i don't know if i used the term correctly. But as far as I know, in Games is used when you defeat a boss or solve a puzzle using a strategy that basically makes you win by avoiding the "challenge" it should have had. It's not cheating, but feels like it.
Same, probably because I took a long time to read between chapters but I'm a little lost here, I get the general grasp of what it's goin on but indeed it's a little confusing.
I went back to look at the silhouettes of the kid's parents. The Mom seems to have a similar build to Takagi but a little smaller and the dad looks kinda buff and tall, so you may be into something