The emperor Gregor was most interesting character. It was nice that none of the characters were good in typical sense (except Alice the sweetheart). Laurence could've been given better role in story, and Lysia became plain disappointing. But I won't pick every character now, despite being a lot.
I guess it's originally a novel, so it's better rounded there.
Anyways, the political side of the story is made quite detailed by author. The romance parts were, well not. They felt more unnecessary and awkwardly put for romance fans.
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The plague portion dragged the story before end, while the King of Amel and Cadriol issue was skipped over. Theyevenkilledalphonse, butlaurencedyingbylysiabroughtsomejustice Also the Karam situation was inconclusive.
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There were more loose ends to tie up, but that could've had dragged further, but be mended in background through side stories.
Overall, it was good and didn't hate it.
How come this doesn't have an anime? Reading this I kept wondering if I'm the one living under rock to not know of this, but the ratings here and a quick search says it's actually not well known! How?
Yuuya got Sensei on hand by which he killed Mariko, then how did Mariko kill Sensei to get him on her chest...hm?
Found the manga Honey Bunny with a similar premise so tried it, only to be disappointed by that weird ending. Rereading this to neutralise that one's effect.
It could've been expanded with many characters and already given plot, but keeping it short is fine too, retains a charm.