[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Spoiler for first impressions:

Well, Unluck and stuff ended, so I guess this can be its Jump replacement.
Well, I think it is Jump anyways, since her family is filled with absurd circus performers. And yes, I checked afterwards to see that it is indeed Jump, but I kinda figured that myself before then

Not much to say right now. If he's gonna put on the ring as a last resort, they should have just done it in the first place. But sure, if he has the strength to rip through those strings (with the power of love that I guess none of the other members have), I guess any timing works

The delay seems to fit better with the characters' personalities. If he'd just gone and put on the ring to protect himself, that would from the start seem pretty awful, but the traumatic backstory makes it unbearable to him since in a sense it's like agreeing to let Mutsumi die so he can live. Looks better and works better with his character for him to do it only when it becomes clear that she'll willingly sacrifice everything to protect him, meaning the only way to even give her a chance at a happy life is to accept the ring. Just doing something because "you're going to end up doing it anyway" can result in some really awful character implications, so in my opinion it really helps improve them to have them refuse it under the initial set of circumstances and only accept them when the situation and reasons have changed.