#i don't really know anything about gyaru style or culture which is why i didn't mention it

[celiaelise]

I've seen several posts describe Momo as "a popular girl", (usually in contrast to Okarun's "weird/outcast/nerd boy") which I feel like the story has made very clear is not the case?? Like, if anything, in an American setting, I feel like she'd be more like an alt/scene girl?

Aira is very explicitly "the popular girl"... this is stated outright multiple times! And she has absolutely no difficulty weaponizing that to turn their peers against Momo, which I think would've definitely been harder if Momo was actually popular.

(Honestly I feel like the story has really brushed over the fact that Aira and her friends LITERALLY KIDNAPPED Momo!! Momo comes off as brusque, but tbh she is way nicer than she needs to be about some stuff. If a classmate kidnapped me based on a misunderstanding, and then I saved them from multiple deadly supernatural attacks, and they STILL were rude to me and accused me of being a demon, I would not shut up about it.)

Yes, those guys Okarun overhears are expressing interest in Momo, but they're saying they would have sex with her, not that they particularly desire her attention. They're being dehumanizing and disrespectful, which is why Okarun gets upset. That's not how you talk about someone that you like or care about as a person.

Anyway, that's all, I just wanted to say that Momo is not popular. She and Okarun are both weirdos, just not necessarily in the same direction.