I think we're talking about two different issues here. I only brought up the spinoff example to illustrate that there are other ways to expand a cast. My main criticism is that Gochiusa is fundamentally a four-panel manga with very limited narrative space. By trying to develop eleven major...
There’s nothing wrong with adding new characters, and many of them have distinctive and memorable designs. The problem is that Is the Order a Rabbit? is, at its core, a four-panel manga with very limited storytelling space. Under those constraints, it is simply impossible for the author to...
In most slice-of-life series, the core cast is usually kept to around three to five characters, while the rest serve as supporting characters. The problem with GochiUsa's later chapters is that the author seems determined to treat nearly ten characters as equally important protagonists.
As a...