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Originally Posted by quigonkenny
If anyone does agree, please come forth, as I can't be wrong about my opinions, but I'll freely admit if I've assumed incorrectly about the general opinions of the audience.
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Well, I agree with wtflux, for whatever that's worth.
The first book sets up certain expectations of what's to come that have so far not been followed through in any significant way. It's all been setup with very little progress in the plot.
I know next to nothing about how the series came to be written or how it's published, so this is all speculation, but I get the feeling that Tanigawa didn't have any expectation of this turning into a popular series and that he wrote the first book as if it was a stand-alone novel. In other words I think he's winging it and it's starting to show (actually it started to show a few volumes back).
None of which is to say I'm not enjoying the series because I find it great fun. But I would enjoy it more if the overarching plot started moving forward instead of having hints about it dropped here and there without any actual progress.