Death of the Author is the birth of the reader.
I don't give a shit what the author intended, I feel no sympathy to mei. She is a creepy, possessive, manipulative, bigoted asshole.
i don't get mangas obsession with that kind of petty jealousy, honestly. If you're getting jealous over such trivial shit that's a pretty bad sign for your relationship as a whole
As long as i can click on the site normally and use it without invisible ads and popups linking me to a shitty AI-slop porn game i don't think i mind much