Huh, I think your recap is making me like Kojuro more -- he sounds very manipulative yet also weirdly reassuring, in the way he gives advice to MC and tells her that he doesn't expect her to be perfect.
And I'm side-eyeing Masamune more, because the sword-drawing. What are you doing, Masamune.
Oh goddd I hope we're not in for an angsty YOU LIED ABOUT YOUR IDENTITY reveal /o\
Maybe there will be a non-angsty and sweet "you lied but I don't care" reveal!
There's that thing where I feel like the narrative relies slightly too much on his (very endearing) woobieness to make up for him doing unfortunate things. He can't entirely help being the way he is due to trauma etc, but I'm a bit worried it'll lean too far into "he has trauma so It's All Fine And Not A Big Deal", when I'd prefer "it is a big deal but he can improve while still respecting his limitations and needs".
I'm very curious to see how it goes and what you think of it! Based on the routes I've played, I do think SLBP does a lot of woobieness and a bit of sweeping unfortunate things under the rug sometimes.
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And I'm side-eyeing Masamune more, because the sword-drawing. What are you doing, Masamune.
Oh goddd I hope we're not in for an angsty YOU LIED ABOUT YOUR IDENTITY reveal /o\
Maybe there will be a non-angsty and sweet "you lied but I don't care" reveal!
There's that thing where I feel like the narrative relies slightly too much on his (very endearing) woobieness to make up for him doing unfortunate things. He can't entirely help being the way he is due to trauma etc, but I'm a bit worried it'll lean too far into "he has trauma so It's All Fine And Not A Big Deal", when I'd prefer "it is a big deal but he can improve while still respecting his limitations and needs".
I'm very curious to see how it goes and what you think of it! Based on the routes I've played, I do think SLBP does a lot of woobieness and a bit of sweeping unfortunate things under the rug sometimes.