Responding to a post from the Rin thread…
You call this a “Kanon-style” rant but I associate Kanon rants with negativity. This post about Rin2 however is a highlight of everything great about the route… At least if you’re viewing it as a small part of a greater whole.
The characters and events of Rin2 are stupid and forced. Every single step of the route involves Riki failing, whether it by his own weaknesses or by the betrayal of those he depended on.
Kyousuke set in motion a plan that was impossible to succeed. Riki followed his great leader by creating a second plan that was impossible to succeed. And that’s the intent (of both Kyousuke and Maeda.) This is a plan to twist the world to such an extreme that Riki is forced to act.
Kyousuke himself was convinced that he (and a bunch of the others) were dead, and that Riki and Rin would be alone. He outright rejected any other possibility. He committed “sins” purely to reach a conclusive growth for Riki, and after a certain amount of loops he no longer cared about the means he which he achieved such a goal. Once you reach Refrain it becomes obvious that all these ideas are the point of Rin2; Kyousuke is so caught up in his grand plan that he no longer realizes people have agency. He’s effectively blinded by his own power, waiting for everything to line up how he ordered… And Riki and Rin are dumb/smart enough to go along with it up until the very last moment of the VN.
