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Thanks for the in-depth feedback, Unagi <3

Word vomit incoming!!

I'm hoping that, after the VN jam when we are able to update After Passion, I can make the story more well-rounded! I've gotten feedback on the 'past' aspect of the story to both ends (some people want it fleshed out, some want it to be more subdued).

Instead of making the details of the story that happened before this epilogue more vague, I'm going to make them more relevant by adding extra scenes, making better use of the history of the characters and adding another character who has only shown up in name so far!

I want to touch up the cold open with the isekai'd human as well, because I feel like I should have listened to Akiba when he suggested drawing it out more, and there's a bit of confusion caused by the perspective swap. It also sort of sets a precedent for the whole VN to be voiced as well so we'll probably have to adjust that.

Aside from the cold open and adjusting a couple of the current scenes, I have about three new scenes planned! These will hopefully help balance the story more toward meaningful scenes with a few moments of levity and references (as opposed to the confusing tonal jumble of what-is-this-supposed-to-be that I hastily and desperately threw together lmao).

The current final scene sort of leaves people who were wondering about the past events hanging, and my original planned ending definitely would have fit better. So, after the update, expect things to connect a bit more fluidly and, hopefully, a better story overall!

I'd be hard-pressed to think of another feature I love and hate as much at the same time as the ren'py bubbles. I like their look, and how they help keep the reader's gaze much closer to where the characters are, rather than trapped down in the text box. At the same time, the technical implementation of it in the ren'py core is just about the worst system anyone could have possible come up with, and breaks all… the… time.