I mean, to me personally it feels more like third act rather than the main story proper. I mean, the A and B routes are obviously too long for a prologue, but I feel that B also builds thematically on A in general, making it a proper second act despite actually being more or less the same in terms of story beats.

But yeah so far route C has been amazing. I’ve read several reviews saying route C was either underwritten or “tragedy for tragedy’s sake” but tbh to me it feels like a genuinely fitting continuation of everything that’s happened before.