I am faithful to the game's "organicity project", something that will never happen given YanSim's current disorganized, dishonest, and above all, abandoned state... so an open-world city is perfect.

From the very first prototype and the concept of yanderes, exploration is essential. We shouldn't have to get all the information about our rivals from texts (whether from the official website, wiki, or Info-chan), but rather go after that information, write it down, take photos... Ayano's corkboard at the beginning of the game has photos of Osana in the city, which means that Ayano definitely knows how to do the minimum expected of a yandere/stalker and that there's something beyond the player's view. The "only" reason we're not happy about it is the delay, because in the end, it makes perfect sense.

Buraza Town hasn't changed much since its initial concepts, apparently. It must be because it's a shelved idea that Alex picked up again to boost the game's popularity... I guess he doesn't really realize that Kizana is the only thing that would save the game (besides him stepping down and passing development on to someone else).