Скорее просто чуть менялись конкретные предпочтения. Я мог на что-то заглядываться 10 лет назад, а сейчас мне это уже менее интересно или наоборот.

Я в целом не думаю, что у меня было увлечение, из которого я «вырос». Да, я практически не смотрю аниме и гораздо реже играю игры, например, но я всё ещё отношусь к ним с симпатией. Это всё было частью меня, и мне не хочется открещиваться от чего-либо полностью

Not yet but I want to play it eventually

Not yet, but I want to get around it somewhat soon. I mean, I played the og Tsui no Sora after playing Subahibi, and I don't see any reason not to do the same thing with Extravaganza. I kind of expect Mushitsukai to leave a slightly better impression than Tsui no Sora even, because Izumi Ban'ya is... more consistent with his quality imo? Like, SCA-Ji has higher highs, but something like Tsui no Sora also has pretty low lows. Well, this might be a weird comparison, so ignore me lmao

It's been almost 10 years, so I feel like I could read the article, but I don't remember it haha... Thank you for the link though, it helped me to actually dive a bit deeper and find the typo which definitely makes the theory even more plausible

He doesn't have much of a public presence, so it's a bit hard to judge. I mean, it looks like he still does some PR/web work for Clock Up, so I'd like to believe he's in a good enough shape, at least.

Also, I don't think there is any proof to confirm that Akutsu and Amemiya are the same person, but I can see it as a possibility. They share a similar vision and work with a similar team (Hamashima, Norizane, Kurashiki, Izumi Ban'ya—all these people mostly worked with them in 2010s)

I usually don't pay attention to VA, but at this point, I tend to believe that the prince might be a girl as well, since the game gives off a strong yuri vibe. Unless it's just a minor side character who doesn't have any h-scenes. Otherwise, I imagine that the team would warn us beforehand if the game had any MxF scenes, like Bug System did with Manakashi

Thank you for your kind words! I'm always searching for good stories and new emotions, so it'd be a shame to overlook such a big part of the medium just because "it's not for men" or whatever. I still have some otome and BL games that I want to play, so I'll get around them when I feel the right mood

hypnotizes everyone into watching Sasaki and Miyano

The chart looks mostly like a meme, but I prefer it like this anyway. Looks like we're going to see a bunch of dominating/arrogant/mesugaki-ish girls who would try to show the protagonist where she belongs (I haven't read the character introductions on the website so I might be wrong though). And I won't be surprised to see all of them dying horribly once you don't feel any pity for them

That was one of my favorite things about the game because the portrayal of the protagonist was pretty cool. I don't remember much at this point, but I think I especially enjoyed the forest section and the panic state of his mind. The fact that he isn't just a simple-minded villain but has more sides to his personality. But yeah, I still hoped to see more of his good traits, perhaps something like a longer version of the final ending

I mean, I read Pebble in the Sky and The Door Into Summer thanks to G.O., so it's always nice when one piece of fiction motivates to explore another. Even if we speak about porn, lol

Looks like it's still accessible through the web archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20190712021347/http://www.monometa.com/meido_top.htm

I believe the last time we heard about it was in December 2023. It was confirmed to still be in development

As far as I understand, the development has slowed due to Akutsu's health problems, so we just need to wish them well and hope for their quick recovery

I'd probably prefer other writers for that, because I'm mostly fine with the stuff Izumi Ban'ya is writing already and don't really want him to shift to something else. But I'd be happy to see a bigger journey like Mugen Renkan once again with the passage of time, vastly different locations and all that jazz

Izumi was one of the contracted writers, so he was just writing alongside the plot that he was given. It's not his personal project, so I didn't have any big expectations from his output there. Same thing goes for NTY and euphoria

Good thing, Izumi actually mentions this stuff on his blog, and I tried to replicate it while I was filling the info on vndb, so you can find his real creative output a bit easier (just focus on keywords like Planning/Plot/Director while looking at his page)