Interesting! Media-wise, I'm probably opposite you, in that moving pictures are a lot easier for me than static ones, but your analysis of the difference in Nao is fascinating. I'm currently only a couple of chapters into the manga and one season into the drama, but I can definitely see where you're coming from with respect to her taking longer to become active as a character in drama-verse. I don't think I'd go quite so far as to say that she's only successful because of what she is in the drama (she started proving herself at the end of the Restructuring Game and never really stopped, I think), but that could always change after reading/watching more.

Thanks for the analysis!