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I understand that Annette has been hurt beyond measure, but for the people to wish her happiness or a redemption arc on top of everything she’s done is ignorant. She chose to follow a man who had a very obvious pattern, even though she was dissuaded by her family. Yes she was young and yes she is pitiful, but I do not feel bad for her. She cruelly murdered countless people who didn’t deserve it. She has no regard for human life. She is a twisted person who deserves no sympathy and no way out. It’s like Theore said, so what if they aren’t a bad person, they still did bad things so why treat them like they didn’t do those things when they did. Except it’s simpler because Annette is a bad person. Yes she is pitiful, and yes her pain is sad and she didn’t deserve it, but that is no excuse for the horrible person she has become. She has done too much with absolutely no remorse for her own selfish goals to ever be forgiven. It’s not her descendants that have done these things, but her. I’m sorry for those whose heart strings have been pulled by her past but it does not change what she’s done and who she is now. That is how beautifully written this villain is.
I completely agree with this. It was her choice to go with the emperor and follow his whims. Blaming and punishing the descendants when they didn't do anything to hurt her is like blaming a child for their parents' crimes. It's unfair and illogical.
It's also curious that the First Emperor from his Aide's diary is heartbroken when he learned that Annette escaped from prison. And it's also curious that he genuinely did love her but just one day he was compelled to wipe the entire witches from the world. He didn't even have any qualms against witches in the first place. Like the god they serve actually manipulated him to do that.
If you ask me, I would blame this god of theirs. They're unfair to the witches that were luckily chosen by magic and I would blame the First Emperor for doing the things he did. Annette's actions are understandable for the pain she suffered in the past but that does not also justify what she did ever since she woke up.
She shouldn't take her anger out on completely innocent people and focus on getting revenge on the god instead. She makes it seem like it wasn't her fault when it was her choice that led to their doom.
True like the stuff she went through is a very strong reason for ger actions but its not an excuse. She went through VERY rough shit, the first emperor was a POS. But does that justifies what she has done? ABSOLUTELY NOT!
In the last few chapters the translations suddenly went downhill a bit. And for the amount of chapters that this manga has with such good translation I gotta say I’m a bit scared and annoyed. Imma be pissed off if I start having difficulty reading this manga bc some translation group decides google translate is a better alternative. Bad translation will literally ruin a manga. I’m poor and can’t pay for official translations so like imma fight someone (╬￣皿￣)凸