No genre is as creatively flexible as isekai. Isekai not only allows authors to push the boundaries of traditional stories, themes, and genres, but it also provides ample opportunities to reimagine, reinterpret, or update classic ideas that have long been taken for granted or overused to the point of becoming clichés. . This is exactly what the fans get I Evil Lord of the Intergalactic Empire!
Youmu Mishima and Kai Nadashima I am the Evil Lord of the Intergalactic Empire! is a light novel series that tells the story of Sera Banfield’s Liam, a morally upright “good guy” who is reincarnated in another world after he is driven to the point of exhaustion trying to overcome the debts accumulated by his unfaithful wife. Convinced by his past existence that being a “virtue” is futile and painful, Liam chooses the complete opposite path in his new life. Unfortunately, while his innate kindness helps attract people to his cause and blindly support him, it also acts as one hell of an obstacle to him fully embracing his dark side – or that’s what readers are led to believe.
This funny isekai series proves that evil is not a mistake.
Manga adaptation with illustrations by Kai Nadashima
What does I am the Evil Lord of the Intergalactic Empire! this is so interesting it is a depiction of the transformation a good person goes through even consider evil as an option to achieve one’s desires. Once the decision is made, it also determines the steps that good people go through during their descent into darkness. Indeed, perhaps the most important lesson from this story is that truly good people will never be forced to do evil. On the contrary, their acceptance of evil is a conscious, voluntary and conscious choice.
I am the Evil Lord of the Intergalactic Empire! offers a comprehensive guide to the mindset of heroes who have fallen to the dark side. Unlike many other stories that often gloss over or summarize this process, this work delves deeply into the gradual transition from light to darkness. Reading I am the Evil Lord of the Intergalactic Empire!fans will be able to understand more deeply why are characters like Eren Yeager from Attack on Titan or Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul end up becoming so consumed by evil.
Being a tyrant is not easy even for the evil ruler of the intergalactic Empire
If fans knew how boring it is to be evil, they wouldn’t hate villains so much
While a good person’s decision to embrace evil is a problem in itself, committing evil deeds is actually an even greater problem. Really, I am the Evil Lord of the Intergalactic Empire! shows that the “good” accumulated over a lifetime is not easily forgotten. Although Liam strives to embody the role of the evil lord, he constantly struggles with his innate instincts to help, comfort and apologize.
This internal conflict leads to a debilitating lifestyle that makes him appear weak and vulnerable at times – a potentially dangerous trait for an evil lord when surrounded by truly despicable characters. There’s also an interesting twist where Liam’s evil plans and choices unexpectedly benefit the very people he intends to abuse, manipulate and torture. The question arises: what happens when a person’s evil deeds, by some strange twist of fate, actually bring about good? What should a former hero turned villain do in such a situation?
As such, I am the Evil Lord of the Intergalactic Empire! is a useful read for anyone interested in the journey from light to darkness. Although this story has its fair share of comedy scenes and dynamic fights, which is typical for most films. isekaiBeneath it all lies an intriguing debate about good and evil.
I am the Evil Lord of the Intergalactic Empire! now available from Seven Seas Entertainment.