Hot Take: THAT Character wasn’t poorly written in DR3 and compromise was needed
A lot of people love to talk how Junko was poorly written because she didn’t manipulate people and that she was assassinated.
However, people forget Junko is a literally Junkie for despair; Junkies need quick fixes.
So I find it hard to believe everyone was thought she’d be some type of Monaca type villain (who already filled that niche).
People forget that the DR2 cast had to had their hand pushed to commit murder or was baited into it by Nagito. They are also the most happy go lucky cast. So how in earth, would they be so broken.
Mikan is easy. Kazuichi is average. Nekomaru is hard. Most of the cast falls in between Kazauichi and Nekomaru.
There is absolutely no way she could’ve manipulated all of them because she was already suspicious and it goes against her character.
Plus, she outright said she didn’t give a damn about class 77. So why would she waste time and energy on them instead of class 78.
I actually thought her blackmail of Juzo was a good display of her character. Simple yet effective and quick. She didn’t need to go on about his insecurities of being gay; she just knew that would trigger him and that’s what she needed to do.
She should’ve gotten Mikan first then started trying to blackmail fuyuhiko for the twilight murder case. Etc etc. that way there would be a domino of despair affecting the class. That way it’s more believable, then Chiaki dying would be cherry on top.