i also feel some strong feels about this chapter, i'll say the beginning (up to when the club members all have their heads together) and the end (rika and keiichi talking about past chapters to the schizophrenics fighting on the roof scene) are exceptional. especially the ending, it just felt so fantastical and cheesy but it left such a warm feeling in my heart. a fight scene i actually liked? nice one, ryukishi.

i just felt the middle was a bit... blah compared to the rest. i think there's some good moments (i'm done with this world's rena) but they kinda falter compared to the other parts i mentioned. also why does the ANSWER ARC leave me with more QUESTIONS, RYUKISHI? WHY DOES RIKA HAVE THAT SYRINGE? WHAT EVEN IS MIYO?
(i know it'll be explained in some other chapter but eh)

i thought the theme about rena's family was very interesting as well, especially with what rina attempted to do and the aftermath of rena's dad and her but that got disregarded so that rena can sperg about aliens and maggots i guess. it does tie into the mental illness theme, and i think it's portrayed pretty well with rena's paranoia, her distorted thinking about miyo's scrapbooks and how it affected ooishi (shoutouts to the goat character) and straight up bizarreness at moments. the rena pov did kinda wear off me hours in but i like how the text goes from a very light pink to red through the chapter, nice touch.

also, the plot twist about keiichi shooting children with bb guns made me laugh because it reminded me of a 4chan greentext where a guy goes out at night and just fights highschoolers and homeless people for fun. atleast he's fucking great in this chapter. the moment where he confesses that to the club members and talks to mion about rena's theories actually made me a bit embarassed for thinking rena was right about secrets and the theories. this also leads into how tsumihoroboshi is the only instance of a "the power of friendship" trope i like