insan3soldiern said:
I don't see how you couldn't possibly understand the point to this chapter. It's fairly obvious it was about jealousy and vying for attention. I mean Kirie, who plainly says she doesn't want attention, gets all kinds of attention and her friend gets jealous etc.
I'm pretty sure it's not that people don't get it, it's just that the surface element is a little distracting. The parable-like elements are quite well done, but it's a little hard, at least for me, not to smirk a little at a crazy hair battle, no matter how malevolent the atmosphere and message is.