And re-reading the arc... I have the sensation that most people had been so hard on Kase, even unfair.
She was coerced and forced with everything that is important for a Japanese:
-Personal debt with Fukami, fore leaving her the room task and find out her leaving from third parties ("on" and "ogi")
-Social pressure for her classmates ("sekentei") and Keep the group harmony ("wa"), colleagues whom she has to continue seeing every day and working with them. They aren't flatmates that you leave and never see again.
-And a direct order for a senpai, who didn't even ask, just said "it's decided". A relationship what implies respect and obedience, Disobeying her is not only not contemplated by you, but you also discredit her position of authority compared to the rest.
Making her literally impossible to refuse. That's why Yamada didn't get angry about the race, she did when Kase told her that it was Fukami's idea.
And despite this, it is implied that she was also going to leave the dorms eitherways:
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/yamada_to_kase_san_ch32#10
She prefers to leave on good terms, but here she is clearly preparing to face a direct conflict, something terribly violent in Japan.
I'm pretty sure that the japanese readers understood this arc way different than mostly of us.
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