Dekisokonai Akuyaku Reisoku no Ore, Aete Akuhyo wa Kutsugaesanai is back in the spotlight after author Crosis revisited the unusual premise behind the Dragon Novels series. Rather than reincarnating directly from an ordinary modern-day world, its protagonist comes from a previous life where magic and science had already developed to an advanced level.
After recovering those memories, Kaisar realizes that his current self is the notoriously incompetent and arrogant son of a ducal family. Instead of spending his second life trying to convince everyone that he has changed, he decides to leave that terrible reputation intact—while quietly making use of his previous magic, personal storage, online-shopping account, advanced equipment and AI-based technology.
Quick Summary
- Japanese title: 出来損ない悪役令息の俺、あえて悪評は覆さない
- Romanized title: Dekisokonai Akuyaku Reisoku no Ore, Aete Akuhyo wa Kutsugaesanai
- Official English title: unannounced
- Format: novel / Japanese new literature
- Official Kakuyomu genre: isekai fantasy
- Author: Crosis
- Illustrator: Kurodeko / くろでこ
- Publisher: KADOKAWA
- Label: Dragon Novels
- Volume 1 release: August 5, 2025
- Physical format: B6
- Pages: 260
- Price: ¥1,540 including tax
- Pre-tax price: ¥1,400
- ISBN: 9784040760216
- Current book status: Volume 1 available
- Volume 2: not listed in the verified KADOKAWA catalogue
- Digital edition: available
- Web novel platform: Kakuyomu
- Kakuyomu status: listed as ongoing
- Web episodes: 195 on the verified page
- Latest listed web update: August 13, 2025
- Protagonist: Kaisar
- Current position: son of a ducal family
- Initial reputation: incompetent and unpleasant noble
- Initial magic ability: below average
- Initial swordsmanship: below average
- Initial academic ability: below average
- Main turning point: regains memories of his previous life
- Previous world: a civilization with more advanced magic and science
- Previous profession: state magician according to the contest synopsis
- Previous death: killed in battle
- Previous magic: remains usable after reincarnation
- Previous-life storage: remains accessible
- Storage contents: technology, weapons, armor and other equipment
- Online-shopping account: still accessible through the storage
- AI-powered robots: part of his inherited technological resources
- Maid-type android: mentioned by the author as another stored asset
- Maid android detail: can demand high-grade oil
- Kaisar's goal: a comfortable slow life
- Social strategy: does not prioritize clearing his bad reputation
- Former fiancée: becomes important to the early story
- Early conflict: an extremely rare dungeon evolution
- Kaisar and his former fiancée: become trapped inside
- Secret powers: used to rescue her
- Technology element: extends far beyond ordinary modern knowledge
- Story blend: magic + science + AI + fantasy aristocracy
- Book edition: adds more than 40,000 new Japanese characters
- Award: Special Prize
- Contest: 6th Dragon Novels Novel Contest
- Division: long-form
- Anime adaptation: unannounced
- Manga adaptation: unannounced in verified official sources
Official Volume 1 Cover
Kaisar Chooses to Keep Playing the Villain
The story begins with an uncomfortable realization.
Kaisar is not reincarnated as a spotless hero. He discovers that his current identity is the son of a duke who has relied on family authority, avoided serious effort and developed a reputation for being arrogant and incompetent.
Recovering the memories of his previous life allows him to look at his current behavior from an outside perspective.
He immediately understands why everyone dislikes him.
Yet by that point, his reputation has already become deeply established.
Rather than suddenly trying to perform a complete redemption campaign, Kaisar settles on a different solution: people can keep believing he is a villain.
That reputation can even help hide just how capable he really is.
His Previous Life Was Not an Ordinary Modern World
The most distinctive twist comes from Kaisar's first world.
He is not simply a former Japanese office worker carrying twenty-first-century knowledge into medieval fantasy.
The official Dragon Novels contest synopsis describes his previous civilization as a world where both magic and science had developed beyond the world into which he is reincarnated.
Kaisar had served as a state magician for one of its advanced nations and died in battle.
When those memories return, he discovers that the magic he once used still works.
More surprisingly, his old storage remains accessible as well.
This means his advantage is not limited to theoretical knowledge that must be recreated from scratch. He can reach actual equipment produced by a more technologically advanced civilization.
Storage and Online Shopping Become an Unusual Isekai Cheat
Kaisar's storage becomes one of the story's most important tools.
It holds weapons, armor and advanced technology from his previous life. His old online-shopping account also remains operational through that storage system.
That creates a different kind of reincarnation advantage.
Instead of merely knowing that certain technologies are possible, Kaisar can potentially draw on products and equipment from a civilization that already mastered them.
The original web-novel title made the online-shopping element especially explicit.
KADOKAWA's published version condenses the idea into a story about using previous-life item shopping and magical knowledge while aiming for a comfortable slow life.
AI Robots and a Maid-Type Android Are Part of the Package
Crosis' recent post also highlights that the storage is not filled only with weapons and ordinary supplies.
A maid-type android used during Kaisar's previous life is among the objects still stored there.
The android is not presented merely as an inert machine. One example mentioned by the author has her demanding high-grade oil, suggesting that the advanced technology itself can contribute character interactions and comedy to Kaisar's new life.
The official contest synopsis separately confirms the presence of AI-equipped robots.
Those technologies are used alongside magic and the online store, including efforts to help people suffering from severe physical injuries.
The result is a fantasy setting that can comfortably place aristocrats, magic and dungeons alongside AI, automation, advanced equipment and androids.
His “Bad Deeds” Keep Helping People
The central contradiction in Kaisar's personality drives much of the story.
He wants to preserve his image as a bad person and often frames his actions in openly selfish terms.
If he helps restore his former fiancée's territory, he can claim that he wants a share of the profits.
If he brings people under his control, he can describe them as useful pawns.
Yet the practical outcome is often that the people around him end up in better circumstances.
KADOKAWA's synopsis emphasizes this irony: Kaisar intends to act like a villain, only for the people he saves to become increasingly attached to him.
The more problems he solves, the harder it becomes to conceal his true ability.
The Web Novel Won a Dragon Novels Special Prize
Before becoming a Dragon Novels release, the story was serialized on Kakuyomu under a much longer title.
That original title effectively explained most of the hook in one sentence: the supposedly incompetent noble regains memories, decides clearing his reputation is too much trouble and discovers that his previous abilities and major online-shopping service are still available.
The novel entered the 6th Dragon Novels Novel Contest.
The competition received 2,939 entries, with 41 works reaching final selection.
Crosis' story was ultimately selected as one of four Special Prize winners.
The judges specifically highlighted the appeal of a protagonist who continues wearing the mask of a terrible person while gradually improving the world within his reach.
The Published Edition Added More Than 40,000 Characters
Dragon Novels published the first volume on August 5, 2025.
Crosis explained before launch that the commercial edition was not simply a direct copy of the web version.
More than 40,000 Japanese characters of new story material were added.
KADOKAWA released the physical edition in B6 format at 260 pages, with illustrations by くろでこ. A digital edition launched on the same date.
At launch, retailers including Gamers and Melonbooks also offered newly written short-story bonuses while supplies lasted.
As of the latest verified KADOKAWA catalogue, the series still has one officially listed volume. A second volume has not yet received a verified product page.
Why This Matters
1) The protagonist's first world was already fantasy-science
Kaisar's advantage comes from another civilization where magic and technology had already advanced together, rather than ordinary Earth knowledge.
2) His “cheat” is an entire previous-life infrastructure
Storage, shopping access, AI robots, advanced weapons and androids give him resources far beyond a single overpowered skill.
3) He deliberately leaves his reputation broken
The story avoids an immediate public redemption arc by letting Kaisar continue operating beneath the assumptions people already have about him.
4) Fantasy and technology genuinely coexist
A maid android asking for premium oil can exist in the same story as noble houses, magic, dungeons and territorial development.
Light Novel Information
For now, the additional important information currently known includes:
- the novel is written by Crosis
- the published edition is illustrated by くろでこ
- KADOKAWA is the publisher
- Dragon Novels is the publishing label
- the official Japanese title is 出来損ない悪役令息の俺、あえて悪評は覆さない
- no official English title has been announced by KADOKAWA
- this article uses the romanization Dekisokonai Akuyaku Reisoku no Ore, Aete Akuhyo wa Kutsugaesanai
- Volume 1 launched on August 5, 2025
- the physical edition uses B6 format
- KADOKAWA lists 260 pages
- the official price is ¥1,540 including tax
- the pre-tax price is ¥1,400
- ISBN is 9784040760216
- the digital edition launched on the same date
- the web novel is published through Kakuyomu
- Kakuyomu currently labels the work ongoing
- the verified page lists 195 episodes
- its latest listed update is August 13, 2025
- the book edition added more than 40,000 Japanese characters
- the original web title was significantly longer
- the web version carries an isekai reincarnation tag
- science is also among its tags
- additional tags include school
- supernatural abilities are included
- villain is included
- slow life is included
- the protagonist is Kaisar
- he belongs to a ducal family
- he begins with a deeply negative reputation
- he had used his family's power to live as he pleased
- his current-world magic was considered below average
- his swordsmanship was also considered below average
- his academic performance was poor
- his previous world possessed more advanced magic and science
- he previously served as a state magician
- he died in battle
- his previous-life magic remains accessible
- his previous personal storage remains accessible
- that storage contains advanced weapons and armor
- his old online-shopping account can also be reached
- AI-powered robots are among his technological resources
- the author's recent post additionally mentions a maid-type android
- that android can request high-grade oil
- Kaisar aims for a comfortable life
- clearing his terrible reputation is not his priority
- an early conflict involves an unusually rare dungeon evolution
- Kaisar becomes trapped alongside his former fiancée
- he uses hidden abilities to save her
- the work won a Special Prize in the 6th Dragon Novels Novel Contest
- the competition received 2,939 entries
- 41 works reached final selection
- judges praised its antihero concept
- KADOKAWA does not currently list Volume 2 in the verified catalogue
- no anime adaptation has been announced
- no manga adaptation was found in the verified official sources
- official book information is available through the KADOKAWA Official Product Page
- label information is available through the Dragon Novels Official Page
- the web novel is available through Kakuyomu
- contest results are available through the 6th Dragon Novels Novel Contest
- the author's account is available through Crosis Official X
Closing
Dekisokonai Akuyaku Reisoku no Ore combines the familiar villainous-noble reincarnation setup with a less conventional technological inheritance. Kaisar comes from a world where magic and science had already advanced together, bringing storage, shopping access, AI, androids and other technologies into his new fantasy life.
The first volume has been available since August 2025, while Kakuyomu still lists the web version as ongoing. A second published volume, manga adaptation and anime adaptation remain unannounced in the verified official material.
- KADOKAWA — Official Volume 1 Release Date, Price, ISBN, Page Count, and Synopsis
- Dragon Novels — Official Book Page, Story Overview, Release Information, and Retailer Bonuses
- Kakuyomu — Official Web Novel Page, Current Serialization Status, Episode Count, and Original Premise
- Kakuyomu — Official 6th Dragon Novels Novel Contest Results, Award, Original Synopsis, and Jury Comments
- Kakuyomu — Author Release Note Confirming More Than 40,000 Newly Added Characters in the Book Edition
- Amazon Japan — Official Japanese Physical Book Listing
