History Literature / ModernVillainess

* NGOSuperpower: By the fourth volume, people in the US government are looking at Runa and seriously considering the possibility that she'll use her wealth to take over Russia and Japan.

* SkeletonGovernment: Becomes a problem for the Keika Group in Volume 4. Previously, Runa reigned over the Keika Group as a whole but mostly let the various companies involved manage themselves, unless they were personal projects like the railroads or weren't making a profit for her. However, it's still a ten-trillion-yen conglomerate employing hundreds of thousands of people, and yet the big decisions still need her sign-off - which is [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld a bad thing for a girl who still has to attend elementary school]]. This was part of the reason (the other part being government pressure) that she took Keika Holdings public and invited other shareholders in to help her oversee the Group.

* SkeletonGovernment: Becomes a problem for the Keika Group in Volume 4. Previously, Runa reigned over the Keika Group as a whole but mostly let the various companies involved manage themselves, unless they were personal projects like the railroads or weren't making a profit for her. However, it's still a ten-trillion-yen conglomerate employing hundreds of thousands of people, and yet the big decisions still need her sign-off - which is [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld a bad thing for a girl who still has to attend elementary school]]. This was part of the reason (the other part being government pressure) that she allowed a partial breakup of the Group.

* JustAKid: Even after her investments turn her into the world's youngest self-made billionaire, people still think of Runa as just a child and Tachibana and Ichijou as the brains behind her schemes. Since she's the legal owner, people talk over her head and discuss "buttering up a little girl" without realizing she can hear and understand them.

* RightHandVersusLeftHand: The {{infodump}} at the beginning of the fourth volume explains why, at this point, Keika Holdings is a mess internally. Because of the mix of mergers, purges under the [[YouHaveFailedMe Keika Rules]], transfers and consolidations, Runa's wealth is composed of a chaotic confederation of corporate fiefdoms, which lays the stage for the feud with the Koizumi Administration.

!!''Modern Villainess: It's Not Easy Building a Corporate Empire Before the Crash'' provides examples of:

* LeaveBehindAPistol: A non-lethal variant is implied to used. When Runa bails out a company, she usually requires its top management to be removed. However, if the transaction is negotiated through a third party (such as the Ministry of Finance), it is implied the third party will the urge the people involved to resign to prepare for the acquisition. This is why during the bailout of Sankai Securities, Runa explained the Ministry staff about removing the upper management, yet the news report quoted several paragraphs later mentioned its management have "resigned."

* GradeSchoolCEO: Downplayed. Runa is a reincarnated adult in a pre-kindergartener's body when she starts her corporate conquest, but she has to bully her butler and a bank manager into acting as her "designated adults" to invest her money for her[[note]]In most countries, people under 18 are generally seen as incompetent of making major business decisions, so if Runa signed the contracts by ''herself'', their validity might be questioned.[[/note]] and uses cutouts, actors with law degrees and shell companies to hide her activities.

** Sankai Securities, the first company Runa bails out and thus the first time when she explained her "Keika Rules," refers to [[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/三洋証券 Sanyō; Securities]], whose bankruptcy in in November 1997 was the first bankruptcy for a brokerage after WWII. "Yō" means "ocean," "kai" means "sea."

** Hokkaido Kaitaku Bank is one for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaido_Takushoku_Bank Hokkaido Takushoku Bank]], whose failure in (real-life) 1997 was the largest bank failure in Japanese history. Both "Kaitaku" and "Takushoku" means "Development."
** Runa's {{epithet}} comes from an advertising campaign from the Teisei Department Stores, a department store Runa bailed out. This is a reference to the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seibu_Department_Stores Seibu Department Stores]], the leading company of Saison Group, one of the largest casualties of the Japanese asset bubble. At its peak, Saison Group also owns supermarket chain Seiyu (eventually sold to UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}), convenience-store chain [=FamilyMart=] (sold to Itochu, another major trading house), a credit company, insurance companies (which gained independence together), as well as the beef-bowl chain Yoshinoya (later gained independence).

*** The fact that Akamatsu merged with Matsuno and renamed Akamatsu from one kanji of each is similar to the case of Sojitz.
*** The fact that Rena assigned Teisei Department Stores to Akamatsu, however, is similar to the case of Mitsubishi Corporation, which owns its retail empire based on Lawsons and Seijo Ishii.

* FootnoteFever: The author prepares a glossary section after each ''chapter'', which explains terms and provides context specific to the era (such as pop culture or prices). However, they were written for the benefit of ''Japanese'' readers, which mean it does not include certain Japan-specific things that English speakers don't usually know, such as Ichiyama Securities' ''tobashi'' scheme.[[note]]This refers to a fraud committed by stock brokerages, where client losses are hidden under dummy corporations, with the intent of keeping the client's books looking good until the market recovers; if it doesn't, the brokerage has to eat the loss instead of the client.[[/note]]

*** The fact that Rena assigned Teisei Department Stores to Akamatsu, however, is similar to the case of Mitsubishi Corporation, who owns its retail empire based on Lawsons and Seijo Ishii.

** Futagi group refers to Mitsui Group, which was founded on the drapery store Mitsui Eichigoya (later known as Mitsukoshi), who pioneered the sale of luxuries to the bourgeoisie class.

* ThePurge: This is part of the "Keika Rules" that Runa employs when she bails out a failing bank or other business. The entire upper management [[YouHaveFailedMe get thrown out on their asses for getting the company into that mess in the first place]], and the board hires new managers. If illegal activity is found, she'll zealously prosecute everyone involved.

* SwissBankAccount: The Moonlight Fund (the protagonist's personal wealth) is based around a private Swiss bank account, which is the hub for the funds that manage the US-based assets that make her most of her income. Repatriating that money to Japan requires some financial shell games, foreign exchange trades (borrowing in yen and repaying in dollars), [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections favors owed by the Ministry of Finance]], and later [[spoiler: Russian oil]].

** Runa's {{epithet}} comes from an advertising campaign from the Teisei Department Stores, a department store Runa bailed out. This is a reference to the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seibu_Department_Stores Seibu Department Stores]], which is known as one of the largest casualties of the Japanese asset bubble.

* FootnoteFever: The author prepares a glossary section after each ''chapter'', which explains terms and provides context specific to the era (such as pop culture or prices). However, they were written for the benefit of ''Japanese'' readers, which mean it does not include certain Japan-specific things that English speakers don't usually know, such as Ichiyama Securities' ''tobashi'' scheme.[[note]]This refers to a fraud where losses are hidden under dummy corporations, with the intent of keeping the client's books looking good until the market recovers; if it doesn't, the brokerage has to eat the loss instead of the client.[[/note]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: Like the TropeCodifier of villainesses, Runa does not realize her being a reincarnate already sent the universe OffTheRails.

* LongTitle: The localized title is 12 words long.

* FootnoteFever: The author prepares a glossary section after each ''chapter'', which explains terms and provides context specific to the era (such as pop culture or prices). However, they were written for the benefit of ''Japanese'' readers, which mean it does not include certain Japan-specific things that English speakers don't usually know, such as Ichiyama Securities' ''tobashi'' scheme.