It's so funny how I expected Eclis to act like this just because his heart color is weird....

Im so slow but what does his color mean ??

I am not sure but in game logic usually the brightest means the "good ending" or you're doing something right base on the game's storyline. If we use that logic, it probably means Kalisto has the highest " love affinity" or he is the closest character to the good ending we all wish for

Wait so essentially like the color of Eclis being some rotten red means that he's not a good option? Like from the whole start of was a dull red when it changed to the locked version

Rotten red as you mention could mean Extreme passion which often is not a good. For example yandere characters are like that extremely passionate and in love with their crush but don't care of their loved one's feelings. The "I'm doing this for our happy ending" but it's in truth it's for themselves...

Tho I remember I read in the raws that the color is not related to the ending but is an indication of "what kind" of feeling the character has for Penelope. The color changes since emotion changes... For example 4 some character it's "family love" (not incest. Platonic love), possessive love, etc etc.

Mhmm, it's like that. Usually since this is based on an otema games, they have tendency to make it seems like its good/preferable ending when in fact its not. Esp since penelope is the hard version of the game.

I don't remember if it was mentioned in the webtoon but in the novel the protag specified that it's difficult mainly for other reasons too:


1) the amount random bad ends
2) playthrough as Penelope was an expensive dlc
3) very hard and unsatisfying so no one paid more than the first tries. it was a waste of money to players basically (to begin with Penelope wasn't a liked character too)
4) since almost all players did that there are no guides for Penelope stories which double the difficulty. Even reviving Penelope after a bad end ask you real money. Which is so bs (as an otome gamer myself I'm triggered haha)
5) it's a mobile otome with micro transaction we can assume its one of those pay to win otoge (like Story jar. The gem system is so trash and predatory no one played the game in the end and the app died).
6) the protag never (if recall) got survive after the coming of age event or finished/started any route since Penelope would die.

In this isekai vers:
- the hardship remains the same... Sinyeon (sorry ifwrote wrong) doesn't know the choices and answers or events after beyond the coming of age. Is asked to spend money for choices and random bs too.

Spend money to see affection gacha nooooo

But we did get the random bad ends thing but I'm not too sure about the pay to play bit. The rest also maybe it comes up later? Or maybe not at all cos of the rage inducing acts (of money grabbing)