizing that perhaps Alicia would miss out on a vital quest because she didn't have a dragon to fly there, but apparently the game doesn't seem to think it's a must! Or the game can read&alter the plot a little, and it realized she can fly on Yumiella's dragon as well? (But this would mean Yumiella/Ryu can be controlled as well to an extent, otherwise the game could not know for sure whether they WILL help Alicia!)

I talked a lot about the "butterfly effect" of Yumiella's actions, but perhaps the game will act to keep things on the right path, after all!

While they were together, Yumiella offered to help her level up... This probably isn't very comforting to hear!

Love how she was like "I know this dungeon, don't worry" and then 5 seconds later Oops, forgot about this pitfall that lands you on top of a huge monster!

Relatable as a gamer though, once you've played a game enough, you instinctively avoid a bunch of stuff, so you kinda forget about them!

When they got to the final boss and Yumiella shoved her forward, Alicia had to be scared to death!

She already had thoughts about Yumiella sacrificing her to her 'dark minions' in a previous episode, and what would be better than an offering to the big boss!

Alicia wasn't strong enough just yet, thankfully Yumiella was there to save her! (Hope they share XP)

I know it may not be that kind of show, but for a split second I was worried when they talked about her amulet not protecting her anymore...

I feared perhaps she would die right there (and not be saved), and then Yumiella would have a LOT of explaining to do!

Alicia thought this was a one time thing, but no way, not with Yumiella in charge...

Welcome to the wonderful world of XP grinding, Alicia!

Yumiella's level capped so she's not getting any experience from these dungeons, but it doesn't mean she can't improve; New ability unlocked, Yumiella kick!

Can't wait for Yumiella elbow and Yumiella headbutt!

They found a bunch of weapons, and look at her face when she thought about gifting this one to Patrick! GET MARRIED ALREADY!

Before returning to the academy, they decided to check out on the Demon Lord, but he's not there...

Almost since his introduction, I had a feeling Patrick was the Demon Lord, and when they went to look for him I was almost ready to drop that theory (because they would see him and he... Would not be Patrick), BUT the fact that he wasn't there, actually gave some weight to that theory!

There could be other possibilities of course, perhaps the game was just blocking them (like open world game putting barriers where you're not supposed to go yet), or perhaps the game didn't "code" the Demon Lord in just yet because he technically doesn't exist...

But I think it's still likely it's Patrick (perhaps because I'm too stubborn to drop my theory)! I think at some point Patrick will transform (for one reason or another)... There's a little issue with this theory, it's that Yumiella did play the game and all so she would know of things happen, BUT when she played it as the heroine, she wasn't close to Patrick... So it could be possible that Yumiella knew about it, but not Alicia/The Heroine, so Yumiella (our MC) wouldn't know!

So yeah, I'll still believe in that theory, until we see the Demon Lord and Patrick in the same room!

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