The anime I'm The Villainess, So I'm Taming The Final Boss is the story of Aileen Lauren Dautriche, a girl trapped in an otome game. She first realizes she was "isekai-ed" and reincarnated as the game villainess when her fiancé, the crown prince Cedric Elmir, nullifies their engagement. Once she remembers how the game ends with her demise, she tries to take control of her fate before it is too late.
Over the past few years, the isekai genre has gained lots of popularity, especially those where the protagonist gets trapped in a video game. These are just a few of the anime where the protagonist wakes up in this other gaming world and must adapt to survive for fans of I'm the Villainess.
6 Rise Of The Shield Hero
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Rise of the Shield Hero is about Naofumi, a young otaku who gets sucked into a book he finds on the Four Cardinal Heroes. He arrives in the kingdom of Melromarc and learns he got chosen to be one of the kingdom's heroes along with three other modern Japanese men. Each hero receives their very own weapon (a bow, spear, or sword), while Naofumi gets stuck with the lamest weapon of them all, the shield, and gets mocked for it. The only way Naofumi can return home is to fulfill his new destiny. He needs to protect the kingdom from evil, but it is more challenging than he thinks due to his bad reputation.
Although Naofumi's story doesn't take place in a game like Aileen's, its setting is similar, and the struggle to change one's fate is relatable to both Aileen and Naofumi.
5 Trapped In A Dating Sim: The World Of Otome Games Is Tough For Mobs
An ordinary man gets blackmailed into playing an otome game and clearing it for his sister, but after succeeding, he trips down some stairs and falls unconscious. When he wakes up, he finds himself reincarnated as some secondary character named Leon Fou Bartfort in the world of the otome game he was playing. Trapped in a game he hates, Leon must navigate the game as best as he can to survive, especially when he notices that the storyline doesn't unfold as he first played it.
This anime's plot resembles the one in I'm The Villainess, So I'm Taming The Final Boss, so fans should find it compelling to watch. It has many comedic moments, and the mysterious new storyline will capture anyone's interest.
4 Sword Art Online
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Sword Art Online is one precursor of the isekai genre, especially in a video game setting. Kirito was just a regular student eager to play the new video game called Sword Art Online via the Nerve Gear, a VR type of headset. After playing the early access version of the game, he couldn't log out or take the Nerve Gear off without ending his life. With all the other players in the same predicament, the players must clear all the levels if they hope to regain their freedom, but Kirito first needs a party to do so.
Like Aileen, Kirito must find allies and manage to survive in a world where anyone can be an enemy, and it is hard to know who to trust. It takes a lot of patience and courage in order for them to succeed in their mission.
3 No Game No Life
No Game No Life is another isekai anime where the protagonists, Sora and Shiro, are transported to another world. This world is called Disboard, where games are part of the citizen's lifestyle. Sora and Shiro are siblings and gamers known as the game user "Blank" who used to live on Earth.
Once they arrived in this new world, like the many protagonists in the same genre, they had to adapt to survive. Eventually, they met Stephanie Dola, a girl trying to take her father's throne but lacked the means and attitude for it, until Shiro and Sora decided to help her.
2 Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?
Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon isn't an isekai anime, and even though its story doesn't happen in a game like most of them, it does feel like one due to the premise. The protagonist is Bell Cranel, a young man with high hopes of becoming Orario's best adventurer.
However, his naivety makes his quest difficult until he meets Hestia, a goddess willing to help. The pair then goes off to battle many monsters in "dungeons" and notices that there's something more to these catacombs. Fans of I'm The Villainess, So I'm Taming The Final Boss should definitely give this light-hearted anime a try.
1 Log Horizon
Log Horizon is about Shiroe, a Japanese gamer, who like thirty thousand other gamers, was sent into the MMORPG called Elder Tale. Like Kirito from Sword Art Online, he finds himself unable to log out and must stay alive if he wishes to escape this game someday.
Shiroe teams up with his friend Naotsugu, a gamer who hasn't played Elder Tale in years, and Akatsuki, a little assassin. The party seeks answers to their many questions, such as why they are trapped in the first place all while staying alive.