This text area is kind of blocking the latest message.
Pressing H to hide it hides the phone at the same time.
But there is some empty space between the phone and the stats at the top of the screen.
If the phone were just pushed up against the stats bar, no message would be bathed in shadow.
I can change textbox opacity to fix this, but I like the text being on a dark background in normal play.
Also I would like to suggest clicking the phone icon in the corner closing the phone if it is already open. Yeah, I see the Exit in the center of the phone, but it just seems
intuitive to have the on button be the off button. Like a real phone.
I like the update. Things are on track well, I think. The futa club is a biiiit cringe, but I appreciate the design philosophy to have slow burn VNs sprinkle faster gratification in the side stuff.
I don't think Hailstorm and the trash dumpers fit Natsuo as a character nor me personally, but at the saaaaame time... I have to know what "Extra Akane Path" is going to consist of. I can always load a save if this is beyond tolerance.
And jeez, the train, the tutoring, the basketball guy offering swinging, Mei in the showers, is this still slow burn? It's coming nonstop. Though, the basketball guy's a twat associated with trash heaps, futa is a no-go for some, the train guy is a FREAK, and Ajax is greek. At least his name is. A lot of people won't be picking up every option out there, and I'm sure a lot of these take time to manifest into the real action.
But still, I wonder if you're signposting a little hard with Ajax. He's crossing a line and Natsuo is thinking "gosh i kinda like this" but maybe should let that one stew a little longer before giving it the NTS angle. The more Akane firmly feels like she's Natsuo's, the better it hits to have NTS or NTR. This is the same day that they had the exchange in the journalism club where it was established they're still maybe-so-maybe-not dating. "It's complicated." Still, not a deal-breaker, I'm enjoying it.
Meaty update, longer amount of content than I expected. Are other devs slow or are you just really devoted to your craft? I'll restrain myself from speculation. Maybe I should be paying for this.