The autistic failgirl becomes the doted-upon favorite based on gap moe is a real thing that happens. I can guarantee it.
That said, the fact that her grades compare poorly to the gyaru group is kinda sad LOL
Like, even outside of Aya who's a bit nerdy in some ways... even the slackers?? One of those subjects isn't even STEM??? Like if her English is so good how is her world history so bad?
Edit: for those confused about pacing and progress - this was never supposed to be a story proper. It's basically the author drawing their funny little blorbo OCs, and publications often change courses between oneshot/web and serialization (How Do We Relationship is an example).
Also WataOshi was because people refer to their faves as their oshis and Revolution was an otome game and have you seen how people refer to their favorite TWST boys? Like, the title is meant to play on expectations. A Korean manhwa might go "My Conquer Target is the Villainess" or "Not Male Lead, but Villainess" or something. LMAO. OshiBudo meanwhile was LITERALLY about her idol oshi.
"I Favor the Villainess" is therefore a... tolerable (your mileage may vary) translation, but "favor" and "she's my fave" are two really different things. "The Villainess is My Fave" would still come off wrong for anyone not invested in otome games, so idk. The LN version meanwhile moved beyond the initial premise of "I'm gonna write a narou-kei otome but make it yuri lol" so there's no need to emphasize the "oshi" part and I'm in Love With the Villainess is a fine translation.
Aya referring to Mitsuki as her oshi could either be her beinga dumb teen and being unable to quantify exactly why she's down bad (not being able to identify that parasocial crushes are very different for a specific reason) or it could just be she's rooting for Mitsuki to be her true, authentic self. If it's the latter, it still has high potential to segue into a romance. I don't think the author has decided whether they want to take it there.
last edited at Oct 22, 2023 7:45PM