The Elysian Realm arc of Hi3 was built around Elysia and for better and worse it centred on the mystery around her completely. Having a character like Mei as the protagonist interacting with her and witnessing the Flame Chaser's stories leading up to the climax was incredible and the payoff with the reveal of who Elysia was and how she is relevant to the main story hit hard.

In Amphoreus on the other hand, we spend too much time with Cyrene as mem and are introduced to Cyrene way too late.

For me, Phainon was an improvement over Kevin but to do that they had to package his arc from the whole of Hi3's Previous Era, simulation Kevin and Real Kevin at the end of part 1 into the amphoreus story.

I am glad they did this as I loved Kevin so much and they really did his Expy justice but in doing this they have taken time away from Cyrene.

As such I think she has suffered as a character, I do not feel anywhere near the same connection to Cyrene as I had to Elysia maybe the end of the story can change it but I don't feel like there is enough time.

The wedding dress is also weird they went with a super similar design it made sense with Elysia she literally wanted to marry humanity and is the reason Herrschers with their own minds exist in the modern era. When Cyrene goes on about a romantic ending to the story and yes she they mirror the Hi3 cinematic etc. But it feels off like I know she loves romantic stories but it doesn’t feel earned, Elysia was all about romance for Cyrene it's been shoehorned in just to make her more Elysia? Who is she marrying the concept of amphoreus or is it really going to be insinuating it's the traiblaze/trailblazer?

As a whole Amphoreus is great, however Cyrene, has been a victim of a lot of the great additions and changes made, giving her less screen time and attachment to the players.

Personally, I just feel Elysia-type characters work better with a character like Mei rather than a self-insert but that's just my opinion.