This is an anthology series all about the best and worst parts of toxic love. And our protagonists have no choice but to accept the love, toxicity and all. I mean, in a new world, you have to depend on those around you, right?
This manga is called 異世界で溺愛ヤンデレが離してくれません! in Japanese.
Check out my review of Kon’yakusha wa Dekiai no Furi here!
Before we start the review, let’s look at some info about this volume
I rate this as a late intermediate – early advanced series. To see my reasonings for my rankings, please click here!
Who wrote this manga?
This manga features five different stories, each with two original authors.
I have loosely translated all five chapter’s names:
About The Repeating Spring and Never-ending Love, Written by Kotoko and Hachi Yatsuhashi
The Saintess Falls For The Demon King, Written by Chiyuki Yanagida and Kaname Hanamiya
The Lie-Covered Bird Cage, Written by Kotoko and Mel Hiiragi
The Wolf-Knight’s Eyes See Nothing But The Queen, Written by Yura Sakurabi and Ao Agu
Who Does The Trapped Song-Princess Sing For, Written by Jun Konno and Akisato Shino
What is the mood?
- “You’ll never escape from my love”
- “I’m the only person you need, right?”
- “I’d rather lock you up than let anyone else lay their eyes upon you”
You can check out this series for yourself below.
What happens in this manga?
I’ll give a brief recap of what happens in each story here:
About The Repeating Spring and Never-ending Love
After waking up in the world of an otome game, our protagonist is at first thrilled! She spots her all-time favourite character, and of course, chooses to complete his route. Once the route finished though, she wakes up on the first day of school – time has reset itself.
On her second playthrough, she can’t help but choose him again, allowing the same thing to happen. The night after the happy ending, she wakes up again to the timeline having reset. She figures that the only way for her to be able to return to her world is by completing all of the routes, so in her third playthrough, she decides to try out a different character’s route.
The character she chooses should be the easiest out of all the routes… but for some reason she can’t get the affection bar to budge an inch. When she decides to be a little more forceful with him, that favourite character of hers suddenly appears confronting her, calling her a cheater. It turns out that both of them have retained their memories from the previous loops, and he’s not all that happy she’s attempting someone else’s route.
The Saintess Falls For The Demon King
After being transmigrated into a new world, our protagonist is a little bit worried. She’s brought before a king who assumes she’s a saint and instructs her to help save his kingdom. As she’s just a regular girl with no saintly powers, she doesn’t want to accept his pleas, but she’s unsure of what will happen to her should she say no. So she ends up spending her days playing the role of a dutiful saint, and she slowly begins to enjoy helping out the villagers.
This happiness is snuffed out when she’s kidnapped by the demon king, who is rather unlike the rumours she’s been told. While she was told tales of his relentless cruelty, in actuality, he likes to spend time gifting her pretty clothing and brushing her hair. As she’s trying to understand what was a lie and what is the truth, she tells him that she would like to visit her home just one last time, and he quickly agrees to send her back on a quick trip.
But is the demon king truly so kind that he would just send her back home?
The Lie-Covered Bird Cage
After being brought into a new world suddenly, our protagonist is a little bit thrown but overall positive. She apologizes to the man whose room she suddenly appeared in and gets ready to explore this new world that she’s found herself in.
The man quickly puts a stop to this carefree attitude, explaining to her that travellers from other worlds are seen as a sign of great misfortune in this kingdom and are killed on the spot. He offers to give her refuge, telling her that he can help her live a lavish life so long as she never leaves his property.
She’s quick to accept his kindness and soon develops feelings for him (stockholm syndrome, hello). While there are maids helping out at the residence, the man is the only real company that our protagonist gets. So when he goes to work every day, all she can do is wait for him to return home.
One day, our protagonist is hypnotized by a butterfly monster, finding herself suddenly brought far outside against her will. She quickly hides behind a tree, hoping to avoid the eyes of any potential residents of this world, when she’s spotted by a knight. She quickly begs him not to kill her for being a traveller, confusing him greatly. He explains that travellers are a sign of good fortune, and that they are loved by all that live in this kingdom. He suggests they travel to the king’s residence together so that she can meet other travellers, when the man who was offering her refuge appears.
One of the men is lying, but which one?
The Wolf-Knight’s Eyes See Nothing But The Queen
Our protagonist is the only princess of a country. Luckily for her, her parents believe in true love, and they spend a long time teaching her about the importance of marrying for love. It’s rather difficult for her to find someone that she loves though, as every letter that she sends to the men in her life remain unanswered. The only man that she’s been able to meet more than a handful of times is her loyal childhood friend-turned bodyguard.
She laments her boy troubles to him, and he always lends an ear and shares thoughtful advice. She seems to have some lingering feelings for him, perhaps just because they’ve been in each other’s lives for so long, but she’s certain that he only sees her as a friend. So, she continues on her quest to find love, not thinking all that much as to why all of the men she attempts to court suddenly ghost her.
Who Does The Trapped Song-Princess Sing For
Following the destruction of her country, a princess is brought to the conquesting army’s leader’s castle. This princess, a very famous songstress, is certain that she was kidnapped for her voice. She believes this so thoroughly, that she thinks should she not be able to sing well, she would be killed. But, no one has asked her to sing since being brought here.
She has been bathed, changed into clean clothes, and put to bed. No demands whatsoever. She’s actually being treated surprisingly well for what should be a prisoner of war. It’s quickly revealed that she has some sort of disease stopping her from being able to use her voice whatsoever, and quickly a great number of doctors are brought in to heal her. Even though their efforts remain fruitless, the strange man who brought her here never once seems upset with the fact that she remains silent.
If he truly doesn’t want her for her voice, why did he go through the trouble of burning a kingdom down to capture its singing princess?
My thoughts about this volume
I think each story chosen to be included in this manga was very well-picked! There was a constant flow throughout each of them, and while some were a little bit darker than others, they all fit together. I do think that some fit the theme of “isekai” a little bit better than others, and I do wish that all of the characters were clearly explained to be from different worlds… but that’s a very small complaint.
I would have to say that my favourite was the very first story, however there wasn’t any story that I disliked! I think each story was just long enough for the twists to have a good amount of impact, and that any of them would make a good series. I almost want to see if any of them have been fleshed out in novel form…
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