#listen them (and natsumi) were adorable and the absolute highlight of side despair

[snowydawn17]

Suddenly I’m really mad at dr3 again

#today it’s about hajime & chiaki again #listen them (and natsumi) were adorable and the absolute highlight of side despair #but. it completely undermines the entire point of sdr2 #chiaki being an ai is Vital #bc she and hajime are parallels in the endgame #and the whole point is nobody will remember anything about her in the aftermath #hajime doesn’t want that for her & he doesn’t want that for himself #there are multiple gameplay sequences dedicated to this #also hajime becoming izuru For chiaki is a cute and tragic sentiment but also #like. yknow. the whole point is that HPA are unethical bastards taking advantage of teenagers #which they still ARE in dr3 but #well they really killed all manipulation from all aspects of dr3 tbh #like. i get hesitant over hajime and natsumi despite my love for them #bc the whole point is hajime being a teenager and HPA being manipulative and using their status #to abuse their authority and influence etc etc #i do think it’s an interesting connection between hajime and the sdr2 crew #and I liked that her death was used to emphasize how reserve students are treated by comparison #AND she was a rly great foil to hajime & chiaki’s relationship #i just dislike that chiaki exists as a real person so. it all dominos </3 sorry natsumi #don’t mind her death being a push tbh! that is canon in my heart forever #i just. gestures vaguely at chiaki