Thank you for playing!
It's okay that you didnt get to slack off in this version because it was one place where time restraints heavily impacted the contents. In future versions there will be days where you can train alongside other characters to boost friendship and also hopefully when you can easily see where your stats are their will be less pressure to train. (Or perhaps doing well in the contest is more dangerous than you realize ;) and training becomes second to forming alliances.)
It's a balancing act that we will be putting a lot of focus into in the future. More focus than 1 month allows for for sure Haha
Thank you again!