No, it's same thing, an X amount of content dragged out for too long, so the event itself is long but progress is thin. Or more precisely, the last couple updates felt like treading water.
Mhh.. is that so? I for one am quite happy with the pace. If anything Emas final corruption phase seemed a bit short to me.
Spoilers for v0.36 incoming
This beach update with Tokuko was quite good imo. We are able to see Tokukos inner struggles despite her trying to appear confident and calm. She clearly doesnt want to hurt her boyfriend, but still wants so please the MC. And seeing those struggles, the mc is actively helping her and making her understand that its fine to hurt her boyfriend... that she will need to commit more to win the mcs heart, that she doesnt have to be afraid. Im even more surprised that it was Chiaki understanding and telling Tokuko what the mc actually wanted of her... showing again that Chiaki is important for this story, even tho i dont like her much...
So yeah. I know it sounds like im trying to please the Dev (and maybe iam trying kek), but i think that the pace and progress is wonderfully choosen here.
Its not mindless corruption by big dick, but a slower one where we carefully manipulate their behaviours and put suggestions into their minds, making them change their mindsets, while STILL experiencing setbacks and problems for the mc, making him have to improvise and adept, which again, shows that peoples behaviour is still unpredictable even after full corruption. At least for Ai, Tokuko and Chiaki. Poor Ema got tamed so much that she is too afraid to do anything special... anyways. all of that is still better writing than most stories and games here and out there imo.
+ Tokuko wanting a hug from the mc after their plannings in the living room + her changed expression on the beach at the end of the update were especially WHOLESOME for me to see and got me really excited for the next updates.
