so the only way i can compare nora with bella would be to put nora in bellas shoes and see how would that affect the story.
so first of all, would nora be better librarian than Bella?
on one hand, she has that old cat lady vibe going on which is common trope with librarians. On the other hand she herself is not giving me librarian vibe at all. point bella for me
Second thing would be jill's friendship. Others might not give a fuck but i would prefer bella as librarian for jills sake. point bella for me again.
Third thing. Would Nora let MC crash at her place once he finds out about Maya and Josy? And follow-up question, would MC even want to spend unknown ammount of time in his "current" state (for that time period) sharing his personal space with that shitty cat?
Opinionated follow-up question about cat aside, and judging from how quick was Nora to bail on her fun time with MC once she found out he is one of her students, i feel like she would be too conflicted to let him sleep in her house where Bella did not just let him sleep in but also lowkey helped him figure his shit out and personally i think she helps him fix his moral compass a bit. another point for bella.
Forth thing. Would she take risks that Bella is taking for MC? Whether it is joining halloween party, or the whole "dating a student" moral dilemma... and i honestly can see this go both ways so point for bella and point for nora i guess.
Last thing. Do i think Nora would be cool "friend" to hang around with when on other girls playthroughs? Would she be making underwear parties in her house and invite all the main girls to drink and have fun with? Especially if one of them is cockblocking her chances for having MC's babies? i think this is the hardest no, so again point Bella.
Now, lets assume Nora and Bella only swap their involvement in MC life and not their job proffesion. So to explain what i mean. Bella remains Jills friend and librarian and Nora remains the science teacher and its plot that actually changes to have MC get close to Nora instead of Bela in early episodes (easiest way for this to happen would be to just skip the parts where MC is in library and have him take science classes from get go)... would that change anything and maybe potentially give nora more point from my perspective?
Actually no i dont think it would, if anything we would lose the sex scene that we currently have as she would never agree to fuck a student she is teaching.
I guess after long consideration i would not say Nora is supperior to Bella in any way nor better written character... sorry