A lot to unpack.
This update should highlight just how toxic some women can be. I wasn't the biggest Leah fan but I still had her 3rd behind Melody and Alice in terms of who I'd choose as love interest. I didn't know what kind of ending to expect involving Leah but this wasn't what I had in mind. From the beginning of the update there's this sort of annoying tension between the two, they're going back and forth with each other like how they did when they first met. I didn't like the tension between Leah and the other girls when they were around MC. For instance, the scene when Alice and Mel showed up while they were on their date they didn't even acknowledge MC, it's like they were being respectful to the fact that Leah and MC might be official so it made the scene awkward.
I felt Leah was especially cold towards Alice, It was Alice who was the one reaching out to Leah and not the other way around. She kept Mel at arms length also and didn't even want to shout out her Cafe. The whole update was about Leah's insecurities, I mean did she forget about the threesomes she had with Alice and MC or the fact that she was in a relationship with Alice? She literally made this guy commit to her for months, while she were secretly accepting a job in another country. Made him forget about the fact he and Alice were in love. Made him forget about Mel, he just said screw everything and everyone and left with her. It's almost as if she did this deliberately to try and lock down MC... And she succeeded. Look there's nothing wrong with romance or a romance route but this isn't it. Even after Leah first left the country you can tell Alice still loved him and wanted him to move on as did Mel but that didn't happen.
I honestly think this should've been a combo route like an Leah and Alice ending, it's just sad how those two acted as if they weren't an item there's definitely some unresolved issues with them. Alice became practically sisters with Mel instead, while Leah distanced herself from the girls. V.A. Laurie said that this ending is sort of setting the tone but I hope this isn't the sign of things to come.
I'm happy Hailey isn't a drunk anymore and hope she's in the harem route. I also hope there's a Susan sighting, the Karina issue is still the elephant in the room and needs to be addressed(Or maybe it was and I'm late, as usual). Lastly the talking to the dad thing pissed me off because he kind of caused this bullshit in the first place by being a dick and selling the house or at least set things in motion, it was also weird. Damn I wrote an essay.