remember how we all collectively agreed on how annoying it is that a JRPG party's character arcs resolve about 50% into the game when there's another 50% to play? remember how some of us also have repeatedly been commenting on how maybe JRPGs don't need to be a minimum of 60-70 hours to beat, not including side content, if the game is gonna noticeably dip in story and pacing quality midway through? me too haha.