Once again, on the topic of Touka - am I the only one who finds her character development kinda weird and not believable? When we first meet her, she is wholesome and gullible, and she stays this way throughout Ch2 and most of Ch3. She was not a very fleshed-out character, so obviously some depth needed to be introduced, but to me some of her new "traits" seem unwarranted and come out of nowhere.
I don't have access to the game right now and can't attach screenshots, so I might misremember things. But during the previous dorm wars, when she competed with Ami in whatever that "mom contest" thing was, she acted quite uncharacteristically - spoke to Sensei in a very suggestive manner while rubbing his back, scratched it with her fingernails and altogether was a bit too flirtatios than would be logical (as I see it) at that point in the story. But ok, that much I can get - we do know that almost all girls have the hots for Sensei, and this kind of behavior is to be expected, even if it felt a bit rushed.
What really confuses me is the whole "Touka as a mommy" thing. This really does appear out of nowhere approximately at the same time as previous dorm wars (thus the mom contest, duh), but really takes flight (and falls flat) in the very next update - the Halloween party before the last reset. This is the update when the narration, Sensei himself, other people repeatedly and explicitly comment on how "motherly" Touka is and tell us that's the reason why Sensei gravitates to her at the party (hoping she could keep him grounded while he's losing his mind pre-reset). In the following updates this view of Touka is reiterated several times (e.g. by Ayane post reset, if I'm not mistaken) and now it seams that's just Touka's new "thing". But personally, I don't see it, I don't feel it, and to me it looks like a case of "telling, not showing": "Look, Touka's a mommy now, and Sensei has mommy issues, so he will seek refuge in her and these two characters will finally have something to do apart from calling each other by a wrong name". I just don't like when things are stated this explicitly and forced on a reader with no buildup. The only thing "mommy-Touka" had going for her was her relationship with Yasu, but then again, this usually came down to Touka just frantically running after her, more like a protective sister would do. To me this just wasn't enough.
I might be unfair in some regards, but this is the general vibe I get from Touka. Which is a pity, because I know she is quite popular in the community, and I agree that she is otherwise quite enjoyable and has a gorgeous design. But to me now she just doesn't add up, and, sadly, not in an intriguing but in an annoying way. I wonder if I am the only one?
