
From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!
悪役令嬢転生おじさん
After a traffic accident, 52-year-old civil servant Kenzaburou Tondabayashi awakens to find he's become Grace Auvergne, a duke's daughter, and more importantly the villainess of an otome game. Not wanting to get in the way of the happy endings of the young characters around him, Grace sets out to play the role of the villain, but whether it's due to Kenzaburou's memories of being an affectionate parent getting in the way or not being able to remember those pesky foreign names properly, it ends up being a lot harder than it looks...
From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! is a tv with 12 episodes, from Winter 2025, produced by Ajiado, rated 7.3/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
After a traffic accident, 52-year-old civil servant Kenzaburou Tondabayashi awakens to find he's become Grace Auvergne, a duke's daughter, and more importantly the villainess of an otome game. Not wanting to get in the way of the happy endings of the young characters around him, Grace sets out to play the role of the villain, but whether it's due to Kenzaburou's memories of being an affectionate parent getting in the way or not being able to remember those pesky foreign names properly, it ends up being a lot harder than it looks...
Main Characters
Tags
- Villainess — Centers around or prominently features a villainous noble lady.
- Seinen — Target demographic is adult males.
- Video Games — Centers around characters playing video games.
- Meta — Features fourth wall-breaking references to itself or genre tropes.
- Otaku Culture — Centers around the culture of a fanatical fan-base.
- Isekai — Features a character from a modern-day setting being transported into an alternate world and has to adapt to their new surroundings.
- Gender Bending — Prominently features a character who dresses and behaves in a way characteristic of another gender, or has been transformed into a person of another gender.
- Parody — Features deliberate exaggeration of popular tropes or a particular genre to comedic effect.
- School — Partly or completely set in a primary or secondary educational institution.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- Animals — Prominently features animal characters in a leading role.
- Age Regression — Prominently features a character who was returned to a younger state.

