She's ready to be dumped. He's scheming to keep her. Nobody's reading the room right.
8.024 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestChristopher and Elianna have withstood pressures immeasurable, but Sharon still has one more tactic up her sleeve that could tear the couple apart.
When book-loving Lady Elianna spots Prince Christopher—her betrothed in name only—consorting with another noble lady, she realizes the recent rumors must be true. The prince has someone he truly loves, which means the annulment of their engagement is both inevitable and fast-approaching. What she doesn't realize is that this is merely a surface ripple—one of many where the truth runs deep, in a conspiracy surpassing her imagination!
Acting
Reina Ueda's deadpan obliviousness carries every misunderstanding.
Costume
Elianna's library-dress hybrid outfits deserve their own Pinterest board.
Writing
The conspiracy actually pays off—rare for this genre.
Reina Ueda
Elianna Bernstein (voice)
Ryohei Kimura
Christopher Selkirk Ashelard (voice)
Koki Uchiyama
Alexei Strasser (voice)
Yuma Uchida
Glen Eisenach (voice)
Wataru Hatano
Theodore Warren Ashelard (voice)
Gen Sato
Alan Ferrera (voice)
Yohei Azakami
Irvin Olanza (voice)
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Alfred Bernstein (voice)
Taku Yashiro
Jean (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 2010s 'villainess' light novel boom, but subverts it—Elianna never reincarnates, just misreads everything.
The source light novel's title translates roughly to 'The Daughter of the Duke Loves Books More Than Anything'—the anime shortened it, possibly because even Japanese readers found her density exhausting.
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