the brother is an enabler. mc shouldve slapped the shit outta him the moment he came with the rogi family for the first time. if i had a teacher like that i wouldnt let him rent my home.
also, army of one's definitely extra-terrestrial/supernatural, and apparently they are recruiting more people in their ranks. Natsuko is one of them now.
its a distorted version of how the society looks down upon those who dont have friends and are lonely. Think abt it, when u are with a group of people are u really on the same wavelength? sometimes being in a group makes one even lonelier. And there's the issue of hikikomoris in japan, the...
why does it have to be a metaphor? it can just be a sci-fantasy story of an alien plant. Addiction ruining somebody doesnt happen in the blink of an eye like the characters are being splattered here. The proper way of not getting caught must be known only to the natives who collect the honey...
he tried the same technology as active noise cancellation, it wouldve worked except this was a supernatural thing rather than just the brain misfiring. nice story.