maybe the bunny girl is an illegitimate child of a noble/merchant and has to work her way to the top of the family to get back her childhood love that was separated from her by way of class/wealth disparity
the author types that think that gives them free reign to act as though they're gods in their world. My world would punt me like a soccer ball into the mouth of a giant insect if I got too cocky and that's the way it's meant to be