The official website for the Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga – Suuguu Chouso Torikae Den (Though I Am an Inept Villainess/ ふつつかな悪女ではございますが 〜雛宮蝶鼠とりかえ伝〜) TV anime has released a teaser trailer and confirmed that the anime will premiere in 2026.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Ox20gOM-E]
Yamazaki Mitsue is directing the anime at Douga Koubou studios, and the anime will star Iwami Manaka as Kao Reirin and Kawaida Natsumi as Shu Keigetsu.
The anime is based on the Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga – Suuguu Chouso Torikae Den light novel series by Nakamura Satsuki and Yuki Kana. Ichijinsha published Nakamura’s first novel with illustrations by Yuki in December 2020, and it will release the 11th novel on September 30th, 2025.
The novel series was adapted into a manga by Ohitsuji Ei on Ichijinsha’s Monthly Comic Zero-Sum magazine in December 2020. The manga’s first tankoubon volume was released in June 2021, and the eighth volume in February 2025. The manga’s ninth volume is scheduled for release on September 30th, 2025.
Seven Seas Entertainment publishes both the novel series and its manga adaptation in English under the name Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court. It will release the 10th novel in the series on March 31st, 2026 and the manga’s eighth volume on December 16th, 2025. Seven Seas Entertainment describes the novel story below:
“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!”
