Ensemble Stars! Episode 4 Discussion

yellowheartren said:
Sooo... the council / Akatsuki are bad, because of the rules they make that forcibly uphold the status quo, ie. they're practically uncontested. They cannot be contested. As such, the whole system is bad and oppressive, right? This is what we're being told time and time again, in various ways, by several characters, in about every episode so far.

But here is my problem: I just don't feel it. Apparently this episode was something of a climax, and yet I can't really recall much of a build-up leading to it. They talk about a rebellion, a revolution, even; supposedly there was a whole big conspiracy to upstage and show up Akatsuki in a way, to overthrow the "government"... How do we even know that? Well, from the fact that this climax happened, but other than that - a few hints maybe? A short flashback or two, here and there? I dunno. They keep saying how significant and impactful it was, affecting the whoel school... But I've not gotten any such impression from the previous episodes.