Cruel
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And a pretty good one at that.The plot revolves around a nineteen-year-old unlucky girl named Jennifer, who becomes trapped in a world run by young girls who have established a rigid and cruel class hierarchy called the Red Crayon Aristocrats.
Source: Video Game / Rule of Rose -
The author also justifies this in the Belgariad by stating that the three "bad guy" countries are controlled by a rigid and invasive religious hierarchy of the cruel god.
Source: Always Chaotic Evil -
Expect at least five episodes a season to rub in the audiences' face just how cruel, repressive, and dangerous the past was for anyone who was "different" or who stepped out of the incredibly rigid lines of "polite" society.
Source: Series / Cold Case
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