>>7688841"deserved it"?
Pure, maybe, for believing in the power of friendship even in the KB world.
Hitomi, definitely due to that 'slash' at the end of the first arc.
Shidou, all that and more besides.
But Taz deserved to beat Hitomi down to the point she couldn't stand up, prove to herself she wasn't a coward or weak, be acclaimed the Preliminary champion, and have hot, violent, prolonged celebratory sex with Cheets to the point they were so exhausted they couldn't make death threats against the other. Over, and over, and over.
