@Navidson92 No need to be coy, you can address me directly.
To clarify a bit, with power dynamics I was referring to the situation inside the club specifically, and nowhere do I recall linking this to sociopathic behavior so kindly do not put words into my mouth. As others have pointed out after me, kouhai came of as forceful and did exploit senpai's weakness, certainly. Now that may have indeed been with purely good intentions, one might argue that all is fair in love and war after all so this ultimately may not have been a bad thing at all. Just on a very personal level, at least on first read, this just did not quite sit right with me and that sparked my initial comment on this manga being a dud, i.e. falling flat for me. And that is that, really.
[Also: One cannot offer a dissenting opinion and, in turn, resentfully dismiss a further dissenting opinion on one's own dissent. That, yo', leads to arrogant hypocrisy.]
Okay, so what happened was that my short comment was somehow taken as a statement of fact, an accusation which I defended against and went on to clarify my stance. I then sarcastically remarked how similarly curt but opposing views escaped such scrutiny. I admit I may have been overly passive-aggressive with that, but nowhere do I recall dismissing other peoples' views on this manga or their enjoyment of it, the only thing I resented that anyone else here said was when I was told "use IMO, yo".
In fact, yours is a very valid interpretation of the story and I thank you for sharing it. I still do not particularly like the it or the characters, but at least I can think better of the work in general. I can completely see why others like the usual Mochi elements that are on display here as they are in their other works, it was just the package they were presented in this time that did not appeal to me personally. It did to others such as yourself and that is perfectly fine.
This somehow became a much larger thing than I expected, and if I came across as arrogant and dismissive then I assure you it was not my intention and I apologize. Thank you again for your insight!
edited to add...
It's kind of a weird thing to say, but I liked it because it was Mochi, not because it was a good story or I liked any of the characters.
This is actually an interesting thought as well, I can totally see it. I think in my case the "mochiness" just did not quite overtake the other elements.
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