Uhm, it's kinda sad, but I don't like when certain hunk characters are getting barafied. The reason is simple, they are not giving that typical, nostalgic "suburban bad boy" feeling. Also my problem with bara is that they are oftenly focus on muscle, but so hard that they look like some kind of doping addicts. People can have visible muscles without being a closet. I know its rough and raw when I use words like this and my intention is not about blaming the appearance of the characters. For an example, except of the bara stuff, they have a really nice anatomy illustration. Oh, one more thing, their graphic is so high that they pop out of the screen, which is kinda a con for me. I really liked when they were colored like with pencil or dunno how to put it. They are just so vibrant compared to the previous.
I also have a really good advice in general, sometimes less is better. You don't have to change something that's already ten out of ten.
Old sprite kinda had a nostalgic vibe and the new sprites kinda took that away to be honest. :/ You don't have to blend in with the stereotypical schema, you don't have to go with other vn's flow.
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YES! The old sprites have an special vibe. I think a mix of the rework vibrant colors and the nostalgic vibe on the old sprites seems like a good decision. One thing came to my mind since when the rework has announced, the public request this? Is not a critic, but is a nice thing hear what the public have to say for the rework. I hope the creators consider this