Well, that's basically it, Fujino has a core of fans who play all of his games, and popular franchises are a way to get as many SAO and Fate fans as possible who will pay money and who will stay with him, even after the game is over. It is unlikely that when choosing SAO for the next game, he planned to respect the creativity of others, and it is unlikely that he thought how to please the fans of SAO.
Personally, I accidentally discovered the game "Sword Art Online".: The Trap of Breath Concealed Magic" and since I like SAO and I'm not averse to game the NTR genre. The first part was relatively easy, as is no corruption or plot, just a set of consecutive scenes. But the second part surprised me with its dramatic beginning, the rape, Asuna, who has lost a lot of intelligence and has become more hypocritical and deceitful, and her strange behavior - she agrees to provide sexual services to the rapist once a week. Kirito turned from an observer into a participant in the plot, but at the same time he did not cease to be a dusty bedside table in the corner. Inoda, whose word has become law, and whose psychopathism and arrogance have reached a new level. But then I didn't pay enough attention to it. Too bad. Maybe it would be easier to forget about this game.
In fact, Fujino took SAO, added his original character, and began systematically destroying everything good that could be in this game - a smooth plotline, interesting characters, competent development of relationships, and gradual corruption.
And so that Inoda doesn't feel like a flat character, just NTR bully, Fujino, with a snap of his fingers, adds Inoda's backstory right from from the time of Aincrad(In Asuna's head, but since Asuna is the main acting character and the main goal of NTR, this is enough to bring Inoda to a new level without unnecessary effort). And now Inoda is a character who has always been in the SAO world and has always been involved in Asuna and Kirito's relationship.
Asuna has known Inoda for 2 months - BOOOM!!! - Asuna has known Inoda for 4 years.
All this really looks like a mockery of the players. And then Fujino says that the impact is not so great, everything, in fact, will remain as it was. Only Inoda suddenly transformed from the person Asuna had met 2 months ago into a man who has been directly involved in Asuna's life for 4 years. And Asuna herself, from a whore who, after a couple of months of dating Inoda, jumps on a dick, turns into a girl who has finally waited for her true love of her life - Inoda. And only Kirito remained a bedside table, but there was more dust.
800 points is love, and 650 points is what? Almost love? Is this an NTR or a drama about a woman who can't decide who she loves, her first partner Inoda or the man who replaced Inoda for 2 years - Kirito? Or does it not matter how many points, the main thing is who has more? So when Inoda has 701 and Kirito has 700, will Asuna immediately stop loving Kirito and fall in love with Inoda? Is that how it works?
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