r/MobuSeka • • Nov 09 '20

Megathread MobuSeka FAQ/Megathread

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Where to find MobuSeka Fan Translations


What is MobuSeka?

MobuSeka is the shorthand for the novel series Otomege Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai Desu, known in English as "Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs".

Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life, which includes a complete playthrough of the very game in which he is now trapped. Can Leon spark a revolution to change this new world order?

What do we know about a MobuSeka anime?

  • Currently airing which can be watch through multiple streaming platform like Crunchyroll, Aniplus Asia, Bilibili & etc. More information about the anime can be found in MyAnimeList or Official Site.

I've finished reading the manga, where do I start reading in the light novels?

  • Due to the nature of the manga medium's limitations in adapting stories, we recommend that you read from the beginning. However, if you must, here is a brief overview of the chapters that have been adapted to the manga.
Manga Light Novel
Volume 1 Up to Volume 1 Chapter 5
Volume 2 Volume 1 Chapter 5 to Chapter 10
Volume 3 Volume 1 Chapter 10 to Volume 2 Chapter 1
Volume 4 Volume 2 Chapter 2 to Chapter 4
Volume 5 Volume 2 Chapter 4 to Chapter 7
Volume 6 Volume 2 Chapter 7 to Chapter 10

Where do I read the light novel?

  • Seven Seas Entertainment is currently publishing the English translation of the light novels, and the digital edition of volume 1 until 6 that has been released which you can get more info and retail links here.
  • However, there are also fan translations of the series. The fan translators for the first five volumes have removed their translations out of consideration, and we ask that you support the creators of the content by purchasing the novel from Seven Seas if possible. In addition, the fan translated content is of generally low quality and may contain many inaccuracies and bad grammar as nearly all of it is machine translated. However, if you wish, you can find links for the fan translations in the stickied comment below.
  • This subreddit does not condone piracy, and any links, references, or questions asking for pirated content are not allowed.

Where can I read the web novel?

Where do I read the manga?

What's the difference between the web novel and the light novel?

  • The web novel was originally published on syosetsu (Let's Become Novelists), a website where anyone can upload their stories for free to be freely read. It's sort of like the fanfiction sites you might have read from in that aspect. The web novel was completed on 15 October 2019 while the light novel had already started publishing under GC novels. You can typically expect light novels that have been published from web novels to have many differences as the authors can use the web novel as a rough draft and revise any writing as they see fit, and light novels often have different endings than the original web novel.
  • If you're looking for spoilers about the web novel, you can discuss those questions in the #mobuseka-spoilers channel of our Discord community. In addition, there are some summaries of the web novel pinned in that channel.
  • There's also a fandom page on the plot differences if you want to read more.

What is the "Marie Route"?

  • The Marie Route is a bonus story that is accessible by answering a questionnaire about the volumes after reading them, and not officially published as part of the light novels. It started as a bonus for Volume 3 and has been continued with every volume since. You can read it from the fan translations linked below.

When does the next chapter of the manga release?

When does the next volume of the light novel release?

  • The light novel has been releasing at a rate of about two volumes per year since it started publishing, so it's probably going to release around six months after the last release.
  • As for the English publication of the light novel, you can check the Seven Seas Entertainment page for the light novel to check for release dates.

Where can I find out more about MobuSeka?

  • You can always turn to the MobuSeka fandom for more information about the series.

If you have any suggestions for additional FAQ questions, please send us a message through the modmail or through the community Discord!


r/MobuSeka • • Mar 28 '24

Megathread [MEGATHREAD] The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Volume 13 and Marie Route Volume 3 Spoiler

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Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Volume 13

Marie Route Volume 3


乙女ゲー世界はモブに厳しい世界です 13 & あの乙女ゲーは俺たちに厳しい世界です 3

Released: 29 March 2024

Pages: 508 & 255


Please consider supporting the content creators and translators by purchasing the official English novels.

Fan translations

Compilations of fan translations for all volumes can be found here.


Imgur Album of illustrations Volume 13

GoFile Album of illustrations Volume 13

Imgur Album of illustrations Marie Route Volume 3

GoFile Album of illustrations Marie Route Volume 3


Any and all discussion of volume 13 and Marie Route 3 is allowed in this megathread, but please remember to spoiler important events with Reddit's spoiler tag. This can be done with spoiler to create a spoiler.


Volume 6 Megathread

Volume 7 Megathread

Volume 8 Megathread

Volume 9 Megathread

Volume 10 Megathread

Volume 11 Megathread

Volume 12 Megathread


Links


r/MobuSeka • • 1d ago

Light Novel Discussion What do you guys feel about Leon - Marie's relationship in Anoseka?

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Personally, I feel quite disturbed the fact that Leon and Marie are a couple despite knowing they are siblings in their past life. I wouldn't say it's disgusting but there are many times I tried to stop reading this because of this fact. Here are the 3 major reasons why I feel disturbed about their relationship in Anoseka:

  1. Leon's character becomes more unrecognizable from Mobuseka. Leon may be a siscon but he maintains the boundaries quite well. He also has his own version of morals in Mobuseka. But in Anoseka, it thinned out quite a bit after they knew their siblings relationship and still decided to continue their relationship. This one detail makes Leon a completely different person from what he is in Mobuseka.

  2. I feel really bad for Leon's and Marie's original parents.In volume 13, when Leon enters afterlife and meets his parents, Angie, Olivia and Noelle tries to rescue Leon from there alongside Marie. Their parents look genuinely happy when they see Leon made his own family and found his happiness, also how his 3 fiancée cared for him . They are also happy to see and know their daughter and granddaughter doing well in this world too. Now imagine for a second, if they transported into the afterlife in Anoseka verse, what do their parents think about their biological children become a couple? It would feel like they throw an atomic bomb to their parents side.

  3. What about Erica! If she knew her past life biological mother and her uncle become a couple, does she accept it right away? What about Marie and Leon! Don't they feel any ashamed when they are introduced themselves in that manner?

Personally I prefer Leon marries any of his 8 wives rather than only marrying Marie. Even if Leon marries Marie, I would like the author to add 2 or 3 wives in that list as well. It at least minimize the damage about knowing it isn't a pseudo spiritual incestual romcom series.

I read 5 volume. Not have time to read volume 6 already. If anyone have online TL version of volume 6. Can you give it here because my country doesn't sell this at all. It will be a huge help too.


r/MobuSeka • • 1d ago

Light Novel Discussion Top 3 Light Novel Volume (my opinion) Spoiler

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  1. Volume 5

In this volume we see the peak drama in mobuseka. We got lovers drama, siblings drama, friends drama,and cheater drama🤣. And the ending of this volume reminds me that this novel has a romance tag.

  1. Volume 4

This volume show us why marie is one of the most likeable character in the series(the author really want to downplay her btw, idk why. But when polling for side stories marie came on top 😭). She really use torture tacric with dull blade and destroy a cabin with tommy gun🤣.

  1. Volume 1

The reason i hooked up with mobuseka is because of the manga but i caught up in the newest chapter(chap 13 if i remember correctly). After that i try to read the LN and i instantly hooked up and cant stop read it untill i caught up on volume 4.


r/MobuSeka • • 1d ago

Light Novel Discussion [Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs] Extra Chapter After The End Of Light Novel Volume 13 Spoiler

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There Were Several Chapter After The Main Route got Finished , But It was Not Included In The Official Light Novel Volume 13 of Trapped in dating sim ,

I Think I know the Answer because Last Chapter of Web Novel , Makes it that Story is not Finished , ONLY Game 1 , 2 , 3 , Were Completed During 13 Volumes of MobuSeka

Last Chapter is That Leon and Greg were in Secret Base In The Middle of Dessert , Preparing for Upcoming Challenges , Livia As a Housewife and Leon as a Teacher in The new Academy , Where protagonist of Game Four is

Some of This Chapters were so funny that I wanted to watch it again but I couldn't find it in Google Search or anything , Thank God it was still in my Saved because of that

I'm Posting This Post

So people won't forget the Bonus Chapters of Dating SIM in another world That were available in Reddit but u can't find that Now Easily , Because The Person Who Posted This Chapter is now Shown as "Deleted" , his profile is deleted now , And Post is 4 Years Old at This Point

Here

https://www.reddit.com/r/MobuSeka/s/sRI6uYUmqf


r/MobuSeka • • 1d ago

Question Vol. 9 why do they need to get the mc to get with the guys Spoiler

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im confused ive finished reading volume 8 and the very beginning of volume 9 and there trying to find the third games protagonist's love interest why? its been proven that the protag dont need to fall in love (noelle and livia) and the third games boss is already defeated why do they need to get mia to fall in love with on of the love interested. did hey already stated why and i just missed like whats there reasoning?


r/MobuSeka • • 1d ago

Question Anoseka/Marie Route LN/ WN Spoiler for Leon and Dark Livia future Spoiler

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If you have read latest of Anoseka LN and most part of the WN I have a question In Volume 6, Vandel is now defeated by Leon. In WN when Leon gave Marie the true bracelet or necklace, when Marie was sleeping, the spirit tried to possess Marie but failed with how strong willed Marie is, revealing she is a bro con as she summon original Leon Body but shadow and beat up the spirit, along with Luxion caging it. Do you think this part will be the next volume 7? One more question, the part where the idiots bregade propose a 1 v 1 against Leon will be in 8? Since it's also the part where Dark Livia realized that Leon was Leah descendant? Or do you guys think they are still far away? completely forgot most part of the WN


r/MobuSeka • • 3d ago

Meme Leon the chad - Better acept the two busty beauties in the same time Spoiler

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I love it when he goes for both of them; and Angie and Livia respond by slapping him. If they adapt the Republic of Alzer, I hope they don’t include (for the sake of the author) that pseudo-yuri dynamic between the two of them.


r/MobuSeka • • 3d ago

MISC Best Returning Waifu of Summer 2026 Final: Support Angelica!

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r/MobuSeka • • 3d ago

Light Novel Discussion Question regarding the light novels

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Do I miss a lot if I hop straight into vol 4 after the anime (I mostly care ab world building and the characters' interactions. character conflicts seemed really rushed in the anime I suppose)? And also, are the arcs really as bad as rumors say when it comes to romance? Im reading for Angelica so might as well drop if she's neglected:(


r/MobuSeka • • 6d ago

Light Novel Discussion Questions about AnoSeka

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I finished the anime and started reading AnoSeka recently, and it has amazing so far, 30 pages into vol 4. I've read the manga up until Kyle's hometown visit too for MobuSeka, but there are some questions I have about the story. If there are any spoilers, feel free to let me know regardless, since I don't mind spoilers

  1. Doesn't it seem like Marie has a significantly stronger personality in AnoSeka? In MobuSeka it seems like she's not that mentally strong up until she breaks down during the war, but AnoSeka Marie is a gigachad through and through. Is it because she gets carried away early in MobuSeka, or because it's just a writing thing?

  2. What exactly is the lore of Japan? When Leon and Marie go to the Japanese place during the school trip, Luxion says the architecture matches Japan too much. How does Luxion know of the architecture of Japan? Did Leon go through the trouble of explaining detailed architecture to Luxion? Also, does the Japanese nation not use Japanese as its script? Luxion identifies Japanese knowledge as something that belonged to old humans, so did the place originate from an old human civilization, and if so, why is Luxion so indifferent about them?

  3. Was Olivia actually possessed in the otome game? I never thought about it in MobuSeka, but AnoSeka made me think early on that Olivia doesn't seem like the girl at all to go for a reverse harem. So in the otome game, was she always possessed by the first saint's spirit? And do Marie and Olivia share the same ancestry? Considering the spirit could only possess those who descended from it. Or are the saint necklace spirit and the first saint's spirit different?


r/MobuSeka • • 7d ago

Light Novel Discussion Light novel ending Spoiler

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!!LIGHT NOVEL ENDING SPOILERS!!

I just finished the 13th volume of the LN

I am… kinda disappointed.

Don’t get me wrong. It was nice, I had a nice cry. But it felt… shallow and rushed in the last chapter.

If you ask me, we could have gotten at least one books worth of stuff out of the aftermath

Seeing Leon’s rule
Seeing the drama with his new wives
Seeing the aftermath of the Kingdom winning the war against the Empire
Seeing Fin and Mia’s aftermath
Sneak peeks into the other games that Erica teased us with
And maybe something similar to what Mushoku Tensei did. Letting us see Leon’s natural end of life, and his reunion with Luxion in the afterlife. I am already sure I’d wail reading that interaction
Etc.

I dunno it feel like we were robbed of a lot of stuff.

I know there’s 3 mini-chapters in the Japanese edition, and I know vaguely what is in them from reading online.

And also I know there’s a spin-off, but from what I understand it’s a sort of alternate universe-prequel thing…?

Anyway. I’m hoping that maybe I am missing something. That maybe there is some more content after the war online, be it web novel or side stories written as one offs.


r/MobuSeka • • 10d ago

Anime Discussion Man, I can't bear to see Lady Mylene like this

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r/MobuSeka • • 12d ago

Anime Discussion Why did they do this

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There are random stuff that annoyed me to look at as a example look at this they add this random mark on noses to so many characters and some other stuff like random light spots etc


r/MobuSeka • • 13d ago

Anime Discussion I absolutely love the first season and I did enjoy the second season but I felt something was missing.It doesn't have as much charm as the first season did

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Do the manga and light novels retain that charm , or does it kind of fizzle out because I am curious to read one of those


r/MobuSeka • • 14d ago

MISC Best Returning Waifu of Summer 2026: Support Angelica!

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r/MobuSeka • • 14d ago

Anime Discussion When you realize Kishika's English VA (KyLeigh Zimmerer) from the anime 100 girlfriends played this evil B*tch

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r/MobuSeka • • 15d ago

Manga Discussion Manga chapter 82 end?

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Just finished chapter 82 from Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs manga fire and it says it's completed. Where do I find newer chapter or is it really completed and we will need to wait for a new manga arcs to start?


r/MobuSeka • • 17d ago

Meme No matter which series it is, mommy route is always the best 🥰

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r/MobuSeka • • 20d ago

Meme I've been dying of laughter for a while now.

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r/MobuSeka • • 20d ago

Anime Discussion Binged 2 seasons today and loved it

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I dont know how but I stopped warching as much anime as I used to. The mainstream stuff never got my interest either.

And then came in this beautiful train wreck that knew when to take itself seriously and when to throw the gags I always loved.

With the cliff hanger in season 2's ending though I winder if there is a Manga out there that keeps going?


r/MobuSeka • • 21d ago

Media Swimsuit Bride Olivia in Megami Magazine November 2026 NSFW

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r/MobuSeka • • 21d ago

Light Novel Discussion I think I might finish out the manga but not the novels Spoiler

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So I am 6 manga volumes and 2 light novels in, and after learning Leon not only gets with Clarice (who I more saw with that racer guy who follows her), Dierdre (seriously what), and Hertrude (how), I think I don't want to continue. I like harems, in fact I enjoy the variety of characters in one and the reasons why the main character gets with each person, but this all feels like a stretch. And it's a shame because I loved the story so far!

Edit: I also heard 4-7 is not great and Livia and Angie (who I do like a lot) get pushed into the background...


r/MobuSeka • • 22d ago

Meme Comparison of the two Saints [Olivia vs. Marie]

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Everyone can draw their own conclusions.


r/MobuSeka • • 22d ago

Anime Discussion When you realize Kishika's from English VA (KyLeigh Zimmerer) from the anime of 100 girlfirends played this evil B*tch

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