heart were instant or happened at most a week after stealing the Treasure, especially since some party confidants like Ann are locked behind the deadlines for their dungeons. I agree the stakes for Shido do make his a bit weird, but the preceding and two later dungeons all have fixed dates so idk

I admit my view might be kinda skewed since I'm currently playing through NG+ for the first time so my social stats were already maxed and my resultant options were pretty much Ryuji, Takemi or just going back to Leblanc, but I think it could've been a bit better if, at least early on, changes of

Feel like it's even worse early on when you have less to do. At least mid-late game you have multiple confidants to choose from, the jazz club, Mementos etc but early on it's pretty much "is anyone available, no, study", especially when the Madarame and Kaneshiro arcs are kinda sleepy on story (imo)

I love the number 6

Damn I won two games in a row with 6 stars and about the same number of coins too huh