CONTAINS SPOILERSI hated how this story ended. I am one of the few who have read the ENTIRE DAMN novel.
This story was unique and exhilarating to watch and read. I absolutely LOVED how he was portrayed in the anime. But, even though the creators wanted us to have 3 different views on the story, [I made a comment about this earlier] the manga makes Ayanokoji out to be bland. He isn't as exciting to see anymore.
AND at the end of the novel Ayanokoji CONFESSES his love for Kei. I hated that shit. Honestly I don't even know why they needed to add romance to this. It would've been way better off without it.
Ayanokoji wanted to get away from his father, he wanted to be the best and knew he was more clever than all of them. He USED people as tools to get what he wanted and did it in a way were he couldn't get caught or if he did get caught, he'd have a back up plan to make sure he was completely off the hook.
He made people suspicious of him ON PURPOSE, he tricked people into thinking that they've got everything wrapped around THEIR finger, but really, Ayanokoji was the one in control.
SO- why add romance??
This was a thrilling story to begin with and the anime actually made me realize a genre that i absolutely loved.
The ending with Ayanokoji becoming soft and confessing to someone really made me think, "What the hell". I didn't come for romance, I came for the unique plot and character Ayanokoji was. I came for psychological thriller, not a school romance,
2020-12-16 07:43 marked
Okay hear me out