[Jarmel]

Originally Posted by Forsaken_Infinity

Read the novel to see why SSS keep away from Tenshi.

Actually, you don't need to. You can very easily see why normal people would stay away from her.

It is retrospective to claim that they should have had prepared a better plan, got more information etc. in the sense that you came to know that the Tenshi is human after their actions and you get to see every side of the story. You aren't the one trying to lead a random bunch of literal morons while trying to figure out everything about the world you are in by trial and error. Your statement, "she rarely, if ever, acts in an aggressive manner," is as retrospective as it can be. How the effing heck are you supposed to know her pacifist behavior unless you get to observe her like us viewers do lol. For all the SSS could care, she has had a lot of pain-inflicting battles with them, they'd be nervous just being in her field of vision.

Now, its very very easy to claim that its common sense to go ask the student council president for more information while you are away from conflict and get to see all the characters from an omniscient point of view. Try imagining yourself as a person who suddenly woke up in a random school with everyone acting as though you had always been a student there. And nobody in the school gives you any information. The teachers, the students, they are all emotionless and given that the president exudes the same lack of emotion, common sense depicts that it'd be useless to talk to her. Add the fact that she possesses supernatural abilities and nobody would want to talk to her. The fact that she has no friend serves as proof of this fact.

As for your hypotheses that the teachers held more authority than the student president, given that everything about a high school is emulated, on the surface at least, they would be. However, its more about keeping the pretense of a proper school than a hierarchy of authority, methinks. The teachers aren't a higher level of authority at all, they can't do jackshit, its Kadane who upholds the law etc. There is a higher level of authority, but its not the teachers, the teachers are just for show. Or at least that's what I think. I doubt there is a single, all-powerful existence that you could single out as god behind such an elaborate setting as that school, but depending on just how dark the tone can get, we could get anything from a council of compassionate senile elderly to much sinister forces that I would rather not list. I get the feeling that this issue won't be addressed by the anime though.

It's pretty obvious that the regular students aren't afraid of her as in episode 3 when she tears down those posters and the students start to gang up on her. Also note how she hasn't yelled at anybody or responded in any emotional manner, she acts very professional and to the point. The gang isn't adjusting for changes in their knowledge like Yurippe still trying to rebel even when she has a very good idea that Tenshi is actually human(which we still don't know yet). The other guys seemingly don't even care.

If I was stuck in that situation then my first priority would be find out who knows anything and go ask them. If they didn't tell me then I would go and try either other ways of finding out info instead of deciding that I would just attack the head honchos which I don't even know if they know anything. Yurippe has no idea what's going on and instead of trying to cooperate and ask Tenshi especially after she knows Tenshi is not an angel is just stupid. In this case the people in the world should have a better idea that she isn't aggressive seeing as she doesn't barge in and have them all detained or anything of that manner. As Otonashi notes, she acts in a very defensive manner and it's amazing that he and it seems Yurippe are the only ones who know or care.

Considering they removed Kaname, they are definitely in a higher position of authority. She may uphold they law but it's them who set down the laws. Also in episode 3 during the concert they interfere instead of Tenshi and it seems all she was doing was spectating. She takes orders from them, not the other way around.