@KLGChaos perhaps you overlook the fact that the one who giving score isn't just the lecturer, but also numbers of professional director and crew.
you can change the teacher to Koro-sensei, Onizuka, Kakashi or whoever teacher you like, but the result will always 3rd.
the manga is....... "unstable".
its good to see Ichirou expression and such, but the scene jumped from one to another, thus make it impossibly hard to follow the flow of story unless you're already read the novel.
i'm not reading the novel, if you want to know.
film, anime, games are basically same, they need lot of people and things to contribute, lose one of it and everything gone disarray.
by the way, if you like this manga, also read.....
https://mangadex.org/title/13622/new-game