Finally started playing Tsukihime. I've been insistent on avoiding spoilers up until now although I have a passing familiarity with topics that have already been openly talked about. I did the Arc routes first and decided an order on what interested me next from there, so I've just finished Akiha just now.
How vampires manage to operate in the midst of society feels like the conventions of an outdated slasher horror, being what set things into motion. Shiki's bouts of madness definitely make him feel like a wild animal who's instincts have been placated by the flow of daily ordinary life, makes sense how Arc is super convinced that he must be an experienced serial killer, and I can see again just how much Nasu loves recycling concepts with the whole Shiki/SHIKI overarching mystery that's a lot more glaringly obvious in english.
Akiha being jealous of Shiki flirting his bromance with Arihiko makes that another one on the wishlist with Shinji route. Yumizuka plain freaked me out with how sudden her sporadic appearances are and the strange description of her presence but it makes sense given the crush she has on a guy that can barely bother to remember her existence in hindsight I guess. The "fight" against the supernatural vampires are surprisingly very simple, it's basically Shiki catching everyone off guard with how inconceivably bullshit his eyes and instincts are moments before realizing it.
Doing Hisui next.