She's honestly the very worst. Cheating on her husband is bad enough, but not letting their child be a kid beyond making money off her modelling is beyond scumbag behavior.
I hate that society will always try to find the whipping boy/girl/scapegoat. She's a good person who, despite needing a bit more of a spine, only wanted to be happy and it seems like everything was slapping her down.
Oh wow. So that whole thing was just a trick to get her hooked on his drug. Not sure what would happen if the monsters-turned-heroes found out they were played, though.
I've heard that the bullying crisis is really awful in Japan due to their rug-sweeping tendencies in order to keep up appearances. I wonder if the author was bullied or knows some who were, and if they're using some of the stories as inspiration.