First and foremost, I finally released a patch to tweak some grammar and glitches, and added a few lines of day 4 Akira monologue! There was also a few visual issues which have been fixed. Thank you for your patience, and sorry about any confusion this has caused.

Secondly... Happy Anniversary!

It's been an entire year since the release of Act 1 and over two months since the release of Act 2. We hit five thousand downloads in the beginning of may, and already nearing 6k. I'm blown away by the support. 

This project as a whole has let me express myself experimentally without any kind of direction on a deeply personal level. While writing and drawing I tried to ignore all the uncertainty that would dilute any sincerity, so when I released it, all the scary feelings washed over me at once, and I was incapacitated for several weeks basically. It's surreal to think people could perceive my earnest feelings with empathy in their hearts. I'm very fortunate!

That being said, to celebrate the anniversary I have at long last completed Volume 2 of Eventide Retrospective, an exhaustive compilation of liner notes, sketches, scrapped ideas, all the good stuff in one package including a revised version of Vol. 1, **and** an entire separate gallery of extra super secret sexy bonus illustrations on top! 

Plus, if you already own Vol. 1, you get the whole thing for free!! (redownload from things you own) I'll probably update it periodically over time as an archive wheneverI have a lot of Eventide art piled up, since i dont really trust the longevity of socmed sites atm ... 

As a forewarning, I avoided commenting directly on any kind of ambiguity that was left in the story. (There is an entire one page of Arbiter logistic stuff in Vol. 2) It's more of a 'where my head was at while I made each part' instead of 'this is what x and y meant.' I'm happy that everyone can extract their own meanings, conclusions and speculations.

On a related note, please look forward to something VERY AMAZING** on 8/31. The journey continues! 

On an unrelated note,  here's what I'll be busy with in June-July!!!

Thank you always for your support!

**It's not the steam release. trust me tho this thing is much better than a steam release (which will also happen at some point i prommy but im prioritizing this thing and the jam project which will be similarly incredibly amazing. after those two separate things I will begin my infiltration on valve headquarters.)