That depends on your tolerance for complexity. If you preferred the lighter, harem-focused builds of v012 and v013, might feel punishing. The addition of rival factions means you cannot befriend everyone. You will alienate characters.
Conclusion: The Hourglass as Ethical Instrument Maids Masters v018 uses the mithril hourglass as a multi-valent emblem: it diagnoses the commodification of time, renders domestic labor visible and skilled, and stages moments of temporal reclamation. The work’s fusion of social realism with speculative metaphor produces a subtle but forceful critique: until the value assigned to time and care is radically restructured, domestic hierarchies will persist—yet human networks, craft knowledge, and collective refusal can corrode mastery and reforge time into forms that sustain dignity. maids masters v018 by the mithril hourglass