Total War is probably the deep end.
I'd direct you towards XCOM 2 or Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children instead. These are more tactics games, rather than strategy.
You might also try Against the Storm or Starsector.
demoran
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Ancient Magus Bride S2
Oshi no Ko
Skip and Loafer
Insomniacs After School
The Dangers in My Heart
I was thinking about that the other day. It must have been a hard sell to get that 90 minute episode in. It makes sense, to anchor the characters to their mother and provide a driving motivation to them, without giving the viewers a bait and switch.
The justification here is probably just that "wow, look how popular Oshi no Ko was, let's do what they did".