been thinking about this: i think john is going to be the virus programs equivalent of chiaki, an AI used to spread despair. given the viruses creators i can see it taking on a pretend-hopeful persona to manipulate the cast into despair
everyone's assuming hinata and john will get along, but i'm really banking on him being like an evil makoto who rallies everyone against eachother that hinata ends up hating
@eyes_bewildered i'm imagining he like presses on everyone's personal insecurities and issues which leads to everyone fracturing into little factions, hence midoas "the Ibuki crew is innocent" line
everyone's assuming hinata and john will get along, but i'm really banking on him being like an evil makoto who rallies everyone against eachother that hinata ends up hating