Ch.171 did the "play" part better, and the whole Katori thing could be used for this one. Why do you have to make the SAME set-up and have it show LESS progress, even with Katori present, when you could've used it to expand on Matsuura's relationship with her senpai.
Makes me wonder how the writing went for the worse after the glorious Akagi/Kaji chapter.
I'm so afraid for the Noru/Alice and Takano/Sugawara now...Not that the ships will sink, but the fact that it will be executed in the most boring way possible.