Finished V3C1-2
The Tea party is alright, was funny to me that Seia showed up in the story on the day I luckshitted and pulled her. Unfortunately all of her scenes didn't age well. Could see them being cool talking points when it was current though. Nagisas hair is nice, she's kind of a jerk though. Cool they partially redeemed her towards the end, anyone who likes chess can't be all bad. Mika was a nice foil to Nagisa, personally does nothing for me design wise though. Curious to see how they reconcile her.
The Make Up Work Club was good, Azusa carries with her perfect expressions, but I'm biased from the memes. Koharu is super cute. Nice expressions, cute lil' wings and I've always loved her character trope. Hanako was my least favorite of the bunch. Girl is way too horny, damn. Mostly because of her the first half of chapter 1 felt like a yuri baiting anime rather then a moege. Hifumi continues to be good. Cute lil' marshmellow.
It was nice to finally see more of the Justice Task Force, Hasumi's been carrying me since day 1. Sex. Mashiros skirt is too high, urkel ass student. She gets a few bonus points for sharing a name with Mashiro from M*L. I really like Tsurugi and it's a little weird to me in all the time BA has been running she's still one of a kind in terms of design. The only one who comes close is Neru and she's also base roster. I had Tsurugi show up at my cafe once and damn that girl can scream. Sad how gacha games become risk averse to unique designs when they're trying to market for mass appeal so people pull.
The Gourmet Research Society was good but in the back off my head I kind of had the thought they were just Problem Solver 68 from Temu. They share some themes and general vibe. It's cool to finally see Hanako. Another girl that's been carrying me from the start. Junkos design is great and is the current student I'm grinding for. Akaris design reminds me of Watame. Izumi needs to lay off the burgers.
Didn't really get enough time with the Sisterhood for any real opinions outside of initial impressions. Mari has it rough, Something about Hinata's face just screams sex god to me. Maybe it's her ear or leash tie or the softness of her skin, dunno but damn. Sakurako and Nagisa are a bit too similar in design but I only got to see her for like 2 lines.
Fuuka has a hard life. Sena's cute.
If I wasn't writing these impressions I'd probably have started to skip around C1-11, it was getting rough. Ironic because it started to pick up at 12. Got a smile out of the adult book scene. I wish they showed what the Make Up Work Club was studying, could have been a place to drop a few lore bits but instead it's a pure number go up. Also wish they showed more of Azusas backstory, her reveal could have used a few more scenes of setup to explore why she chose the way she did. Same for Mika.
What a way to end on. Halfway tempted to skip ahead and read C3 but the brainworms won't let me. Summer Sky next. Can't wait to get S.Tsurugi.