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Originally Posted by Dorsai

Spoiler for Spoiler for Comparison with Mashiro-iro Symphony:

In first part of story in Mashiro-iro develop between Shingo and final girl was only on stage "she is cute girl". Nothing more. Ofc its nothing wrong if you make it progress, unless story is not focused on another girl first. Even here after first half everyone was sure that Airi will be final girl. Because develop between Shingo and Airi cross bridge of "she is cute girl" and starting to develop into mutual feelings... And after first half MC just forgot about everything and switch to another girl. It was so unnatural... If you mix few routes together you should do it carefully. Its not just stupid competition or shounen anime, you cant just misdirect love interest showing sign of mutual interest and then cut it like it never exist...

And only reason for them to do it was to create unique show, because with this it could sell better... Thats why i said its sth worser then "bad writing"...

Spoiler for Comparison with Mashiro-iro Symphony (last time from me):

I don't really want to argue this in this thread, as we can go in the Mashiro-iro thread for that if you want. Suffice it to say that "unrequited love" was actually a major theme of that work, so there is no way to highlight that point except by showing heartbreak. The show covered two different examples of this in succession, and showed them both in different ways. I don't think at any point any heroine was "forgotten", but a transition occurred that was a bit understated (it required you to put a few pieces together that were less than obvious).

I would also say... I think it's quite possible for someone to have feelings for two different people, but only pick one in the end. You say that, in that show, they showed Airi and Shingo having "mutual feelings" (I think that's a bit debatable, but let's say that's true). But then, circumstances led him towards another girl, and they also had "mutual feelings". In the end, his feelings for the first met a wall (she got "friend-zoned"), and he went further with the second. The whole point is that there were multiple paths he could have taken, and he made choices based on his feelings (just as you ostensibly do in the games these are based off of). I can very easily see the same thing happen in KoiChoco, if they choose to do so. There is certainly a foundation for a relationship with Chisato, but there is also a basis for a relationship with other heroines. He may have "feelings" for multiple heroines, but choices and circumstance will decide which one he chooses as his romantic partner.

I'm not sure that I can agree that trying to create a unique show with an interesting twist ("so that it will sell") is necessary "something worse". You may not like it when they do that, but it's a common theme of romantic dramas across all different media. I don't think it's so wrong for them to tell that sort of story, but of course that's my opinion.