It's more than I usually don't get to contrast character perspectives in that close succession. You usually do a good job distinguishing narration between different character perspectives, but stick to one or maybe two shifts in a chapter. Jumping between 5 is a really neat way to give a quick "this is how it feels to be this character" that I haven't had yet from these snippets. Prior to this, we had a brief dip into Kaede's perspective, a bit of Illya, and some Sion, but none of Sia, Nerine, Asa, or Primula (okay we had some view of future-Primula, but she's very different). It's very compelling.
Not know how to express them, or not know how to identify them? Alexythmia is a thing that is somewhat difficult to describe if you don't have it, but seems like it might be applicable. It seems like a decent base, since she's said to "learn" emotions.I will say that writing Primula is hard, from this perspective; she's supposed to have emotions, but not know how to express them, and conveying that from within her own head . . . It wasn't easy.
Other possibilities include something involving Asa. There are a lot of sick people in this setting, my goodness.Well, according to what little I've been able to find on Shuffle! Love Rainbow (the last "spinoff" game, with route extensions for Sia, Kaede and Primula), it's possible to use "Devil technology" to give Kikyou her own body - though apparently there's fallout over the King of the Gods having a Devil for a daughter . . .
Take every advantage you can get, I guess. That's a pretty big anime cross-route spoiler though, ouch. I'm reminded of some of the issues in the Fate (2006) adaption.Yes. While Nerine is and remains my first choice, always (and I am ecstatic I managed to get my hands on Tick! Tack! for that reason), Sia and her sister are a close second . . .
A bit of context, though, for you to fully appreciate it: until I started watching a playthrough of Sia's story, I had no idea that Rin gave Kikyou her name, at its climax (up until then, she's referred to as "Reverse Sia") - to give her something of her own. The anime referred to her by name, so naturally, the Lunar would, as well . . . Not realising that he'd basically pre-emptively solved the big dramatic issue of the "Sia route" in the process.
(So, yeah - in a way, this is going to be a "New Game+" version of Shuffle!, since as far as those two are concerned . . . )
It's a good day when Rin can makes errors due to his limited perspective, and you let the world tick along that way. Not that favouring your self-inserts has ever really been a problem for you. Being Kieran is suffering.. . . On the other hand, if Sia's in a better mental position, I appear to have possibly made Nerine's issues a bit worse . . .