the Cold Steel series has been very rocky so far, and Hajimari is no different. Concluding Cold Steel (and, pretty much the Crossbell arc too) pretty well, and doing some great things with Rean's character (though i feel like 5 games was way too much for what was told), gameplay is also a bit more refined, but the bloated cast and size issue is still there from CS4, just less prevalent imo. definitely the most fun ive had in a Trails game thus far in terms of gameplay though. was fun to break this one.