As I said in my previous comment, for me Asuna's mindbreak point had already been reached several updates ago and this is a bonus. I find the idea of corrupting the good times and memories that built the relationship with Kirito especially delightful and in that respect I think it was a very good update.
Personally, I don't think Asuna is brainwashed, as shown by some of her thoughts in this update making it clear that she knows this is a fantasy. Asuna can't recreate the past with Kirito because Yui only identifies Inoda as the father after the ritual and also Kirito can no longer satisfy her as he did then.
Some comments have taken it as if there has been time travel here and we are in an alternate timeline. It isn't. I'm sure Fujino will be back in the next update with Asuna rejecting Inoda and denying all the dirty talk...though perhaps with slightly more confused memory and feelings. Part of the fun (even if it's now all about closing plots and conquering the other girls) is seeing Asuna in denial so I imagine it's will continue to the very end.
Some SAO fans are upset that Kirito is not a Giga Chad, but in my opinion, Fujino has been very generous to Kirito, giving him other girls to cheat on Asuna with who clearly want him like Suguha. Personally I prefer the humiliation of the woman to be followed by the humiliation of the man in this kind of story, but I think Fujino is offering a dignified way out for Kirito (and hopefully away from the absolute cringe of MC taking his revenge). If it were up to me, Kirito would be brainwashed and feminized by Sugou after losing to him and Inoda would add him to her harem.
When faced with the questions of why we handle Kirito, I think it is essential: as an unreliable narrator, as a way to establish the two points of view of the game (first we perceive the events in the margins and in small flashes to then go to the gallery and learn the full story from which we have been excluded), as a way to mask and humiliate the player. The problem and complaints I think arise from the fact that even though we manage Kirito, the protagonist is by all accounts Inoda. This is not an anonymous or cardboard bull who only fulfills his role as a sex machine or temptress, but someone with more personality and presence than Kirito himself, who has now become a mute observer.
Personally I don't have a special interest in hypnosis or brainwashing, I prefer that they break their resistance little by little through feelings of guilt and lust, but that doesn't detract from the fact that I enjoyed this update. The truth is that given the scenario it was never very plausible for Asuna to be so accepting of Inoda, and in that sense I would have preferred something better written. Part of the pleasure of Curse of Kubel, to cite one of the few games of this style that I've played, is that I think it does an excellent job of slowly undermining the girl's hopes through extortion and gradually increasing the pleasure to make her a bull dependent.
NTR games seem quite complex to write. I imagine if feet is your thing, you'll have plenty of games where it's not hard for the vast majority of players to be satisfied, but with NTRs (if we ignore all the SAO fans who are just annoyed that their alter ego Kirito isn't the bull) it seems like everyone has very specific preferences on how to proceed and the debates are too fierce. I'm certainly happy with this game, though I'd prefer Fujino to dare to write a pre-planned story of his own, with more feasible project dimensions.
Overall, I wish the game was a little better written and less chaotic. I recently played "The Fall of Camelot: The Betrayal of Guinevere & Lancelot," and while it's technically lacking and the storytelling isn't as polished, there's a sense of love for the setting without Fujino's lore dumps, and it's a smaller project that benefits from focusing on a single heroine. Here's hoping we get a "NTRPG2" moment at the end of this adventure, when you first climb to the top floor and hear your girlfriend's moans as you approach her bedroom. A crushed Kirito is currently my biggest wish for this game.
