Thank you for writing this up. I missed a LOT of the context. The story reads very differently without the main route.
The ending of "it was Mitsunari all along!" felt like a copout to me, and I like your interpretation better. And oof at Otani lying to Mitsunari.
This has the effect of keeping them apart so they can only see each other once a month or so. He never makes moves on MC, but you've got to wonder what he's up to.
One thing I noticed in Yukimura's ES last time (which I sadly never got a chance to finish) was that Hideyoshi seems very good at isolating people and convincing them they need him. This feels like a pattern.
Mitsunari is so heartbreaking because he will never be able to speak the whole, full truth about who he is and who he loves. But maybe a little bit of truth. A tiny bit.
This was heartbreaking to watch -- the way he distrusts his own reactions and his emotions, and also, the conviction he holds that he shouldn't be having them and that he should just be whatever it takes to not inconvenience people. And if he can't do that, then he'd better hide behind a wall of books.
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Thank you for writing this up. I missed a LOT of the context. The story reads very differently without the main route.
The ending of "it was Mitsunari all along!" felt like a copout to me, and I like your interpretation better. And oof at Otani lying to Mitsunari.
This has the effect of keeping them apart so they can only see each other once a month or so. He never makes moves on MC, but you've got to wonder what he's up to.
One thing I noticed in Yukimura's ES last time (which I sadly never got a chance to finish) was that Hideyoshi seems very good at isolating people and convincing them they need him. This feels like a pattern.
Mitsunari is so heartbreaking because he will never be able to speak the whole, full truth about who he is and who he loves. But maybe a little bit of truth. A tiny bit.
This was heartbreaking to watch -- the way he distrusts his own reactions and his emotions, and also, the conviction he holds that he shouldn't be having them and that he should just be whatever it takes to not inconvenience people. And if he can't do that, then he'd better hide behind a wall of books.