This is getting a tad stretched out, like what is the end goal or overhead direction. Like yeah I'm aware of the genre but you still gotta be aware of the themes/scenarios you're putting into it and not fulfilling them. Is this series still about getting 100 friends and overcoming social...
God damn, what was the point of this writing wise. If it was meant to not delve into the relationship stuff yet just have them go in a big group. Naruse x Ase could could probably be done later but oh well.
When you get gaslighted so hard, turns out you gaslight yourself. Story is still interesting, not that I'm knocking the unreliable narrator narrative technique, it's not that it wasn't that expected and you don't see that often so a twist is a twist.