May I suggest a bit of navel-gazing and experience-sharing among this happy anarchy, as I have come to think of our "team"?
Question for you MIDI-makers. Have you spent any amount of time (how much) looking over the introductory material that precedes the table of contents? There's quite a bit of reference to individual songs in there. I'm not saying you SHOULD read all that before transcribing for MIDI-- just curious about your processes, and wanting to know if you have NOT looked in there much, on individual songs, because if not then I will as I review the MIDIs.
I'm finding I have to read the intro over and over for it to sink in-- such a different world we live in now, it's hard to get it all to stick. Like building a new place in my head to set these characters and their songs and lives onto the stage, then I can watch them, listen to them, learn as I observe, and come back into NOW with a synthesis, an integration of understanding.
It's a lot to wrap my arms around, if you know what I mean. So I am curious if you've gone there too, in the intro, or if you are standing more in NOW and just looking at the dots?