portray Rien as the only actual villain who coerced everybody around him to do his bidding or got rid of those who opposed him
Or they can pull an
huge meta spoiler
Apothecary Diaries season 2, in which the regional lord was revealed to be a puppet himself (despite having full awareness!)
Otherwise, without explaining how it came to be, Rien’s change in personality is just too out of the norm. Or at least that’s what we were to believe if we take Mei’s words for it.
hypertown@ani.social 2 days ago
With episodes lasting 5 minutes each I’m sure Gabimaru will be fine!