I'm still marveling at her just holding on to the villainess role like a lifesaver. What do you even call whatever the fuck's wrong with her? Twist of Cain?
Anyone care to recommend other mangas with the "Edgelord Tragic Heroine" archetype? Hopefully better written ones?
Edit: Already well aware of Homura from Madoka Magica
If you want "WTF, why is Cunt blushing?", ToraDora's a classic. If you want "Turbo-virgin and Ojou-sama hit it off", read Hi Score Girl. If you don't mind lewd and horny, there's always Nana And Kaoru.
So is there some sort of accidental double entendre that's more apparent in the original Japanese, when she keeps asking people for an intense 1v1 fight that Ojou-sama's not aware of?
Mighty is the power of the Snake, for she plungeth her fangs unto the hearts of fools and injects her venom. Long may she twist and coil.
In all seriousness. Man. She is trying REALLY hard to play the tragic heroine.
Already, Irie is ten times a more interesting character than Shizuki, Moe and Kusunoki combined, and all she's doing is barking orders and telling everyone to hustle.
GO FORTH SNEK, DEFEND THE NEUTRAL.
Every good story filled with conflict and turmoil needs a good villain to drive that conflict and turmoil. Snake-bitch is infinitely the most interesting character in this manga because of the effect she has on the MC and how playful she is with those effects. I don't have to like her as a...
Hi Score Girl. One turbovirgin loveable idiot is pursued by his two classmates: an ojou-sama heiress to her family's conglomerate, and a girl who works in her family's konbini just 5 minutes away. They bond over Street Fighter II.