There's not a single word that is not useful in this. The character development, the characterization and exposition were perfectly controlled, I was really impressed.
And so, it doesn't take much time to love this wolf and even the MC (The MC has a personnality, it's rare enough to be noted), we want to see them succeed.
The sprites are beautiful. Colorful and full of life, they convey perfectly the emotions of the writing.
This one is maybe my favourite amongst the entries I've read so far