The game "Cherry Blessing" gets rave reviews due to Utaha's script and Eriri's artwork leading to a large amount of additional orders. However, the extra route that Tomoya wrote gets mixed reviews. Just before Valentine's Day, Tomoya receives chocolates from his circle, as well as Izumi through Iori, with the latter telling him to keep the circle, going unable to claim victory at Winter Comiket. Tomoya individually meets Eriri and Utaha and while he has their well-being in mind with Eriri getting sick for his sake and Utaha writing a novel she needs to complete before she begins college, they tell him that they want to work on his next project. Tomoya observes Megumi and realizes that she has become distant from him. Tomoya puts together the proposal for the next project for Summer Comiket titled "How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend".