[arkhangelsk]

Originally Posted by magnuskn

I quite like this so far. It doesn't have the over the top comedy of Bakarina and a bit more drama overall.

Bakarina does have something over this though. Bakarina establishes that the villain is indeed the villain and thus in the original story deserved her dastardly fate.

Spoiler:

Here, the story starts with the villainess being publicly humiliated. Though you are told she's a villainess who bullied the stereotypical heroine, ultimately you didn't see any of it, and the villain-ness is adorable. The entire imagery works to enhance the sympathy to the villain-ness as she tries to make a dignified exit. Already, the viewer is left wondering who's the bad guy here.

Then the story continues to have the Prince force the villain-ness to sign a termination in public. This act of intentional public humiliation makes him look sadistic.

It continues to pile on by giving sad backstories to both the villainess and the "demon king", and tops it by having the "humans" brutally club a small animal to death and engage in defamation for their career progression. While the heroine is the relatively good person here, the key word is relative. She pales compared to the demon king, his subordinates and the villainess as portrayed here.

It makes you question whether you really would have rooted for the protagonists in this game. Is that the vibe given off by the Light Novel original?