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The manga (which is based on the books) is definitely similarly fluffy! The books, understandably, do include a few more instances of character development/backstory. I seem to remember one plot point involving the reasoning behind Katarina's game!mother's hatred of Keith -- she had an arranged marriage with Katarina's father and was very conscious of the fact that they hadn't married for love, so she felt humiliated and angry when her husband not only apparently had an affair but forced her to adopt his supposed bastard son and made the boy his heir. When our!Katarina helps clear up the misunderstanding, her parents are able to figure out that they do in fact love each other, and so her mother is able to welcome Keith into the home and treat him like her own son.

(Also, without getting too deep into novel spoilers, Prince Geordo is more than a little terrifying in his single-minded devotion to Katarina, and Keith has every right to find him 100% sus!)

I also wish they'd been able to give the female characters more romances plots, but considering that in the Fortune Lover game they weren't supposed to be more than clingy jealous rivals (Mary in Alan's route) or plot points to unlock (Sophia in Nicol's route), the fact that both of them fell so hard for Katarina is kind of cute to me.

The later volumes of the manga and novels (after Katarina "beats the game") are doing some things with the dark magic stuff hinted at in the final episodes of the anime. So it's still ongoing, though I don't know at what point there'd be enough of a plot arc to make a satisfying second season.