Quick Update + Apologies (Patreon)

LET ME PREFACE THIS: I'm finishing 5.2 today.

I got too excited hyping up the chapter, but when I looked at the word count and my remaining outline items, I realised I had to make some choices. My current word count for Ch 5.2 of The World of Otome Games is a Second Chance for Broken Swords is 15,211 words, and after rereading the final passages, they felt rushed.

This happened because I was eager to get to Leon's boss fight. However, after reassessing the outline, I realised that if I add another detailed boss fight after cleaning up the Holfort Academy fight, we might hit 25-30k words. At that length, I'd risk burning out, and the boss fight would fall flat.

So I'm ending this chapter with the Holfort Academy students' boss battle. Don't worry—I'll finish that properly, adding another two to three thousand words.

I'm also moving some parts from 5.2 to 5.1 to balance the chapters better (5k+ words for 5.1 vs 16k+ words for 5.2, with 5.3's length still unknown).

But here's the good news: After this cycle, the next batch's first story will be The World of Otome Games is a Second Chance for Broken Swords again, and I'm committing to four chapters in that cycle. We'll finish the dungeon arc with 5.3, then move into the setup for Angie vs Marie (leading to the challenge), followed by the start of their fight in the chapter after that.

At least, that's the current outline.

Sorry if I got you guys excited for something that's coming next cycle instead.

TO REITERATE: I'm finishing 5.2 today, but we'll have chapter 5.3 next cycle with four chapters total.

To further reiterate, after Fate/Charm of the Devil Fae, These Tragic Souls, and The 9 3/4 Incident, we're back to The World of Otome Games is a Second Chance for Broken Swords. This gives me ample time to reset between same stories, I'll also upload a pseudo schedule again for those new here.