Yumiella and Patrick are such a power couple. I love them sm 😩
She’s gotta stop injuring him during these training exercises tho 🤣. At least she’s always good for a heal afterwards. But why did they censor the healing scene? What type of freaky stuff are those dark arms doing lol
“I promise I’ll never look down on you or dislike you because of your hair color” Aw, Patrick is so sweet. As someone who’s been bullied for his hair colour, he can really empathise with Yumiella and knows there’s way more to her than just her power and hair. It must be so nice for Yumiella to finally have someone who talks to her normally. Everyone else is either afraid or detests her.
And of course she repays him by sending him flying again during the training exercises 😂 she’s gotta start focusing more on those sparring matches so she doesn’t hurt people.
No surprise the teacher put Yumiella on healing duty for this lesson. Even though the magic flute was great for the students’ development, they weren’t mentally prepared for that.
Another censored healing scene.. wtf are those dark magic arms doing. Everyone looks flustered as hell when it happens
The prince is really starting to get on my nerves. Alicia is a big enough girl to ask her own questions and here goes this loser getting between she and Yumiella as if Alicia didn’t approach her first. Yumiella’s monologue during that scene was pretty sad. She must feel really alone. Can’t fit in at school, can’t fit in outside of school.. good thing Patrick stepped in and stood up for her! We’ve never seen her smile like that before. Can’t wait to see their relationship continue to develop
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I'm really glad the anime kept this in. I was worried they might not. This is the turning point for I'm in Love with the Villainess, where it becomes clear it's not just a silly isekai comedy, but a story that also earnestly discusses queer issues.
It's still fairly unusual for the kind of yuri that gets adapted to anime to outright have characters say "I'm gay", so the fact Rae frankly discusses her sexuality here is refreshing-- but on top of that, the show goes on to directly challenge homophobia.
Rae's behavior with Claire before this has been inappropriate (and they really should have toned it down in adaptations to make this convo work better, but alas) and that is acknowledged here. However, Claire moving away from Rae specifically because Rae states that she's gay is what's pointed out wrong, and the stereotype of "lesbians just can't control themselves and will creep on every woman they meet" is pointed out as wrong. This is a common stereotype that persists pretty much everywhere--the idea that it isn't "safe" for women to be around lesbians--and it is valuable that it's called out here. Gay people aren't more likely to be predatory that straight people, and that's something everyone should get through their heads.
What's more, the idea of "oh she's not gay or bi she just happened to fall in love with a woman" or "it's just a love that transcends gender" isn't a super common stereotype in the US and a lot of other countries, but it is one that pops up constantly in anime and manga, because it's seen as somehow "more okay" for a character to kiss girls if she goes out of her way to say it doesn't make her a lesbian or bi/pan. (In the novel Rae does internally mention that bisexual people exist, btw, but she's just not one of them).
So Rae bluntly saying "no gender does matter to me. I'm a lesbian. I'm only attracted to women" is refreshing. "Oh she just fell in love with that one special girl, no reflection on her sexuality whatsoever" being called out as it's own form of prejudice is a pretty big deal.
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