I think the only way I could have enjoyed the ending more is if A: the old company was bought out in a hostile takeover by Kuroda and Sakakibara's new company and then proceeded to lay off ever one of the back stabbers. or B: If the company collapsed after Kuroda left due to an investigation by finance authorities. And Kuroda and Sakakibara just get to sit back and watch the news in the morning as they're all dragged out in handcuffs.
A lot of people here seem to have wanted some sort of revenge from Kuroda, not realizing that that would be a really bad addition to this given the very clear themes present in this ending. Any sort of revenge, or even the motivation of revenge, would mean that Kuroda in some way cares about this toxic game. The point is that she doesn't. She doesn't need to win, or lose, all she needs to do is to walk away, and that is frankly the much healthier option for her.
Not gonna lie.. kinda feels like that ending was more made for the sake of ending it ô_ô..
Like the chapter before lead in no way or form into this 😐
Junko literally went 'It's the only thing binding us' as if she wants to be connected to her, but the next second goes 'Ah whatevs' and just leaves eh
It's more like Junko had to resign herself to accepting that she couldn't have Kuroda. This ending definitely doesn't feel like it was led into, but it's thematic and honestly better than what most of us expected (like, a dramatic downfall or something). Junko has lost Kuroda, and that's clear. Junko is smart and can pretty easily tell that no amount of taunting will work anymore. She'd tried that in the past chapters after all, and Kuroda lost her bite a long time ago. The fact that Kuroda no longer cares means that she's lost her only connection to her, and Junko doesn't have much choice but to lay on the bed she's laid for herself.
ofc she wasnt perfect but she had such good intentions and only wanted to make things right. rlly makes me sad …
