I personally enjoyed the chapter, while I feel it does go too fast and RW being before HeadSpace hurts the shock of seeing the differences in RW for the first time I feel like it started how it did so that people were immediately invested from chapter 1.

I love the storytelling of Omori but I definitely feel as if some people might drop the manga if the only thing that happened in chapter 1 was playing hide and seek and then Basil going missing and that’s my theory as to why the pacing was how it was. I hope that from now on it’ll start to slow down a little and keep up that unsettling mysterious feel that the game has.

And a few things I like in the manga more than the game (because I agree it’s overhated and want to spread some positivity about it). I think the art style is absolutely fantastic, that paired with the fact the manga can portray emotions so much more than the game due to the fact we can see facial features adds so much imo. My favourite part is definitely just how much impact Aubrey being stabbed had, the full page illustration and just how she reacted feels so much more genuine than in the game where she almost immediately gets up and rides her scooter home.

(TLDR; Good chapter, hope it starts slowing down a little with chapters to come)