She also grabbed Sou's hand in his pocket during the guard hand-over. Hard to believe we're still in the same day in this manga. Seems like so long ago.
There's some of a Hero's Journey quality to the media for sure.
You know how in Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls, they have the starting 3: Rin, Uzuki, and Mio. Rin is the strong one, Uzupaka is the lovable one, and Mio is basically worthless. It's like what Kana was until this arc.
What we haven't...
Having seen the 1:39, I see what's wrong with this story: it makes no use of the 1:5 setting. Everything that's happened so far is completely plausible in the 1:1 world. The 1:39 is of course a joke setting and Kisa-sensei is taking it too far, but at least it delivers on the promise to show...