There you go. Pretty obvious what he is planning the game to be like, always was... even if many claim not to have seen this.
Now if we'll actually ever come that far, that's a different question entirely.
That's pretty disingenuous, isn't it? They said there would be no NTR, but there would be consequences without being specific. Then they go "um, actually" to defend the inclusion of NTR. Because, under the general definition of a love interest being stolen away, this is NTR.
And let me be clear: I do not mind that. I will go one step further, I actually think that, just from a drama perspective, it's a pretty effective way to create high stakes. If it's a Bad Ending that you can only reach by being incompetent or terminally braindead, there's not really a reason to worry: It's a fail state, not a forced conclusion. If, as it's been said, just because you friendzone one of the girls doesn't mean automatic NTR (which would mean a sex scene included, of course), then it's a good way to force the players to be very careful how they approach each decision. That's cool. Hell, I support it if it's "optional" in the sense that you can avoid it, maybe even have a golden ending on the other end of the spectrum. But own up to it, people. The creator thought that NTR would be a nice form of punishment for careless players, and that's fine. It's the attempt to weasel out and then getting defensive when called out on it that's bullshit.
Also, how does this game not run on porn logic? Last time I played, there's a drug that brainwashes someone after three doses and makes them sexually imprint on the first person they see; the MC gets laid after something like three dates with a girl that he doesn't know from before and she's as far as we know, a virgin (and he can bang her in the public restroom, too); the MC goes back in time to bang his adopted family; there's a crazy love interest that accepts three-timing if you treat her carefully enough during that time. The game runs on porn logic, as much as we want to pretend it doesn't. It's a porn game, after all. If you don't want it to run on porn logic, maybe have the mom route take several years, a lot of partners in between and three nights of drunken rage after the 28th supposed divorcee that's just looking for another hole to score. But don't pretend this game doesn't use porn logic, because that's stupid.
And I repeat:
The game is fine, I do not mind the NTR itself. The art is great and the plot, the actual plot, it's pretty interesting even if unrealistic from the get go. The dev has something truly great here, and if they're more open about the dramatic possibilities of the derided "porn logic" they can make a lot of people happy without truly compromising their vision. Hell, if they want the game to be about consequences, make some of the routes hard as nails, but doable. As an example, you want the double oyakodon? Fine: Be ready to balance a lot of shit for most of the time so you can convince everyone involved, and one wrong step ends with all of them leaving you. If the people want it, give it to them, but make it a nightmare to accomplish. Make them pay. If you want to get back to them? Give them poisoned apples.
