I have to start with this: Please play Lobotomy Corporation or watch a 100% playthrough of it before you play this game! It's technically not required but this is a direct sequel with most of the main cast returning from it. The librarians' character development largely happens in lobcorp, and a lot of Angela's development in this game happens because of the events that happen in it. If you like any of the characters at all then I highly, highly recommend playing it before this.

This is a fantastic game with great characters, story, world building, music, and art, created by developers who care deeply about their fanbase. It is a turn based deck builder type game so there is some strategy required for this, and if you don't want to play it yourself you should watch someone else play it because there are story bits and a lot of extra character exploration to be found in a number of these fights.

I don't want to spoil it so I won't go super in depth about it but this game talks a lot about recovering from abuse and dealing with the baggage that comes with it, like trauma and unhealthy coping mechanisms, among other things. In general, Ruina does a lot of looking at how the best and the worst of us deal with our problems. It also heavily critiques capitalism in a way that makes me wonder if this is specifically targeted at Korean workforce culture and the way people don't take mental illnesses that seriously, but I don't know much about Korea so I can't really speak on it. A lot of this is sensitive content, and also there is some gore, so look at the "does the dog die" page for this game in case you need it.

The last time I loved a game like this was when I played Umineko for the first time, literally 6 years ago. This is definitely going to be a favorite for a long time to come.

In conclusion I would like to marry every single librarian, especially Binah and Angela.