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At the risk of simplifying the characters, this plotline reminded me of Edward VIII's story (the British king who abdicated the throne in late 1936 to marry a US divorcee, who was opposed as a partner to the king -- whose father had died -- by almost everyone in the British govt., except Winston Churchill -- at that time seen as an old has-been and washout, prior to his subsequent second life as a politician during WW2). It mostly fits, though it's perhaps somewhat disguised and made into an obvious allegory. Read that history, including Edward's popularity, private retreat and love of flowers, and his closeness to the Nazis (hence, on both sides in the war). You may see the similarities. This is a LONG film for such a simple plot, even if not meant to be exactly Edward VIII (but I think the plot largely fits as a sympathetic telling of his story). The film -- due to its excessive length and detailed (and largely unnecessarily intricate) mechanical artwork -- is mostly like an exercise in anime for the production artists, and an exercise in patience for the viewers. Not much new in the setting elements for his work.

This Kdrama has the same plot-line and most of the plot elements of the older (and much better) Kdrama Lucifer (aka. Devil) from 2007; Lucifer was part of a wonderful three-show trilogy, with Resurrection and Shark as the other two shows. The older drama was a character-based show, with more attractive actors and a much more compelling story-line. This version (The Glory) must have been either script-stolen and partly disguised for sale to Netflix, or the producer may have privately paid for the rights to the script of Lucifer (didn't hear that in all the hype for this over-glorified and super-gory garbage). Watch both and you will see the same character types doing the almost exactly the same things, only with some variations in casting (sex switches for main characters, for example, to hide the steal) and the addition of the much discussed bullying torture scenes -- which confuse the earlier plot-line of Lucifer (creating an unneeded two motives for the main character) and make this (The Glory) story less plausible, likeable, and realistic (i.e., most of the characters in The Glory are total psychopaths or certainly lack all empathy -- which really does not work well in the story, whereas in the original Lucifer they were more believable, human, and even pitiable in many cases). Lucifer's plot was also more clever and original. The Glory is poorly conceived remake with less appeal and more plot points that don't make sense if one stops to think; it tries to distract viewers with scenes of tense confrontations that go nowhere and ultra graphic violence that is unnecessary and sickening. I will not place any blame with the actors in The Glory, but shame on the producers and writer for taking a better show and turning it into this mess.