By Bisu and Yukiko. Released in Japan as “Tensei Oujo wa Kyou mo Hata o Tatakioru” by Arian Rose. Released in North America by J-Novel Heart. Translated by Esther Sun.

That’s right, it’s back! The popular TV comedy “Everybody Loves Rosemary” has returned for a new season a year and a half after ending forever, and she’s just as adorable as ever. I will assume everyone buying this knows what to expect because they read the other volumes, but wow, I had forgotten how much everyone just looks at her like she hung the stars in the sky. And, to be fair, her ideas are good in a “thank God this is not real life but an otome game” sort of way, and she is not only able to inspire everyone around her, who still adore her and desire her even though she’s married to Leonhart, but also manages to find a prince and a princess from different countries who also hate themselves and inspire them to change how they view the world and become better people. Who needs therapists when you have a gorgeous blonde?

Some time after the events of the main series, Rosemary is happy as a clam. She’s married to Leonhart, and manages to match his love in enthusiasm if not necessarily in stamina. She’s now the duchess of a vibrant, expanding city, mostly vibrant and expanding because she’s in it. Her hospital is going great guns, and other nations are also interested. Most importantly, they’ve found rice and soy sauce! Yes, the inevitable Japan analogue that always turns up in these books has turned up, and the Third Prince… falls for her immediately, and is promptly devastated when she admits she’s married. A princess we briefly met in an earlier book is here to try to arrange a marriage with one of Rosemary’s brothers, mostly out of obligation, but winds up depressed after seeing how Rosemary is just so fantastic at everything. And there’s something secret that not even Rosemary knows about yet.

Technically this is a spoiler for the last part of the book, but come on: the moment Rosemary says she’s feeling tired, eating weird things and is even gaining a bit of weight at last, the reader should be able to figure out what’s actually happening. Rosemary’s pregnancy delights absolutely everybody, even the other love interests, who have been alternating between gnashing their teeth at her happy marriage and grudgingly being happy for her. Now they’re all picturing her as a mother and are over the moon. The best scene in the book was from the POV of her mother, who is told by her husband (after he tells his sons, I note) that Rosemary is pregnant. It’s a delight to see the king behaving like a normal person, as he realizes that he’s been a terrible dad to her for so long, essentially treating her like a prized student, that he has no idea how to be a grandfather. The queen happily notes they can learn about it together. I really liked this.

There’s already a Vol. 10 out in Japan, so we’re not done with Rosemary and her utopia just yet. It requires a lot of patience to put up with all the adoration, but this is still a lot of fun to read.