>>283686719
kinda both. There are intelligent stratagems from both sides, but at the same time you have over-the-top evil gloating antagonists, mostly due to cheating or tricking Nao, when things appear to go their way before getting beaten by the MCs, and i mean really exagerated, like Kengan Omega levels of tongue and YOU'VE GOT IT ALL WRONG. And the jap and korean live actions series managed to go even further in that regard somehow

Still an entertaining read though, i'm very excited for the anime