some spoilers for the new yasuka route ig so play the route first before reading this review
I like how the mystery surrounding characters like Natsume, Minato, Akira and to a lesser extent, Kimochi and Netoru, deepen quite a lot in the new route. I don't know whether to like Akira's direction in this new route or not, as he seems significantly less threatning than he was before, but this very well may be a bait and switch, like to show us what an unprepared Akira is capable of.
Talking about bait and switch, this route had plenty of 'em and this made this scenario both tense and humorous, especially considering the context of the 'previous life'. This route was hella dark and I find it interesting that, despite his newfound resolve and connections, he can't control everything and he may be confronted to traumatising events which led to devastating consequences in the 'previous life' ( in this scenario, he could've lost Yasuka and his life ). Like there could be a path where you fix your mistakes and another where you make sure they could never happen.
I also like the implication that Corruption routes are darker and more extreme, which means potentially squeamish people playing eroge ( yes, they exist ) can entirely avoid them if this is too hard for them, and also more important, that we may be able to learn more informations about the 'previous life' in those Corruption routes.
This makes me wonder if some routes are going to be exclusive to certain previous route ( like a Romance route with Natsume following Corruption of Yasuka and / or Asami ), which will make the replayability of this game, once completed, pretty substential.
Also I love the new intro, I wasn't expecting that upon booting up the game so this is neat. And Noriko is the funniest character in this entire game just for one specific moment in the new route.
