The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance of Vengence A Second Time, Vol. 1 (light novel): The Traitorous Princess (The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time (Manga))

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Would Hit a Girl: Of the many, many things his betrayal stole from him, chivalry is at the top of the list. He will use violence on women in the current timeline, especially if she is a revenge target. Enemy Mine: Much as she wants to kill the elven delegation to her kingdom, who she claims are directly responsible for the death of her elder sister, and the half-elf ambassador who is introduced greeting her in Lunaris's oracle chamber, she grudgingly works with the "monsters in human skin" because she considers Kaito's death a higher priority. Said ambassador is aware of this and loves to rub her face in it. Minnalis's "friend", Lucia, revealed Minnalis's race to her fellow villagers because she wanted to keep Minnalis away from Keryll. She indulged in similar behaviour when they went to school, threatening other girls away. Seeing as Minnalis ultimately tortures Keryll to death for Revenge by Proxy, she honestly needn't have bothered. Curtains Match the Windows: Her hair and eyes are the same shade of green, in the current timeline. In the original timeline, her eyes were scarlet, after she started traveling with Kaito... Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Originally, she was golden-haired blonde, and a wonderful child adored by her mother and home village. Yumis put an end to both.

Revenge Is Sweet: The entire story revolves around this trope. "The Evil Adventuring Party" were originally good people who had suffered horribly at the hands of society because of discrimination, enslavement, and betrayal from people they thought they could trust. Becoming sadistic vigilantes who seek revenge on the ones who wronged them, the Sword of Vengeance compels them to take revenge on their targets lest they feel the pain of death. The party's righteous vengeance is considered equally cathartic on both sides of the fourth wall, and while it's unknown what will happen if they run out of Asshole Victims, it's implied they will never run out of Asshole Victims. Yamato Nadeshiko: Subdued but present. She's very diligent, cordial, elegant, and refined in appearance and form, but beneath it all, she's a very wild and blithe spirit, and her anger is a sight that strikes terror in those who behold it. Asshole Victim: Each of them is guilty of discrimination, enslavement, betrayal, or a combination of the three (usually all of the above and worse). Not only do they deserve the hell Kaito puts them through, if not worse, seeing them utterly broken and losing everything they care about is cathartic. That's how despicable they are. Fair-Weather Friend: Minnalis's human father seemed to be a loving one for most of her life. But she inherited her beastman mother's race in a Fantastic Racist village. When her race was exposed, he abandoned them and let them get taken by slavers.

Right for the Wrong Reasons: He was right to call Brakas, Dot, and Terry scum that don't deserve to be adventurers, but not because they liked to drink booze before noon... On a personal note: if you can’t tell, I happen to love this novel. It’s unique, and it’s creative. As you can see, it’s a very different take on the usual “hero” and ‘isekai’ genre, and it does the psychological part really damn well. Both the two main characters are very deep and dynamic, and the storyline progresses in a moderate enough pace to maintain that dynamic flow to the antagonistic narrative - especially without undermining the real antagonists or without skipping out on the important character development.

Deal with the Devil: She signs a contract with a demon t Yumis, who betrayed Kaito and her half-sisters for the love of her parents and her maid, ends up a victim of Revenge by Proxy before getting slain by the ones she betrayed.Right for the Wrong Reasons: While she is perfectly correct in thinking that her parents are lazy and think everything's okay as long as they aren't placed in immediate harm by their actions, this isn't the only reason they're reluctant to enact her more extreme policies and decisions. Breaking Speech: In the original timeline, she torments Kaito by telling him, in painstaking detail, precisely why returning to his old life on Earth is impossible. It gets her killed. He Who Fights Monsters: Invoked aversion. He refuses to become someone that just enjoys random murder as he takes revenge. Feeling that if he becomes just like the people that betrayed him, he'll taint his revenge.

Royal Brat: She's the crown princess, and her parents, the King and Queen, never tell her "no" to whatever she asks, no matter how heinous it is. Children Are Cruel: While she initially is grateful that Minaris saved her life from an Ice Goblin in the forest, as the two of them were searching for food, the very next day, she not only outs Minaris as a Beast-man, but whips up an angry crowd by telling her other friends, parents, and anyone who will listen, that she knew Minaris was a Beast-man all along, but kept it secret only because Minaris threatened her with force, knowing Minaris and her family would be utterly destroyed, and smirked about it, while hiding behind said mob. Although he is good at close combat, he has no talent for magic. However, the above Spirit Sword can cause phenomena close to magic.

I Am Not Pretty: Kaito has to constantly tell her that he finds her beautiful before she believes it. Achievement System: Part of the RPG Mechanicsverse, where accomplishing various feats gets recorded in one's status as a title and grants stat boosts not related to Character Level. Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: As is revealed at the epilogue of the Grond Dot arc, her older sister was apparently murdered by elves, and whatever "oracles" she gleams from "The Great Spirit" are horribly garbled, after being able to commune only once a month, thus making her unable to get confirmation. This does not excuse or explain her genocidal hatred for all other non-human races, the fact that she sees those of other worlds, that she herself summons, as "monsters in human skin" even when they are 100% human, and why she wants so desperately to enact a horrific slavery policy on the vast majority of her 100% human subjects. Especially since she only had contempt for her family in the first place.

Sole Survivor: Kaito's little sister, Mai, somehow avoided getting killed by the summoning spell, but out of their entire family, she's the only one left.

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Aristocrats Are Evil: So far, without exception, those in charge are selfish, greedy, corrupt bastards and bitches who will do anything and everything to better themselves, no matter how much suffering they cause to others... as long as they think they can get away with it. Evil Virtues: Determination, Equality, Honesty, Gratitude, Honor, and especially Love. None of this stops them from enjoying the suffering they inflict on their targets or intentionally causing severe collateral damage. Corrupt Corporate Executive: The Merchant, who has both legitimate business interests as well as ties to criminals and a Fantastic Drug. The hero Kaito Ukei died. Blood seeped from his wounds, his body went limp, and the ones who he once called friends gloated over his death. Betrayed, Kaito was consumed by one thought: revenge. With this will, a system message announced that the Holy Sword of Vengeance activated, and time began to rewind—all the way to when he was first summoned to this other world.