Bianca´s date dialogue is surprisingly bad (spoilers)

[Alex/Yellow]

I really like Bianca, really like how she´s normally written. She never quite stops being an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to the player and I really like that! She´s not an affectionate person and she knows it.

I would have expected her to be surprised that I´d want to date her. I would have expected her to be kind of awkward at first, given that she doesn´t have fantastic social skills. I would have expected her to kind of open with talking about fixes she´s done on Hasel or problems she´s had in the shop, I expected some sincere anger about her life so far, the town or the people around her and then after all of that, she could have done some self reflection or talked about her passive suicidality.

Instead, her dialogue kind of reads like a journal entry she might have written while in a very calm and self reflective mood. It´s extremely surreal. She praises how I´m not draining and acts as though she really wants to make this relationship work- on the first date?? I expected any resistance, any amount of difficulty in trying to date someone who has alcoholic tendencies. Instead, she´s so weirdly open to change and its like?? where did this come from???

The line "i wanted to keep myself from getting hurt." really makes my point. Who says that on a first date? Nobody!
She follows it up with "I am hoping to fix this bit of myself now.... because I want to give us a serious try." and it´s like, so out of nowhere.

I´m honestly tempted to write some example dialogue to demonstrate how to handle her character, even with the limit of no facial expressions, but I feel like that might be rude because I´ve liked the writing so far, these people know what they are doing, idk what happened here.
So, yeah, like I said, I really like the writing in this game. It´s short and to the point without losing character. I like this game. But this really took me out of the moment lol, christ almighty.

If I may make another critique: choosing the date location is silly. this particular date should have happened in Bianca´s apartment with a bottle of vodka because that´s simply what her character would have preferred. I mean, imagine someone who you´ve been mean to asking you out on a date! She´s totally the type of person who would have gone "sure but i need a drink"
Maybe on the second date she could have gone "okay, i chose the first date location so I guess now its your turn" and then she could have had the dialogue about enjoying solitute and being happy to be outside and feeling like you aren´t draining because at that point, she´s a little more secure in the fact that you actually want to date her.
Sorry for the long post!!

[Kain Yusanagi]

Dates in this game come only when they already really like you and are wanting to be with you so you're going through the adjustments of being together at that time; it's not just a casual date with a friend you hope becomes something more after awhile, or a fling you can romp in the bushes and then go back to chatting with as if nothing happened.

This harkens back to a time before casual flings when the internet was in its infancy, which can come across weirdly to some because the social liberty of the world seems very high and in our reality that has resulted in highly casual relationships, but relationships in-game are not treated as casually. Furthermore, Bianca specifically comes across as a high-functioning autistic woman, but she doesn't seem to have any hatred for the place or anyone around her in general, and in fact seems to have the opposite, a fierce loyalty to the town that she wants to protect and see thrive.

In short, this is all probably why you are getting that feeling of disconnect, rather than her character being written 'wrong' during the date, as you suggest.

[pepsi cola]

ummm, tbh, that's exactly why I liked the character so much. Because she's real and not a typical i-want-to-die/depressed girl. She's smart and tend self-reflex a lot while she's crafting something, which gives her time to think about everything what's happening with her.

And as a person above said, characters ALREADY like you if they go on a date. It's not a random date through Tinder when you have no idea who's that person and feel awkward. This is a date when you were friends for a while and just decided to give a serious try to you two. That's why Bianca says she "wants this relationship works".

respectfully, but if Bianca was the in a way you've just described, I've lost any interest because that's exactly what you can expect from a gothic depressed girl, nothing new. So I guess different people have different perspective on her route.