okay but like it actually kinda works though?

god I love re:creators it's criminally underappreciated

Man if they hadn't gone and wrapped up the Signori dei Lupi that could've been a great way to frame it too, the different ways it could resolve through Red's eyes. Or heck make Lunacub the one you see it through so we can get the Red bossfight.

Also mentioning Kazimierz next to Sui; a Kazimierz Major Integrated Strategies would've probably gone hard.

(the fact that we don't have a melee Shining alt yet makes me mad though)

It's annoying though because they have the capacity to handle things well. The Ægir/Iberia/Seaborn storyline is good, I personally like the Kazimierz and Leithanien stories, and the Sui ones are solid; notably these ones don't really feel like they were changed, at least from my memory.

But yeah, the encounter between Red, Kal, and Crownslayer that was going on early in Act 1 just kinda of...went nowhere? It did set up the crumbs we've gotten but you don't just tease that and then give crumbs.