(completed just rin's route for this replay)

tnc is fundamentally, in my opinion, the weakest of the n+c games (i vastly prefer dmmd and sweet pool), but i think the games writing really and some very strong characters (motomi is great, rin is best boy + akira is a fun protagonist) makes up for a very weak story. weirdly enough, i still like it. reading the liner notes from kabura really drive home why i like it still: it's a story about passion. and that passion is felt through every once of this game, even if its story kind of sucks.

keisuke and shiki still suck tho

edit: decided to 100% it achievement-wise on a whim. thank god for the nitro skip i did not want to slog through the routes that arent rin or motomi