I am liking Hiroki more and more as time goes on, even when he is awkward he is awkward in a really funny way and this chapter really helped show more of him when he isn’t so In control of everything.

I am starting to develop new and interesting ideas for how this AU connects to the normal Morenatsu from Hiroki’s interaction with Chuukichi, it feels odd because I really want to ask about them but I also sorta don’t in case some random person reading this takes it on and it takes away from them reading into things themselves, I may send a private message about that stuff later, who knows I may decide to leave it to the story to show me more when it fits. Also I really loved Chuukichi and Nakaidou Akira in Tatsuki’s route so it’s good to see them.

Have you ever seen something and wondered why you didn’t think about it before? That’s how I am feeling with Kenji and Keisuke being close with each other, they work so well together and I never even thought about how they would work together, you really have the character chemistry was one of the strong points of morenatsu and you have it in this story too, I get the feeling you have a solid idea in your head what would happen if you threw almost any random combo of characters in a room together.

Hiroki and Tatsuki’s conversation together in the car was great, it was good to see Tatsuki help Hiroki when he is down considering Tatsuki’s route, and it really helped with the cool older brother vibe he has, also Tatsuki is becoming a total bro for putting aside his own feelings to help Hiroki and Tora, Tatsuki has a lot of heart, I think I am liking his character a bit more than I did from just his route seeing what you see in him.

Beyond that I am starting to see how this year could fly by with most of the plans being over the weekends and just normal school hanging out and planning between the weekend events, and I think that’s about all I have to say with this chapter

I'm very glad you're liking my OC so far; I hope this doesn't sound too conceited but in fact I have received notes from a few readers who did like him as well. Again, I'm very, very glad to hear this.

I'm even more glad about the Kenji / Keisuke thing. To the best of my knowledge I'm pretty much the first one to pair these two, and it seems most readers also liked the idea. Also, their scenes (here and later) were a lot of fun to write, because their personalities went very, very well with each other.

Tatsuki's route was my favorite of the six we have right now, in no small part because of the character development (also, because in my opinion it was the funniest of the lot, which counts for me).

I'd love to hear your theories, and am willing to either wait until you read future chapters or to get them via inbox.