As the haughty and selfish daughter of a duke, Catarina Claes is partaking in her pastime of bullying commoner classmate Maria Campbell. While at it, she comes to a sudden realization: she is a character of an otome game that she used to play. Even worse, she plays the villainess and is fated to die due to her misdeeds! Nearly an adult, it is a bit too late to change everyone's impressions of her. On the verge of ruin, Catarina resolves to do whatever it takes to fix her image and live to see another day! [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta... Zettai Zetsumei! Hametsu Sunzen-hen is an alternative setting of Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta... that explores what if Catarina did not recover her memories until much later. The series was published in English as My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: On the Verge of Doom! by Seven Seas Entertainment from December 28, 2021, to November 8, 2022.