I hope to be wrong but I'm beginning to think that the initially decent characterization is getting held back by some really wet noodle tier narrative and drama.
Its admirable that this work actually tried to claw its way out of the idiot bin but I'm not seeing a compelling hook or buildup in...
Well If I lived in a world full of malevolent demi-gods going apeshit on every human in sight to make themselves more powerful I would cheer on some nuclear carpet bombing too.
But maybe thats the military industrial complex propaganda working its magic on me.
Its both I believe. You can sort of imagine humanity unknowingly slowly moving towards the recreation up until the point the concept of nuclear weapons was freed from the stomach zone back into causality.
Reminiscent of cosmic horror themes.
I have to admit, I can see how for some people this is enough to earn it. I think its clownery dowsed in hotdog water because just like Kakegurui, there is a laundry list of ways this could become actually interesting. In Kakegarui, The entire thing would work 10000x better if the bitch was...
"Dudes rock, girls are fuggin STUPID unless they act a little dumb and suicide by work ethic is badass"
There's a lot to like here but man, there's as lot that's waaay too stupid coming from the guys that made Deathnote.
Realism aside, where does any tension or intrigue come from if she doesn't get humiliated here?
If shes even CLOSE to beating him, there's nothing left for this woman to do except train her pet nerd.
Pretty much yeah. Mangaka are far, far too cowardly to ever write a heroine that wins by being an actual psychopathically underhanded rat.
Well except maybe for that otome game isekai LN, I should really give that a try sometime..