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One of the main problems with Aritomi is that he's too understated. He's not as emotional about this as he probably should be, in order to get a good sense of overwhelming jealousy coming from him. They're playing Aritomi as this really self-satisfied smug smart guy. They should be playing him as a bit snarkier, a bit angrier, much more emotional, a guy desperately trying to prove his worth. Instead, he comes off as mildly annoyed and calmly cynical, which is probably why a motivation that seems fine to me on paper isn't getting through well to some viewers.
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Pretty much this. STUDY's personality doesn't reflect their current struggles. Aritomi, for example, just sneers at everyone with the confidence of a mad scientist. He may just be overly confident of his abilities, but his struggles as "a great mind that craves recognition" doesn't really show.
I feel like he was designed like a character that is perfect as a light novel character but was ported into the anime medium, causing most of his monologues to be lost in the adaptation. The problem is that he's an anime-original character. :/