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The picture describes her as a dark horse, if my translation is up to snuff.

This is the perspective of the straight Japanese player and I appreciate the insight since it mostly lines up with mine except I don’t like that Darumi isn’t included. He refers to Nozomi as a classical heroine and Hiruko as a classical player friendly type (I don’t know Madoka but he does say “ She's the classic heroine in the lineage of Homura Akemi, a player-friendly type that you couldn't help but fall in love with... Just as Sumino is Shizuhara’s only salvation, Shizuhara is the player's only salvation...”)