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Kenkyo, Kenjitsu o Motto ni Ikite Orimasu
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299 Chapters (Hiatus since 2017)
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It was something that happened while I was waiting for the day of the primary school entrance exam. I realised that I had become one of the characters of a shoujo manga that I loved reading in my old life, ‘You Are My Dolce’.

The role I was assigned was a character who bullied the commoner protagonist and tried to get in the way of her love with a rich boy nicknamed Emperor; a typical villainess rich girl, Kisshouin Reika.

At the end of the story, Reika suffered the Emperor’s retribution and even her family fell into ruin. With the villain gone, the protagonist and the Emperor overcame their trials and became a couple. And they lived happily ever after.

Wait, that’s terrible for meee! The manga ended there, but I have to continue living my life after my family is ruined!

The protagonist can enjoy her romance or love or whatever on her own. I’ll erase my presence so that I don’t anger the Emperor.

Eh-? The story isn’t progressing well because there’s no villain, you say? But I’m busy saving up money and studying so that I can live well after the collapse.

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I Will Live with Humility and Dependability as My Motto
Reika-sama
You are my dolce
謙虚、堅実をモットーに生きております！
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Recommendations
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By A Slight Mistake (11)
Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter (8)
I’m the Heroine, but I Want to Hand That Role Over (7)
Otome Game Rokkushuume, Automode ga Kiremashita (7)
Omae Mitai na Hiroin ga Ite Tamaruka! (6)
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  2. TOP of the toppers, BEST of the bestest
  3. Fav Rereads
  4. Masterpieces in their own category
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Latest Release

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07/07/17 reikakisshouin c299
07/07/17 reikakisshouin c298
07/07/17 reikakisshouin c297
07/07/17 reikakisshouin c296
07/07/17 reikakisshouin c295
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norach212
norach212 rated it
September 9, 2018
Status: c222
This is the best "reincarnated into otome-game" novel I ve found so far.

The story is pretty funny, every characters have an interesting personality. Unlike the most novel with similar settings, the world in this story doesn't only spun around the main character where she comes and solve every problems around her, nah, the MC is pretty bad at solving problems and even struggling with her own problem such as keeping her grades or diets.

The main theme of this novel is comedy and everyday-life at school, so don't expect some overly... more>> serious things like heartbreaking love story or eternal Romeo-Juliet love saga. Just a normal love story between highschool students, no internal-external conflict of trust and betrayal, no crappy plot to make the heroine fall for the main male lead. Just a story that meant to be enjoyed, and make you laugh when you read it.

conclusion: JUST READ IT !!! <<less
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Articvixen
Articvixen rated it
August 17, 2018
Status: c201
I absolutely love this novel. I never regretted my decision to read this. The MC is funny and relatable. The story is fun, light hearted and hilarious.
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A name is useless rated it
May 21, 2018
Status: --
Boring novel, nothing happens, the MC is pathetique, coward and without personality.

You can retire some tags who are put in NU for this novel like:

  • Beautiful female lead (she was never descried as beautiful, at best average and even round in some parts of the story)
  • Sister/Brother complex (they are just caring about brother/sister, they are close but that's all)
  • Cute protagonist/story (nothing cute in this story, just a story about a girl, the MC, who try to make friends in a way that is not realistic at all)
A... more>> anoying and boring slice of life story with the worst MC you can have for this kind of story. <<less
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Cayy
Cayy rated it
October 14, 2017
Status: c167
I really dig this kind of story combination

Otome + reincarnation + female protagonist + romance

And it's not too sweet that will give you diabetussss.

The only thing I dislike about it is the lack of romance and badump kyaa kyaa emotions around the MC. Like, is she some sort of a fairygod mother or narrator for her peers? Is she even going to get romantic moments with anyone at all??? Where is this story even going to? That I don't know
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leva
leva rated it
October 7, 2017
Status: c167
This is a slice of life story that can be savored anytime you want, in my opinion. You'll notice the narrative is from Reika's point of view and she's a very very quirky common girl behind her ojou-sama persona. Her ojou-sama acting, compared immediately to her inner monologuing, makes for humorous read. However, she's also a very very unreliable narrator, and it's exposed in the rare side character POV chapters that what she thinks of herself and what the people around her thinks of her are vastly different things (at... more>> least in the beginning). As the story progresses, Reika makes a lot of friends everywhere, but sadly no romantic relations. She bemoaned this fact rather frequently and would often compare herself to her peers. All in all, Reika is a very relatable female MC while not being boring at all. I just wish author-san would take pity on her love life... xD <<less
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B2j
B2j rated it
September 30, 2017
Status: c163
I just have to say how frustrated I am and how I love it so much. It has a lot of similar elements to the usual trope of “reincarnated main character or villain”... or so I thought. Yes the main character sets out to change her miserable future of being abandoned by everything; family, friends (if she ever had any), wealth, reputation, and love. Similarly to some novels out there (like akuyaku) she starts out by getting her memories back at a young age, very young (still older than Akuyaku).... more>> She’s determined to change the outcome. But the funny things is: she’s so dumb but so smart at the same time. She’s a girl that knows herself. She’s a girl who has human emotions. She’s a girl that knows how to understand others. She’s a girl that makes an effort. She’s also selfish just like anyone but also selfless for many. She’s a very miserable coward but a also a brave hero and helpful friend. It’s contradicting but it works. Don’t start misunderstanding, this has comedy and is relatively light hearted. It’s romantic and dramatic. It involves the life of the rich and life of a commoner at the same time; her current life and her past life. She’s very incredible and ever changing (mostly her weight). She doesn’t hold on much to her past life although she does get sentimental. She knows how to treasure her current life, truly like a heroine who has been given a second chance. She’s a very lovable character and so are all of the others. They are complex and so are the relations (except the mobs one, i.e Tsuruhana). As u watch her interactions, without even saying it, it’s very easy to understand more of the characters, i.e. the father, mother, etc. Sometimes the author provides another viewpoint and it’s very enjoyable and helps understand a lot of the stuff that’s needed to be understood in another viewpoint, i.e. the siscon. She’s actually very consistent and so are the other characters. She is depicted as “powerful” on the outside but at the same time, many people know that she’s a hardworking and kind person. It is an adventure of others drawn to her true charisma, i.e. Sakurako (scary yandere) and Akizawa (normally cute), Aoi (relatable), Umewaka (weirdest weirdo) and friends and lover (dog- B chan), Class Rep (maiden), Iwamuro (weird maiden), Bro (especially, siscon but doesn’t admit it), Enjou (fake angel), Fellow Stalking Horse (workaholic), Ririna (tsundere), Mao and bf (sweet honey angels) and uncle (contradicting), Emperor (idiot), Irima (lady-killer), Yukino (true angel), MC (superwoman), Aira (prince), Tomoe (every girl’s dream and heartbreak) and gf (relationship goals), etc. Although she gains and encounters many enemies, it is important to notice that she also has many that will stand up for her. The characters like u have seen above has very distinct personalities and problems just like any human. It’s like the author is showing every kind of character there is.

Its better to know that this novel do focus on romance and drama but at the same time it’s about everything that happens within the school and her life. It focuses on the others’ life and not just her at the center of the world, although it is still seen in her POV. Regrettably, all the romantic developments are for those around her. To this day, I have not seen any progress except for the fact that she met the potential love candidates but has no further developments. It’s like she focuses on so many other stuff and other people that she can’t help but want to have some but getting none. Even I can’t stand her having no progression in love.

Another bonus that I really love is her relatable real life problems and her real life personality and the semi real depictions of rich life. It’s very enjoyable and attractive. It draws u in and make u sympathize, love, and can’t help but keep on reading.

10/10 <<less
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Abhieghail
Abhieghail rated it
August 21, 2017
Status: c154
this is a funny story. At the first chapters Reika is having troubles with her weight (maybe that's why some of the reviews say it is all about dieting.. She is just conscious about it because of the people around her. But in the later chapters it would delve more into the plot (although she would be repeatedly be the chief of the forever alone village, not that she successfully retired from being one XD).. The writing style of the author is so funny! So it is worth reading. Reika's... more>> situations are hilarious. Misunderstandings and stuff. The fact that the male population of Suiran views her as an 'Empress' because of her clique, made her a little bit unlucky in lovelife. I am really interested to know who will she end up with!! What a suspense! <<less
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Fantasy-Magician
Fantasy-Magician rated it
August 21, 2017
Status: c154
It's just everyday life of an Ojou-sama, BUT! She is actually a peasant reborn, who foresaw doomed future of her family as villainous love rival of manga she red in her previous life. So what did she do to avoid the destruction flag? What the title says, and save her allowance just in case the destruction flag was inevitable.

The summary says it all, and if you expect something happen in Reika's life with climax and plot twist... there's none whatsoever. At least not on the level of drama worthy that... more>> happen to her, in fact when it happen to other character Reika manage to narrate even a terrible heartbreak to sound like something out of comedic gag. Being a peasant and an otaku in her past life make her nothing like noble Ojou-sama she appear outside, as her joy in life consist of stealing chance to eat peasant food she missed in this bourgeois life.

You'd think this novel would be boring, being slice of life of modern Ojou-sama with no fantasy element whatsoever. But the author manage to make Reika's life interesting with showing different shade of typical shoujo characters from manga she read. The Emperor was actually a romantic idiot with no common sense, and his best friend and sidekick was a black hearted prince. Surprisingly, this novel also explain why the original Reika turn to villainous rich girl she was, and how terrified current Reika was when she realized...
Spoiler

her parents nurtured canon!Reika's obsession for Emperor.

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There's also a lot of misunderstandings about Reika image as Empress of Suiran, general population believe she is the epitome of high class young lady and admire her for her geniality to peasants in school. She did her best acting like an Ojou-sama, and only a few manage to see through Reika and think she is a weirdo.

It says something for quality of writing if the author can make daily life of Reika-sama from primary school to highschool an interesting read without any major time skip. Then by the time you read the last chapter you'd wonder if Reika going to cram school, dieting, and eating sweets is that interesting? You still can't stop though, and that's what make this series wonderful because Reika's antics alone is enough to root you to your seat. <<less
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cleo_almira
cleo_almira rated it
July 27, 2017
Status: c140
This is a really fun and light-hearted novel!

The story basically revolves around the MC's daily life. The story involves a lot of characters, misunderstandings, and the struggles of an oujo-sama who wants nothing more than to eat what she wants but somehow gets involved in a lot of troublesome high school life problems.

Kenkyo, Kenjitsu is a very interesting read and a real mood-lifter! The plot isn't too deep but the events that occur in the story are interesting enough to keep you wanting more. The translations are very well done... more>> and the translator is very helpful in explaining concepts that are used in the story. However, if you're looking for some romance story, this isn't the one for you. <<less
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LazyDays
LazyDays rated it
January 23, 2017
Status: c86
Surprisingly good!

If you ignore the reincarnation part, which is basically her thinking "Must. Avoid. MC's Love Interest", then it's simply a funny story of a little rich girl and her time in school. Making friends, worrying about her image, eating sweets, dieting, etc...
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stolemyowncar
stolemyowncar rated it
June 6, 2022
Status: c200
I found this story a lot of fun to read, mostly. I read it to chapter 200 and had a decent time, mainly because it was just humorous and many of the situations were amusing. So to that end it's kind of fun. The translation was excellent and the translation team should be really proud of themselves (aside from that disconcerting sidebar... I used ublock on it though...).

Unfortunately, that's its limit... it's on hiatus and it's unsatisfying to read if you're expecting ANY SORT OF CONCLUSION. I will keep it... more>> somewhat vague, but this story might as well be called "Ultimate wing (wo) man Reika-sama makes her appearance!" The girl is practically a living breathing narrator... in the bad way. She shows passing interest in various men, and there's some foreshadowing of romance, but literally nothing ever happens for her. They keep using as an excuse the fact that she looks so perfectly unapproachable, but towards the chapter I am on she has shown up on public transit multiple times and whatnot, yet... no one hits on her?

Did an actual sheltered rich girl write this? I understand in shoujo (and many Japanese genres really) there is some leeway for unrealistically kind and/or submissive people, but Reika getting no action at all was... kind of deflating my sugary marshmallow fun towards the end.

I suppose as an excuse is that this is a shoujo manga world, so basically only the two main leads are given much of any attention at all, such as the entire thing was programmed. Oh well. I don't know whether to give this 3 or 4. I think I'll bump it up to 4, which is rare for me. I did at least enjoy reading what I did, vapid as it was. I just couldn't keep going. I think its strongest point is that in terms of competence level and overall interactions, the protagonist is far from a Mary Sue. She legitimately is jut perfectly average. This is very rare. <<less
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Fitoor
Fitoor rated it
April 8, 2021
Status: c299
This is a light novel. I mean that it's light even for a light novel. It's so light that it can make you wonder, "Wait, isn't this too light?" As a guy I read very few shoujo novels, but I kept falling deeper and deeper in this rabbit hole. This really reinforced the idea of a reincarnated lazy geek still being a lazy geek. And looking at Reika having body issues and struggling with dieting given her passion for food and being too lazy to exercise was way too relatable.

Overall... more>> a much better deconstruction of the villainous genre than novels like Commonsense of a Duke's daughter where they just turn the MC into another Mary Sue heroine with a different capture target, or Hamefura where she makes friends like breathing. <<less
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Whimssica
Whimssica rated it
August 20, 2020
Status: c299
Has there been no updates from the author still? I hope he/she are doing well 🙏

I am so crushed that rumors said this was discontinued since the last update was 2017... and just when I felt the romance budding. Enjou-samaaa!! I feel like you're starting to move and are luring her in with that cute brother of yours. And now we can't even go to the fireworks festival 😵😭!! At this rate, Reika-sama will really be left at the Forever Alone Village 😭😭😭

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Stopped at 238 last aug2020, then kept... more>> coming back here without updates. Then LAST NIGHT (Jan30, 2021), I found chapters until 299. God. I didn't get to sleep until past 3am but it was worth it. Hope this doesn't get discontinued. I love Reika and everything else here. It's a fun way of 'politicking' in a school system.

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Hands down. One of the best shoujo genre out there. I love that the MC is being the ideal lady and keeping that image as the empress of the school. She's level headed though pretty dense at times. She's really funny, easygoing and I love that people/friends who know her weirdness accept her and still see her as the empress she is.

I hope to see more chapters. I appreciate the hard work everyone involved is doing for this series but please author and translators, continue doing the great job you have been doing and never stop ?. Hope to read more of this. <<less
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MapItOut
MapItOut rated it
June 13, 2020
Status: c299
Did someone say favourite novel? (Been so for 2 years)

Reika-sama, or Kenkyo Kenjitsu, is one of the most charming reads you'll ever come across. The characters are fleshed and the interactions hilarious and relatable.

You won't regret reading this, well you could, if only because it's been on indefinite hiatus since 2017 or so. Still it's not something you'd want to miss out on, and I guarantee you'll at least have fun reading it, and if you're a sucker for well written slice of life like me, you will most... more>> definitely enjoy this. <<less
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Yuzuhi
Yuzuhi rated it
August 27, 2018
Status: c221
This is a sweet story about a girl who is reborn as the villainess of a manga she had read in her previous life. Reika remembers her previous life when she is about to enter primary school. Contrary to some other stories this one spends a lot of time on Reika growing up and meeting (and trying to avoid) lots of the important characters from the manga before the original heroine even shows up. Reika's main ambition is to avoid the bad end for her and her family that appeared... more>> in the manga.

I really like the way her character from her previous life is still present and she has some problems acting like a good Ojou-sama. Though what Reika never realises is that most people do perceive her to be just that. While she is usually a bit of a coward it's truly entertaining when she snaps and becomes fearsome.

One of the reasons I enjoyed this story more than some others, is definitely thanks to the superb translator. The translation notes are always really interesting, wherever possible puns are transformed into english puns and explained after the chapter as well, and there are loooots of pictures of all the kind of food items present in the story. Don't read when you're hungry (: <<less
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Hundred Lilies
Hundred Lilies rated it
August 15, 2018
Status: c220
I'm so glad I picked this novel up again!

While our MC is a bit (too) ditzy (in a lovable way, not s*upid) and takes a quite a few verbal hits and snide remarks from time to time, without standing up for herself, she is very real and slowly comes to accept her new life as an absolute born bred elite, albeit a bit troubled. She's very sincere with the people around her and is full of love and fun, taking in the best of both worlds as a commoner at... more>> heart and as an elite through her environment.

I very much like how she interacts with the other characters in the story and vice versa. No character is just an extra or a filler and has a big hand in how she develops. As they grow, she grows, on the road to adulthood - be it love, friendships, frustrations, doubts, family bonds or other things that teens, and humans in general, go through before finding themselves.

This novel is just wonderful and hilarious! #Vivaforeveralonevillage <<less
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Alazycatwantstoread
Alazycatwantstoread rated it
July 26, 2018
Status: c218
This is fun to read and I have read it like 5 times already. There are just so many characters and they are all unique in their own way and I loved all of them. And it only gets better as they story progresses. I am currently at 218 and wow it only gets better. I especially love the moe gap of Reika. She looks like a typical ojou-sama but she is just a middle class ordinary person to the core. She is pretty chill and it just makes me... more>> love her more. <<less
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The1Rin
The1Rin rated it
June 25, 2018
Status: 212
I've read whats currently out and I love it, and I'm waiting for more eagerly.

all the characters are so interesting so I get so caught up in the story and I love the translator that provides little images of the food she eats, I think the story will end at high school graduation so it has a way to go so far, I'm really happy I get to read more about this lovable and smart food addict that tries to help others while trying to have a peaceful life herself.
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draw2much
draw2much rated it
March 14, 2018
Status: c200
I started reading this on a whim, and two days later I'd powered through the entire thing. The translation is excellent, which makes the story even better. Thank you, translators and editors! You are beautiful people!

This story... I don't even know where to begin. I don't laugh out loud often with things I read, but I did almost every other chapter with this one. The MC is hilarious. She puts on a strong "Proper Lady" front, but on the inside she's normal and kind. Well, "normal" might be going a... more>> little too far there but...

If there's any romance, I'm despairingly thinking it's every other character but our lead. Can't the author give the Chief title of Forever Alone Village to someone else? I'm chomping at the bit for her to have a real genuine romance. PLEASE AUTHOR! HAVE MERCY!

This is a great read! But don't start reading late at night. Otherwise you aren't going to be sleeping, and your cackling will wake up the rest of your family. <<less
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Crescent
Crescent rated it
October 14, 2017
Status: c167
A really great story with a lovable MC. Although it has a similar premise to 'I Reincarnated into an Otome Game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags... ', the way the story unfolds is completely different. ... more>>
Spoiler

Not everyone she meets falls in love with her. So far, this story has mostly been a slice of life story. The romance is extremely slow or negligible which can be refreshing as not every encounter with a male is a romance flag. From other reviews, there seems to be no concrete love interest for MC even nearing the 300th chapter.

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