“An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess” is one of the strongest romance anime of this Spring 2026 season. Despite what looks like an Otome games Villainess anime. The protaginst is not Bertia, but rather Cecil.
One of the strong points of this anime is how it uses many troupes from Otome Game and Villainess anime. As the story has two characters reincarnated those being Bertia and Heronia. For both of these girls they try to stick to being players. As Cecil is a very much Gary Stu, but us a well executed type. As his interactions with them are very clever and well done. The show does a good job at showing why Cecil would aim to go against the path of the game which the girls aim to go for.
The big thing this show goes for is what can romance bring to someones life. How that type of spark differs. It is clear the spark that Bertia brings to Cecil, but you can see it even with the other side ships.
Production wise it was surprinsgly solid. Solid animation, good art direction and very nice sound direction to enahnce various scenes.
This anime isn’t just a must watch for shoujo romance fans, but any romance fans.