Subject: The early chapters did launch a lot of plotlines, that is right.
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Posted on: 2022-06-28 09:34:43 UTC

We had three separare groups we were following, as well.

  • Sergio's group, whose plotline involved understanding what is going on (until Chapter 3, when Corolla was found) and then loooking for other survivors and supplies.
  • Nikki's group, whose plotline involved a bit of the same questions Sergio's had, but eventually the questions switched to "why is Spare Squadron even operating at all in this situation" and, oof course, how to survive being used as disposable pilots.
  • Keiko and Hajime, confused by each other's existence just as much as by the Unravel, looking for their family.

Those three groups fully converged only during Chapter 8, which means that until then we had to follow the situation of more than one group of main characters. Also, in the first half I kept introducing new characters almost every chapter, which only increased the confusion!

I think things really improved around Chapter 12. Many plotlines were resolved - what happened is clear, Strike Dove has now an official status with the surviving countries, the main character groups are now just one. I also worked on the character amount, by basically "off-screening" the Razgriz and Hayate's ship, and making more clear that the new supporting characters were, in most cases, just temporary support.

Also, the main plot lines are now just two: "End the war" and "What is the Professor up to", with secondary character plots that are either being resolved (Nikki and Sergio's emotional problems), or not the main focus of this arc (Keiko's Cyber Formula shenanigans, which will have their own arc soon)

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