I was confused by the order of the shogi pieces since the rook and bishop promote to different things, but after looking it up it seems that the rook is actually better like the chart showed.
The ranking is exactly like the kyū-dan system in shogi, but with shogi pieces working as a another dan...
I'm glad I wasn't the only one confused about the minor skills. But he said you need to "raise all 9" doesn't that imply the minor skills are all separate and not actually a tier system?
Maybe its just a case of her being the protagonist but I feel like Fran and specifically the black cat race has some sort of assassination skill. It seems like she's always catching people off guard. Maybe they don't notice it because the black cat stats are so weak they die before leveling up.
Its kind of ironic that Lowell is actually right in a way since these people with super powers are actually a danger and come from people who are unhinged, but so is Lowell it's causing a catastrophic feedback loop.