>>280588713in japanese culture if you fought back with violence you'd get ostracized and treated like a wild animal
the interaction goes from bully and bullied, to two delinquents having a brawl.
doubly worse for women. they're not supposed to use violence. they're supposed to use their wits and charm to get the crowd on their side.
that battle shizuka lost from the start since she has zero friends and her mom's a whore.
Here, the winning woman strategy would have been to make her own comparable group of friends and air out marina's daddy issues.