vaen wrote:you are old and wise and not very familiar with visual novels
Haha! 22 is old?
I'm just very observant. You're right that I'm not familiar with VNs, though. This was my first and only one so far. However, from what I've read since joining these forums, this is not your typical VN.
Besides, you can create a lot of drama just around Hisao's tightrope act as he tries to become close with Misha, but not
so close as to get in the way of wooing Shizune. On wrong step and a misunderstanding could topple the whole endeavor. (These are high school students we're talking about, after all.) Not only that, misunderstandings are even easier to blunder into because of the language barrier between Hisao and Shizune. Misha could either be a source of trouble for the relationship, or someone to help patch things up, or both at various points in the story. Sidelining her would remove a lot of opportunities to add depth to Shizune's story by making it less complex.