Ijimeru Aitsu ga Waruinoka, Ijimerareta Boku ga Waruinoka? - Vol. 6 Ch. 30 - World of Bullying

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Could've been interesting, but ended up just being an indulgent, wish-fulfilling screed about revenge. Suzuki's total ruination and death show that the author just wanted to write a story where the villain gets abused and destroyed. There's nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it undercuts the ideas of forgiveness, growth, and moving on when the story's real main conflict is resolved in that way.
But the author did explore the ideas of forgiveness with Yumi and Shiori. Yumi's genuine remorse made her the only bully that got to move on to a better path.


Meanwhile Suzuki still got his comeuppance because in the end he never learned anything, still saw his daughter as his "pet" who thought that she would eventually come back to him for money and not because he was trying to be a better person or father figurw for her
 
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I was expecting this to end with him starting a company dealing with bullies...like the Equalizer...
 
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But the author did explore the ideas of forgiveness with Yumi and Shiori. Yumi's genuine remorse made her the only bully that got to move on to a better path.


Meanwhile Suzuki still got his comeuppance because in the end he never learned anything, still saw his daughter as his "pet" who thought that she would eventually come back to him for money and not because he was trying to be a better person or father figurw for her
It can explore those things all it wants, but the main plot reveals what the author is really saying. And what he says with the main plot is very simplistic: bullies are bad people who deserve bad things.

Not every character in fiction needs to be presented with a multifaceted human personality. But to make the main villain have as little depth as Suzuki diminishes the story's capacity to deliver any greater ideas.
 
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It can explore those things all it wants, but the main plot reveals what the author is really saying. And what he says with the main plot is very simplistic: bullies are bad people who deserve bad things.

Not every character in fiction needs to be presented with a multifaceted human personality. But to make the main villain have as little depth as Suzuki diminishes the story's capacity to deliver any greater ideas.
Sounds to me like the author successfully explored and delivered his message in a satisfying way in a concise manner without dragging it out like so many other revenge manga. So I don't know what your issue is other than the bog standard criticism of "wanting more". That's like saying John Wick sucked because the villains in the movie should have been more 'multifaceted'.
 

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