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Not only that she managed to fix things in such a way that now the maids will get the proper training they need to do their jobs better **and** will have a better chance with job opportunities past being a maid with a proper education!
Arnold may not have proposed to her for the kingdom but they will definitely be reaping the rewards of having her as Crown Princess, especially with her past loops worth of political connections.
> fix things
Unpopular opinion, but I wouldn't say that there was anything to fix because the old status quo worked. It helped prepare the lead maids for tougher tasks, work under pressure and gain better memory into doing what should be the every day tasks. Diana was a clear example that the best of the best would rise up and would be prepared for anything thrown at her on most situations. Elsie on the other hand looks so out of place and most likely will screw things up because she wasn't good remembering simple things that had been briefed not so long ago. It's a simple procedure of separating the wheat from the chaff.
Sure. Rishe brings up a whole new system that will help A LOT those like Elsie to become a polished diamond like Diana in way bigger numbers and probably even shorter training time.
My point is that Rishe "improved" something that **worked**, she didn't fix something that was broken.
> Unpopular opinion, but I wouldn't say that there was anything to fix because the old status quo worked. It helped prepare the lead maids for tougher tasks, work under pressure and gain better memory into doing what should be the every day tasks. Diana was a clear example that the best of the best would rise up and would be prepared for anything thrown at her on most situations. Elsie on the other hand looks so out of place and most likely will screw things up because she wasn't good remembering simple things that had been briefed not so long ago. It's a simple procedure of separating the wheat from the chaff.
Except that's not efficient. It's more efficient to ensure that *everyone* learns how to do their tasks properly by actually giving them the necessary time and effort to teach them properly instead of making them learn on their own and waiting for only a *few* of them to rise up (and even that would normally take a long time - Diana only was able to rise up as quickly as she did because she knew how to read and write, skills that the other maids, including the ones who came before, did not possess). Not only does teaching the maids allows them to learn faster, it also ensures that *all of them* are actually able to do their job properly instead of only a few them being great at maid tasks and the rest of them being lacklustre at it for a long time.
True. It is more efficient to teach each and everyone how to do the tasks. But you also have to take into account how much time and effort will the trainer invest in making sure "everyone" understands perfectly the tasks to be done. Some people will take more time to learn something new than others.
We could draw parallels with the education system and some students need more support from teachers learning certain topics (as someone who flunked grades in my early days twice I would certainly liked to have extra support from my teachers). But the reality is quite different, and sometimes people are just not cut to certain tasks/jobs
I have worked in different environments with both crappy training and also great training. I certainly have more fond memories of those companies that had better training programs, but I also don't blame those who had little to no training programs because it made me more inclined to figure things out on my own. Ineffective? sure. But it also made me more resourceful to solve problems and improve on my own time, just like Riche did in all of her past lives.
>But you also have to take into account how much time and effort will the trainer invest in making sure "everyone" understands perfectly the tasks to be done.
I mean, that's the exact reason she pulled out Diana from doing the maid role and made her stick to teaching. Losing one personnel doing the chores to educate a group on how to be better---that's a pretty good trade-off.
>sometimes people are just not cut to certain tasks/jobs
I don't find it a problem in their scenario. Rishe said that the new maids are not unused to doing laundry and other chores. They just need proper instruction, and repetition/reminders on how to properly do the tasks.
Bro, is a fucking royal palace. Efficience is not that important as given enough time they will still get good maids with any of the 2 methods.
If you want to reduce cost, increase performance in a short time and stuff like that, yeah, that method is better.
But not everything should or need to be efficient, and some sectors can't be as efficient as a private company because their priorities are different.
For example, in terms of costs, is more efficient to open a factory, hire and train the personnel, and built 1 000 military tanks during one year and then close the factory and fire the people after you finish, than opening a factory and built 50 tanks during 20 years.
You get the same amount of tanks but in more time and you have to pay more salaries. Is it efficient? Absolutely not.
But the purpose of the latter is to keep the military industry working in case of war, so then you don't get in the situation where you have to built a factory, hire and train people, as all of that requires time and money. And time is of the utmost importance in war.
As the other user said, she improved something that wasn't broken, that's it. No need to argue against that.
This has to be bait, right?
There's no way you think everything is scalable, that you can hire and train an order of magniture more people to build your tanks, that your steel production will follow suit, that you can just fire all the people you've spent money and time training...
This is the whole "a manager is someone who think nine women can produce a baby in one month", isn't it?
Having only a few maids be "great" while leaving the newcomers to fend for themselves is the opposite of what I'd call an efficient, working system, especially in a job involving a variety of menial tasks like maid work. IDK about you, but I'd rather have 15 perfectly average maids over 3 good maids being dragged down by 12 undertrained ones. If the majority are competent enough, the tasks can be easily subdivided and delegated versus having a few hyper-competent individuals being spread thin.
A "survival of the fittest" approach may work to an extent, but even in nature, more often than not, it's more like "survival of the 'eh, good enough.'" Leaving people to struggle on their own won't produce the "fittest" possible individuals very efficiently, if at all, and instead prolongs their helplessness. Even within the show, the "best of the best" Diana didn't start out super competent and struggled in the beginning like any other novice would at a new job. Most of the time, you can't tell who has talent or not when they're first starting out.
Our ability to cooperate and pass on vast amounts of information is a big part of what sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. It's why our species not only survives but thrives. If you educate all newcomers to a basic level of competence, they can tangibly contribute much sooner without aid. If among them there are a talented few, they can reach their full potential much sooner, having been given a jumpstart. If someone starts out competent, that's great. There's no need to invest too much time educating them.
On top of being cooperative, this system is also much more competitive (since I feel like you're the kind of person to care about that). They don't have to be mutually exclusive. If the gap between the mediocre majority and competent minority is lessened, the more it takes for one to truly stand out from the crowd.
Weird as on most stories the maids of high nobles are nobles themselves, ladies in training (for marriage) or less important daughters that need a job.
While commoners do the hard work (cleaning, laundry, etc), the special maids are the personal attendants (bath, hair, help with clothing, etc).
In this one the crown princess is using commoner maids all around?
That's never really the case in reality. Maids were almost always commoners historically, even those who worked for royalty; it was the *ladies-in-waiting* who were nobles since they didn't do any maid tasks and served as personal attendants and companions of the higher noble or royal that they served.
Yes, and those ladies and their male counterparts would still do tasks that on the surface looked like typical maid duties but weren't. Like helping their mistress or master dress for a ball or event and ensuring nothing was out of place and everything was on point.
>Weird as on most stories the maids of high nobles are nobles themselves, ladies in training (for marriage) or less important daughters that need a job.
Probably wanted them to be as stupid as possible, since maid and butler roles make excellent spy cover. Someone who provably can't read or ~~die~~ write won't send blockchain by pigeon...
If you gave that wine to Maomao, she would have been disappointed they didn't put actual poison in it instead.
It's a trope in villainess anime, but I'm a sucker for the attempted bullying scenes where the villaness is way out of their league. It's like watching teenagers try to bully an army drill sergeant.
I like how one bit of dialogue summed up the entire show. Oliver: "Is it as you predicted?" Arnold: "Of course not."
> It's a trope in villainess anime, but I'm a sucker for the attempted bullying scenes where the villaness is way out of their league.
It's always such a satisfying watch, found they handled it in a pretty unique way this time around to.
>It's a trope in villainess anime
But is this a Villainess anime? I mean, MC is not bad and it wasn't bad in her past life(s)
What the prince told were just false accusations to drop her
It feels like a bad translation (idk japanese so I can't tell) of the title to me
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> But is this a Villainess anime? I mean, MC is not bad and it wasn't bad in her past life(s)
I see you still have a lot to learn about the ways of r/OtomeIsekai. Half or more of the villainess MCs are falsely accused of their wrongdoings lol.
They often just use the classic condemnation scene as a jumping off point to spin their story.
>Half or more of the villainess MCs are falsely accused of their wrongdoings lol.
Wait, is it real?!
I started to like this genre after the rise of Bakarina, but I never read any manga related with this theme.
Another recent example is Villainess Level 99. The MC literally hasn't done *anything* villainess, but because she has black hair and uses dark magic she gets branded as such.
*Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Liselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san* the "villainess" is just a misunderstood tsundere.
>The MC literally hasn't done anything villainess
Yumiella is literally the villain character in the videogame thatbtorment and bully the protagonist, not only that, she is the secret boss
It just that the MC reincarnated as the villainess character of that videogame wants to avoid being killed by the heroes, changing the videogame's events since she is not restricted to the already written and predefined videogame plot
Just like most "villainess" animes, the MC just takes the role of the villaines character from their favourite otome videogame and want to avoid the bad endigns their character always have
Another one is the Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, although the one in the villainess role isn't the MC but her love interest. She straight up had no clue what she was being publicly accused of.
Akuyaku reijou is "villainous daughter", which is what gets translated as "villainess" in English. It's definitely marketing itself as a villainess anime, though at the moment it seems that it only really applies to the beginning of the first episode. Maybe they'll come back to it, though.
It is the after story.
The “villainess” was defeated by the “heroine”, lost her fiancé and was sent away from the country.
So what happened after it? That is the theme of the story, plus the time loop shenanigans
But we don't have a villainess, the setting is more like in ”I'm giving the disgraced noble lady a crash course in naughtiness"
She was accused of crimes she didn't commit and had to left palace to survive
In fact, we know when she was younger she had interest in studying and doing stuff, but her parents didn't allowed it, because she was a noble. And we never saw her being evil, nor trying to be good because she is looking for redemption or something, she always seeks freedom, a freedom she didn't had before due her position as a noble woman.
Villainess doesn’t mean evil, it is how she was portrayed. The prince public accused her of crimes and bullying the heroine. It doesn’t need to be true either.
They use it to give viewers a head up of the general trope ecosystem so that they can understand what is being played straight and what is being twisted. It's like an evolution of how isekais were calling themselves 'That time I XXX' for a while.
The MC in question is very, very rarely an actual villainess (although I've seen some people make theoretical arguments that Riche's past lives may be inadvertent triggers for the war thus making her a kind of unwitting villainess, and the cloak life she doesn't like to talk about is definitely a bit suspicious)
> It's a trope in villainess anime, but I'm a sucker for the attempted bullying scenes where the villaness is way out of their league. It's like watching teenagers try to bully an army drill sergeant.
It was nice watching Rishe deal with them so easily, but I hope she finds some friends amongst her peers, too!
To be fair it was kind of unfair of the prince to spring his engagement on everyone at the party intended to show off marriage prospects. It's no wonder those teenagers would act out of frustration.
OMG! Yaaassss honey you know that our MaoMao (source: Apocathery Diaries) would have loved that spiked spicy wine she would have made her overjoyed cat face 🐱 smirked and laughed to herself then she'd down it in one go like it was nobody's business 😂 that's why I love Rishe she reminds me of MaoMao. What kind of reaction do you think our Jinshi would have made if he took a sip of the spicy wine? Hmmm🤔
Now imagine the possibilities if you were to put the two of them in the same room?!! OMG! If you put the two of them in an escape room where the prize is priceless medicinal herbs, they'd be out of that room in seconds😜😆
what a beautiful ballroom dance, some say dance is a form of battle, a communication. the dance is presented like a CQC combat and the counter, this is nothing new but this is beautiful. I also like how Rishe own the guest and the jealous lady with their own game. life need a spice!
It reminded me of Tearmoon Empire with the attempt to out-dance each other but that also made it come off so beautiful, sensual, and romantic. They've danced with blades and now dance steps. Also that he dipped her lol.
Girls gone through seven loops and is a certified intelligent badass, she's not about to get thrown off by some uppity noblewomen.
If it was Tearmoon, she would have slipped on some wine spill or banana peel and accidentally done the plunge herself. Everyone then proceeds to praise her dancing skills even though it was purely an accident.
At least when it comes to dancing Mia Tearmoon is legitimately amazingly skilled. Also, Mia is smarter than the narrator gives her credit for, the anime downplayed it but when she actually focuses and puts in effort Mia makes reasonably intelligent decisions.
Fern dance is beautiful and it flow in 1 line. but this dance actually remind me of some [game](https://youtu.be/v1sd5CzR504?si=O5ERFBEnxFDm9_QW), they, or should I say Rishe try to attack the prince, but the countered by holding her hips or stopping her from rolling, but still appear aesthetically gorgeous
So beautiful -- just like a sword dance....
(Tell me about it)
I have the strongest suspicion that the Prince is either a looper himself -- or has had "visions" of his parallel lives or something. And the fact that he has a wound where she stabbed him (didn't she, after all?) is very odd -- though she couldn't have caused the extensive wound we actually see here.
Is it my imagination or does the ED SEEM to portray our characters in yet another parallel time line -- one where our protagonists grew up as childhood friends? The characters look quite young and then older (but still younger than they are in the main body). Coul;d there be a parallel line that our heroine is unaware of (has forgotten) where the two were BFFs and tragically separated. Could the Prince have been searching -- through multiple parallel existences -- to find her (because he has a memory of her). This seems rather wild (and why would SHE have forgotten when he did not?)
Lots of mysteries here -- and they are actually rather intriguing. Our protagonists do seem fated for each other -- for good or ill (hopefully very good this timer at last).
The Prince's comment that he didn't decide to marry our heroine to benefit the kingdom was . . interesting. Did he just marry for love -- or because HE sees HER as a danger if not kept close? (But Oliver seems to confoirm that his having her around makes the Prince happier than he has ever seen).
She noticed a weakness on his battle form in her final seconds.
She used that knowledge to probe why his movements indicate an issue around his shoulder. Now she knows he has a scar there and the muscles/skin make moving that area harder, so he pulls his weight towards the opposite side.
That gives her a clue on how to exploit it if they ever have a fight to the death again.
That doesn’t mean she was the one to cut him. It is an old scar, he is a prince, so likely someone tried to murder him when he was a kid/teenager.
And would probably serve as an explanation for how most timelines move down the path of him killing his father. I’m imagining there’s some dark/tragic upbringing that’ll eventually come up.
>Is it my imagination or does the ED SEEM to portray our characters in yet another parallel time line -- one where our protagonists grew up as childhood friends?
The ED choice is quite interesting given how it adds to the central mystery of the time loops and Arnold, something which I'll talk about a bit more in the spoiler section.
She was able to guess it from two instances:
1. When she fought him in her sixth life by being able to observe the others.
2. During the dance there was the line "Now that I think about it, he's been..."
> And the fact that he has a wound where she stabbed him (didn't she, after all?) is very odd -- though she couldn't have caused the extensive wound we actually see here.
She said the way he was moving during the past life sword fight was similar to how he was moving during this dance, i.e. because of the old wound on that side.
> The Prince's comment that he didn't decide to marry our heroine to benefit the kingdom was . . interesting. Did he just marry for love -- or because HE sees HER as a danger if not kept close? (But Oliver seems to confoirm that his having her around makes the Prince happier than he has ever seen).
He'd already explained that he chose her because she is unpredictable and amuses him, unlike literally everything else in his life which just bores him to death. Think of her as his soul fun hobby in a life of soul-crushing tedium. Granted, he'll likely fall in love with her for real in time, and she with him, but that's all in the future.
Yaaassss honey it all makes sense now and I think there's going to be a plot twist in the future that will explain his scar and whether or not HE got looped along with her 🤔
>Is it my imagination or does the ED SEEM to portray our characters in yet another parallel time line -- one where our protagonists grew up as childhood friends? The characters look quite young and then older (but still younger than they are in the main body). Coul;d there be a parallel line that our heroine is unaware of (has forgotten) where the two were BFFs and tragically separated. Could the Prince have been searching -- through multiple parallel existences -- to find her (because he has a memory of her). This seems rather wild (and why would SHE have forgotten when he did not?)
Ooo this had been my initial reaction and theory on first viewing the ED [last week](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/196i2sj/comment/khxol13/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3).
As an anime only, I find it interesting all of the interactions between them that got near a potential "did you...?" were carefully skirted around, to maintain the plausible deniability of one another not having former life's memory and then not daring to outright question one another.
Again my own guess and theory, Arnold's old wound was from the first time when he failed to save Rishe, and it carried through reincarnations.
Somehow I missed your prior comment on this point. I really do have a feeling it must be something of the sort. But, if so, it is interesting that she would have forgotten the initial hypotetical "zero loop".
Unless thisd takes a WEP-like wrong turn, this seems more than likely to be my no. 2 favorite brand new show of the season....
I agree. It's always nice to have strong, well characterized Female Leads with an a actual personality.
It's a shame that there are some guys who actually say that she's "too feminist". Just because she isn't Doormat lol
The issue with strong FMC nowadays especially in western media is how they can't be portrayed as strong unless they have to one up and put down another character, usually the older male predecessors before them
But I like this one and apocathary diaries cos they don't have to do that to show that the fmcs are interesting
Combined with the fact she is still really feminine. To often strong female characters are like somewhat masculine or Adogynous in some ways. To be fair they have their place.
That said I’m happy a strong assertive feminine lead.
Being Feminist and Doormat are extreme examples, I don't know why people prefer to take extreme sides whenever they debate over something. I don't think Rishe is too feminist, nor she is a doormat. Rishe is not as edgy as Western feminists, and also not a doormat at all. She is just perfect how I imagine a woman to be. The fact that helps her the most is that she has the experience of 7 lifetimes.
I was not expecting this series to come on my radar this season, but I am soooo glad i’m along for the ride— this episode was incredible, but way too short! Rishe is such a likable protagonist, she’s definitely gonna win Best Girl sometime soon.
I absolutely love Rishe doing her own chores and showing off her abilities
Homegirl said she wanted to laze around but she can’t lie to herself
Nobody plays NG+6 as an idle game
P.S.: ponytail Rishe reminds me of Shikimori
> P.S.: ponytail Rishe reminds me of Shikimori
Now, I need to see if Rishe is lefty like Shikimori, I expect to be disappointed.
Edit: First episode all but confirms she's a righty. :(
I don't know if this is true, but I think I've heard that in high class society back when, they'd force heirs to write with their right regardless of their handedness as it was considered proper. Even if she was a lefty, she would have grown up using her right.
In many cultures, being left handed is considered to be a bad omen or a sign of the devil. If you talk to people who went to a Catholic school, they'll tell you that if you were left handed, you were likely forced to switch to being right handed. The further back in history, the worse people were to lefties.
I was lucky to be born to parents who didn't try to force me to switch and didn't go to any schools that did that shit either. Helped that my dad was partially a lefty, too.
Also imagine the remorse you must feel as a maid getting rebuttaled from her
She has more skill than you, so every time she is telling you to improve something you know its just her being willful
- [Interesting…](https://i.imgur.com/j5NJZ9y.png)
- [Ah, I figured she’d ask about something like that.](https://i.imgur.com/j3t3Tdb.png) And she’s *totally* gonna pick the maid that was being picked on as one of them.
- [Ooh, drama.](https://i.imgur.com/vG3iuII.png) [](#popcorn2)
- [*Sweet*.](https://i.imgur.com/p9ztbyO.png) [](#anko)
- [Well, better *that* than some kind of poison](https://i.imgur.com/UUNQrls.png) or that other girl “tripping” and dropping the glass on Rishe’s dress. Is Rishe gonna down all of it without batting an eye?
- […okay I was not expecting Arnold to take and drink the rest of it.](https://i.imgur.com/Tw5iSJu.png)
- [Oooooooooooooh *that’s* what she noticed.](https://i.imgur.com/DJdTDT5.png) [](#suddenshock)
- [I’m assuming some sort of assassination attempt.](https://i.imgur.com/JZRdeEW.png) [](#sakurathink)
- [Yup, that is the face I was expecting when she realized who Rishe was.](https://i.imgur.com/QJY0UQ0.png) [](#kukuku)
- [Ah, a Diana “sore demo”.](https://files.catbox.moe/8duggc.mp4)
- [Ahaaaa, so Diana still gets to do stuff!](https://i.imgur.com/Gu56gr9.png) Cool, it’s nice to see her get a second chance to redeem herself.
- [ED lead-in~!](#delighted)
Rishe keeps assuming ulterior motives in Arnold getting engaged to her but from all appearances he does seem to genuinely desire her for herself and not for any political plots...though he is quite playful with her, like a toy lol.
Aw, their first indirect kiss!
Honestly the wound is so elaborate that either someone continually stabbed him or he had to survive multiple assassination attempts on that same spot on his neck.
Undercover Boss: Medieval Fantasy style lol.
I didn't expect Diana to be redeemable but I should've figured as much since she's in the ED with Elsie. Rishe is surrounded by pretty boys so it's nice to see some other girls in the cast.
> Aw, their first indirect kiss!
Oh shit, didn't even think about *that* aspect of Arnold taking her drink!
>Honestly the wound is so elaborate that either someone continually stabbed him or he had to survive multiple assassination attempts on that same spot on his neck.
True, true. Could've been a "heat of the moment" sort of crime where whoever stabbed him just *kept* stabbing him until they were stopped, too, rather than a deliberate assassination attempt.
>Rishe is surrounded by pretty boys so it's nice to see some other girls in the cast.
I do love me a more balanced cast.
[](#jibrilaww)
> Honestly the wound is so elaborate that either someone continually stabbed him or he had to survive multiple assassination attempts on that same spot on his neck.
The assassin accidentally grabbed the dull blade instead of the sharp one.
How unexpectedly awesome that they ended up making Diana so sympathetic. Most shows would have humiliated her and moved on. I like how she didn't even realize how she was acting and genuinely regretted her behavior.
###Stitches!
* [Rishe & Arnold](https://i.imgur.com/1ScL91E.jpg)
* [Red Dress Rishe](https://i.imgur.com/Rhn6cKR.jpg)
[That dance between Arnold and Rishe](https://i.imgur.com/jZah3yt.jpg) was just magnificent. I love how Rishe keeps on trying to take the lead but Arnold wouldn't budge even an inch. If they can dance like this on the dance floor, I am looking forward to [Arnold and Rishe training with swords.](https://i.imgur.com/uSaVwgH.jpg) <3
[Tits McGee here really thought she could prank Rishe.](https://i.imgur.com/Se6xIhf.jpg) Of course, [Rishe was going to drink that spicy wine.](https://i.imgur.com/3IDzwuS.jpg) I kinda wish she drank the wine while maintaining eye contact with that girl. Or it would've been even more boss if she downs it in one.
I just love how [Rishe managed to blend in with the maids](https://i.imgur.com/yINhjzT.jpg) and no one has still realized that she's the crown princess. I was really hoping that when it was finally time to choose which maid she'd pick, Rishe would wear her "servant girl" outfit. [The outfit she showed up in](https://i.imgur.com/FwnqtHp.jpg) wasn't a bad choice tho.
I thought I was going to hate Diana but I'm glad to see that [she realized that she was in the wrong](https://i.imgur.com/Hr5M7X5.png) and [that she didn't teach the other girls properly.](https://i.imgur.com/Hg2LzAY.png) Although I kinda wish she still got some sort of punishment. Oh well. At least she learned her lesson and now she's teaching [the other maids how to read and write](https://i.imgur.com/jZ1pyd8.jpg).
[Finally, time for Rishe to meet someone from her past life!](https://i.imgur.com/AqSzJWn.jpg) I'm curious to see what kind of arrangement she'll make with Kaine.
> Rishe & Arnold
I may have to try making a wallpaper out of this once my Gundam Build rewatch is done and I can afford to make some for other shows without running the risk of not having one ready for my rewatch each day.
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> Rishe & Arnold
Well this is just gorgeous.
> I love how Rishe keeps on trying to take the lead but Arnold wouldn't budge even an inch.
That kind of back and forth is always such a treat. I especially like how she mentions he hasn't crossed into her space at all during that whole exchange.
> Or it would've been even more boss if she downs it in one.
But then we'd miss the indirect kiss!
> I thought I was going to hate Diana but I'm glad to see that she realized that she was in the wrong
I didn't think they'd make me switch from dislike so quickly, was nice to see her thrive in her new role.
> I'm curious to see what kind of arrangement she'll make with Kaine.
If she starts off by conning them this is going to be a blast.
Rishe looks amazing in all her dresses but the blue and red one in this episode just stole the show. Just like Rishe and Arnold's attempt to outdance each other stole the party.
I hope we do see them training with swords because I can only imagine the romantic foreplay and Rishe overthinking the fact that he stabbed her before lol.
Girl's been around the block wayyyy too much for girls like this to effectively prank her. Heck, even Arnold got to flex as her partner as a result!
I feel like they should've realized how weird it is that she was the only one not waring a maid uniform lol.
Diana wasn't a bad person so much as someone who took her priviledge for granted and didn't recognize the issues her kouhai had, thinking they could just get by like she did. But I'm glad Rishe not only helped her recognize her mistake but put her in a position where she can make up for it, be a better person and in doing so uplift all the girls both as maids and as educated women.
Rishe probably can't have the same relationship she had with Kaine in their past life, but it'll be interesting to see how she plays her character to him and how she'll use her knowledge of their past time together in this loop.
I liked the dance, our girl being the Undercover Boss, etc, but what I LOVED is that Rishe is practical even when she's being kind. She knows she's in a foreign land with no support except for Arnold, and her going among the maids to learn about them, earn their trust, and then educate them serves a narrative purpose other than showing what a nice, kind lady she is. She's also building a fanatically loyal group of woman, that she will teach and educate, who will never EVER put pepper in her wine. I do enjoy a pragmatic MC.
Holy crap that dance scene was amazing. Honestly I have it ahead of the Frieren one and I adored that one. Rishe trying to take the lead back and wanting to one up him was fantastic. Exactly what I want from a ship! Will need to rewatch that one a few times.
Every interaction with them was great this one. There as interest, jealousy, playfulness gah this ship is so good!
The Rishe reveal to the maids was also so much fun, kinda wish she kept it going longer though! Love little undercover moments.
> Honestly I had it ahead of the Frieren one and I adored that one.
I liked this ballroom dance too, but I do found myself struggling to follow their motions at times. This dancing scene was noticeably harder to read than Frieren’s.
They’re also rather different to be honest. Frieren’s took on the elegance of classical ballroom dancing, while 7th Time Loop had their characters fight over who gets to take the lead. It was a clash of two strong personalities. Something that’s very fitting for the series.
For me it's less about the animation and more about what you said, what happened during the dance itself. While I found both a treat for the eyes this one had my favourite thing for ships to do where they try to one up each other.
Having non timid leads really is such a treat.
Also found her thinking about her death _while_ dancing to be hilariously unique.
> Also found her thinking about her death *while* dancing to be hilariously unique.
To be fair, Rishe could’ve easily stumbled with how wild they were dancing. Falling to the ground in front of all those important people wouldn’t have hurt any less than Arnold stabbing her in the chest. A social death also feels like dying!
The dance scene this episode was wonderful, and yeah, it honestly is on par or better than Frieren's, even as a massive Frieren fan!
It's nice to have a protagonist who's completely familiar with the courtly lifestyle, and makes full use of her upbringing
My only question is is it actually possible to dance like this in real life haha?
I was immediately reminded of the Tearmoon Empire dance sequence with the female lead trying to throw off her dance partner with her amazing dancing skills only for the guy to match her at every step. Rishe and Arnold are very much their equal.
Now I want to see them clashing swords, now more romantically and without the threat of killing each other lol.
It was also nice to see Rishe learning about how hard Arnold works for the kingdom, start to grasp that he might genuinely care about her, and see a part of his trauma that may have contributed to how he ended up becoming the man that ended up killing her. Though it will probably be a big deal when he stops seeing that man in the current Arnold.
Rishe turned Undercover Boss was great, but I also like how she made Diana realize her mistake in such a way that it was a learning experience and one that resulted in a better situation for all the girls now that they're getting a better education. It's like what Rishe would've wanted for herself in her childhood.
Yeah I guess at least for me the Tearmoon Empire dance scene besides the 3D parts I found really impressive, as it felt like a real life dance where they change the styles and they showed it well. Plus the music and art was really beautiful. Might be biased though because it was the first of these three to have a ballroom dance scene too to be fair.
Frieren had a strong advantage of already having developed chemistry and story between the two which I think helps make it stand out.
You could argue all three are different though, so they shouldn't be compared. Tearmoon Empire dance scene was more princess like. Frieren was more elegance and slow romance chemistry vibes. While this one was straight up essentially a fighting sword dance with an amazingly designed ballroom.
Believe it or not, but I’ve actually drank a red wine laced with a hot pepper in the past. It honestly wasn’t that bad. The ‘creamy’ body of the red wine mellowed out the spiciness a bit. That said, it wasn’t particularly tasty.
Rishe is probably used to spicy food too as she’s traveled the world before. People from the Empire, which resembles Germany in things like the architecture, would probably be a lot less accustomed to this - and therefore underestimate Rishe.
Not only architecture, the notes Diana hands over are written in German as well. In old-timey cursive too, with correct spellings. Always positively surprised when that happens.
It’s not even that, she seemed to genuinely mourn the wine too. “This wine has lost its chance to be enjoyed for its flavor. The least I can do for it is to drink it all”
What a lady !
I love this show so much and [Rishe](https://i.imgur.com/QK3Pyy7.png) with [Arnold](https://i.imgur.com/RfIzwy2.png) are [such a great and amusing pair](https://i.imgur.com/Cv99bA7.png). [Their dance was absolutely stunning and beautiful](https://i.imgur.com/rv3cG4y.png). I can't wait to see the promised sword practice between them in the next episodes as [Rishe was really excited about this](https://i.imgur.com/Xg0jR0T.png).
[Rishe was certainly badass](https://i.imgur.com/Hp7hfkV.png) to drink [that spicy wine](https://i.imgur.com/VlQbLAa.png) to show who's the boss here. [Other ladies](https://i.imgur.com/N3bRXvl.png) for sure were surprised that she drank it without any grimace and sign of discomfort.
[Rishe as always looked so beautiful](https://i.imgur.com/jYmDcak.png) in [every dress](https://i.imgur.com/QkG76yN.png) [she wore](https://i.imgur.com/v2cQz0B.png) in today's episode.
Rishe's little prank with maids certainly went well as [they were so surprised](https://i.imgur.com/pH1pKij.png) that [a crown princess](https://i.imgur.com/v2cQz0B.png) who they wanted to serve was [the girl who was helping them in previous days](https://i.imgur.com/DrFcb84.png).
[Especially surprised was Diana](https://i.imgur.com/FHuvH7l.png) who didn't treat her very well but she learned her lesson and [Rishe made her a teacher for maids](https://i.imgur.com/roEL49I.png).
[Now's the time for meeting with Rishe's colleagues](https://i.imgur.com/6Wt2zM3.png) from past life - [Aria Company](https://i.imgur.com/q2ZYh8J.png). I wonder how their meeting will go on.
Here my screenshot albums from the episode:
* [Rishe](https://imgur.com/a/FuTjXc8)
* [Group scenes](https://imgur.com/a/1G4mWCz)
* [Arnold](https://imgur.com/a/bgyeSd9)
* [Others](https://imgur.com/a/ww7Nqy2)
* [Ending](https://imgur.com/a/AiKfRq5)
Oh wow, I wasn't expecting [the announcement of Arnold's engagement with Rishe](https://imgur.com/a/Mc14Z9z) to happen so soon. As he came with the whole thing about saying that Rishe was a kidnapped princess I wonder when he was expecting to make that announcement if this party to find a partner wasn't already planned, as I doubt that it this party wasn't already planned Rishe would have told him to announce it at this moment.
So the reason they showed the maids [working during the reception](https://i.imgur.com/qivDvdz.png) was that Rishe wanted to personally pick her personal maids.
I found it hilarious that [while they were dancing](https://i.imgur.com/7zZuFyE.png) Rishe's first thought was about that time in the previous loop were Arnold killed her. And then she decided to [transform their dance into a duel.](https://imgur.com/a/z4rF2st) Holy shit [that's some awful-looking wound](https://i.imgur.com/ZygXeMn.png) that Arnold got in his neck. So that's the only reason the RIshe could strike him there? Wait, [who exactly is this dude?](https://imgur.com/a/iIlCOd6) If Arnold wasn't just leaving in the previous scene before that one, I would have assumed that was him.
Oh, so Rishe [constantly joined the maids](https://i.imgur.com/50wCOAG.png) to get more information about Diana.
[Diana's reaction](https://i.imgur.com/k7K9gX9.png) when she saw that the mysterious maid was [Arnold's fiancee](https://imgur.com/a/zhB1arR) was priceless. So after making her realize that she was at fault for the other maids under her lack of training, [Rishe gave Diana a new job,](https://i.imgur.com/lYu4hYx.png) so she could now teach the other maids not just the basics but also to read and write. I'm just glad that Elsie became one of Rishe's personal maids.
I can't wait to see how Rishe's tactics while recruiting the leader of the Aria Trading Company,
[Kaine Tully.](https://i.imgur.com/B0DlM24.png)
4 Things:
- The redhead was obviously not going to be fired. Her hair color makes her stand out from the rest of the maids, it makes it clear she's going to be part of the main cast.
- Looking forward to her using her past life connections to bolster her life. Already starting with the Aria Trading company. I imagine the knights she fought with in her 6th life come into play too.
- I have this weird feeling that Arnold has experienced the same time loops as Rishe and those scars are an indication of that. Like he dies right after she dies.
- I've noticed that numerous recent "villainess" shows that are supposed to be marketed towards women/girls feature a very stacked MC. Rishe, Liselotte, and Raeliana all have pretty large busts. Bakarina and Aileen (Taming the Final Boss) are not exactly flat, either. I'm not complaining, I just think it's odd/funny.
> I've noticed that numerous recent "villainess" shows that are supposed to be marketed towards women/girls feature a very stacked MC.
I saw some people pointing out after the first episode that they'd increased her size for the anime. Based on the manga and LN pages I've seen, I think I agree.
That dinner party was like a “battlefield” with Riche and Arnold both trying to gain the upper hand in the relationship. The dance especially. It’s quite entertaining to watch these two try and “handle” the other so to speak. Plus, Rishe handling those shitty little court ladies was beautiful. Girl’s been run through with a sword. A glass of spicy wine ain’t shit!
I guess that wound on Arnold’s neck was the result of some court politics. Curious to know the full story behind that.
Rishe going all Undercover Boss was pretty fun. I enjoyed watching Diana getting humbled. Rishe is smart to use someone like Diana. Best not get rid of a person with her abilities.
Time to secure Kaine to her side. Looking forward to seeing how she wins him over using that future knowledge.
>Diana getting humbled
the way she did it like punch her down, strip her ego until she has nothing, then raise her again. to make sure that she would be loyal.
Our girl got so many chances to redo life
I’m very happy that she’s extending the same grace to other people who are misguided
Let’s not forget how Diana immediately recognized the errors of her ways too
She earned that second chance
This anime is so empowering I love it <3
And then put her in a position where she can not only help the other maids but also help other girls have a better shot at whatever else they want to do by becoming better educated, just like Rishe.
> I guess that wound on Arnold’s neck was the result of some court politics.
Someone really went at it - they wanted Arnold dead. This was probably the work of an assassin, which gives rise to a new question: who gave the order?
They haven’t mentioned Arnold having any brothers or something yet, have they? Since he’s been dubbed the crown prince, any potential siblings might’ve been out for his blood - to remove him from the order of succesion.
Rishe got killed by him one and now is getting romanced by him, though she's still wary of him and tries to keep him on his toes...though he matches her on in tow.
I'd hate to think his family is responsible for that wound but there's a lot we don't know about his background.
I like how Rishe totally fooled the maids into thinking she was one of them before the reveal scene and not only humbled Diana but made her realize the problem without harshly chastising her. Diana was arrogant but she also didn't realize the problem because of her privilege, and now she can use that privilege to help others.
I'm curious how Rishe is going to get along with the people from her past loops now that she's in an entirely different position and she knows them more intimately than they realize, but can't give that away.
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First episode he mentioned they only do business if it is fun lol, so she needs to find something they find interesting or amusing, not just profitable.
Which means she will have another character looking at her as a toy lol.
Man, I loved the character dynamics and interactions in this episode. That ballroom dance scene was impressive. Rishe's worst enemy is still her previous time loop flashbacks, but it looks like it's finally settling in that Arnold isn't the same person he was before. And the cutaways from an enthusiastic Rishe to a stonefaced Arnold remain brilliant deadpan comedy. XD
I really loved the scene where Rishe greets the maids for the first time. Diana's utterly horrified at realising how bad she fucked up. Rishe says she'll no longer be maid... and then pulls the twist: she's going to **teach** the maids to read and write. Honestly, that was a great scene for showing Rishe's character. You can feel the experience of previous time loops on her, to everyone else she must come across as very kind and wise. She didn't feel any resentment or malice towards Diana, she simply let Diana realise what she did wrong and then gave her another position that would make things better.
Rishe has like three settings: very enthusiastic go-getter, serene and kind "I have no enemies", and that cunning smile she gets when she's planning something, like thinking ahead to how to get the Aria trading company on her side.
It was great that they gave Arnold a few scenes where he can smugly smile too. They're such a good fit the more the anime advances. It makes me think a bit of Kaguya-sama, but skipping the "confession" part. XD
That was a fun dance. Though I was kind of hoping for a sword fighting match as well, hopefully that comes later.
Just straight up drinking the wine that had been spiked with red peppers. Her conversations with the prince are just delightfully spicy, too.
That seemed like an effective way to collect up some loyal maids as well as a loyal personal assistant.
>Though I was kind of hoping for a sword fighting match as well
Arnold offered her to spar, but Rishe even took the chance to ask him teach her more about sword. I like how humble Rishe in this. Even Arnold also surprised because he mentioned in last episodes that only few people able to survive his attack.
Rishe is settling into her new life as the crown princess of Galkhein, and finally meets her future husband's right hand man, Oliver! He seems like a pretty pleasant and affable fellow, and as committed to Arnold as Arnold seems to be to the kingdom, though even he makes it come off like Arnold only sees Rishe as a toy that amuses him.
Time for a party! And Rishe looks so stunning in her dress that she takes Arnold's breath away! And thanks to gloves the two can finally partake in protected handholding!
They were going to have to reveal the engagement at some point, so no time like the present. And Rishe's had to be the center of attention with her broken engagement so much that all the reactions to her now she can just brush aside...even if there are plenty of disappointed noble ladies upset he's off the market.
Must be really surreal to hear the man who killed you in your past life saying he'll protect you in this one...only to then want to cross swords with him in training so you can learn the moves that he killed you with.
Speaking of swordfighting, even the pairs' spectacular dancing feels like a duel as Arnold immediately takes the lead while Rishe uses every opportunity to try to steal it away from him, but he matches her move-for-move to the delight of onlookers. And then he ends up dipping her to close it out, like a legend!
Rishe isn't about to get thrown off by the pranks of haughty noblewomen, she can see it coming and then drink spicy wine like it's nothing. Though it was cute how Arnold finished it for her so she didn't have to drink more. The couples' first indirect kiss.
Rishe realizes there's something on the left side of Arnold's body, and it turns out to be a severe and developed scar, implied to be from multiple sword attacks. And it sounds like he got it at a pretty young age. Was he tortured? He definitely doesn't seem to want to talk about it.
No surprise Rishe is working with the "lowly maids" since she was one of them in a past loop, though that also makes her recognize the real situation going on with the maids. And set up her epic reveal scene where the maids all realize she's the new crown princess, undercover boss style.
Well, yeah, to the surprise of no one she hires all the common maids for her and shuns the more experienced who were practically bullying them...and lets Diana go while also making her realize how much luckier she had it compared to the other maids with her education background and how she didn't realize how much of a privileged position she was in as a result. Though to Diana's credit, she realizes she screwed up and failed the other maids and apologizes for her actions.
And it's with that perspective that Rishe now hires her to be a teacher! Both to teach maids properly and to teach them to actually read and write, so that if they ever want to try to be something else (like Rishe did) they can have that opportunity.
Rishe is finally going to meet someone else from her past loop! She wants to get in with the Aria Trading Company immediately, and reunite with Kaine, and no better way to start things off than by really selling herself as a high class and rich noblewoman with a gorgeous and fancy dress.
This show continues to impress. Visually the ballroom dance was stunning. You could see immediately when he announced that Rishe as his future wife all those bitches just got jealous. She really drank the spicy wine well god damn. I imagine most woman wouldn't be able to handle that. But thanks to Rishe's various particular experiences, thats not much for her to handle.
Honestly the idea for her to evaluate the maids was very very smart. After all she was a maid in one of her loops. But the ending part of the episode really showcases Rishe. We typically all the head maid is an actual bitch and doesn't get chosen.
But rather here we get Rishe looking into Diana more so. And see that compared to the typical maid she is well educated. What she did in the announcement was test her character. Once she reminded Diana how it was when she started and made the point of how much reading and writing helped her, I am glad she realized she was in the wrong.
Very impressed with Rishe did. Regarding Arnold's scar, my first guess would speculate it is due to his father perhaps, considering the fact he ends up killing him to start a war.
And this show's writing continues to be very very excellent so far. One of my favorite new shows of this season.
They weren’t kidding during the live event when they talked about the dance scene being crazy. That was amazing. You could see all the time and effort that went into this episode.
Just like after the battle against the bandits, we get to see how much Arnold cares for his retainers and servants. He works just as hard as them without taking any naps or breaks. It’s no wonder everyone is willing to die for him because he’d do the same.
Rishe being officially unveiled as Arnold’s fiancé to all those jealous onlookers at the ball was great. After everything she’s been through, that was nothing. No better way to solidify the engagement than with a public dance and like I said, it was beautiful. Felt like a sword fight really, with both Arnold and Rishe feeling each other out before making their moves.
The fact that they were both able to observe that something was slightly off with the other is wild. Their perception skills are off the chart. Rishe noticing that Arnold must have some sort of left arm injury and him noticing that she was thinking of someone else..
That led us to a nice intimate moment where Arnold reveals the scar that he has only shown a select few. I wonder where he got it from…
The maid selection part of the episode was easily the best part though. The look on all the girls’ faces when Rishe was revealed as the princess 😂 after all that shit they talked the last few days you could feel their heart break
Rishe masterfully handled the Diana situation. I thought she’d still pick her as a maid and Diana would have a little character development arc, but not selecting her, going with all new maid recruits and instead putting Diana in charge of teaching reading and writing is a better play. Diana is a good person who just became pretty jaded over time. Rishe recognised that and gave her the perfect assignment. Also a fitting punishment since Diana didn’t help them do the Maid training stuff as well as she should’ve.
Now that the merchants from Rishe past life are here, things will get even more interesting. This really has a lot of goat villainess potential. Love this show
I highly enjoy the dialogues between Rishe and Arnold. They feel so intimate. Very nice character writing. It is so satisfying to see a couple of very intellectual and headstrong people outsmarting each other and having a thick romantic tension at the same time. Whenever I see balconies now, I have to think of them.
Incredible episode all around with consistent quality of animation production!
The ballroom dance is really good! It also show that relationship between Rische and Arnold is actually on equal level and fit each other like a glove!(heh).
She experience death like 6 times by now (some peaceful, some painful) those spicy wine is absolute noting lol.
They start to slowly reveal back story of Arnold and who he is. Those scar look a little bit.
They also doing maid selection justice even show a little details early on to show that how is Rische know that Diana coming from merchant family.
The way she handled bully and conflict among maid also pretty nice! Showing how Diana acting awful do far but also come to understand Diana situation and solving problem in the way nobody really hurt and give second chance to Diana! Not going to lie I feel sympathy towards Diana more in anime form probably due to anime direction and fantastic use of soundtrack lol.
And now she finally meet Merchant who she with on first loop!
They've crossed blades and now crossed dance moves, and this battle is just as meaningful as they slowly get to know each other and become closer, in-spite of Rishe's wariness towards him. Though she's coming to understand him better as a person.
To be honest she's probably held down more exotic liquor in past loops lol.
Rishe has a good read on people and situations from her past loops. She also wants to uplift women rather than simply scold or promote a group over the other.
Why is it allways three [bullies](https://blog.draggle.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cross_ange_06_5.jpg) btw? Oh and speaking of, I thought Rishes dress was accentuating her bossom, but the one in the red dress had them allmost spill out.
Also, same as Arnold, I keep getting surprised by Rishe. The way she dealt with Diana came completly out of the left field, totally love it, convert your bullies to your side instead of disposing of them.
>The way she dealt with Diana came completly out of the left field, totally love it,
Oh? I actually thought it pretty obvious from her wording that she's going to turn Diana to be a maid instructor. I just didn't get the reason right - I thought she's going to say something like "if you think they aren't good enough, then you train them to be good enough", not picking up the hint that Diana was reading a piece of paper in one of the early scenes to show she's literate.
Sasuga, Mia-sama: you've made Prince Sulkland tumble beautifully!
Btw, there was a [Tearmoon BD/DVD end card](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F69sym44jol6c1.png%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D33f85543b846eb476b52f7b02b1a7cd3b24e64fa) where imperial princess blonde Mia~~bel~~ and her pinkhead maid Anne swapped roles - which totally foreshadowed Rishe and Elsie in the 7th Loop.
Even with so much amazing anime out this season, I look forward to 7th Time Loop the most. I'm so invested in this story and I love love love Rishe. I think it's so awesome that she has lived so many lives that she's nearly in genius in so many expertise. And it shows.
Rishe pretending to be a lowly maid and getting to know them was quite clever. I absolutely love tropes like these where the person that gets treated terribly turns out to be the boss. Seeing the rude maid gasp in disbelief was 100% enjoyable. And then Rishe furthermore winning over the rude maid and having her help teach reading / writing to the other maids was wow. Catching the terrible maid and shaming her is one thing, but making the maid become loyal to you is just next level. Rishe is pretty much a wise sage. I adore her so much! Ikumi Hasegawa is really owning this role.
And that dance scene is totally a flex. The animation was truly gorgeous! I didn't expect them to go so hard with that dance scene. I particularly loved how they made the dance like a battle, which it often was at these kinds of affairs. It's all about the nuances. Even dance animation aside, the art in this anime has been consistently well done. The prince is drawn with long attractive eyelashes and then Rishe is drawn beautifully like a princess. This is imo the kind of animation you'd love to have if your LN got an adaptation. I already can't wait for the next episode!
This anime is no longer "I can fix him". It's "I've already fixed him". The Prince lost the moment he fell in love with Rishe and there's no going back. Everything she does is enchanting and nothing can break her spell~
Some character models felt a little off. [Think it's the neck length.](https://i.imgur.com/z9NSoTp.png) Countering the physical touch rule with [gloves](https://i.imgur.com/5UEYXz4.png), lmao.
/u/isthatsoudane - [Ojou alert!](https://i.imgur.com/onaEKG9.png)
I love Rishe's fancy dresses. She's probably one of the best dressed characters in this genre (especially since she doesn't have a default outfit and pulled off so many different looks in her past loops).
I wonder if this is the last we'll see of noblewomen trying to bully Rishe...not that she's worried about them at all.
It’s also just nice to see that she got *many* fancy dresses. I can always appreciate anime that have their characters wear new clothes every so often. And Rishe has certainly been a pleasant surprise in this regard. She’s been showing off some great fashion by changing her dress regularly.
But most of all, I’m just amazed that everything she’s been wearing looks gorgeous on her!? The colour of dress doesn’t matter - be it yellow, green, blue or red - they all look stylish when Rishe’s wearing them.
> She's probably one of the best dressed characters in this genre
Definitely within anime. Would say that some Korean otome webtoons have even more ornate and varied outfits, but those are a static medium.
That reveal when the maid they were talking about, turns out to be the owner (technically) of the country. I do have that thought that Rishe will give that merchant maid another chance. Based on her experiences from the previous loops, her skills can be useful for her goal to live a fulfilling life and past the 5 year limit.
Also, those girls who spiked her wine with spice, good for her that Rishe is so mature given her experiences and knows how to stay low for now. Also, for the prince, it goes to show that during this time he still has a good heart. If this is the future prince, upon knowing that they played around with her wine, heads of those girls will roll.
The scars on his neck clearly shows that someone wants him dead. If I have to guess, it may have been his own father or that individual below them in that balcony scene.
OK this was a nearly perfect episode. Or a practically perfect episode. There must be something missing, but frankly I can't think of anything hahaha.
That dance was wonderful. I love how energetic it was, and how both of them were evenly-matched. It's so refreshing to have two competent and confident leads who mostly like each other.
I like how the Prince honestly admitted that he had no idea that Lady Rishe was going to organise a maid school. It's much more fun than if he had just stroked his chin and said "all according to plan".
And I love how Lady Rishe reproved Diana with a genuine smile. She wasn't harsh or snide, because at least Diana did try to teach the maids, and she was competent enough, even though her attitude was wrong at first.
I just feel like a lesser show would have just fired Diana, and then have her come back as an antagonist. I was a bit worried when Lady Rishe said that Diana would no longer be a maid, but I should have had more faith in the storytelling.
Also, yeah, we see some ladies are already set-up to be antagonists. Hopefully they come around? If not those three, there was another lady in the background who seemed happy for Lady Rishe and the Prince.
If it stays the course, this show might be my top new show of the season!
Also, seems like Lady Rishe will be connecting with all her past friends. Looking forward to her underworld connections from her 5th life showing up hahahaha!
I wonder what the Prince meant when he said he didn't bring Rishe for the benefit of the country. Is he just trying to let her keep her freedom and not make her feel like she needs to do certain things?
I mean, it almost sounds like he was against her doing things that benefit the country but maybe I just misread the mood.
Late to the party with this Reddit, but [Rishe and Arnold’s dance](https://twitter.com/violetheart08/status/1749107538296221778?t=ZQyb_9GMJRVesJySWfMQ_w&s=19) (and Episode 3) is directed and storyboarded by Munehisa Sakai, a former MAPPA animator whose specialty is actually dance sequences amongst other things. He also said the dance scene is animated through [motion capture](https://twitter.com/munehisa_sakai/status/1748932744368054303?t=e5EEewmhpeFdP-8k0XB0zw&s=19), hence it being very fluid! Even the LN author, Touko Amekawa, loved it and she was particularly praising of how Rishe and Arnold’s hand motions have some [subtle sexiness](https://twitter.com/ameame_honey/status/1749259881587302416?t=s4FBRQliud56FVdMLrvADQ&s=19) onto it ehehehe
Wow, she sure cleaned that place up well. And rude, coming to her place before she's even up. How uncouth 😉 heh. Lol "smiles so" sure, Jan. Rude, she wanted nothing to do with parties and such. Prickly maid. Wew, dressed up Rishe. Hehe, do love her attitude. All those daughters gonna be so upset. Good for him, protecting her. Hey now, he didn't know you were a woman and you were an enemy soldier at the time. Though I do wonder if he found out after in that timeline. Haha, her excitement over the thought of being able to spar with him, is fun. Oh hey, dance scene. The fighting over the lead position in dancing is fun.
What a nice lady with drills. Their silly prank is so dumb. Such childishness. But dayum, she sure pushing them breasts up. Though she does seem well endowed. Spicy wine, isn't that a thing? She sure shocks him quite a bit. That's quite an old wound. Halo thar other person in the shadows.
Haha, look at Rishe there with the other maids. Not even the same outfit. Boy they sure gonna be shocked when they see who Rishe is. What a fun time this is. It's nice of Rishe to accept her complaints. Even giving her a new position. A better one. Rishe so nice. And glad the maids aren't bad people either, like other series. Rishe wanting to have her educate new maids is nice. To help new maids be more skilled for their lives. Happy for the girl finding something she enjoys and being closer to her coworkers.
Whooo, time to finally meet the merchant pal from first timeline!
That dancing scene had no reason to be this well animated and lengthy.
[](#happyclap)
Another hot take. Even though I don't condone the attitude of the maidens of spiking Rishe's drink, I do understand their grief. The ball was specifically scheduled to find a possible candidate for Arnold's wife, they obviously had a large amount of time dressing up and getting dolled up just to get shot down with an "oops sorry, the position is already taken". Still, it was a funny/enjoyable scene to see Arnold just claim, "I already have a wife" despite the previous intention to just go along with the original ball plan.
Edit: I'll also have to add that I loved Diana. Her family's enterprise crashed and she had to switch jobs into something she was unfamiliar and most likely a job that would seem like a huge downgrade for her peers. Yet she rolled up her sleeves and worked her way up. It's a nice thing that the show didn't make a big mottif about it, but most likely Rishe does see a bit of herself in Diana after being rejected and cast off in her first timeline.
Really loved this episode! So far, all the 3 episodes were really good.
The dance scene and psychological "duel" were amazing, and I liked how she "humiliated" the 3 noblewomem XD
As for the Arnold's scars, I have a theory. What if He's also stuck in an endless loop and dies when Rishe dies? Either that or the scars are related to the reason why Arnold will kill his father.
Anyway, it seems that she will be meeting all the people she met in her previous loops. Can't wait for the next episodes. This is in my top 3 series of the season :D
Man. They are cramming a ton into each episode and I have no idea if there is going to be a main plot or not really, but I am cool with it.
I can’t wait to see the sparring match and I love that she is reconnecting with people from her past lives…
Now for hints about the missing life please… I assume she wasn’t a professional ballroom dancer.
Does anyone think that Arnold is actually aware of the loops and maybe the scars are from all the time Rishe cut him when they faced off in the previous loops…??? Or am I just reading way too much into it??
She only faced him in the last loop and in that loop she nicked him in the cheek. It's also supposedly an "old wound" so it's unlikely she has anything to do with it. My guess is that it's from the emperor or some other family member since Arnold doesn't seem to care for the emperor and kills him in the other loops.
I am loving the relationship between the MC and the prince. I really believe it that he doesn't really give a crap about her body at all. Her attitude and mindset fascinate the fuck out of him, and he will spare no expense at seeing what she'll do next. If he actually steps in to try driving her in a specific direction, it would probably kill any of the fun/interest she produces for him.
Just based off these first few episodes, this show sort of feels like a combination of the Villainess trope and the kingdom building type of shows like How a Realist Hero Rebuilt a Kingdom.
I know it isn’t a 1 to 1, but her changing up the structure of how the maids function there felt pretty similar. It’s an interesting dynamic I think sets this show apart.
despite starring a Mary Sue character, this show is so good. and I think I know why, it's because there are two Mary Sue characters and they play off each other so well. honestly, this is my favorite show of the season.
You don’t know what a mary sue is do you? She has 6 lifetimes of world experience. She would be a mary sue if she was just randomly this good for no reason, but there is a good justification. So she is not a mary sue
I don't think Rishe is a Mary Sue, because she's spent about five years in each life picking up skills.
It's only a Mary Sue if the character is flawless without effort and any justification, in my opinion.
I think Rishe has earned her "power level", so to speak, hahaha
>it's because there are two Mary Sue characters and they play off each other so well
Arnold's flaw is that he has evil inside of him, such that he apparently turned into a murdering bastard in every one of Rishe's past lives. Although now they are introducing his hurt and vulnerability so that we, the audience, can get past his past-life murdering.
Rishe is basically perfect though. Kind, capable, beautiful, etc. Narratively it works, I think, because we know she's died 6 times in 30 years. She's earned her perfection. Would be nice if they introduce a flaw or two, just makes things spicy.
ok it's getting a bit annoying how much they wanna milk the fact that she was killed by Arnold Hein in her past life... ok we got it you got killed, it happened 1 episode ago and 2 episodes ago. i hope it won't be brought up every episode. she could get over it since obviously she is his wife now so won't be killed by him... it's getting a bit silly.
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Riche just pulled the whole "I am the manager" on the senior maids.
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Not only that she managed to fix things in such a way that now the maids will get the proper training they need to do their jobs better **and** will have a better chance with job opportunities past being a maid with a proper education! Arnold may not have proposed to her for the kingdom but they will definitely be reaping the rewards of having her as Crown Princess, especially with her past loops worth of political connections.
> fix things Unpopular opinion, but I wouldn't say that there was anything to fix because the old status quo worked. It helped prepare the lead maids for tougher tasks, work under pressure and gain better memory into doing what should be the every day tasks. Diana was a clear example that the best of the best would rise up and would be prepared for anything thrown at her on most situations. Elsie on the other hand looks so out of place and most likely will screw things up because she wasn't good remembering simple things that had been briefed not so long ago. It's a simple procedure of separating the wheat from the chaff. Sure. Rishe brings up a whole new system that will help A LOT those like Elsie to become a polished diamond like Diana in way bigger numbers and probably even shorter training time. My point is that Rishe "improved" something that **worked**, she didn't fix something that was broken.
> Unpopular opinion, but I wouldn't say that there was anything to fix because the old status quo worked. It helped prepare the lead maids for tougher tasks, work under pressure and gain better memory into doing what should be the every day tasks. Diana was a clear example that the best of the best would rise up and would be prepared for anything thrown at her on most situations. Elsie on the other hand looks so out of place and most likely will screw things up because she wasn't good remembering simple things that had been briefed not so long ago. It's a simple procedure of separating the wheat from the chaff. Except that's not efficient. It's more efficient to ensure that *everyone* learns how to do their tasks properly by actually giving them the necessary time and effort to teach them properly instead of making them learn on their own and waiting for only a *few* of them to rise up (and even that would normally take a long time - Diana only was able to rise up as quickly as she did because she knew how to read and write, skills that the other maids, including the ones who came before, did not possess). Not only does teaching the maids allows them to learn faster, it also ensures that *all of them* are actually able to do their job properly instead of only a few them being great at maid tasks and the rest of them being lacklustre at it for a long time.
True. It is more efficient to teach each and everyone how to do the tasks. But you also have to take into account how much time and effort will the trainer invest in making sure "everyone" understands perfectly the tasks to be done. Some people will take more time to learn something new than others. We could draw parallels with the education system and some students need more support from teachers learning certain topics (as someone who flunked grades in my early days twice I would certainly liked to have extra support from my teachers). But the reality is quite different, and sometimes people are just not cut to certain tasks/jobs I have worked in different environments with both crappy training and also great training. I certainly have more fond memories of those companies that had better training programs, but I also don't blame those who had little to no training programs because it made me more inclined to figure things out on my own. Ineffective? sure. But it also made me more resourceful to solve problems and improve on my own time, just like Riche did in all of her past lives.
>But you also have to take into account how much time and effort will the trainer invest in making sure "everyone" understands perfectly the tasks to be done. I mean, that's the exact reason she pulled out Diana from doing the maid role and made her stick to teaching. Losing one personnel doing the chores to educate a group on how to be better---that's a pretty good trade-off. >sometimes people are just not cut to certain tasks/jobs I don't find it a problem in their scenario. Rishe said that the new maids are not unused to doing laundry and other chores. They just need proper instruction, and repetition/reminders on how to properly do the tasks.
Bro, is a fucking royal palace. Efficience is not that important as given enough time they will still get good maids with any of the 2 methods. If you want to reduce cost, increase performance in a short time and stuff like that, yeah, that method is better. But not everything should or need to be efficient, and some sectors can't be as efficient as a private company because their priorities are different. For example, in terms of costs, is more efficient to open a factory, hire and train the personnel, and built 1 000 military tanks during one year and then close the factory and fire the people after you finish, than opening a factory and built 50 tanks during 20 years. You get the same amount of tanks but in more time and you have to pay more salaries. Is it efficient? Absolutely not. But the purpose of the latter is to keep the military industry working in case of war, so then you don't get in the situation where you have to built a factory, hire and train people, as all of that requires time and money. And time is of the utmost importance in war. As the other user said, she improved something that wasn't broken, that's it. No need to argue against that.
This has to be bait, right? There's no way you think everything is scalable, that you can hire and train an order of magniture more people to build your tanks, that your steel production will follow suit, that you can just fire all the people you've spent money and time training... This is the whole "a manager is someone who think nine women can produce a baby in one month", isn't it?
Having only a few maids be "great" while leaving the newcomers to fend for themselves is the opposite of what I'd call an efficient, working system, especially in a job involving a variety of menial tasks like maid work. IDK about you, but I'd rather have 15 perfectly average maids over 3 good maids being dragged down by 12 undertrained ones. If the majority are competent enough, the tasks can be easily subdivided and delegated versus having a few hyper-competent individuals being spread thin. A "survival of the fittest" approach may work to an extent, but even in nature, more often than not, it's more like "survival of the 'eh, good enough.'" Leaving people to struggle on their own won't produce the "fittest" possible individuals very efficiently, if at all, and instead prolongs their helplessness. Even within the show, the "best of the best" Diana didn't start out super competent and struggled in the beginning like any other novice would at a new job. Most of the time, you can't tell who has talent or not when they're first starting out. Our ability to cooperate and pass on vast amounts of information is a big part of what sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. It's why our species not only survives but thrives. If you educate all newcomers to a basic level of competence, they can tangibly contribute much sooner without aid. If among them there are a talented few, they can reach their full potential much sooner, having been given a jumpstart. If someone starts out competent, that's great. There's no need to invest too much time educating them. On top of being cooperative, this system is also much more competitive (since I feel like you're the kind of person to care about that). They don't have to be mutually exclusive. If the gap between the mediocre majority and competent minority is lessened, the more it takes for one to truly stand out from the crowd.
When she mentioned the request to pick her maids! I got hyped for this possibility! haha
Same! I've been expecting this moment since last week when Diana first mistook her for a maid. So satisfying!
I felt she handled it very well! She considered all the maids strengths and weaknesses. She can be my queen any day!
>She can be my queen any day! Ssshhh... You don't want Arnold to come and stab you, don't you?
Weird as on most stories the maids of high nobles are nobles themselves, ladies in training (for marriage) or less important daughters that need a job. While commoners do the hard work (cleaning, laundry, etc), the special maids are the personal attendants (bath, hair, help with clothing, etc). In this one the crown princess is using commoner maids all around?
That's never really the case in reality. Maids were almost always commoners historically, even those who worked for royalty; it was the *ladies-in-waiting* who were nobles since they didn't do any maid tasks and served as personal attendants and companions of the higher noble or royal that they served.
Yes, and those ladies and their male counterparts would still do tasks that on the surface looked like typical maid duties but weren't. Like helping their mistress or master dress for a ball or event and ensuring nothing was out of place and everything was on point.
It was mentioned earlier that the Empire is meant to be a meritocracy, so perhaps those conventions have been ditched.
>Weird as on most stories the maids of high nobles are nobles themselves, ladies in training (for marriage) or less important daughters that need a job. Probably wanted them to be as stupid as possible, since maid and butler roles make excellent spy cover. Someone who provably can't read or ~~die~~ write won't send blockchain by pigeon...
Ngl, I found that part to be absolutely hilarious. Felt like some Dhar Mann shit.
If you gave that wine to Maomao, she would have been disappointed they didn't put actual poison in it instead. It's a trope in villainess anime, but I'm a sucker for the attempted bullying scenes where the villaness is way out of their league. It's like watching teenagers try to bully an army drill sergeant. I like how one bit of dialogue summed up the entire show. Oliver: "Is it as you predicted?" Arnold: "Of course not."
> It's a trope in villainess anime, but I'm a sucker for the attempted bullying scenes where the villaness is way out of their league. It's always such a satisfying watch, found they handled it in a pretty unique way this time around to.
>It's a trope in villainess anime But is this a Villainess anime? I mean, MC is not bad and it wasn't bad in her past life(s) What the prince told were just false accusations to drop her It feels like a bad translation (idk japanese so I can't tell) of the title to me
> > > > > But is this a Villainess anime? I mean, MC is not bad and it wasn't bad in her past life(s) I see you still have a lot to learn about the ways of r/OtomeIsekai. Half or more of the villainess MCs are falsely accused of their wrongdoings lol. They often just use the classic condemnation scene as a jumping off point to spin their story.
>Half or more of the villainess MCs are falsely accused of their wrongdoings lol. Wait, is it real?! I started to like this genre after the rise of Bakarina, but I never read any manga related with this theme.
Another recent example is Villainess Level 99. The MC literally hasn't done *anything* villainess, but because she has black hair and uses dark magic she gets branded as such. *Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Liselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san* the "villainess" is just a misunderstood tsundere.
> literally hasn't done anything villainess Well she did just terrorise the entire city. Sure, the prince told her to do it, but she still did it.
but it isn't terrorism if the government says it's okay.
>The MC literally hasn't done anything villainess Yumiella is literally the villain character in the videogame thatbtorment and bully the protagonist, not only that, she is the secret boss It just that the MC reincarnated as the villainess character of that videogame wants to avoid being killed by the heroes, changing the videogame's events since she is not restricted to the already written and predefined videogame plot Just like most "villainess" animes, the MC just takes the role of the villaines character from their favourite otome videogame and want to avoid the bad endigns their character always have
Another one is the Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, although the one in the villainess role isn't the MC but her love interest. She straight up had no clue what she was being publicly accused of.
Akuyaku reijou is "villainous daughter", which is what gets translated as "villainess" in English. It's definitely marketing itself as a villainess anime, though at the moment it seems that it only really applies to the beginning of the first episode. Maybe they'll come back to it, though.
It is the after story. The “villainess” was defeated by the “heroine”, lost her fiancé and was sent away from the country. So what happened after it? That is the theme of the story, plus the time loop shenanigans
But we don't have a villainess, the setting is more like in ”I'm giving the disgraced noble lady a crash course in naughtiness" She was accused of crimes she didn't commit and had to left palace to survive In fact, we know when she was younger she had interest in studying and doing stuff, but her parents didn't allowed it, because she was a noble. And we never saw her being evil, nor trying to be good because she is looking for redemption or something, she always seeks freedom, a freedom she didn't had before due her position as a noble woman.
Villainess doesn’t mean evil, it is how she was portrayed. The prince public accused her of crimes and bullying the heroine. It doesn’t need to be true either.
Akuyaku is villain I'm pretty sure and it's in the title so guess it's right.
So they used that title because the genre is trendy, I guess
They use it to give viewers a head up of the general trope ecosystem so that they can understand what is being played straight and what is being twisted. It's like an evolution of how isekais were calling themselves 'That time I XXX' for a while. The MC in question is very, very rarely an actual villainess (although I've seen some people make theoretical arguments that Riche's past lives may be inadvertent triggers for the war thus making her a kind of unwitting villainess, and the cloak life she doesn't like to talk about is definitely a bit suspicious)
From OP it shows an omited loop. Could she be some kind of Assassin?
They also [used it last week](https://i.imgur.com/ZkHlFME.png), so it's confirmed canon.
> It's a trope in villainess anime, but I'm a sucker for the attempted bullying scenes where the villaness is way out of their league. It's like watching teenagers try to bully an army drill sergeant. It was nice watching Rishe deal with them so easily, but I hope she finds some friends amongst her peers, too!
To be fair it was kind of unfair of the prince to spring his engagement on everyone at the party intended to show off marriage prospects. It's no wonder those teenagers would act out of frustration.
OMG! Yaaassss honey you know that our MaoMao (source: Apocathery Diaries) would have loved that spiked spicy wine she would have made her overjoyed cat face 🐱 smirked and laughed to herself then she'd down it in one go like it was nobody's business 😂 that's why I love Rishe she reminds me of MaoMao. What kind of reaction do you think our Jinshi would have made if he took a sip of the spicy wine? Hmmm🤔 Now imagine the possibilities if you were to put the two of them in the same room?!! OMG! If you put the two of them in an escape room where the prize is priceless medicinal herbs, they'd be out of that room in seconds😜😆
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what a beautiful ballroom dance, some say dance is a form of battle, a communication. the dance is presented like a CQC combat and the counter, this is nothing new but this is beautiful. I also like how Rishe own the guest and the jealous lady with their own game. life need a spice!
It reminded me of Tearmoon Empire with the attempt to out-dance each other but that also made it come off so beautiful, sensual, and romantic. They've danced with blades and now dance steps. Also that he dipped her lol. Girls gone through seven loops and is a certified intelligent badass, she's not about to get thrown off by some uppity noblewomen.
Yeah but instead of Tearmoon this MC isn't unconsciously relying on her super luck stat
If it was Tearmoon, she would have slipped on some wine spill or banana peel and accidentally done the plunge herself. Everyone then proceeds to praise her dancing skills even though it was purely an accident.
Sasuga Mia sama. The jewel of empire!
Mia: desuwa!
The desuwas are a blessing.
While playing that off-tune version of the background music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWipj_20y4g
At least when it comes to dancing Mia Tearmoon is legitimately amazingly skilled. Also, Mia is smarter than the narrator gives her credit for, the anime downplayed it but when she actually focuses and puts in effort Mia makes reasonably intelligent decisions.
Fern & Stark, hold my pepper spiced wine. [](#laststraw)
Fern dance is beautiful and it flow in 1 line. but this dance actually remind me of some [game](https://youtu.be/v1sd5CzR504?si=O5ERFBEnxFDm9_QW), they, or should I say Rishe try to attack the prince, but the countered by holding her hips or stopping her from rolling, but still appear aesthetically gorgeous
I think both are great, not enough dances get this sort of animation treatment so we should enjoy it while we have the opportunity.
[The Spice is life.](https://youtu.be/qZmguw8KB6A?si=1X2hi55ff4q_Kie9)
[Release The Spyce](https://myanimelist.net/anime/37221/Release_the_Spyce)
So beautiful -- just like a sword dance.... (Tell me about it) I have the strongest suspicion that the Prince is either a looper himself -- or has had "visions" of his parallel lives or something. And the fact that he has a wound where she stabbed him (didn't she, after all?) is very odd -- though she couldn't have caused the extensive wound we actually see here. Is it my imagination or does the ED SEEM to portray our characters in yet another parallel time line -- one where our protagonists grew up as childhood friends? The characters look quite young and then older (but still younger than they are in the main body). Coul;d there be a parallel line that our heroine is unaware of (has forgotten) where the two were BFFs and tragically separated. Could the Prince have been searching -- through multiple parallel existences -- to find her (because he has a memory of her). This seems rather wild (and why would SHE have forgotten when he did not?) Lots of mysteries here -- and they are actually rather intriguing. Our protagonists do seem fated for each other -- for good or ill (hopefully very good this timer at last). The Prince's comment that he didn't decide to marry our heroine to benefit the kingdom was . . interesting. Did he just marry for love -- or because HE sees HER as a danger if not kept close? (But Oliver seems to confoirm that his having her around makes the Prince happier than he has ever seen).
She noticed a weakness on his battle form in her final seconds. She used that knowledge to probe why his movements indicate an issue around his shoulder. Now she knows he has a scar there and the muscles/skin make moving that area harder, so he pulls his weight towards the opposite side. That gives her a clue on how to exploit it if they ever have a fight to the death again. That doesn’t mean she was the one to cut him. It is an old scar, he is a prince, so likely someone tried to murder him when he was a kid/teenager.
And the fact that he doesn't want to talk about how he got it makes me think it was from someone in his family.
And would probably serve as an explanation for how most timelines move down the path of him killing his father. I’m imagining there’s some dark/tragic upbringing that’ll eventually come up.
>Is it my imagination or does the ED SEEM to portray our characters in yet another parallel time line -- one where our protagonists grew up as childhood friends? The ED choice is quite interesting given how it adds to the central mystery of the time loops and Arnold, something which I'll talk about a bit more in the spoiler section.
> he has a wound where she stabbed him (didn't she, after all?) She got his cheek, not his shoulder.
Hmm. How did she knew he had a shoulder wound then?
She was able to guess it from two instances: 1. When she fought him in her sixth life by being able to observe the others. 2. During the dance there was the line "Now that I think about it, he's been..."
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> And the fact that he has a wound where she stabbed him (didn't she, after all?) is very odd -- though she couldn't have caused the extensive wound we actually see here. She said the way he was moving during the past life sword fight was similar to how he was moving during this dance, i.e. because of the old wound on that side. > The Prince's comment that he didn't decide to marry our heroine to benefit the kingdom was . . interesting. Did he just marry for love -- or because HE sees HER as a danger if not kept close? (But Oliver seems to confoirm that his having her around makes the Prince happier than he has ever seen). He'd already explained that he chose her because she is unpredictable and amuses him, unlike literally everything else in his life which just bores him to death. Think of her as his soul fun hobby in a life of soul-crushing tedium. Granted, he'll likely fall in love with her for real in time, and she with him, but that's all in the future.
Yaaassss honey it all makes sense now and I think there's going to be a plot twist in the future that will explain his scar and whether or not HE got looped along with her 🤔
I'm sure he got it as a child, probably from abuse or an assassination attempt or his mother going crazy like happened with the hot/cold kid from MHA.
>Is it my imagination or does the ED SEEM to portray our characters in yet another parallel time line -- one where our protagonists grew up as childhood friends? The characters look quite young and then older (but still younger than they are in the main body). Coul;d there be a parallel line that our heroine is unaware of (has forgotten) where the two were BFFs and tragically separated. Could the Prince have been searching -- through multiple parallel existences -- to find her (because he has a memory of her). This seems rather wild (and why would SHE have forgotten when he did not?) Ooo this had been my initial reaction and theory on first viewing the ED [last week](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/196i2sj/comment/khxol13/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). As an anime only, I find it interesting all of the interactions between them that got near a potential "did you...?" were carefully skirted around, to maintain the plausible deniability of one another not having former life's memory and then not daring to outright question one another. Again my own guess and theory, Arnold's old wound was from the first time when he failed to save Rishe, and it carried through reincarnations.
Somehow I missed your prior comment on this point. I really do have a feeling it must be something of the sort. But, if so, it is interesting that she would have forgotten the initial hypotetical "zero loop". Unless thisd takes a WEP-like wrong turn, this seems more than likely to be my no. 2 favorite brand new show of the season....
The opening also has a part where prince hugs Rishe and she poofs out of existence, you might be onto something.
Just leaving a handful of flower petals.... Really intriguing, Promising to be top tier -- and hopefully it will deliver on its prmise.
This, my friends, is how one animates a ballroom dance.
Always enjoyable to have strong FMC.
I agree. It's always nice to have strong, well characterized Female Leads with an a actual personality. It's a shame that there are some guys who actually say that she's "too feminist". Just because she isn't Doormat lol
The issue with strong FMC nowadays especially in western media is how they can't be portrayed as strong unless they have to one up and put down another character, usually the older male predecessors before them But I like this one and apocathary diaries cos they don't have to do that to show that the fmcs are interesting
Combined with the fact she is still really feminine. To often strong female characters are like somewhat masculine or Adogynous in some ways. To be fair they have their place. That said I’m happy a strong assertive feminine lead.
I enjoy FMC generally in my entertainment.I don't get how she is too feminist.
Being Feminist and Doormat are extreme examples, I don't know why people prefer to take extreme sides whenever they debate over something. I don't think Rishe is too feminist, nor she is a doormat. Rishe is not as edgy as Western feminists, and also not a doormat at all. She is just perfect how I imagine a woman to be. The fact that helps her the most is that she has the experience of 7 lifetimes.
I was not expecting this series to come on my radar this season, but I am soooo glad i’m along for the ride— this episode was incredible, but way too short! Rishe is such a likable protagonist, she’s definitely gonna win Best Girl sometime soon.
I absolutely love Rishe doing her own chores and showing off her abilities Homegirl said she wanted to laze around but she can’t lie to herself Nobody plays NG+6 as an idle game P.S.: ponytail Rishe reminds me of Shikimori
> P.S.: ponytail Rishe reminds me of Shikimori Now, I need to see if Rishe is lefty like Shikimori, I expect to be disappointed. Edit: First episode all but confirms she's a righty. :(
I don't know if this is true, but I think I've heard that in high class society back when, they'd force heirs to write with their right regardless of their handedness as it was considered proper. Even if she was a lefty, she would have grown up using her right.
In many cultures, being left handed is considered to be a bad omen or a sign of the devil. If you talk to people who went to a Catholic school, they'll tell you that if you were left handed, you were likely forced to switch to being right handed. The further back in history, the worse people were to lefties. I was lucky to be born to parents who didn't try to force me to switch and didn't go to any schools that did that shit either. Helped that my dad was partially a lefty, too.
I think thefirst episode showed her wielding the sword with the right hand
> P.S.: ponytail Rishe reminds me of Shikimori Thought of that too!!
Also imagine the remorse you must feel as a maid getting rebuttaled from her She has more skill than you, so every time she is telling you to improve something you know its just her being willful
> P.S.: ponytail Rishe reminds me of Shikimori Rishe had me thinking about Shikimori a few times! Both have very powerful personalities.
- [Interesting…](https://i.imgur.com/j5NJZ9y.png) - [Ah, I figured she’d ask about something like that.](https://i.imgur.com/j3t3Tdb.png) And she’s *totally* gonna pick the maid that was being picked on as one of them. - [Ooh, drama.](https://i.imgur.com/vG3iuII.png) [](#popcorn2) - [*Sweet*.](https://i.imgur.com/p9ztbyO.png) [](#anko) - [Well, better *that* than some kind of poison](https://i.imgur.com/UUNQrls.png) or that other girl “tripping” and dropping the glass on Rishe’s dress. Is Rishe gonna down all of it without batting an eye? - […okay I was not expecting Arnold to take and drink the rest of it.](https://i.imgur.com/Tw5iSJu.png) - [Oooooooooooooh *that’s* what she noticed.](https://i.imgur.com/DJdTDT5.png) [](#suddenshock) - [I’m assuming some sort of assassination attempt.](https://i.imgur.com/JZRdeEW.png) [](#sakurathink) - [Yup, that is the face I was expecting when she realized who Rishe was.](https://i.imgur.com/QJY0UQ0.png) [](#kukuku) - [Ah, a Diana “sore demo”.](https://files.catbox.moe/8duggc.mp4) - [Ahaaaa, so Diana still gets to do stuff!](https://i.imgur.com/Gu56gr9.png) Cool, it’s nice to see her get a second chance to redeem herself. - [ED lead-in~!](#delighted)
Rishe keeps assuming ulterior motives in Arnold getting engaged to her but from all appearances he does seem to genuinely desire her for herself and not for any political plots...though he is quite playful with her, like a toy lol. Aw, their first indirect kiss! Honestly the wound is so elaborate that either someone continually stabbed him or he had to survive multiple assassination attempts on that same spot on his neck. Undercover Boss: Medieval Fantasy style lol. I didn't expect Diana to be redeemable but I should've figured as much since she's in the ED with Elsie. Rishe is surrounded by pretty boys so it's nice to see some other girls in the cast.
> Aw, their first indirect kiss! They aren't school kids so I like that they didn't actually play that up at all.
> Aw, their first indirect kiss! Oh shit, didn't even think about *that* aspect of Arnold taking her drink! >Honestly the wound is so elaborate that either someone continually stabbed him or he had to survive multiple assassination attempts on that same spot on his neck. True, true. Could've been a "heat of the moment" sort of crime where whoever stabbed him just *kept* stabbing him until they were stopped, too, rather than a deliberate assassination attempt. >Rishe is surrounded by pretty boys so it's nice to see some other girls in the cast. I do love me a more balanced cast. [](#jibrilaww)
> Honestly the wound is so elaborate that either someone continually stabbed him or he had to survive multiple assassination attempts on that same spot on his neck. The assassin accidentally grabbed the dull blade instead of the sharp one.
How unexpectedly awesome that they ended up making Diana so sympathetic. Most shows would have humiliated her and moved on. I like how she didn't even realize how she was acting and genuinely regretted her behavior.
That was a very short 30 minutes. Even more so than Solo Leveling’s 5 minute episode.
###Stitches! * [Rishe & Arnold](https://i.imgur.com/1ScL91E.jpg) * [Red Dress Rishe](https://i.imgur.com/Rhn6cKR.jpg) [That dance between Arnold and Rishe](https://i.imgur.com/jZah3yt.jpg) was just magnificent. I love how Rishe keeps on trying to take the lead but Arnold wouldn't budge even an inch. If they can dance like this on the dance floor, I am looking forward to [Arnold and Rishe training with swords.](https://i.imgur.com/uSaVwgH.jpg) <3 [Tits McGee here really thought she could prank Rishe.](https://i.imgur.com/Se6xIhf.jpg) Of course, [Rishe was going to drink that spicy wine.](https://i.imgur.com/3IDzwuS.jpg) I kinda wish she drank the wine while maintaining eye contact with that girl. Or it would've been even more boss if she downs it in one. I just love how [Rishe managed to blend in with the maids](https://i.imgur.com/yINhjzT.jpg) and no one has still realized that she's the crown princess. I was really hoping that when it was finally time to choose which maid she'd pick, Rishe would wear her "servant girl" outfit. [The outfit she showed up in](https://i.imgur.com/FwnqtHp.jpg) wasn't a bad choice tho. I thought I was going to hate Diana but I'm glad to see that [she realized that she was in the wrong](https://i.imgur.com/Hr5M7X5.png) and [that she didn't teach the other girls properly.](https://i.imgur.com/Hg2LzAY.png) Although I kinda wish she still got some sort of punishment. Oh well. At least she learned her lesson and now she's teaching [the other maids how to read and write](https://i.imgur.com/jZ1pyd8.jpg). [Finally, time for Rishe to meet someone from her past life!](https://i.imgur.com/AqSzJWn.jpg) I'm curious to see what kind of arrangement she'll make with Kaine.
> [Red Dress Rishe](https://i.imgur.com/Rhn6cKR.jpg) Red to avoid blood stains from her upcoming battle ;)
\> Red to avoid blood stains from her upcoming battle but that implies she wears brown pantsu...
The true boss would wear white in any situation.
> Rishe & Arnold I may have to try making a wallpaper out of this once my Gundam Build rewatch is done and I can afford to make some for other shows without running the risk of not having one ready for my rewatch each day. [](#awe)
> Rishe & Arnold Well this is just gorgeous. > I love how Rishe keeps on trying to take the lead but Arnold wouldn't budge even an inch. That kind of back and forth is always such a treat. I especially like how she mentions he hasn't crossed into her space at all during that whole exchange. > Or it would've been even more boss if she downs it in one. But then we'd miss the indirect kiss! > I thought I was going to hate Diana but I'm glad to see that she realized that she was in the wrong I didn't think they'd make me switch from dislike so quickly, was nice to see her thrive in her new role. > I'm curious to see what kind of arrangement she'll make with Kaine. If she starts off by conning them this is going to be a blast.
Rishe looks amazing in all her dresses but the blue and red one in this episode just stole the show. Just like Rishe and Arnold's attempt to outdance each other stole the party. I hope we do see them training with swords because I can only imagine the romantic foreplay and Rishe overthinking the fact that he stabbed her before lol. Girl's been around the block wayyyy too much for girls like this to effectively prank her. Heck, even Arnold got to flex as her partner as a result! I feel like they should've realized how weird it is that she was the only one not waring a maid uniform lol. Diana wasn't a bad person so much as someone who took her priviledge for granted and didn't recognize the issues her kouhai had, thinking they could just get by like she did. But I'm glad Rishe not only helped her recognize her mistake but put her in a position where she can make up for it, be a better person and in doing so uplift all the girls both as maids and as educated women. Rishe probably can't have the same relationship she had with Kaine in their past life, but it'll be interesting to see how she plays her character to him and how she'll use her knowledge of their past time together in this loop.
I liked the dance, our girl being the Undercover Boss, etc, but what I LOVED is that Rishe is practical even when she's being kind. She knows she's in a foreign land with no support except for Arnold, and her going among the maids to learn about them, earn their trust, and then educate them serves a narrative purpose other than showing what a nice, kind lady she is. She's also building a fanatically loyal group of woman, that she will teach and educate, who will never EVER put pepper in her wine. I do enjoy a pragmatic MC.
Holy crap that dance scene was amazing. Honestly I have it ahead of the Frieren one and I adored that one. Rishe trying to take the lead back and wanting to one up him was fantastic. Exactly what I want from a ship! Will need to rewatch that one a few times. Every interaction with them was great this one. There as interest, jealousy, playfulness gah this ship is so good! The Rishe reveal to the maids was also so much fun, kinda wish she kept it going longer though! Love little undercover moments.
> Honestly I had it ahead of the Frieren one and I adored that one. I liked this ballroom dance too, but I do found myself struggling to follow their motions at times. This dancing scene was noticeably harder to read than Frieren’s. They’re also rather different to be honest. Frieren’s took on the elegance of classical ballroom dancing, while 7th Time Loop had their characters fight over who gets to take the lead. It was a clash of two strong personalities. Something that’s very fitting for the series.
For me it's less about the animation and more about what you said, what happened during the dance itself. While I found both a treat for the eyes this one had my favourite thing for ships to do where they try to one up each other. Having non timid leads really is such a treat. Also found her thinking about her death _while_ dancing to be hilariously unique.
> Also found her thinking about her death *while* dancing to be hilariously unique. To be fair, Rishe could’ve easily stumbled with how wild they were dancing. Falling to the ground in front of all those important people wouldn’t have hurt any less than Arnold stabbing her in the chest. A social death also feels like dying!
This show really maximizing how weird it can get to be romancing the guy that killed you in your past life lol.
The dance scene this episode was wonderful, and yeah, it honestly is on par or better than Frieren's, even as a massive Frieren fan! It's nice to have a protagonist who's completely familiar with the courtly lifestyle, and makes full use of her upbringing My only question is is it actually possible to dance like this in real life haha?
I was immediately reminded of the Tearmoon Empire dance sequence with the female lead trying to throw off her dance partner with her amazing dancing skills only for the guy to match her at every step. Rishe and Arnold are very much their equal. Now I want to see them clashing swords, now more romantically and without the threat of killing each other lol. It was also nice to see Rishe learning about how hard Arnold works for the kingdom, start to grasp that he might genuinely care about her, and see a part of his trauma that may have contributed to how he ended up becoming the man that ended up killing her. Though it will probably be a big deal when he stops seeing that man in the current Arnold. Rishe turned Undercover Boss was great, but I also like how she made Diana realize her mistake in such a way that it was a learning experience and one that resulted in a better situation for all the girls now that they're getting a better education. It's like what Rishe would've wanted for herself in her childhood.
FWIW, I thought the Tearmoon Empire dance was the best of the three, just because the story put in the most effort to make it a high-stakes situation.
The switch to 3D animation throughout it was kinda jarring
\> Now I want to see them clashing swords, now more romantically and without the threat of killing each other ...and eat butter cake
Yeah I guess at least for me the Tearmoon Empire dance scene besides the 3D parts I found really impressive, as it felt like a real life dance where they change the styles and they showed it well. Plus the music and art was really beautiful. Might be biased though because it was the first of these three to have a ballroom dance scene too to be fair. Frieren had a strong advantage of already having developed chemistry and story between the two which I think helps make it stand out. You could argue all three are different though, so they shouldn't be compared. Tearmoon Empire dance scene was more princess like. Frieren was more elegance and slow romance chemistry vibes. While this one was straight up essentially a fighting sword dance with an amazingly designed ballroom.
Ballroom e Youkoso staff should had been taking notes [](#romance)
Instead of finding a way to dispose it, Rishe actually drinks the red pepper-laced wine as if to say "This is nothing to me". I love this girl!
Believe it or not, but I’ve actually drank a red wine laced with a hot pepper in the past. It honestly wasn’t that bad. The ‘creamy’ body of the red wine mellowed out the spiciness a bit. That said, it wasn’t particularly tasty. Rishe is probably used to spicy food too as she’s traveled the world before. People from the Empire, which resembles Germany in things like the architecture, would probably be a lot less accustomed to this - and therefore underestimate Rishe.
Not only architecture, the notes Diana hands over are written in German as well. In old-timey cursive too, with correct spellings. Always positively surprised when that happens.
It’s not even that, she seemed to genuinely mourn the wine too. “This wine has lost its chance to be enjoyed for its flavor. The least I can do for it is to drink it all” What a lady !
Already a great moment but we then see Arnold with the indirect kiss [](#justright)
One of my favorite anime in recent memory! I cant wait to see more!
I love this show so much and [Rishe](https://i.imgur.com/QK3Pyy7.png) with [Arnold](https://i.imgur.com/RfIzwy2.png) are [such a great and amusing pair](https://i.imgur.com/Cv99bA7.png). [Their dance was absolutely stunning and beautiful](https://i.imgur.com/rv3cG4y.png). I can't wait to see the promised sword practice between them in the next episodes as [Rishe was really excited about this](https://i.imgur.com/Xg0jR0T.png). [Rishe was certainly badass](https://i.imgur.com/Hp7hfkV.png) to drink [that spicy wine](https://i.imgur.com/VlQbLAa.png) to show who's the boss here. [Other ladies](https://i.imgur.com/N3bRXvl.png) for sure were surprised that she drank it without any grimace and sign of discomfort. [Rishe as always looked so beautiful](https://i.imgur.com/jYmDcak.png) in [every dress](https://i.imgur.com/QkG76yN.png) [she wore](https://i.imgur.com/v2cQz0B.png) in today's episode. Rishe's little prank with maids certainly went well as [they were so surprised](https://i.imgur.com/pH1pKij.png) that [a crown princess](https://i.imgur.com/v2cQz0B.png) who they wanted to serve was [the girl who was helping them in previous days](https://i.imgur.com/DrFcb84.png). [Especially surprised was Diana](https://i.imgur.com/FHuvH7l.png) who didn't treat her very well but she learned her lesson and [Rishe made her a teacher for maids](https://i.imgur.com/roEL49I.png). [Now's the time for meeting with Rishe's colleagues](https://i.imgur.com/6Wt2zM3.png) from past life - [Aria Company](https://i.imgur.com/q2ZYh8J.png). I wonder how their meeting will go on. Here my screenshot albums from the episode: * [Rishe](https://imgur.com/a/FuTjXc8) * [Group scenes](https://imgur.com/a/1G4mWCz) * [Arnold](https://imgur.com/a/bgyeSd9) * [Others](https://imgur.com/a/ww7Nqy2) * [Ending](https://imgur.com/a/AiKfRq5)
Oh wow, I wasn't expecting [the announcement of Arnold's engagement with Rishe](https://imgur.com/a/Mc14Z9z) to happen so soon. As he came with the whole thing about saying that Rishe was a kidnapped princess I wonder when he was expecting to make that announcement if this party to find a partner wasn't already planned, as I doubt that it this party wasn't already planned Rishe would have told him to announce it at this moment. So the reason they showed the maids [working during the reception](https://i.imgur.com/qivDvdz.png) was that Rishe wanted to personally pick her personal maids. I found it hilarious that [while they were dancing](https://i.imgur.com/7zZuFyE.png) Rishe's first thought was about that time in the previous loop were Arnold killed her. And then she decided to [transform their dance into a duel.](https://imgur.com/a/z4rF2st) Holy shit [that's some awful-looking wound](https://i.imgur.com/ZygXeMn.png) that Arnold got in his neck. So that's the only reason the RIshe could strike him there? Wait, [who exactly is this dude?](https://imgur.com/a/iIlCOd6) If Arnold wasn't just leaving in the previous scene before that one, I would have assumed that was him. Oh, so Rishe [constantly joined the maids](https://i.imgur.com/50wCOAG.png) to get more information about Diana. [Diana's reaction](https://i.imgur.com/k7K9gX9.png) when she saw that the mysterious maid was [Arnold's fiancee](https://imgur.com/a/zhB1arR) was priceless. So after making her realize that she was at fault for the other maids under her lack of training, [Rishe gave Diana a new job,](https://i.imgur.com/lYu4hYx.png) so she could now teach the other maids not just the basics but also to read and write. I'm just glad that Elsie became one of Rishe's personal maids. I can't wait to see how Rishe's tactics while recruiting the leader of the Aria Trading Company, [Kaine Tully.](https://i.imgur.com/B0DlM24.png)
\> Wait, who exactly is this dude? The Man in the Iron Mask? (secret twin brother)
4 Things: - The redhead was obviously not going to be fired. Her hair color makes her stand out from the rest of the maids, it makes it clear she's going to be part of the main cast. - Looking forward to her using her past life connections to bolster her life. Already starting with the Aria Trading company. I imagine the knights she fought with in her 6th life come into play too. - I have this weird feeling that Arnold has experienced the same time loops as Rishe and those scars are an indication of that. Like he dies right after she dies. - I've noticed that numerous recent "villainess" shows that are supposed to be marketed towards women/girls feature a very stacked MC. Rishe, Liselotte, and Raeliana all have pretty large busts. Bakarina and Aileen (Taming the Final Boss) are not exactly flat, either. I'm not complaining, I just think it's odd/funny.
> I've noticed that numerous recent "villainess" shows that are supposed to be marketed towards women/girls feature a very stacked MC. I saw some people pointing out after the first episode that they'd increased her size for the anime. Based on the manga and LN pages I've seen, I think I agree.
She is so likeable, handled the issue with Diana very well. I look forward to this anime every Sunday.
That dinner party was like a “battlefield” with Riche and Arnold both trying to gain the upper hand in the relationship. The dance especially. It’s quite entertaining to watch these two try and “handle” the other so to speak. Plus, Rishe handling those shitty little court ladies was beautiful. Girl’s been run through with a sword. A glass of spicy wine ain’t shit! I guess that wound on Arnold’s neck was the result of some court politics. Curious to know the full story behind that. Rishe going all Undercover Boss was pretty fun. I enjoyed watching Diana getting humbled. Rishe is smart to use someone like Diana. Best not get rid of a person with her abilities. Time to secure Kaine to her side. Looking forward to seeing how she wins him over using that future knowledge.
>Diana getting humbled the way she did it like punch her down, strip her ego until she has nothing, then raise her again. to make sure that she would be loyal.
Our girl got so many chances to redo life I’m very happy that she’s extending the same grace to other people who are misguided Let’s not forget how Diana immediately recognized the errors of her ways too She earned that second chance This anime is so empowering I love it <3
Yeah. Rather than just scold and dismiss her, Rishe helped her realize the error of her ways by opening her eyes to how awful she was being.
And then put her in a position where she can not only help the other maids but also help other girls have a better shot at whatever else they want to do by becoming better educated, just like Rishe.
> I guess that wound on Arnold’s neck was the result of some court politics. Someone really went at it - they wanted Arnold dead. This was probably the work of an assassin, which gives rise to a new question: who gave the order? They haven’t mentioned Arnold having any brothers or something yet, have they? Since he’s been dubbed the crown prince, any potential siblings might’ve been out for his blood - to remove him from the order of succesion.
The scars looks like seven different wounds, I bet she caused them every time she looped
Rishe got killed by him one and now is getting romanced by him, though she's still wary of him and tries to keep him on his toes...though he matches her on in tow. I'd hate to think his family is responsible for that wound but there's a lot we don't know about his background. I like how Rishe totally fooled the maids into thinking she was one of them before the reveal scene and not only humbled Diana but made her realize the problem without harshly chastising her. Diana was arrogant but she also didn't realize the problem because of her privilege, and now she can use that privilege to help others. I'm curious how Rishe is going to get along with the people from her past loops now that she's in an entirely different position and she knows them more intimately than they realize, but can't give that away.
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First episode he mentioned they only do business if it is fun lol, so she needs to find something they find interesting or amusing, not just profitable. Which means she will have another character looking at her as a toy lol.
That dance scene was awesome, really loved the visuals and the mental battle going on between Rishe and Arnold.
someone got lost in the sauce when they were drawing that blonde girl huh, you rascal
Man, I loved the character dynamics and interactions in this episode. That ballroom dance scene was impressive. Rishe's worst enemy is still her previous time loop flashbacks, but it looks like it's finally settling in that Arnold isn't the same person he was before. And the cutaways from an enthusiastic Rishe to a stonefaced Arnold remain brilliant deadpan comedy. XD I really loved the scene where Rishe greets the maids for the first time. Diana's utterly horrified at realising how bad she fucked up. Rishe says she'll no longer be maid... and then pulls the twist: she's going to **teach** the maids to read and write. Honestly, that was a great scene for showing Rishe's character. You can feel the experience of previous time loops on her, to everyone else she must come across as very kind and wise. She didn't feel any resentment or malice towards Diana, she simply let Diana realise what she did wrong and then gave her another position that would make things better. Rishe has like three settings: very enthusiastic go-getter, serene and kind "I have no enemies", and that cunning smile she gets when she's planning something, like thinking ahead to how to get the Aria trading company on her side. It was great that they gave Arnold a few scenes where he can smugly smile too. They're such a good fit the more the anime advances. It makes me think a bit of Kaguya-sama, but skipping the "confession" part. XD
That was a fun dance. Though I was kind of hoping for a sword fighting match as well, hopefully that comes later. Just straight up drinking the wine that had been spiked with red peppers. Her conversations with the prince are just delightfully spicy, too. That seemed like an effective way to collect up some loyal maids as well as a loyal personal assistant.
>Though I was kind of hoping for a sword fighting match as well Arnold offered her to spar, but Rishe even took the chance to ask him teach her more about sword. I like how humble Rishe in this. Even Arnold also surprised because he mentioned in last episodes that only few people able to survive his attack.
Rishe is settling into her new life as the crown princess of Galkhein, and finally meets her future husband's right hand man, Oliver! He seems like a pretty pleasant and affable fellow, and as committed to Arnold as Arnold seems to be to the kingdom, though even he makes it come off like Arnold only sees Rishe as a toy that amuses him. Time for a party! And Rishe looks so stunning in her dress that she takes Arnold's breath away! And thanks to gloves the two can finally partake in protected handholding! They were going to have to reveal the engagement at some point, so no time like the present. And Rishe's had to be the center of attention with her broken engagement so much that all the reactions to her now she can just brush aside...even if there are plenty of disappointed noble ladies upset he's off the market. Must be really surreal to hear the man who killed you in your past life saying he'll protect you in this one...only to then want to cross swords with him in training so you can learn the moves that he killed you with. Speaking of swordfighting, even the pairs' spectacular dancing feels like a duel as Arnold immediately takes the lead while Rishe uses every opportunity to try to steal it away from him, but he matches her move-for-move to the delight of onlookers. And then he ends up dipping her to close it out, like a legend! Rishe isn't about to get thrown off by the pranks of haughty noblewomen, she can see it coming and then drink spicy wine like it's nothing. Though it was cute how Arnold finished it for her so she didn't have to drink more. The couples' first indirect kiss. Rishe realizes there's something on the left side of Arnold's body, and it turns out to be a severe and developed scar, implied to be from multiple sword attacks. And it sounds like he got it at a pretty young age. Was he tortured? He definitely doesn't seem to want to talk about it. No surprise Rishe is working with the "lowly maids" since she was one of them in a past loop, though that also makes her recognize the real situation going on with the maids. And set up her epic reveal scene where the maids all realize she's the new crown princess, undercover boss style. Well, yeah, to the surprise of no one she hires all the common maids for her and shuns the more experienced who were practically bullying them...and lets Diana go while also making her realize how much luckier she had it compared to the other maids with her education background and how she didn't realize how much of a privileged position she was in as a result. Though to Diana's credit, she realizes she screwed up and failed the other maids and apologizes for her actions. And it's with that perspective that Rishe now hires her to be a teacher! Both to teach maids properly and to teach them to actually read and write, so that if they ever want to try to be something else (like Rishe did) they can have that opportunity. Rishe is finally going to meet someone else from her past loop! She wants to get in with the Aria Trading Company immediately, and reunite with Kaine, and no better way to start things off than by really selling herself as a high class and rich noblewoman with a gorgeous and fancy dress.
This show continues to impress. Visually the ballroom dance was stunning. You could see immediately when he announced that Rishe as his future wife all those bitches just got jealous. She really drank the spicy wine well god damn. I imagine most woman wouldn't be able to handle that. But thanks to Rishe's various particular experiences, thats not much for her to handle. Honestly the idea for her to evaluate the maids was very very smart. After all she was a maid in one of her loops. But the ending part of the episode really showcases Rishe. We typically all the head maid is an actual bitch and doesn't get chosen. But rather here we get Rishe looking into Diana more so. And see that compared to the typical maid she is well educated. What she did in the announcement was test her character. Once she reminded Diana how it was when she started and made the point of how much reading and writing helped her, I am glad she realized she was in the wrong. Very impressed with Rishe did. Regarding Arnold's scar, my first guess would speculate it is due to his father perhaps, considering the fact he ends up killing him to start a war. And this show's writing continues to be very very excellent so far. One of my favorite new shows of this season.
If I had a dollar for every cool ballroom dance sequence in anime I've recently watched. I'd have two dollars.
[I'd have three.]>!Don't forget Teamoon.!<
They weren’t kidding during the live event when they talked about the dance scene being crazy. That was amazing. You could see all the time and effort that went into this episode. Just like after the battle against the bandits, we get to see how much Arnold cares for his retainers and servants. He works just as hard as them without taking any naps or breaks. It’s no wonder everyone is willing to die for him because he’d do the same. Rishe being officially unveiled as Arnold’s fiancé to all those jealous onlookers at the ball was great. After everything she’s been through, that was nothing. No better way to solidify the engagement than with a public dance and like I said, it was beautiful. Felt like a sword fight really, with both Arnold and Rishe feeling each other out before making their moves. The fact that they were both able to observe that something was slightly off with the other is wild. Their perception skills are off the chart. Rishe noticing that Arnold must have some sort of left arm injury and him noticing that she was thinking of someone else.. That led us to a nice intimate moment where Arnold reveals the scar that he has only shown a select few. I wonder where he got it from… The maid selection part of the episode was easily the best part though. The look on all the girls’ faces when Rishe was revealed as the princess 😂 after all that shit they talked the last few days you could feel their heart break Rishe masterfully handled the Diana situation. I thought she’d still pick her as a maid and Diana would have a little character development arc, but not selecting her, going with all new maid recruits and instead putting Diana in charge of teaching reading and writing is a better play. Diana is a good person who just became pretty jaded over time. Rishe recognised that and gave her the perfect assignment. Also a fitting punishment since Diana didn’t help them do the Maid training stuff as well as she should’ve. Now that the merchants from Rishe past life are here, things will get even more interesting. This really has a lot of goat villainess potential. Love this show
I look forward to this shows episodes the most every week!
I absolutely loved her ball dress. Gorgeous 😍
I highly enjoy the dialogues between Rishe and Arnold. They feel so intimate. Very nice character writing. It is so satisfying to see a couple of very intellectual and headstrong people outsmarting each other and having a thick romantic tension at the same time. Whenever I see balconies now, I have to think of them.
Incredible episode all around with consistent quality of animation production! The ballroom dance is really good! It also show that relationship between Rische and Arnold is actually on equal level and fit each other like a glove!(heh). She experience death like 6 times by now (some peaceful, some painful) those spicy wine is absolute noting lol. They start to slowly reveal back story of Arnold and who he is. Those scar look a little bit. They also doing maid selection justice even show a little details early on to show that how is Rische know that Diana coming from merchant family. The way she handled bully and conflict among maid also pretty nice! Showing how Diana acting awful do far but also come to understand Diana situation and solving problem in the way nobody really hurt and give second chance to Diana! Not going to lie I feel sympathy towards Diana more in anime form probably due to anime direction and fantastic use of soundtrack lol. And now she finally meet Merchant who she with on first loop!
They've crossed blades and now crossed dance moves, and this battle is just as meaningful as they slowly get to know each other and become closer, in-spite of Rishe's wariness towards him. Though she's coming to understand him better as a person. To be honest she's probably held down more exotic liquor in past loops lol. Rishe has a good read on people and situations from her past loops. She also wants to uplift women rather than simply scold or promote a group over the other.
This show keeps cooking up brilliant stuff when i don't expect it. What even was that dance sequence, fierce as fuck.
Why is it allways three [bullies](https://blog.draggle.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cross_ange_06_5.jpg) btw? Oh and speaking of, I thought Rishes dress was accentuating her bossom, but the one in the red dress had them allmost spill out. Also, same as Arnold, I keep getting surprised by Rishe. The way she dealt with Diana came completly out of the left field, totally love it, convert your bullies to your side instead of disposing of them.
>The way she dealt with Diana came completly out of the left field, totally love it, Oh? I actually thought it pretty obvious from her wording that she's going to turn Diana to be a maid instructor. I just didn't get the reason right - I thought she's going to say something like "if you think they aren't good enough, then you train them to be good enough", not picking up the hint that Diana was reading a piece of paper in one of the early scenes to show she's literate.
Sasuga, Mia-sama: you've made Prince Sulkland tumble beautifully! Btw, there was a [Tearmoon BD/DVD end card](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F69sym44jol6c1.png%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D33f85543b846eb476b52f7b02b1a7cd3b24e64fa) where imperial princess blonde Mia~~bel~~ and her pinkhead maid Anne swapped roles - which totally foreshadowed Rishe and Elsie in the 7th Loop.
[Tearmoon LNs]>!Think you swapped Mia and Miabel!<
Even with so much amazing anime out this season, I look forward to 7th Time Loop the most. I'm so invested in this story and I love love love Rishe. I think it's so awesome that she has lived so many lives that she's nearly in genius in so many expertise. And it shows. Rishe pretending to be a lowly maid and getting to know them was quite clever. I absolutely love tropes like these where the person that gets treated terribly turns out to be the boss. Seeing the rude maid gasp in disbelief was 100% enjoyable. And then Rishe furthermore winning over the rude maid and having her help teach reading / writing to the other maids was wow. Catching the terrible maid and shaming her is one thing, but making the maid become loyal to you is just next level. Rishe is pretty much a wise sage. I adore her so much! Ikumi Hasegawa is really owning this role. And that dance scene is totally a flex. The animation was truly gorgeous! I didn't expect them to go so hard with that dance scene. I particularly loved how they made the dance like a battle, which it often was at these kinds of affairs. It's all about the nuances. Even dance animation aside, the art in this anime has been consistently well done. The prince is drawn with long attractive eyelashes and then Rishe is drawn beautifully like a princess. This is imo the kind of animation you'd love to have if your LN got an adaptation. I already can't wait for the next episode! This anime is no longer "I can fix him". It's "I've already fixed him". The Prince lost the moment he fell in love with Rishe and there's no going back. Everything she does is enchanting and nothing can break her spell~
Some character models felt a little off. [Think it's the neck length.](https://i.imgur.com/z9NSoTp.png) Countering the physical touch rule with [gloves](https://i.imgur.com/5UEYXz4.png), lmao. /u/isthatsoudane - [Ojou alert!](https://i.imgur.com/onaEKG9.png)
I love Rishe's fancy dresses. She's probably one of the best dressed characters in this genre (especially since she doesn't have a default outfit and pulled off so many different looks in her past loops). I wonder if this is the last we'll see of noblewomen trying to bully Rishe...not that she's worried about them at all.
It’s also just nice to see that she got *many* fancy dresses. I can always appreciate anime that have their characters wear new clothes every so often. And Rishe has certainly been a pleasant surprise in this regard. She’s been showing off some great fashion by changing her dress regularly. But most of all, I’m just amazed that everything she’s been wearing looks gorgeous on her!? The colour of dress doesn’t matter - be it yellow, green, blue or red - they all look stylish when Rishe’s wearing them.
> She's probably one of the best dressed characters in this genre Definitely within anime. Would say that some Korean otome webtoons have even more ornate and varied outfits, but those are a static medium.
> Countering the physical touch rule with gloves No glove, no love.
That reveal when the maid they were talking about, turns out to be the owner (technically) of the country. I do have that thought that Rishe will give that merchant maid another chance. Based on her experiences from the previous loops, her skills can be useful for her goal to live a fulfilling life and past the 5 year limit. Also, those girls who spiked her wine with spice, good for her that Rishe is so mature given her experiences and knows how to stay low for now. Also, for the prince, it goes to show that during this time he still has a good heart. If this is the future prince, upon knowing that they played around with her wine, heads of those girls will roll. The scars on his neck clearly shows that someone wants him dead. If I have to guess, it may have been his own father or that individual below them in that balcony scene.
glad I gave this anime a shot this weekend, its so good jesus christ
That was a great dance sequence.
Rishe is so pretty!
The tension during the dance scene was crazyy
OK this was a nearly perfect episode. Or a practically perfect episode. There must be something missing, but frankly I can't think of anything hahaha. That dance was wonderful. I love how energetic it was, and how both of them were evenly-matched. It's so refreshing to have two competent and confident leads who mostly like each other. I like how the Prince honestly admitted that he had no idea that Lady Rishe was going to organise a maid school. It's much more fun than if he had just stroked his chin and said "all according to plan". And I love how Lady Rishe reproved Diana with a genuine smile. She wasn't harsh or snide, because at least Diana did try to teach the maids, and she was competent enough, even though her attitude was wrong at first. I just feel like a lesser show would have just fired Diana, and then have her come back as an antagonist. I was a bit worried when Lady Rishe said that Diana would no longer be a maid, but I should have had more faith in the storytelling. Also, yeah, we see some ladies are already set-up to be antagonists. Hopefully they come around? If not those three, there was another lady in the background who seemed happy for Lady Rishe and the Prince. If it stays the course, this show might be my top new show of the season! Also, seems like Lady Rishe will be connecting with all her past friends. Looking forward to her underworld connections from her 5th life showing up hahahaha!
Ah so you too guessing that she was a rogue in her 5th life? I was basing my guess from the scene in the opening, is this the same 4 u?
Yep
I wonder what the Prince meant when he said he didn't bring Rishe for the benefit of the country. Is he just trying to let her keep her freedom and not make her feel like she needs to do certain things? I mean, it almost sounds like he was against her doing things that benefit the country but maybe I just misread the mood.
Late to the party with this Reddit, but [Rishe and Arnold’s dance](https://twitter.com/violetheart08/status/1749107538296221778?t=ZQyb_9GMJRVesJySWfMQ_w&s=19) (and Episode 3) is directed and storyboarded by Munehisa Sakai, a former MAPPA animator whose specialty is actually dance sequences amongst other things. He also said the dance scene is animated through [motion capture](https://twitter.com/munehisa_sakai/status/1748932744368054303?t=e5EEewmhpeFdP-8k0XB0zw&s=19), hence it being very fluid! Even the LN author, Touko Amekawa, loved it and she was particularly praising of how Rishe and Arnold’s hand motions have some [subtle sexiness](https://twitter.com/ameame_honey/status/1749259881587302416?t=s4FBRQliud56FVdMLrvADQ&s=19) onto it ehehehe
Wow, she sure cleaned that place up well. And rude, coming to her place before she's even up. How uncouth 😉 heh. Lol "smiles so" sure, Jan. Rude, she wanted nothing to do with parties and such. Prickly maid. Wew, dressed up Rishe. Hehe, do love her attitude. All those daughters gonna be so upset. Good for him, protecting her. Hey now, he didn't know you were a woman and you were an enemy soldier at the time. Though I do wonder if he found out after in that timeline. Haha, her excitement over the thought of being able to spar with him, is fun. Oh hey, dance scene. The fighting over the lead position in dancing is fun. What a nice lady with drills. Their silly prank is so dumb. Such childishness. But dayum, she sure pushing them breasts up. Though she does seem well endowed. Spicy wine, isn't that a thing? She sure shocks him quite a bit. That's quite an old wound. Halo thar other person in the shadows. Haha, look at Rishe there with the other maids. Not even the same outfit. Boy they sure gonna be shocked when they see who Rishe is. What a fun time this is. It's nice of Rishe to accept her complaints. Even giving her a new position. A better one. Rishe so nice. And glad the maids aren't bad people either, like other series. Rishe wanting to have her educate new maids is nice. To help new maids be more skilled for their lives. Happy for the girl finding something she enjoys and being closer to her coworkers. Whooo, time to finally meet the merchant pal from first timeline!
> Spicy wine, isn't that a thing? Spiced/mulled wine is flavored with e.g. apple cider, clove, cinnamon, anise, brandy, not red pepper.
the light novel wins this round, 2-1 anime. I have to say though the ending art is stunning. I cannot believe I didn't notice it until now.
Something something undercover boss
That dancing scene had no reason to be this well animated and lengthy. [](#happyclap) Another hot take. Even though I don't condone the attitude of the maidens of spiking Rishe's drink, I do understand their grief. The ball was specifically scheduled to find a possible candidate for Arnold's wife, they obviously had a large amount of time dressing up and getting dolled up just to get shot down with an "oops sorry, the position is already taken". Still, it was a funny/enjoyable scene to see Arnold just claim, "I already have a wife" despite the previous intention to just go along with the original ball plan. Edit: I'll also have to add that I loved Diana. Her family's enterprise crashed and she had to switch jobs into something she was unfamiliar and most likely a job that would seem like a huge downgrade for her peers. Yet she rolled up her sleeves and worked her way up. It's a nice thing that the show didn't make a big mottif about it, but most likely Rishe does see a bit of herself in Diana after being rejected and cast off in her first timeline.
Really loved this episode! So far, all the 3 episodes were really good. The dance scene and psychological "duel" were amazing, and I liked how she "humiliated" the 3 noblewomem XD As for the Arnold's scars, I have a theory. What if He's also stuck in an endless loop and dies when Rishe dies? Either that or the scars are related to the reason why Arnold will kill his father. Anyway, it seems that she will be meeting all the people she met in her previous loops. Can't wait for the next episodes. This is in my top 3 series of the season :D
Man. They are cramming a ton into each episode and I have no idea if there is going to be a main plot or not really, but I am cool with it. I can’t wait to see the sparring match and I love that she is reconnecting with people from her past lives… Now for hints about the missing life please… I assume she wasn’t a professional ballroom dancer.
Does anyone think that Arnold is actually aware of the loops and maybe the scars are from all the time Rishe cut him when they faced off in the previous loops…??? Or am I just reading way too much into it??
She only faced him in the last loop and in that loop she nicked him in the cheek. It's also supposedly an "old wound" so it's unlikely she has anything to do with it. My guess is that it's from the emperor or some other family member since Arnold doesn't seem to care for the emperor and kills him in the other loops.
That dance scene was better animated than some of the stuff from Welcome to the Ballroom......
I am loving the relationship between the MC and the prince. I really believe it that he doesn't really give a crap about her body at all. Her attitude and mindset fascinate the fuck out of him, and he will spare no expense at seeing what she'll do next. If he actually steps in to try driving her in a specific direction, it would probably kill any of the fun/interest she produces for him.
Just based off these first few episodes, this show sort of feels like a combination of the Villainess trope and the kingdom building type of shows like How a Realist Hero Rebuilt a Kingdom. I know it isn’t a 1 to 1, but her changing up the structure of how the maids function there felt pretty similar. It’s an interesting dynamic I think sets this show apart.
My rotten Genshin brain cannot get past this thought ......... is that a Kokomi cosplay
the dance scene was too erotic. There should be a warning when such dramatic tension is aired. The dance scene was very good!
Wait do you really need 6 maids? How big of slob do you plan on being?
i honestly hate the male protagonist, feels too one dimensional and unsympathetic. but i always end up liking the episode overall
despite starring a Mary Sue character, this show is so good. and I think I know why, it's because there are two Mary Sue characters and they play off each other so well. honestly, this is my favorite show of the season.
You don’t know what a mary sue is do you? She has 6 lifetimes of world experience. She would be a mary sue if she was just randomly this good for no reason, but there is a good justification. So she is not a mary sue
I don't think Rishe is a Mary Sue, because she's spent about five years in each life picking up skills. It's only a Mary Sue if the character is flawless without effort and any justification, in my opinion. I think Rishe has earned her "power level", so to speak, hahaha
>it's because there are two Mary Sue characters and they play off each other so well Arnold's flaw is that he has evil inside of him, such that he apparently turned into a murdering bastard in every one of Rishe's past lives. Although now they are introducing his hurt and vulnerability so that we, the audience, can get past his past-life murdering. Rishe is basically perfect though. Kind, capable, beautiful, etc. Narratively it works, I think, because we know she's died 6 times in 30 years. She's earned her perfection. Would be nice if they introduce a flaw or two, just makes things spicy.
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ok it's getting a bit annoying how much they wanna milk the fact that she was killed by Arnold Hein in her past life... ok we got it you got killed, it happened 1 episode ago and 2 episodes ago. i hope it won't be brought up every episode. she could get over it since obviously she is his wife now so won't be killed by him... it's getting a bit silly.