Again, fair.
Matador was at least an actual response to something someone else had done (
Yumi’s bullying of Futaba), instead of just being Nodoka inflicting the games in her head on other people (cf, everything else she does).
What Nodoka did was by all means
not a "retribution", such that she openly told you she revenged regardless of "the victim want her to or not." Her
surrogate revenge was a well-conceived offend to Yumi's dignity that
only makes sense in her mindset and values.
Which I mean, her biggest flaw from my opinion is that she often saw others simply as one may called "raw vectors to which her effort may be applied." It works well on people who she considered as friends and her initial interaction with Akira along with her other three friends was a great example that she could utiltize manipulate talent to benefit others. As for those she deemed worthless or ill-disposed, well she basically treated them as abjected worms. It's the
least human incentive here in Matador since she didn't treat Yumi as another being but a puppet to toy with. Her sexual assault really caught me off guard at that moment. I might say she is eccentric, conceited and mostly well-reasoned one but never did I imagine anything like that.
Despite that, my Yumi declined her offer as a passive puppet and decided to trust her best friend was the greatest surprise both to me and Nodoka that actually led to
that Nodoka standing alone bewildered at the twist. To which I must applaud to, Yumi, you did the right choice. This game has too many inevitabilities and cycles that characters incured to themselves. You can't let others define you, even if it's a happy illusion.
