Red Rocket, wow, you copypaste my comment in your game! I'm honored, truly, it's something unexpected.
2 and half months later since my last comment here, today I played current version of your game. Due to karma I was forced to start from the beginning and you know, I don't regret that. It's like playing totally different game with a story that you know something of. Well, I used karmic impact mod (thanks,
nicestgamer) but mod was like some guide for me, not a ready path, I chose options I like (not my fault I like options that give me karma, not sustract it) with two exclusions in first four episodes, the first, I like Violet and just can't say I'm not interested, and the second, for that unlucky MC's killer broken arm is a light but totally deserved punishment, I'd say disability like spinal injury or mutilated arm is much more justified.
As I already said, it's like I played "Rainy day" for a first time. With my choices I see no sadism in MC's actions, he's more like LN than NE (I talk about alignment, please, excuse old D'n'D player). Maybe in "dark path" there's that sadism, but that's not my cup of tea. New episodes (4th and 5th) don't look so short as previous 3 and it means more dark (but light) humor, captivating story with plot twists and interesting characters.
Though I can say it's not only roses and rainbows (or something like that, I don't know precise expession in English), 5th episode starts just like your first ones, MC suddenly accepts blowjobs from Zayda and threatens people around him, you even give karma for slapping a woman. Throughout the episode it smoothes out but still it looks like four episodes are parts of one game and 5th episode was made as a fan continuation, where fan prefers much less karma approach.
I don't get why you added rape to list of sins of Roxana's father, his murder was justified enough and rape of a child looks excessive and out of character (using daughter as beating doll is one thing, rape with pedophilia is totally another).
I can make some suggestions and I hope you'll say nothing whether I am right or wrong. It's what I deduced from story and I can be totally mistaken. After all, all you said "it's my kink". Anyway, its beneath spoiler.
We see how MC is decieved. Then we see that there's double deceive. And I remember Korean "Oldeuboi" (or American version "Oldboy"), too much in similarity.