Route A, Scene 5
Another science dump. Again, I just hope this turns out to be relevant somehow. I think the prologue mentioned that the relationship between the original Setsuna and Rinne was frowned upon because they were close relatives and risked having children with rare genetic diseasesā¦so I guess it might pop up again in that context. But was it really necessary to make me sit through my entire 9th grade biology curriculum again?
Not really sold on Karen x Setsuna yet. Sometimes I feel a bit of chemistry between themā¦but then the heavy-handed lewd stuff ruins it again.
I am glad that this one seems to be more focused on the mystery stuff rather than it being another romance route. It would have felt very weird if the MC tried to romance Sara.
Iām very close to be done with the second route (Iām guessing some time this week!) so looks like a perfect timing to take a break from ISLAND and focus on Automne instead 
ā¦man, this was some of the weirdest dialogue Iāve ever read. I feel like there were some pretty good ideas there, but it was executed so weirdly it never quite came together for me. I think the moment this first lost me was when Karen kissed Setsuna and he makes such a big deal out of it despite the fact that heās been kissing and groping her constantly since theyāre very first scene together. And then she tells him sheās about to be forced into an unwanted marriage and his reaction is to get all jealous and angry because he sees this as the ānormalā life heād love to have. Wtf, dude. In the part of the scene where Sara comes in, sheās kind of unreasonable, too, but at least there are understandable reasons for it and itās kind of wrapped up and explained at the end. But Setsuna is just weird. I donāt get him at all, his emotional reactions feel all random and all over the place to me and I canāt tell if itās intentional or incompetence by the author.
Iāll try that for the next route.
. But Iāll come back when Iām done with the prologue soon and write down my thoughts, then hopefully I can reserve some time to write about the routes as I go.
