A body-swap story that treats its premise as more than a plot device. Nakamura uses the swap to ask what happens when the life you were given and the life you wanted are not the same thing, and she does it with characters who feel like people rather than archetypes. The relationship between Reirin and Keigetsu is the engine of the book, and it is worth following through the series.
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It is the first volume of a light novel series about two women at an imperial court who swap bodies. Kou Reirin is the frail, beloved "butterfly" expected to become empress. Shu Keigetsu is the scorned "court rat." When Keigetsu steals Reirin's body, Reirin wakes up in Keigetsu's healthy body and discovers that the life she was supposed to want may not have been the one she needed.
Satsuki Nakamura is a Japanese writer who has penned multiple light novel and manga series. She is best known for Though I Am an Inept Villainess, which began in December 2020 and has been adapted into manga and an anime television series produced by Doga Kobo.
Kana Yuki is a Japanese designer and illustrator who has worked on novels, manga, and games. She provides the illustrations for the Though I Am an Inept Villainess light novels.
Yes. This is Volume 1 of a 12-volume light novel series. The story continues across multiple volumes, and the series has also been adapted into a manga and an anime.
The series won the Light Novel category at the 2023 Everyone's Choice Electronic Comic Awards and ranked first in BookLive's 2023 annual ranking for women's light novels. The franchise has sold over four million copies across its novel and manga editions.
