^^^i'm mostly just annoyed how little we saw of Kaede because reasons. Very dumb reasons. what an awful bait and switch that was. but of course you gotta play as the bishonen stand-in just like always. how else can the 16 year-old boys be with their waifus? gotta please that target demo!
Yeah, the early games are rather strange and only somewhat canon, though still worth playing if you're into them. Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil, the first Windows game, is the go-to starting point, though some of the other entries might be more forgiving if you're bad at SHMUPs.
btw, aside from kaoru's cute annoyingnesss why does chisato snob our poor lady killer anyway
i never understood why is it explained in the game stories?