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Trapped in a Dating Sim: Otome Games Are Tough For Us, Too! (Light Novel) Vol. 5
A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
Crown Prince Julius has been the target of a ruthless, traitorous attack. When Clarice is deemed the culprit, there's no question that she'll be executed.
Clarice didn't instigate the attack, of course, and Leon and Marie are set on saving her life. But that's a tall order when not even Luxion will help them figure out what happened. Meeting someone close to Clarice gives Leon a lead...but as he delves deeper, he realizes the extent of the obstacles to clearing the girl's name. It's no mistake that Clarice has been unjustly placed on death row. And saving her will require Leon and Marie to face foes more daunting than they expected...
Crown Prince Julius has been the target of a ruthless, traitorous attack. When Clarice is deemed the culprit, there's no question that she'll be executed.
Clarice didn't instigate the attack, of course, and Leon and Marie are set on saving her life. But that's a tall order when not even Luxion will help them figure out what happened. Meeting someone close to Clarice gives Leon a lead...but as he delves deeper, he realizes the extent of the obstacles to clearing the girl's name. It's no mistake that Clarice has been unjustly placed on death row. And saving her will require Leon and Marie to face foes more daunting than they expected...
- GenresLight Novel
284 pages, Paperback
Published August 11, 2026
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August 20, 2026
I've been waiting months for this next volume to come out, and, thankfully, it wasn't NOT worth the wait.
We continue in the 5th volume of the "What if" Otome games series, and i'm glad I stuck with this one and not the main one. After the first couple of volumes and Leon with Angelica and Olivia I just completely lost interest as those two are the most boring to ever boring at this point. This series however, continues to be quite fun.
In this one, Marie and Leon need to save a girl from being wrongfully executed, then travel to another country to investigate some weirdness that's going on there.
There's both good and bad in this one. I'm always down for more interaction between both Marie and Leon, and I find the two of them to be absolutely adorable. They're engaged but have a kind of argumentative yet strong bond between the two of them. They test themselves and have great back and forths as opposed to Olivia and Angelica in the main story who are just boring nothings.
I would say the only real issue I had with this volume was that there wasn't ENOUGH fluff between Leon and Marie. There was a lot of politics going on and they had their hands busy solving issues, but I think a little bit more fluff like in the previous volumes would have been appreciated. I understand they have to avert a world ending event, but they could have had a LITTLE more romantic fluff. That being said, this volume was very good, but not fantastic.
That being said, it's obvious that this is 100% a setup volume. Several new things were introduced in this one, including the villain from the second game making an appearance and (evil) Olivia gaining more power. It's gonna come to a head eventually and i'm very excited to see Marie and Leon tag team this problem together.
This series is still 10 times better than the original in every way and I can't wait until the next one (i preordered this one and will 100% do it for the next one too but i have to wait until April)
As it's continuing to MORE than hold my interest, giving this one a solid 4 out of 5.
Give me more fluff dang it!
We continue in the 5th volume of the "What if" Otome games series, and i'm glad I stuck with this one and not the main one. After the first couple of volumes and Leon with Angelica and Olivia I just completely lost interest as those two are the most boring to ever boring at this point. This series however, continues to be quite fun.
In this one, Marie and Leon need to save a girl from being wrongfully executed, then travel to another country to investigate some weirdness that's going on there.
There's both good and bad in this one. I'm always down for more interaction between both Marie and Leon, and I find the two of them to be absolutely adorable. They're engaged but have a kind of argumentative yet strong bond between the two of them. They test themselves and have great back and forths as opposed to Olivia and Angelica in the main story who are just boring nothings.
I would say the only real issue I had with this volume was that there wasn't ENOUGH fluff between Leon and Marie. There was a lot of politics going on and they had their hands busy solving issues, but I think a little bit more fluff like in the previous volumes would have been appreciated. I understand they have to avert a world ending event, but they could have had a LITTLE more romantic fluff. That being said, this volume was very good, but not fantastic.
That being said, it's obvious that this is 100% a setup volume. Several new things were introduced in this one, including the villain from the second game making an appearance and (evil) Olivia gaining more power. It's gonna come to a head eventually and i'm very excited to see Marie and Leon tag team this problem together.
This series is still 10 times better than the original in every way and I can't wait until the next one (i preordered this one and will 100% do it for the next one too but i have to wait until April)
As it's continuing to MORE than hold my interest, giving this one a solid 4 out of 5.
Give me more fluff dang it!
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