>>281606397
Hey I can be more objective than that. I might be biased towards tomboy archetypes but Miho has more facets that play off the rest of the cast in interesting ways. Miho's arc post-confessing to Satsuki (no homo) felt like it opened a closed room and widened the conflicts from just the weirdos to the whole school in a way I wish the rest of the manga kept exploring. Satsuki vs Prez could have been a real school-wide issue. Instead things stayed isolated. Granted that's just my preference and I'm not saying Ryoko was wrong to have a different vision there. But sometimes the manga had to bend over backwards to limit the scale, especially after Sensei got involved and Satsuki had an authority figure on her side.

>>281607603
That's true, and I do agree no ending would have satisfied besides Satsuki/Komachi earning those human connections. But not so much "death being good," I think Satsuki needed to accept the inevitability of death to overcome her trauma. She said so in her promise to Komachi, that if the time came she failed to save someone she'd be ready and forgive Komachi. I think the deeper question is if Satsuki would forgive herself. That's the kind of conflict I wanted out of the finale.
Okay yes saving Seo resulting in Kai's death is basically that, but it's too irredeemable, out of order, and Satsuki never recognized the consequences until it was too late. I want a life or death choice framed not as Satsuki choosing who dies but taking comfort in who lived.

>>281607763
I would even say Michi's journey of self-discovery including figuring out she's ghostgay falls under that banner of deductive conflict. It's having a mini Goeido moment now so hopefully Michi finally accepts she's trapped in a yuri manga.