this series is like "a tsundere in real life would be a pain to deal with" but applied to the brat archetype
basically a deconstruction
a girl who harasses you because she doesn't know how to express her feelings is no less stupid than a boy who picks on a girl because he likes her
it's indistinguishable from bullying until you know they likes you, and they're doing everything to make themselves unlikeable
How was it settling anything?
rather than "taking revenge on the brat," it seems more like "teaching the brat the consequences"
the former means I win, and the latter means she loses
or maybe, just don't bully someone regardless of the reason, because that's how kids react