In other words, do you know how there are sometimes specials from shows you like and they take the same characters and insert them in made-up scenarios that are outside the canon? This is what this dormwars felt like to me.
Bad timing aside, I don't have a problem with a standalone kind of update, per se. It's just that when it comes to Selebus, it really does feel like he's trying too hard. I enjoy the humorous situations and dialogues he's able to pull off whitin the plot, but when he writes an event that it's supposed to be funny on its own, he loses me most of the time. I don't know what you guys thought of Touka's comedy number but I was there thinking "yikes, this is going bad, please put Tsuneyo on the stage", just for Selebus to tell me through Kirin's voice: "damn, this girl is good eh?". Sure, bud.
In my case, the dorm wars makes me feel disconnected not only from the story but from the author as well. Just look at the difference when an event it
is linked to the plot. Io's date was excellent, Rin's not so much but it had some nice moments. And overall I can't help of thinking of missed opportunities.
I mean, just for throwing a case in here: since in the last update it was time for Nodoka to come clean (not the full thruth but whatevs...) about Yumi aaand since there was an event that actually included a trial, wouldn't have been better having the girls trying to solve the Nodoka vs Yumi case? Could've been a good time to strike on Nodoka, usually unfazed but who was feeling vulnerable at the moment. Would be uncomfortable for Yumi as well, as much as she'd like to be vindicated she could feel more humiliated if the whole story gets revealed (and I know the "whole story" depends on flags, but come on, Selebus already showed that he can take a shit on red pathers). And, of course, Futaba being part of the jury would only make things juicer.
But nope, don't understimate the power of running jokes from chapter 1. Dead janitors, just like Rin's cursed dice, never get old I guess. I just feel bad on how the whole issue was solved man, I believe that we deserved more than "Yeah, I probably went a little overboard, whoopsies."
