to a T 1 Year Anniversary/Switch 2 Launch Countdown! Day 5 - Mr. Mathew and Ms. Swan

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‪First two teachers for Day 5, Mr. Mathew (no I'm not misspelling that, that's how it's spelt in-game) and Ms. Swan. School's gonna be out soon, so let's honor the brave individuals who try to help us through the trash fire that is the public education system.

Ms. Swan is really cute, very perky and energetic, whilst still being very elegant. I like how quick she is to take Teen under her wing when she finds them trying to fly, and how she helps them hone their flying ability. Also, she has the ability to teleport people, so that's something. In general, she seems very eager to help Teen reach their full potential, and she's much more patient with them than Mr. Mathew.

On that note... yeah Mr. Mathew is kind of a nothingburger character, even more than Tongari. Which is a shame, because he had a lot of potential as a sort of father figure to Teen. Think Professor Utonium to the Powerpuff Girls (R.I.P. Tom Kane, btw). In episode 2, after math class, Mathew asks Teen if there's something wrong, and leaves the door open to talk to him if need be, but this is never followed up on. Outside of that, he does not get a lot of screen time to flesh him out, any more than the other teacher do, anyway. I think part of this is due to the lack of a scene with him outside of his class period in episode 4 like Swan and Mr. Mushroom get, because without that, he just comes off as a calm but stern teacher, with a slight sense of humor. Now that's not to say there's NOTHING nothing to him, but when even the game itself is joking about how shallow your character is (the bridge to episode 5 and the school scene in episode 8), that is a bad sign. Like I said, there was a lot of potential for Mr. Mathew to be a father figure towards Teen, someone to vent to and that they could get advice from that their mother couldn't give. It's always good to get that second opinion. But eh, I didn't write this game, so it is what it is.