i wish someone told me about the Lepllanny scene earlier. i was just clicking through quests, half paying attention, when suddenly there's this interaction with her that caught me completely off guard. the way the animations shift, that specific moment when she looks back. you know the one. i had to close my browser and just sit there for a minute. my stupid work laptop. thank god i wasn't in a coffee shop or something.

the main story is bigger now, which is nice i guess, but honestly i keep getting sidetracked by the side quests. there's three new ones and one involves tracking down some pussymon in the lost village area. the map design there is actually pretty good, lots of little corners to poke around in. eight new areas total. but then there's this second Hydragodon cave and the layout feels rushed compared to the village. like someone ran out of time. the encounters still work though, and the 26 new animations are mostly solid. mostly. there's one with Emily where the looping is a bit janky if you trigger it from the wrong angle. i reloaded three times thinking it was my save file before realizing it's just how it is. should've checked the patreon comments first.

the cheat manager in the special edition is whatever. i mean it's there if you want it. what actually got me was this bonus legendary pussymon scene that i wasn't expecting at all. the design on that thing. it's a furry rpg so you already know what you're signing up for, big tits everywhere, but this one has a presence that the others don't. Claire's interactions got expanded too and her dialogue trees have some genuinely funny moments. over 250 new dialogs apparently. some of it's filler obviously but the character writing is stronger than episode 25. Lizardish still creeps me out though. not in a hot way. in a why is he standing like that way. anyway the pussymon collecting loop is as addictive as ever and i keep telling myself i'll do the main quest tomorrow. i said that last week too.