- Broken Base: Fans of Hachisuka were disappointed that, despite being advertised as a focus event for him, he didn't have nearly as much of a presence in the story as Suishinshi and Kiyomaro and didn't contribute to their dynamic even in group interactions, which was especially glaring compared to Mutsunokami's interactions with his two inspectors in the previous event, as well as Kashuu's dynamic with Norimune in the one that would follow this one. Some fans justified it, explaining that Yamanbagiri Kunihiro also didn't have much of a presence in his focus event, in fact even having less so than Hachisuka due to only appearing in two Recollections vs Hachisuka's seven appearances.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: You would think that Nagasone would actually appear in the event, given the hints that one of the consequences of not correcting history would be that neither the sword Minamoto Kiyomaro nor Nagasone Koutetsu would ever be forged by their smith, not to mention that because the event was somewhat related to their smith, the relationship between Nagasone and Kiyomaro could have been explored more in-depth. Unfortunately, even though Hachisuka had little to do with the events taking place other than being related to Nagasone, the writers seemed fairly strict in their format, allowing only the starter sword and the recently introduced Touken Danshi to appear in this event, meaning that Nagasone was relegated to only being name-dropped or hinted at.
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