Tags: Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, School Life, Villainess, Shoujo, Isekai
Sub-Tags: Otome, Game Elements, Misunderstandings
Synopsis:
Mary and Adi may have tied the knot, but the hijinks aren’t stopping anytime soon in this collection of short stories! Watch as Mary’s world is freed from the shackles of the otome game series, and find out what everyone has been up to since the wedding party. Mary still dreams of running her own migratory bird restaurant—will her wish finally come true? Gainas has earned his family’s forgiveness, but can he manage to win Parfette’s heart back too? What will the icy Carina do when her ex-fiancé makes the terrible mistake of causing misfortune one last time? And although Alicia and Patrick certainly enjoyed playing their parts in their friends’ wedding, it might be time for the two of them to plan a special event of their own. However, when a certain ambitious girl enters the stage looking for her next prey, trouble strikes too close to home… These stories and more await! (Source: J-Novel Club)
Hijinks of an Otome Afterstory!
The Jilted Lovers Brigade
Having conquered Otome games and love, it’s about time that Mary started to take things easy. As dawn broaches on Courting Disaster’s third instalment, it’s time for other characters to steal the limelight. Telling their own extraordinary tales of love and woe.
Unlike previous instalments, the latest volume featuring the titular quirky villainess comes across as more of an afterstory – formatted as several shorter stories rather than one long-running narrative. As a result, we’re treated not only to more time with Mary but with the rest of the cast as well.
Gaining most of the attention this time is the jilted lovers brigade from the previous volume. With their stories of love and happy endings only just beginning, the latest volume gives each of them a short story showing that there’s love for them just waiting around the corner. In true Otome style, however, some of their paths to love are more fraught than others.
For the Love of Wild Game
As for Mary and Adi, the latest novel in the series finds the two in a sort of early marital bliss. Without the prospect of another Otome game causing problems, Mary and Adi are finally able to settle down and do the sort of things normal lovers do. Expect heaps of fluffiness and flirting as the two awkwardly dance around their new change in relationship.
Furthermore, volume three finally puts to rest a plot thread left dangling ever since the start of the first volume – the Wild Game restaurant. The strongest of several short stories, it sees Mary striving to achieve her dream of owning a Wild Game restaurant only to unearth a whole can of noble worms.
With Mary’s friends playing detective and Mary herself unaware, the series of misunderstandings go so far as to leave the entirety of noble society shocked (and eventually disappointed).
While using a short story format brings with it positives and negatives, the author of this series has used the space well. By tying up the final dangling plot threads and furthering the characterisation of the series’ many side characters allows plenty of room for new growth as the story reaches its fourth volume.
As a result, Courting Disaster’s highly awaited third volume makes for a pleasant addition to the series.
Young Lady Albert is Courting Disaster Vol. 3
My Rating: 8/10
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You can read the third volume of this series digitally on the J-Novel Club website.
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