Slipped into a Time Loop Driven by Retaliation
Selene Vixent had tried being good the first nine time loops, hence the events before Stuck in a Time Loop followed this tendency. She was deceived every time, hence there is nothing stopping Selene from exacting retribution now from avoiding death by becoming wicked; each of those unsuccessful attempts resulted in death. Stuck in a Time Loop is successful in part because it is a Revenge story, and it works when the first person she seeks retribution on is her father, indirectly her younger sister, not her fiancée.
Although being deceived by a parent is nearly nothing worse, Selene's is brutal, so her exact retribution is all the sweeter and instantaneous. It's even more successful as her approach with him fits his first betrayal. Selene's retribution on her father affects not only one family member but also her sister, who turns into a terrible accompaniment. Given her sister was never unkind, this gives the result of Selene's vengeance another element. Instead of this becoming a two-for- one, it produces a different experience for the better.
Selene's Polar Opposite Is More Evidence of How Different Stuck in a Time Loop Is
Although Stuck in a Time Loop is a gripping vengeance tale, the delivery is better since it strays from the genre. Fundamentally, the manga sets itself apart from its most obvious relative, 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!
Though never mentioned formally, 7th Time Loop's Rishe improves the world by her deeds, particularly near the end when she has to deal with Michel, her former master, who is ready to sacrifice the planet for his own selfish goals. The great majority of Villainess shows when the protagonist falls into a romantic novel or game, however, see the heroine actively trying to reject her bad tendencies.
Another Reincarnation Manga Slightly alters the Genre with Major Effects
Stuck in a Time Loop: When All Else Fails, Be a Villainess is unlike other series in its category since its protagonist, Selene Vixent, really welcomes being evil when other villainesses in similar circumstances often try everything they can to be a hero. Selene picks a somewhat distinct path even if she doesn't start as a normal girl who transforms into a fictional character after being hooked into her favorite romance novel or anime, hence she might not be like her friends. Still, she still experiences many of the genre-specific standards.
That's so because Stuck in a Time Loop is a lesser-known kind of villainess series in which the protagonist actually lives in the world she's first demonized before subsequently undergoing the ubiquitous rite of passage whereby she is subjected to the embarrassing spectacle of a public annulment. For that reason Selene's circumstances most closely reflect Rishe from Crunchyroll's 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy. Like Selene, only Selene finally caves in to evil, Rishe dies and reincarnates exactly right when her fiancée breaks up with her. Basically every single villainess dies and reincarnates.
Manhwa has frequent villainess stories, yet readers desire adopting Snow White as a base.
Many of these "transformed" villainesses, however, use this tactic to evade the inevitable demise of their character. Definitely, the most extreme form of this is the most heretical last boss queen from HIDIVE: From Villainess to Savior since the heroine Pride is more focused on surrendering to the bad tendencies of the character whose body she now inhabits because they are wrong, rather than because these activities resulted to the death of the character in the original fictional plot. Therefore, the deeds of the reborn Pride provide a joyful and occasionally even depressing spin to the typical selfish, but logical viewpoint of most unintentional villainesses.
Stuck in a Time Loop is nowhere like this. But Selene's embracing of evil is equally novel in Stuck in a Time Loop: When All Else Fails, Be a Villainess, if not more so, mainly because it's so rare to see such a corrupted character in the lead role, especially when she wants and searches retribution so magnificently.
