From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! (悪役令嬢転生おじさん) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Michiro Ueyama.It has been serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's monthly manga magazine Young King Ours GH since March 2020, with its chapters collected in nine volumes as of October 2025.An anime television series adaptation produced by Ajiado aired from January to March 2025.
Premise
A bureaucrat named Kenzaburo Tondabayashi is killed by a passing truck after saving a boy and is reborn in the Otome game Magical Academy: Love & Beast as its villainess, Grace Auvergne. Due to his politeness, he makes Grace's personality change into a more kind person and even becomes friends with the game's heroine, Anna Doll, whom the original Grace is antagonistic towards. Meanwhile, Kenzaburo's original body is revealed to have survived, but he is stuck in a coma. His wife and daughter discover that he is trapped in the game and attempt to help him complete it in hopes of getting him out.
Characters
Kenzaburo Tondabayashi (屯田林 憲三郎)
A 52-year old salaryman. After saving the life of a boy from being hit by a truck, he finds himself reincarnated into the video
game
of his daughter's favorite game Magical Academy: Love & Beast as the game's villainess, Grace Auvergne. Despite being knowledgeable about the villainess character during his youth, he is unfamiliar with the genre. Although he tries to act like a villainess, his politeness keeps getting in the way. Instead, he uses his lifelong skills as a salaryman and father to progress the game's storyline, unaware that he is significantly altering the game's plot. Thanks to the cheat skill, "Elegance Cheat", any physical actions he does as Grace turns out elegantly. In the real world, Kenzaburo is still alive but has fallen into a coma, unaware that his actions in the game world are being watched by his wife and daughter, who try to help him advance through the game so they can bring him back.
Grace Auvergne (グレイス・オーヴェルヌ)
The villainess of the Magical Academy: Love & Beast game, whose body has been possessed by Kenzaburo. In the game, Grace is Anna's rival, who treats her cruelly due to her commoner background. As a result of Kenzaburo's influence, Grace is much nicer and more friendly, much to the surprise of everyone who knew her. Instead of being Anna's rival, Grace becomes Anna's friend and mentor.
Anna Doll (アンナ・ドール)
The main character in the video game Magical Academy: Love & Beast. Due to Kenzaburo's actions where he treats Anna like a daughter instead of a villainess, she and Grace become friends instead of rivals.
Virgile Vierge (ヴィルジール・ヴィエルジ)
The crown prince, President of the Student council and Grace's fiancé. In the game, he was one of Anna's love interests. Although he did not show much love to Grace at first, he started to develop romance after seeing her change her ways.
Hinako Tondabayashi (屯田林 日菜子)
Kenzaburo's only daughter. A proud Otaku just like her parents, she is the first to discover her father is now the villainess Grace in her favorite video game and attempts to aid him so they can bring his mind back to the real world. While she cannot communicate with her father, the only thing she can do is control Orion, Grace's familiar.
Mitsuko Tondabayashi (屯田林 美津子)
Kenzaburo's wife and Hinako's mother. Just like her husband and daughter, she is also an otaku and the second person to find out her husband is in her daughter's favorite video game. She works with her daughter to complete the game to bring her husband back to their world.
Richard Verseau (リシャール・ヴェルソー)
The vice president of the Student Council.
Auguste Lion (オーギュスト・リオン)
The head of the student council security division.
Pierre Gemeaux (ピエール・ジェモー)
The Student council secretary and Virgile's valet.
Lambert Balance (ランベール・バランス)
The student council treasurer.
Lucas Vierge (リュカ・ヴィエルジ)
Virgile's younger brother and second prince of the kingdom.
Leopold Auvergne (レオポルド・オーヴェルヌ)
Grace's father. He serves as the kingdom's Minister of Finance.
Josette (ジョゼット)
A cat girl and apprentice maid at Grace's household. She at first fears Grace due to her cruelty, but starts to warm up to her after seeing her personality change.
Francette Mercure (フランセット・メルキュール)
A member of the Drama club. In the original game, she was Anna's best friend at school, only for that role to be taken by Grace. She instead becomes the theatrical advisor as well as Anna and Grace's helper.
Grenat (ガーネット)
A half-elf and a magic professor at school.
Headmaster (学園長)
A powerful wizard and headmaster of the school.
Tsuchii
One of the students.
Orion (オリオン)
Grace's dragon familiar, whom Kenzaburo created with Hinako's help.
Pollux (ポルックス)
Pierre's gargoyle familiar.
Spica (スピカ)
Virgile's Griffin familiar.
Sirius (シリウス)
Anna's Pegasus familiar.
Regulus (レグルス)
Auguste's Garuda familiar.
Sadalmelik (サダルメリク)
Richard's sea serpent familiar.
Zubenelgenubu
Lambert’s sphinx familiar.
Violet Corbeau (ヴィオレ・コルポー), Jaune Moineau (ジョーヌ・モワノー), and Marron Chouette (マロン・シュエット)
Three girls who are at first antagonistic towards Grace and Anna, but are convinced to get along with them instead.
Mathilde
A cat girl maid who works for Grace. She can wield fire magic.
Olive
The head maid of Grace’s family.
Walz
A dwarf craftsman employed by the Duke's family. He is in charge of the workshop within the mansion.
Jacqueline
Grace’s mother, who can foresee the future. She is usually away from home and works with a strange talking orb of light.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Michiro Ueyama, From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! started in Shōnen Gahōsha's manga magazine Young King Ours GH on March 16, 2020.[6][7] Shōnen Gahōsha has collected its chapters into individual volumes.The first volume was released on December 16, 2020.[8] As of October 10, 2025, nine volumes have been released.
Volumes
Volumes
Anime
In January 2024, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime television series adaptation.[18] It was animated by Ajiado and directed by Tetsuya Takeuchi, with series composition by Shingo Irie, character designs by Haruka Matsunae and monster designs by Yuki Miyamoto. The music is composed by Natsumi Tabuchi, Misaki Tsuchida, Tsugumi Tanaka, Reiko Abe, and Kaho Sawada. The series aired from January 10 to March 28, 2025, on the Super Animeism Turbo programming block on all JNN affiliates, including MBS and TBS.[19][20] The opening theme song is "Choose!!!", performed by Cider Girl, while the ending theme song is "Matsuken Samba II" (マツケンサンバII), performed by Kazuhiko Inoue and M.A.O as their respective characters.[22][23]
Sentai Filmworks licensed the series in North America for streaming on Hidive.[24] In South and Southeast Asia, the series has been licensed by Muse Communication.[25]
Episodes
Episodes
Reception
In 2020, the manga was nominated for the sixth Next Manga Awards in the print category and placed fourth out of the 50 nominees with 17,633 votes.[29][30][31] By October 2025, it had over 2.5 million copies in circulation.[17]
