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>which raised more questions and allowed the mystery to expand with new characters and revelations about the past
That's stretching it.
>I fail to see how taking the story to a new direction is a bad thing.
Avoids to solve the main issue.
>series starts with MC looking for specific character
>Stumbles with it
>Instead of following that plotline, central to itself NOW LET'S GO WITH THESE OTHER CHARACTERS NEVER MENTIONED BEFORE
>BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE Now let's focus on this love relationship
>The cat is now somehow secondary at best
>BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE characters to add along the way
>All under a fake premise of mystery (that happens only because adding shit instead of adressing the actual issue) all while the fucking cat is right there sitting almost at plain sight lmao
Only you don't see an issue with what it's clearly padding in an already slow story. This is somewhere the escalation problem + inability to push your work forward akin to Kubo's writer's block. Also, as if the blueballing wasn't clear for you; you have barriers now once again !