It’s not even really a “actually the villainess is good“ story so much as a “actually the villainess is an actual villainess who did attack the saint but she suffered for it so is now trying to be good after regressing.” story.
Won’t let me spoiler it but I think you might be mixing up that web novel and light novel.
What you said happens to Alicia doesn’t happen in the Light Novel.
Yes. In the afterword Volume 4 the author even talks about how she’s frustrated at seeing how good the manga version of Alicia is and wishes she had that version.
Alicia is different in every version of the story.
Considering in the books he explicitly tells her he wants to have a real wedding since they didn’t get the chance and they plan it together, I’d say you’re unnecessarily defending an unnecessary change.
It’s such a weird change from the books. I get that they’re ending it so want to skip most of the novels, but it’s weird that they changed it from him asking and them planning it together to being something he completely surprised her with.
You’re asking in what way the person who was brought there against her will, abused (yes; we know she was abused until she went to live with the Duke), forced to watch people die when she tried to change fate and was forced to die and relive it all over and over is a victim?
You’re joking...
So the 12 Ediths are going to confront Reese; the woman who didn’t bring them there and was forced there against her will, who originally tried to change fate but failed, and who had to suffer through a torture none of the rest of them had to suffer through until it broke her brain…
Meanwhile...
In the afterword for the 4th Light Novel the Author dedicates almost the entire thing to talking about she was actually jealous of how the Manga Alicia was written.
She uses Japanese sweets as a metaphor but the core is:
So her giving the green light to change Alicia and make her even more of...
They don’t blame Reese for the necklace, it was their decision. They just realize they were wrong when Killian comes in a flips out on them. And they changed things to have the Duchess see Edith get hurt so they could justify the 180 on her. In the novel the Duchess is too focused on saving...
In the novel they don’t just do a complete 180. The parents who always doted on their precious golden daughter find it hard to believe she did anything wrong and sweep the issue under the rug. The proud Duke who has never apologized before doesn’t apologize to Edith until years later.
It‘s...
It is.
Basically; the novel adds in a lot more pre-death backstory where she’s essentially a complete bitch. She constantly anonymously posts malicious comments about new books coming out, without ever feeling guilty. She started a writing union under the guise of helping others but is really...
Hmmm… I think I prefer the novel where Reeze (Lizzy) was portrayed as a much worse person in her first life and enjoyed being eternally young and beautiful by restarting over and over. Here it seems more like she snapped from living the hell of constantly restarting life where any changes you...
So Kyle was slowly dying, had no power and quite simply couldn’t physically do what his family could so his “father” thought the best way to deal with him was to torture him with exercise he couldn’t do then call him useless and say he doesn’t want a son like him?
But somehow it’s the literal...