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I think CB4 really toned down the comedy moments deliberately. 東海林-sensei was barely in it, I think he had one scene total where he said
>you know I'm really not comfortable with this, I'm out

That's Criminal Border done.

>Episodes: 3 > 4 > 2 > 1
Heroines
>Tatsuya >Meryl > Hina > Rin > Kotoko
I enjoyed the series overall quite a bit, it's definitely in my top 3 franchises where MC is a down-on-his-luck-loser who invents a super drug and gets involved in the criminal underground trying to monetize it and gradually grows to becoming a worse and worse person as he realizes the only way to escape is through the top.

I liked episode 4 quite a bit, but my big problem with it is that it was fairly predictable - you could guess pretty much exactly how it was going to end from the in medias res Rin scene at the start (that scene probably shouldn't have been there). The Tatsuya betrayal fake-out was obvious, and at no point did I think Luca was actually gonna shoot Ikki. That's the reason I liked episode 3 so much more than 4, with episode 3 I was on the edge of my seat going holy fuck no way this can't be happening I can't believe they're actually doing it and with episode 4 they pulled their punches to give a happy ending. I was actually getting worried they'd reveal Hina was alive the whole time and totally fine and also faked her death, thank god they didn't do that. I did like the twist of Luca just being genuinely helpful and on their side the whole time despite how suspicious she was and it would've all worked out if they just trusted her It's a perfectly fine ending, but it could've been better.

I've been going back and forth on whether or not being episodic helped. I think it definitely helped for my engagement and enjoyment, and it'll probably come off quite a bit worse if you read it all at once instead of sequentially. At the very least I'm glad VNs like this exist that are doing something really radically different than pretty much everything else on the market (I mean, they're imitating prestige TV, but that IS relatively new ground for VNs)

I logged off the internet to avoid spoilers since release but I'm guessing there's been a lot of shitposting about the reveal that Rin's gay and the Brad almost rape scene CG being posted out of context and I look forward to seeing it.

Also no Luca h-scene, kusoge, she couldn't have raped Ikki even once while testing Rave on him? C'mon. Actually going for a bro ending with Tatsuya brings it back up to kamige though.