I feel like not being able to talk about Mina (and the carnations) to Hana at that point is a big stain in an overall pretty consistant story with very consistant characters. That was so frustrating to read this "my two only choices are to either stop things with Mina or lie to Hana". Uh, hello Mutt & Jeff, I'd like to actually tell Hana about it if possible. Preferably now instead of waiting for her to discover it 10 episodes from now and be all dramatic about it. Why not have a more extended conversation where we could have asked Hana if doing things with the Carnation even "outside" the club was okay ? Maybe try to make her accept at least the Carnations and maybe say something about Mina (even without talking about the 'promise' per se). Make us promise "no other girls" or even maybe to stop things with the carnations after the last exhibitions or something I don't know. Added conditions, make things clear between Hana and MC. And if Hana can't accept it, then she choses on her own to stay fuckbuddies anyway.
It would even be interesting that Hana accepts it, but still has mixed feelings about it when spending time with Mina or with the carnations for example. Anything but that fake ass illusion of having only these two choices of lying or staying loyal to the T.
Calm educated conversations and critical analysis are kind of the MC's main things: he doesn't do social/feelings/emotional logic well, but he does do critical analysis quite masterfully; he's very "thinker"-based.
Hana actually is fond of Mina ("twintails", as Hana called her), and MIGHT actually be aware that the MC might already have an active interest in her, if Hana drove the MC to Mina's to help her out.
However, that very same familiarity means Hana probably realizes Mina is SERIOUSLY naiive/innocent in fact (it's a high probability this is one of the reasons she likes Mina, and even relaxed a bit around her) so Hana w/likely feel REAL conflicted about the MC lying to her. Having to lie to all the mundanes was Hana's biggest hang-up of dating anyone outside the club.
Doing the Carnations outside the club would kind of be a gray area but in truth it would also be a potential conflict of interest for the MC. I mean if you're going to f*** one of them outside the office you should f*** all three, or someone could try to say that you helped one Carnation over the others by rigging the tests somehow.
Depending on the MC's proclivities that impartial doling out of recreational fvcks might be difficult. I mean, for me, Felicia was so freaking easy to get high affection with it wasn't even funny but Veronica, I just find sub unappealing in real life, so I had trouble putting up with her s*** ingame and it got to the point where I couldn't even give her comforting words after she lost bad in the "humiliation" week, because my affection was so low. That can't hold a candle to Roslind, however, who I didn't even have ANY affection with (ZERO all game til then) until my MC was nice to her during her traumatic experience of being forced to star (w/her real name on display) in the p0rn vid. After that video he suddenly magically had 2 (count em! 2!! affection with her.
