In chapter 5 it's mentioned that: There is an affiliated university. I think most of the students go to there, but I don't think it's ever been stated for certain (even in the latest raws). Remember how it was said in previous chapters that the Internal students are generally considered to be the dumbest on average - because they don't study much. They can probably still get in okay with money though. I'd guess that the male heirs study seriously but the girls generally don't - Reika pretends not to study so as to not stand out. The girls generally don't seriously pursue a career - in chapter 9 it's mentioned that Yurie was unusually independent and even went to America to work and it was hard to convince her parents. I'd guess that for most girls, university is a chance for yet more socialising in the hope of finding someone good to marry rather than for studying. It wouldn't be entirely surprising if most of the characters end up going to the same university, but we'll have to wait and see.
That's a bit harsh, I think. Her brain is a field of flowers... except too much junk food has poisoned the ground and it's now a desert. The sort that turns into a flower field every so often when there's a sudden downpour of rain. Actually, I'm kidding about that too. Overall, I'd said that Reika's problem is that she's only experienced one-sided romance (eg with Tomoe) or seen it in others (or in books), so she has a rather warped sense of romance - it's rather childish or idealised. She's also too chicken to take the first most - simply making real friends is hard for her (though she has managed that a few times).
The thing I want the most is for Reika to find someone she loves (I feel like in the end, rather than what all of us thinks, she probably is gonna find someone new which is totally ordinary, or maybe someone we didn't expect to be her potential love interest) or find something she excels at and be the master of it [other than her drills]
She has fallen in love but nobody has ever confessed to her and it's unclear if there's anyone in love with her. She needs to either fall in love with someone who's available (ie she can confess to them and be accepted) or she needs someone to fall in love with her and woo her. Reika is a very interesting character, so even if it was with someone relatively boring I'm sure it would still be interesting to read. But knowing Reika's luck, someone she doesn't like will fall for her or something. Here's hoping she can find happiness in the end...
Yeah I know she fell for the President once and like the other uncle guy, but I want her to actually fall in love love love with someone who is available and like try chasing after him. Or maybe just like you said someone falling in love with her and actually have the guts to chase after her. She is unique that's why. Her appearance makes her seem like a princess but like her personality is so fun and outgoing and a little awkward. But starting little then going big is the way! So for starter, I hope someone confesses to her at least. That would make her happy and confused.
With regards to your first point the original manga, that's a good point. However, there seems to be a distinct lack of quality alternatives and it seems Reika's parents pushed really hard for it. Also, Kaburagi's mother was initially against him being with Wakaba, so maybe felt she had to pick someone "proper" for him before it was too late and Reika was the best of a bad lot... or something. It's not something I can prove at all, but I do feel that Kaburagi's mother would prefer someone who can moderate her son's behaviour. Seems fairly obvious but no way to be sure. But, I can also see her fearing that there's no such candidates available from a good family, seemingly. Which is why I think the more she finds out about the current Reika the more she'd favour Reika. Putting it another way, in the original she reluctantly accepted Reika as the least worst option (perhaps), but if she found out about some of the things that current Reika has done then might start actively pushing for Reika. In the original, it seems it was Reika's parents (plus Reika herself) who approached the Kaburagis but it's possible that the reverse could happen in the WN - that Kaburagi's mother makes the first approach and if that happens of course Reika's parents are going to accept, possibly without even consulting Reika at all. With regards to your second point, Kaburagi's mother invites lots of girls over for tea regularly (it seems) and I think Maihama only got there due to Yurie, so I wouldn't say Maihama is favoured really. She's being given a chance at least but Kaburagi's mother seems to favour Reika currently (at least over Maihama). With regards to your third point, I think she's at least better than Reika's mother but perhaps not by much. She works at least. However, she was seemingly strongly against Kaburagi being with Wakaba in the manga, though eventually relented. It's a bit hard to figure out what to make of that - would Reika's parents be willing to do the same? I dunno if she is a lump or pride or simply forceful. She does have a "strong" image overall. I'd say the reason why Reika is wary about her is that she's regularly been trying to get Reika involved with her son and that's something Reika wants to avoid - I don't think Reika has any problem with her otherwise.
I Said it Half Joking before, but none think that the flow is just the same as in the manga with the diference in some minor events. As readers we see it clearly so we dont notice but in the history except a few persons who ineract with her all think of reika as your typical tyrant ojou Sama. We dont Really know the truth of the manga history may be the reika in the manga wasnt as bad as it was made out and T hats why kaburagi mother suported her apart of the Good standing reika have because of her family. There are m any T hings in the dark still and i doubt we will know the T ruth of the manga history so we can only wait events to happen in the c urrent history. On the otherside if its as i say we are seeing the Backstory not c ounted in the manga and we can understand how reika parents and kaburagi mother tried so hard pairing T hose 2. And other T hings wich were misunderstood would be cleared
Yes, so far (in what's been translated), the differences are minor. The biggest one is Reika herself - obviously she isn't acting as an antagonist and it's likely that as a side-effect of that that Kaburagi's romance with Wakaba hasn't gotten anywhere yet. In the manga, Kaburagi already had faint feelings for Wakaba when Yurie rejected him and it seems he vented his frustrations on Wakaba but that later led to them getting close, while in the WN he went on a suicide journey. If Kaburagi never falls for Wakaba then that would be a major divergence. In the manga, Reika seemed like quite a one-dimensional character and it seems like she had no redeeming features to the readers. It's hard to say how she was regarded in-world but she was still the leader of the girls at school. In the manga, if we consider the sort of people Kaburagi's mother would interact with, I guess there would be several types. There would be the rivals (over Kaburagi) who would disparage Reika either way. There would be supporters (ie those who think she matches well with Kaburagi and much better than some commoner girl). There would be neutrals. If Reika is doing more outrageous things in public there might be those who aren't rivals but consider her a poor choice, but manga Reika is regarded as more of a hidden bully, so her nasty acts against Wakaba were probably mostly unknown even at school. ie she would have been mainly judged by her behaviour in "polite society", which I don't think has ever been mentioned.
I can see Kaburagi Mom approaching Reika's parents for an engagement. From what she sees, whenever Reika is at one of the Kaburagi parties her son will willingly start a conversation with her which is more than he does with any other female of the same age. she also sees Reika's mannerisms and feels she would be a good catch. Reika's parents would probably agree, after all they would want their airheaded daughter to be well taken care of and the Kaburagi son would be able to do so. Reika's Oniisama who is doing his best with all of his late nights working to take over the family assets will not let her be married off to someone she doesn't want. Oniisama will be the last boss before Reika is captured
Oh, so there is a university. It would be interesting to see what happens if they tried to push Reika into an arranged married but in the end I think she would refuse. She hates conflict but there are things that she simply won't accept. She is already preparing for a life where her family "falls into ruin" so she could simply abandon her family and become independent if she needed it. I suppose if we go with the idea what Reika acted good in public and her family was the same then the arranged marriage doesn't seem so bad. The double whammy of Reika bullying Wakaba and her family being dishonest disgusted Kaburagi's mother resulting her being willing to abandon them.
As a general theory, given that the climax of the manga was the engagement between Kaburagi and Reika, it's not impossible that the web novel could have a similar high-tension arc... though it wouldn't necessarily be the end of the series, depending on what happens. Obviously it wouldn't necessarily end the same way because the situation would likely be different. We might even have a surprise result like Wakaba turning up... to propose to Reika, saying "I want to cook sweets for you for the rest of my life" But I also agree that if such an engagement event occurs (or threatens to occur) then Reika would almost certainly do anything reasonable to oppose it (or delay it). Almost certainly Kaburagi too, unless we get a weird inversion of the original where Kaburagi falls for Reika...
Ending in the Kaburagi/Reika engagement event would make a lot of sense. And considering the engagement happened without Kaburagi's approval then it should be able to happen without Reika's approval. I'm actually hoping for a situation where Reika is supporting the Kaburagi/Wakaba romance in the background. This would keep many of the game events in tact and I think the contrast between how the original story and this one is interesting. I wouldn't be happy with a Kaburagi/Reika ending. He is not anything like the prince charming that she wants. And I'm not really interested in that kind of thing, where the reincarnated protagonist replaces the original main character of the story.
i think if kaburagi ever takes interest in wakaba and want to pursue her reika will wholeheartedly support this pairing. however we see kaburagi appear to have growing feelings towards reika. well i reika prob wont want kaburagi since she prefers older people wait wot spoiler alert sorta
Well wether we like kaburagi reika pairing or not There aint m any people to choice... I wouldnt mind a new character introduction. Tough the Village will feel lonly w/o reika I think a fluffy partner would be Good. Fluffys wont betray you!
Oh no, I never said she had the mentality of an average person right now, I said that she had the mentality of an average person back when she made her plans. And well... I guess she never bothered to think about them again, so she kept up with the same plans. True... Though most of them are after either Kaburagi's assets or an idealized version of him. I think the author won't put a new character as Reika's pairing... Sure, it's possible, but considering the large cast already available, it would be strange to do that when one of them could be used instead. I think it's unlikely for Reika to have an arranged marriage as well. To begin with, her father dotes way too much on her, and her Onii-sama also dotes quite a bit on Reika... The only one that could possibly face off against Reika is her mother, and while it's uncommon, we've already seen Reika going against her wishes a few times (even if she usually concedes in the end), so I think she has enough independence to not get an arranged marriage. That would be quite interesting, I would like to see that! Though I still root for Reika x Wakaba! I think it would be really fun if Reika was cheering for Kaburagi x Wakaba, while both of them were actually interested in Reika instead! I don't think it will happen, Kaburagi doesn't match Reika at all, even if everyone thinks they are a good couple, Reika would probably never accept it.
Hard to say for sure. If both Reika and Kaburagi strongly reject it then surely the parents would have second thoughts? They might be able to get it delayed it least... A new course for boys now available at Camp Kisshouin: Basic Human Courtesy for Dummies. Any failing students will get a free ticket to a monastery (one-way). A special offer for girls who are troubled by stalker wannabe boyfriends: join Reika-sama's harem today! With the blessings of the goddess, no guy will ever approach you again! Guaranteed! This concept has certainly been done quite a few times. However, I don't think any other series has done it like this (even if it doesn't happen). Generally, I don't mind who Reika ends up with so long as she's happy. I quite like Mizusaki though - Stalking Horse Alliance! Romance with Kaburagi would definitely be interesting, though very stressful.
Bakarina maybe? I think she fits the definition pretty well. Fellow stalking horse doesn't deserve Reika-sama! He needs to become the chief of the Forever Alone Village in Reika's place!!!
Bakarina is certainly a unique creature, a black hole of such denseness the world will never know a greater one.
*nod nod* It's surprising how her world can even exist, with the amount of denseness she has, she should've already made the entire universe converge at her!