2015-11-11, 19:36 | Link #133 | |
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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A little late, but..
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Bad management was indeed Iori's criticism, and part of why Megumi ignored him for a good ~2 months after Cherry Blessing was finished (i.e. he never consulted her about anything), but both Utaha and Eriri make it clear that they both left because they wanted to further their creative skills. I'm rather surprised how you could completely miss the message for so long in the first place. Volume 7 emphasized how Eriri was in a slump, and how Tomoya coddled her by saying it would be fine if she draws whenever she feels like it. That is bad management, yes, but it has nothing to do with Tomoya's choice to personally go to her house when she was sick. Tomoya simply didn't know where to draw the line. He was (and still is) a consumer otaku who was fine with whatever he got (even to the point where he mentioned he kind of wanted Eriri to stay by his side even if she couldn't draw), which hinders Eriri as an artist who needs criticism. Also, with how excessively large the game was as mentioned by Iori, it's highly likely that Tomoya never did any real rejections of Eriri and Utaha's drafts, and they were probably left to check themselves. |
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2015-11-11, 19:55 | Link #134 | |
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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2015-11-22, 06:21 | Link #137 | |
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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2015-11-22, 18:07 | Link #139 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
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Volume 8's hill scene is the climax of the story and indicates that Tomoya and Megumi have gotten much closer. Going back to the status quo right after that just makes the scene feel pointless. But that's not the main problem here, the biggest problem is that they don't give a good reason for why Eriri's key visual made them drop the first name basis so the whole thing feels unnatural. I don't think it's such a small thing at all considering how Eriri, Megumi, and Tomoya's conflict is the main part of the story now.
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coming of age, romance, wimp protagonist, wish fulfilment |
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