The combat in this game is very fun and I really enjoyed all the characters and their interactions. The bond moments definitely could've afforded being a bit more spread out so you're not doing 9 of them all at once between endgame chapters, but overall this was a game I couldn't put down.

Side note but to those tempted to play on PS5, the use of the DualSense's features is superb. The feedback and triggers and everything is worked to the bone for basically all of the gameplay, with combat utilising everything in various ways to a point where you can actually feel the flow of the fight and the impact of different attacks, it's dope.

Admittedly, I was somewhat planning to do a more thorough review of this once I'd beat both routes, but I decided to essentially speedrun the 2nd one, and while focussing on farming the gifts at the end and being driven up the wall by over an hour of trying to find 1(one) thing in 3 whole areas thrice over, only to then get one by sheer chance, excitedly use it for the gift I needed and then learn that I actually needed five more for other gifts as Kasane... ugh. Grind trophies suck :(

In conclusion the game is great, I should've just come back to do Yuito's route after a long break but the gameplay loop is so fun and addictive I couldn't stop myself. Definitely recommend to anyone interested, I'll be back to loving it once I've calmed down from my collectible bullshit :p