The way I interpret this is that Shizuka's history of being bullied in the past broke her so much that latched on to Azami as the first girl in high school that made a genuine offer of friendship without even knowing her, only to be broken further when said girl abandoned her as Shizuka's bullying continued, leading Shizuka to become a yandere when they moved to second year and start bullying Azami in secret to create a false sense of shared suffering that will drive Azami into her arms.
Don't like it. Feels like it's pushing something about how people being bullied make it up for attention, and that rubs me the wrong way hard.
Actually, I've seen at least one local documentary citing studies that bullied children tend to end up becoming bullies themselves as a messed-up coping mechanism to vent their frustrations with being powerless against their tormentors, by finding people to torment themselves. It's possible that something similar is happening here, as I explained above.
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