MafiaTaco I suspect a repeat of the "4k video" incident WA already had about a year(?) ago. Basically, the dev added 4k videos (3840 × 2160) and later downscaled them to 1920x1080 to fix the lag and stutter. Or had the 1080p ones and upscaled them to 4k - whatever. If that is indeed the problem, then the most effective solution would be to upgrade your PC. Most
reasonable solution, on the other hand, would be to wait until the dev "fixes" it again.
Or makes it clear he is not going to bother.
Side note: use performance monitoring software (even Task Manager is enough for basic troubleshooting) to see where the bottleneck occurs. Also, "i7" says nothing about
performance capabilities, because that lineup encompasses 10+ years of processors. Same for RAM.
EDIT: maid Tomoe - 1440p, bath Catherine - 2160p, onsen(?) Maki - 1440p......beach Maki - 1080p. Yeesh, those "animations" are all over the place both in bitrate AND resolution.