I have a love hate relationship with this game. There are so many things right with this game, but the things that are wrong drive me nuts. For example, not everything has to be blackmail. Take this .17 update; she finds the spy camera installed by the plumber and then goes off to look for him! Love it! She finds him and basically kicks his ass. Again, love it! Then she has a choice to arrest him or share the profits with him. I was totally Jones'd about this choice! Again, I loved it! Then when I selected that they split the profits, it turned into a blackmail thing where he becomes a total tool and demands she have sex with him.
Oy. At this point, she is basically a slut selling herself for BJ and HJ at night, plus she has already started to acknowledge she is starting to enjoy these things that keep happening to her so why can't she just agree to be an exhibitionist and share the profits while maintaining some control of the situation? Why did it have to be blackmail?
I get that there needs to be some blackmail (it is in the title after all), but not every situation needs to be forced. Manila has been written as smart and tough... so let her be smart and tough. When someone calls her a bitch after she kicks their ass, let her bitch slap the dude or kick him until he apologizes. If she has been starting to enjoy some of these situations, then let her start using sex to her advantage. I mean, she could have turned it back on the plumber and said something like "sure, I'll have sex with you, but if you cross me again, I am going to rip your dick off".
Sigh... It doesn't have to be Shakespeare, but it could be a lot better.
IMHO... lol.