Mature of him not to call out the fake friendships of everyone around him and instead focus on making Hidaka happy.
I like how they told Hidaka not to yell out Tobiomoto's Kaijuu-nickname because they didn't want to break the "appearance of everyone being friends" even though no one in the class really believed they were.
I wonder how his old friend felt, being supported even if it was through a violent way. If I were him, I'd regret not taking Tobimoto's side.
I wish this was longer. They had several threads that I would have liked to see closed. It was a good start and compelling. I totally get the author when they said they have a hard time making their characters do wrong things. You made these characters and now you have to make a convincing "incorrect" action for them to take. Feels wrong on multiple levels.
8/10, if it were longer and brought closure to many loose ends I could see it being 9 or more.
Anyone got any recommendations like this? Thanks!