I think it's just riffing on the Kiku-Ichimonji by substituting a different notable Japanese flower.I just can’t fit this on the afternote, what I mean is I can't find a specific reference for Fuji-Ichimonji. Maybe it’s a fictional name?
I was thinking, "This is the Ivalice Alliance, isn't it?" when reading about that team. But there's any number of teams and games companies it could represent, really.It's probably because of the video game companies. Their backstory sounds a little bit like Square and Enix for example ...
I think it was stated/implied that Grace and Kenzaburou had similar personalities, gender and life experience differences aside, before she got her upper-class training. Specifically, I think it was when her dad was hanging out with the blacksmith.Actually not that big a fan of Grace just being (sorta) "misunderstand" or "misguided". I mean, given that this is mostly just cozy slice-of-life I guess that makes whatever resolution we'll ultimately get easier since she really just needs to understand she was trying too hard, but I wouldn't have minded an actual villainess reformation arc of some type.