Joseph Luster
March 17, 2025 
Satsuki Nakamura and Kana Yuki’s Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court is the latest novel series to make the leap to anime. An official website went live today, revealing plans for a TV anime adaptation at Oshi no Ko studio Doga Kobo.
Mitsue Yamazaki (ZENSHU) is lined up to direct, with Yoshiko Nakamura (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle) on series composition and Ai Kikuchi (Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie) handling character designs. Check out the reveal trailer below.
Though I Am an Inept Villainess Anime Reveal
Here’s the full visual:
Seven Seas Entertainment publishes both the original novels and Ei Ohtsuji’s manga adaptation. Here’s the official synopsis:
In the Kingdom of Ei, five clans put forth their maidens as imperial consorts—but only one will be crowned empress. Just when frail and beautiful “court butterfly” Kou Reirin seems poised to marry the crown prince, jealous “court rat” Shu Keigetsu steals her body! Reirin wakes up in the dungeons as the conspirator, and things look dire…or do they? Now that she’s got a robust new body, not even the looming threat of execution can stop her!
Source: Crunchyroll News
