YMMV / The Future Briefing Island

• Broken Base: The original Chapter 30 had very mixed opinions due to Nedzu being perceived as going too far in his training of the students with the labyrinth, to the point that the author had to post up a strawpoll in the subsequent chapter to ask if he should rewrite the Chapter completely. He ultimately changed the second half of the original chapter after much deliberation:
  • Some readers feel that Nedzu's actions are too cruel and excessive, due to being willing to brutalize and harm his students (bordering on what could be considered to be war crimes) while abusing the immortality that the island enables. A particular point made is that given how much the story goes out of its way to emphasize the trauma and damage something like the comparatively tame USJ incident has caused to the students, it's immensely hypocritical and out of character for someone like Nedzu to subject them to events that arguably exceed the horrors of that event.
  • On the flipside, some think that it's fine, given that they're technically going to be alright as a result of being revived and healed of their injuries, and that due to the circumstances, Training from Hell might be necessary in order to ensure that the students will survive the horrors yet to come.
  • Many people are stuck between these two camps to varying degrees, with some feeling that while it might be necessary, it should come with the caveat that Nedzu needs to face proper consequences for this, possibly tied into his nature as an uplifted animal subjected to horrific science experiments and the disconnect in morality present to make him understand just how cruel his actions are.