>>13552658well as i said that answer is fine if they were properly communicating that they didn't know when to use to use な, but since it was interpreted as wanting to know the reasoning behind it's usage in certain situations the novel is required to explain the noun situation without causing more confusion
in the end the prof did offer a bit of an explanation by saying that it should be thought of as individual patterns which are just a stepping stone to speaking without really thinking about such things anyway
>>13552691presumably at some point. we'll never know now though
