so i know we bunal nerds like to joke about ssc being the Mean Girls™ of the bungou world but like. you can& #39;t tell me that that much shade and backstabbing didn& #39;t have actually negative effects on the people involved

i get it. they were all a bunch of dumb simps. it& #39;s hilarious. but just like popular high school clique culture is mentally harmful to people, these people took every chance they could to ruin each other& #39;s personal, social, and academic lives

just look at kume. humiliated in front of not only his mentor, but also his mentor& #39;s whole family. even now scholars look at his life and his works and say that he can hardly be considered a writer at all compared to the others in the group

i& #39;m not saying kume is entirely innocent either, naturally he did his own fair share of mean-girl-ism
but that& #39;s what this kind of friend setup does. everyone is oh so nice to each other& #39;s faces while secretly planning each other& #39;s demise.

ending this thread before i get jumped by people sick of hearing about this