'Heavy is the Crown' is a tragedy told through the unlikely and mystical meeting of a prince from historical Persia (I hope that's the proper term) and an older immigrant in modern day Denmark. Looking at this dev team, it is STACKED with talent from several of the standout VNs from this year's MayWolf, and coming together to create this piece of art did not disappoint! PinkNarcissus' writing style comes though, especially with his penchant for using mirrors as plot devices, though this time the mirror acts as a window allowing two characters from different times to share a conversation. What is a fantastical set up betrays just how grounded and raw the conversations that these two characters share. The theme is in the title itself, where it's the burden of societal and masculine obligations that will end up crushing those that it is thrust upon who do not want it, but are indoctrinated to take them on. This theme is portrayed beautifully, comparing and contrasting the duty of a prince to marry for his kingdom to a modern man's duty to have a wife and kids. Both these men also having to ignore their hearts desire to be with other men. The tragedy being that despite the older man's plea to change the past with this magic mirror, to save the prince from a fate that he is living, this culture is not something that can be changed by an individual. Thus, the cycle has continued, and despite both men acting in good faith, they are destined to cause pain and be unhappy. Quite a sad story, and very effective at it. The art from PlantBearDanji, ImRikun, Kachayet, and WoundedRoar in this visual novel is SO good, the character sprites are extremely detailed, the background design and color story is great, and the crazy mirror and parallax effects just add to the immersion of this experience. The accessibility features included in this are also extremely helpful and considerate to include. The added definitions for non-English terms and phrases was appreciated (I did have to pull out the google-lens to find out the translation of the term when the mirror was breaking). I can't recommend this visual novel enough, but readers should brace themselves for a lot of heavy emotions and no happy endings here.