a graming grame from the mind of that one youtube guy who makes the anime edits with the bad words, about a girl who hates everybody's guts.
it's like mean girls if it was realistic and better. or nightmare temptation academy without the graphic sex. or subarashiki hibi if yuki beat takuji's scrawny ass and the central philosophy was "manipulate people because you will never live happily". point is it's better than every piece of art that came before it.
i think nicole might be my favorite protagonist ever. yeah, she's absolutely a bad person. let me ask you this: how many games have protagonists that are good people? how many games have "anti-heroes"? how many games justify a flawed character by having them do something heroic in the end? it's repetitive. nicole is not good, but she's interesting. even when she is objectively being an asshole - "YOU BULLIED A GAY GIRL INTO BEING STRAIGHT!"- she's still a strong lead character. the writing is awesome enough to really sell someone who would be a paper-thin antagonist in a lesser game. and at the end of the day, i still love her.