Episode 10 seems like a REALLY weird spot to end the "common route". That's pretty much the beginning of the end-game. I could maybe see it meaning the beginning of ep10, or in other words 1-9 (through Otonashi learning of his past), but even then...
Doesn't seem like it'd allow for much branching. Especially if they want to focus on Iwasawa, Yui, and Matsushita 5-dan (who had disappeared for a while during these episodes).
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