Dream with Our Eyes Open

GJ is definitely one of my less-liked arcs as a whole, although there are individual scenes (Eda and Revy's conversation at the beginning, all the Shenhua bits, etc.) that I adored. Jane herself I'm rather of two minds about; on the one hand, like Red, I find her rather unlikable; OTOH, I do recognize that what I dislike about her is just what you've noted, it's a not-uncommon sort of monomaniacal and socially tone-deaf sort of geeky personality type. So while I don't really like her, I like that character exists, if that make sense -- in far too many media you'd only see that sort of character as a nerdy male, and they'd probably be sort of sexless supporting characters. So I love that she's there, in all her abrasive-self-absorbed geek glory, and I love that geeky version of Slap Slap Kiss between her and Benny -- it all ends up being yet another example of Hiroe writing competent, non-stereotpical-role female characters in ways that are usually reserved for males (and the male characters, at least the more sympathetic ones who are likeliest to *not* be killed off before the chapter is over, thinking it's perfectly cool that the ladies are just as smart or ruthless or deadly as the guys are...)