I hear what you're saying and I did catch his mother's complaints. I have no issue understanding the story, I just don't believe in the big 26, we need to tred the video games are bad trope when doomscrolling is right there. My issue isn't that the kid is escaping into games it's that the author...
I do get what the author is trying to do i'm just not a fan of the video games are bad trope because the authors usually lack nuance needed to tell a story about escapism.
What tends to happen is another character usually the FMC, confronts the MMC about their drastic change, cries about it...
Authors really gotta stop using video games as a crutch to show negative changes. It would be bolder to show a person more withdrawn, refuse to engage with the world, doomscroll, talk back to their parents ect. Saying video games are bad in over indulgence is fine but it's always just surface...
Am I supposed to root for him? This guy reads like self made victim. I just feel sorry for the girl. These isolationist MCs are boring. Being introverted doesn't mean you don't or can't have friends.
It sounds as if when Tsubaki ran out of the funeral she stopped seeing her husbands family, probably out of guilt and or shame. I think she assumes they're angry at her based on her sister in law's reaction but it's probably a misunderstanding.
I'm not keen on the author having her remove her...