>>23517098
thx, i liked Kei tho, but the main cast of Muv-luv is so well-rounded that I always felt she got the short end of the stick. I would say the same about Chizuru, but she has my favourite Extra route. Even so, her ‘episode’ with Kei in Unlimited felt more like an excuse to learn the characters' backstories than anything else. It felt like they cooperated more to repay Takeru's goodwill (and because they are in love with him) than for personal growth, unlike in Extra, in the ‘main’ route and partially in their own routes, where they grow through the trust and empathy of each other and Takeru.
I hope to eat my words when I read Alternative tho, Kei's route in Extra and the little backstory we are told in Unlimited have the potential to make a better story than both.