That's a lot of the advantage of getting all of these chapters at once. As I noted, I was already following this, but wasn't really sold on it. And part of the problem was that it was out to 30 or so chapters, and we still hadn't really learned much about Ri-chan.

But the thing is that this one's moving slower and going into much more detail, so instead of suddenly slapping us with a condensed version of the history of her trauma, and with virtually no context, we're getting things slowly fleshed out. And yeah - I think it's better execution in the long run. It just needed enough chapters to really get moving.

Another notable difference is that this one has introduced more characters, and I think that's going to be better in the long run too. We've already gotten glimpses into Ri-chan's relationships with both of her parents, and seen clues to how she came to be who she is. And we've already seen that her mom is apparently not as cold and distant as she initially appeared to be, and I fully expect more revelations about them.

Glad you liked it.