- 8.2/1068 votes
#1 - The Hidden Boss Enrolls in the Academy
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2024
Light Magic and the Hero is a game that follows Alicia Ehnleit and her companions. But we're not following that story. The game's hidden boss no longer has any interest in antagonizing them. She simply wants to grind levels and live peacefully.
Director: Shunji Yoshida
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
- 8.4/1069 votes
#2 - The Hidden Boss Shows Her True Strength
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2024
When the Royal Academy's crystal ball reveals that Yumiella is level 99, a number thought to be impossible, no one is willing to believe it... until she's prompted to demonstrate her abilities in her first magic class.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
- 8.2/1056 votes
#3 - The Hidden Boss Is Summoned to the Castle
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2024
The king summons Yumiella to the castle and has her face off against the knight captain, Adolf, to prove that she's level 99. Yumiella then has a private meeting with the queen, who makes an unexpected request...
Director: Kiyoto Nakajima
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
- 8.2/1053 votes
#4 - The Hidden Boss Attends Field Lessons
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2024
Yumiella learns that she appears as a solid black mosnter in Alicia's eyes, but she doesn't know why. Later, the academy's new principal asks Yumiella to help lead a field lesson.
Director: Ken'ichirô Watanabe
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
- 7.9/1053 votes
#5 - The Hidden Boss Finds a Conversation Partner
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/2024
After growing a bit closer to Patrick during the field lesson, Yumiella pairs up with him for a magic lesson, and they talk even more. When the next field lesson rolls around, Yumiella decides the students aren't taking it seriously enough...
Director: Yui Kanbe
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
- 8.1/1051 votes
#6 - The Hidden Boss Participates in the Martial Arts Competition
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2024
The Royal Academy is holding a martial arts competition, pitting its students against one another in bouts of magic and might. While she was initially uninterested, Yumiella immediately joins the fray after discovering what the prizes are.
Director: Kim Seung-deok, Lee Jae Ho
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
- 8.2/1047 votes
#7 - The Hidden Boss Attempts Dancing
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2024
Yumiella takes some time to reflect on the circumstances that led to the game version of herself down a path of villainy. An end-of-year dance presents an opportunity for Yumiella to learn who Alicia is pursuing, but someone else may have other plans.
Director: Minoru Yamaoka
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
- 8.0/1045 votes
#8 - The Hidden Boss Meets a Dragon
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/2024
A classmate asks Yumiella for help slaying a dragon in her family's territory. Yumiella recognizes the task as an event from the game that rewards the player with a means of transport and is eager to take up the challenge.
Director: Shunji Yoshida
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
- 7.6/1043 votes
#9 - The Hidden Boss Is Solicited by an Enemy Nation
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/2024
A spy from the Kingdom of Remlest tries to recruit Yumiella. She declines, but their conversation makes her begin to question her feelings for Patrick.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1040 votes
#10 - The Hidden Boss Enters a Dungeon
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2024
Yumiella finds the missing Alicia near a dungeon, so they enter it together to raise Alicia's level. As they travell, Yumiella realizes that the plot of Light Magic and the Hero is driving their actions and the paths they take.
Director: Yui Kanbe
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1043 votes
#11 - The Hidden Boss Is Confessed To
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/2024
Yumiella suddenly finds herself a target of multiple assassination attempts—not that any of these hired killers hold a candle to her level 99 strength, of course. Then, she meets a young boy in town who gives her pause.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1042 votes
#12 - The Hidden Boss Battles the Demon Lord
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/26/2024
At long last, Yumiella and her companions reach the Demon Lord's castle, but his power is so great that she's the only one who stands a chance against him. Then the Demon Lord tells them the true story of his connection to Valschein's royal family.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss But I'm Not the Demon Lord Season 1
Every episode of Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss But I'm Not the Demon Lord Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss But I'm Not the Demon Lord Season 1!
This college kid wants nothing more than a quiet life. So when she's reborn as Yumiella, the hidden villainess of an Otome RPG, she's not...
Genres:AnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:AT-X
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Hidden Boss Enrolls in the Academy" is the best rated episode of "Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss But I'm Not the Demon Lord" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 68 votes. Directed by Shunji Yoshida and written by Fumihiko Shimo, it aired on 1/9/2024. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Hidden Boss Shows Her True Strength".