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>muh stakes
Can you at least define what you mean because everyone that cries about there being no stakes conveniently ignores the actual things at stake in a given story.
>because there's barely any wiggle room to succeed,
I don't think you realize that by design, Morena's card game is designed to funnel people into either joining or dying. The only reason she had to put in an escape clause is due to vows and limitations. On top of that the story wants Borksen to join so why would Togashi need to make up more wiggle room beyond a single viable card?
>the information gleaned does not enable strategy to change in the game
The information related to the game just focuses Borksen on the Return card as her win condition. The rest is story info and worldbuilding
>hidden
Yes it did because it reinforces that not even Morena and her crew noticed it. Cheating doesn't always have to be telegraphed to the reader
>more hidden
Nen abilities can and will continue to be discreet, especially in this arc.
>and the end result is a blunt instrument serving the plot first
Coercive abilities are about as blunt as you can get when it comes to manipulation. And Borksen joining now serves the plot in different ways than her walking away because she's "inside" Morena's crew now.
>Do you want to revisit the card game any time soon?
I re-read it after making my response. But I don't think another character needs to go through it unless they can get new and more interesting info out of Morena.
>Do you enjoy reading the back and forth mind games between morena and Bork?
I enjoy their rapport yes. The mind games were basic since Morena had the odds in her favor and a failsafe for cheating. Borksen simply didn't know enough about Nen, nor trust her 50/50 chance to risk inevitable death and got trapped. The meat isn't the game but the conversations. Now I want to see how Borksen plays the rest of this arc