It's your typical "reincarnated as the villainess" story, which means that the "villainess" aspect of the story is not addressed properly at all. By that I mean that it becomes incredibly clear early on that Reika is not in any real danger of suffering the same fate as her fictional counterpart (this is something she should also have caught onto, but you know, whatever).

But that's fine because the story really isn't about that. This story is about Reika bumbling her way through her school days while maintaining her outward noble bearing. And when I say it's about Reika, I mean it. The story lives and dies on her character. And that's fine, Reika has a great internal monologue, her interactions with other characters are usually entertaining, and those moments where she becomes a badass are probably the best parts of the whole story.

The problems start to arise when we really dig into the plot. After a while, it becomes evident that a lot of plot points are recycled, and I mean A LOT. You better love hearing about how Reika has to lose weight, or how her friends have misunderstood her intentions with the two male leads, or how her brother doesn't want her interacting with his friend, because all of these plot points are repeated multiple times with little variation. It gets worse when she starts getting in cahoots with the main male lead and the author feels the need to detail each of the nearly identical outings to different "commoner" establishments.

And this all honestly wouldn't be so bad if not for the characters. Outside of a handful of standouts (and of course, Reika herself), very few of them grow in any significant way or contribute anything meaningful to the story. The most egregious case is Reika's friend group (who by the way have supposedly known each other since kindergarten i.e. The beginning of the story). We only know the name of a few, and of those few, basically none of them have any evident personality or drive. Her two closest followers (her BEST FRIENDS supposedly) have like one chapter dedicated to them which tells us basically nothing, and after that they're basically white noise for the rest of the series. Like damn, if even one of those repeated plot points were used to flesh out even one of these friends, it would have made the constant mention of her "controlling the girls of the school" worth something.

If I had to compare it to something I actually like a lot, I would probably compare it to the manga School Rumble. It's a series that also covers the school life of one wacky character, but in that series you get to know like the whole class. Plot points are repeated in a similar way, but it never gets tiring because the characters involved are different and interact in new ways, and it makes you care about what's happening because you care about the characters. So when the sports festival gets done for the tenth time, you might actually have something to look forward to.

do not come into this story with any expectation of love lines. Just don't. I thought I prepared myself with 0 expectations but ugh... the author just loves to crush any archtypal otome flags doesn't she