Now I have finished the chapter, some thoughts:
- I have to say the start of Chap 18 with the couch scene... started with me having a near heart attack going "WTF happened"... and then the reveal happened. GG Dev's, you got me good with that one.
- There were quite a few grammatical error's throughout. Not enough to ruin things, but enough that I had to double-read some of them. I prolly should have taken note of them for the dev, but was too invested in playing through. I mean, it's not Engrish or MTL level's of bad, and not everywhere... just stuff that I picked up that threw me off a bit here and there.
- Hime and the Thumbstick.
Well, if this was a cliche story/setting it would be found and returned to Hime, who would then finally plug it in... and it would have a mushy 'I love you' or "I want to give us a shot' type of msg on it for her. Dunno if that's where the dev is gonna go with this, or if it's a red herring that will never be mentioned again. TBH I'm more leaning to never being mentioned, as it might spoil the image/history of MC being a blind doofus back then (and still is).
- I loved the Cat Cafe scene. So amusing. Teehee.
- I hope we get more wholesome Hatsumi. That scene with her, Hime and MC... adorable.
- Regarding the conclusion.
- Regarding the point Mommysbuttslut bring up in their post above: I fully agree. That option threw me as well... taking the more possessive and controlling option is the best option? Seems weird / off to me... and might just be a problem for me, as my IRL experience with someone saying that vs the other option... was NOT the way I see the MC, or the way the MC has been shown/talked about.
IE I've known someone who has said "You are mine" over "I love you"... and they were a manipulative abusive asshole... the exact opposite of how the MC has been written, how everyone describes him, etc. TBH I took the option for the points and tried my hardest NOT to think of the implications/associations... the fact that nothing else about the MC matched with that kind of mindset/behavior helped me a lot to just ignore the phrasing of that option being better than "I love you."