i forgot to write an actual review for this. don't know how to fully put my thoughts into words but this game is fucking fantastic. the characters are so likeable, the side content is so fun, the first few chapters of the story are lighthearted and low stakes in the best kind of way and it ends up growing to a very emotional and satisfying ending. the combat isn't perfect and the difficulty spikes are really huge but i never minded leveling up my party because the sotenbori battle arena was pretty fun to me. such a good fucking game, the main cast but especially ichiban and nanba are so likeable. the only thing that brought down my experience was the weird choice to not include eri in the story. i'm not sure why they made her optional and therefore not in any cutscenes but it was a bad decision in my opinion, eri was one of my favorite party members and her dynamic with ichiban is so likeable, there's no reason for her not to be there the whole time.