moderately feral dog

The case itself is fine, actually. Originally I thought it was this that made it feel weak but it doesn’t, I liked the case. There were a few things I would have changed to make the motivation for it more logical (to us as players) but it wasn’t as bad as i think a lot of people claim.

What really bothers me is the fact that they pulled the “oh no the entire detective agency is gone <\3” card way too early. Why don’t I like this? A couple reasons

1. It diminishes the effect in chapter 5 when it tries to pull the “everyone is dead” thing again. Minor thing, since I don’t think we were meant to believe it too strongly anyways (it was more of a way to force Yuma to act alone than to scare us into thinking they really died), but worth mentioning.

2. I love rain code; but the entire time I feel like it was missing just one more chapter where the detectives were all together. Given the pacing and plot, I don’t think adding a whole new chapter would remedy this. Instead I believe chapter 3 would have been a perfect moment to let the group be together and working normally before it all goes to shit in chapter 4

3. Going off of 2, as hard as chapter 4 hurt, it would have been even better if Yuma weren’t so isolated right before it. Give us more Yakou moments, to really drive home his absence afterwards

4. If we weren’t running around trying to find the other detectives, we instead could have used that time to flesh out or just introduce more mysteries (thinking the blank week mystery specifically) instead of so much being thrown onto us in chapter 5. The resistance would actually be perfect for introducing the blank week mystery. since they go against the norm of kanai ward I imagine they’d be less hellbent on keeping it under wraps.

Yomi: Archangel pigeon. Copper black wing coloration. Anything online that says these birds are sweet and docile is lying. They’re pricks. Source: I have them. I’ve never had a breed that started more fights in my loft than these. They range from mildly skittish to “throwing down with birds twice their size for no fucking reason”. They also look like him in a way I can’t describe.

Martina: Serbian highflyer. Elegant but also a flyer breed and thus pretty tough and competent. I imagine her as a dilute, maybe an ash red or blue dilute, but it’s hard to find pictures of them. Might draw it to show u all the vision. 

Seth: English trumpeter pigeon. Ironic because these guys are named for the funny loud sounds they make. They also have weird bird bangs and a worried look in their eyes. Not settled 100% on color but leaning towards almond. 

Guillaume: this one stumped me for a bit. I was stuck between a Chinese owl or a figurita. Both of them are small, but in temperament she’s definitely a figurita. They’re energetic little bastards, and one of the smallest breeds of domestic pigeon. Perfect contrast for Dominic. I haven’t settled on a color yet, I might have to draw her first.

Dominic: Giant runt pigeon. He strikes me as a splash. They are the largest domestic pigeon breed. A tank of a bird with a mellow personality. I can’t imagine him as anything else. 

Swank: White garden fantail. A baller kind of bird with presence. Hard to put into words, just look at them, they’re a very swank bird. If I gave it a gold coat and a cigar it’d be impossible to tell the difference. All white might feel plain for him but that’s the point, makes his accessories stand out better. 

Bonus

The nun: nun pigeon. Get it? Hehehe.