I know I should suspend my disbelief but I really have to wonder how she figured out how to make an account and so instantly got an international following...

I can help but notice that the first account that followed her is named 8ha7na5ko3san and I can't help but wonder if a certain ghost might make an appearance. I also wonder if those numbers have any significance I'm missing.

I'm guessing that that Hanako = the Hana on the last page = the purple-hair chick on the title page (Note that Hana's hair is completely covered and she has the same tiny irises) = the other half of our yuri pair. Time will tell whether she's the Hanako-san. Makes me wonder whether we're getting a story of two supernatural beings trying to fit into society, perhaps with different goals, or maybe our clueless Sada getting close to equally-clueless occultist human Hanako and the latter dragging the former around introducing her to her interests without knowing she's a real witch. Or something. Excited for whatever Jiang is cooking.

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"I clicked on the manga titled Gross Girl With Problems, and the girl it's about is kinda gross and has problems :/ Don't know why the author would have a character with problems, but guess I don't need to waste my time here."

I feel like I didn't read the same comic as some of the people commenting here??

The reason her work is not accepted is outlined in the very first page. Kei is extremely uncharismatic and her work has huge ethical concerns. The latter part is what this entire comic is about. Granted her presentation didn't necessarily involve the romance code, but sentient customizable AI is pretty inherently rough territory.
She gives a breakup speech to a mere robot because she is human and did see Marie as a lover on some level. She questions herself after the fact why she didn't just cut that step out. It's not like the author just forgot she could do that.
I also really don't feel like the comic "suddenly got dark". The setup should be very unnerving if you think about it for even a second. The twist seemed pretty inevitable and like an appropriate exploration of the dynamic to me.