Summary
Isekai Mangais not always about people sent to other worlds, they can also be about people sent to pocket dimensions created from novels they read. This and similar tropes where the main character is reincarnated in a work of fiction are quite interesting to read, especially if the MC has retained previous knowledge and reincarnates as a trashy character, which is like playing in hard mode.
This list spotlights some of the best Isekai Manga where the protagonists are thrown into the world of a novel (Light Novel, Otome, Galge, or Visual Novel) and have to survive there using the knowledge they gained as readers/players.
5The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs
He Got Trapped In His Sister’s Otome Game
Leon is a normal university student, whose mischievous little sister is always bullying and bossing around. She is so obsessed with Otome games that she even blackmails him to finish a game for her. And that’s where things turn south, as Leon is swallowed by the game world and sent into this date-sim/RPG/visual novel for girls, where being a side character is absolutely painful.
Mechas, dragons, annoying female heroines, and the weight of knowing he is the worst character in the series all make his life miserable and give way to many funny situations. It is worth a read for every fan of Isekai tropes with a twist, wherethe main character is a reluctant heroforced to cooperate with the kingdom.
4Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss But I’m Not the Demon Lord
She Got Reincarnated In An Otome RPG As The Villainess
A talented young woman is transported into an RPG-like Visual novel, where she starts her new life as a ‘second-rate’ villainess destined to be ostracized and shunned by everyone as the main boss of the game. But she is not willing to take that BS to heart andinstead becomes a powerful ‘antagonist’(sort of) while trying to move forward with her life.
But dozens of annoying main characters and quirky sidekicks populate her every day, filling it with prime comedy gags, school life shenanigans, and testing her patience as the most powerful person in the country. After all, she is level 99 and can beat the hell out of them with a flick of her fingers. The main character’s stubbornness and reluctance to fall into the honey trap of the typical Otome RomCom is also a big plus in this series.
3Of Course, I’ll Claim Palimony!
A Curious Take On The Reincarnation Trope That Makes Things Even More Exciting
Just your typical reverse rom-com where the villainess falls in love with the prince, and divorces her fiancés because a pesky heroine got in between and caused everyone to hate her. So far, so good, but there’s a catch:the villainess suspects the main heroineis actually following the step-by-step guide to steal the spotlight of a romance novel, which seems to be written as a sort of ‘prophetic scripture.’
But the villainess is happy to break off the engagement with her fiancée, and will do anything to claim a hefty price for the annulment: she is a reincarnated person with a ruthless mercantilist mindset, after all. Or so it seems to be, while on the other hand, the ‘true heroine’ that in all appearances is a reincarnated person, trashes around doing petty things to get the attention of the princes. A quirky comedy where readers never know who is the ‘impostor,’ and who is truly the villain.
2The Villainess Will Crush Her Destruction End Through Modern Firepower
A Gun Geek Girl Takes Modern Weapons To Her Favorite Novel World
A girl who was transported to an Otome game suddenly remembers her past life as a Gun Otaku (a person tremendously obsessed with guns) and decides to bring forth destruction to her enemies by using modern weaponry and ordnance.
A funny, out-of-the-box manga, with lots of strong points. Sadly, that wasn’t enough to make the weight of the axe lesser, and the series was canceled. But, there are a lot of strong rumors about its upcoming revival, so it might be worth readers' time if they’re into dark comedies withsinister evil girls as main protagonists.
Never A Dull Moment In This Story
Catarina Claes suffers an accident that makes her regain her memories as a 17-year-old schoolgirl from Japan, who was a fan of otome games and visual novels, and she also learns that she’s trapped as the villain of one of such stories. Her life as ‘Bakarina’ (a pun mixing the wordBaka ‘Idiot’)is about to take a 180-degree turn.
Using her past life knowledge about the events of the Novel Series, she will avoid all the possible ‘death flags,’ trying to survive in a world where she seems destined to be executed, murdered, or worse. Since she is always on guard, she can barely notice the obvious changes around her socialité group, and the people swooning over her new self. She is simply too oblivious and distrustful to let herself be loved, and that’s exactly one of the most fun aspects of the series since this leads to many fun love entanglements and misunderstandings.
