I think a thing that really got me during reading this was how easily characters acquiesced and deferred to Elise as their superior. There are obstacles set up, but they really do feel shallow. The generation’s genius easily gives her credit and treats her as his superior. Her rival instantly becomes best friends with her despite getting the love interest over her. I would say that the view of humanity in this story is pretty optimistic. I feel as though this is contributing to the idea that Elise is a Mary Sue. In my opinion, as a character she is not. She is pretty grounded for a rebirth character actually. But the lack of resistance from other characters and the constant comparison to her 16 year old self compared to her 30-40? year old self isn’t helping much, haha