That's also interesting; I'm not sure how the developers planned out the story for each focus girl, but it would be nice if Sifa discovered her mother's relationship with the MC during Sofia's arc, and then everything built on top of that when we get to her arc. Certainly a rocky start but undoubtedly fertile soil for good storytelling.
I do wonder if the player would be locked out of Sifa's arc until they finished Sofia's arc (honestly, It is worth the tradeoff). But I'm thinking way ahead in the future.
I doubt they'll be tied together like that or have Sifa's arc gated behind Sophias.
One of their stated goals is that we be able to do the focus girls in any order we wish.
That is why so far there has been very little crossing of the streams between focus girls, and when crossing does with other cast its very shallow at best.
Also why I don't think Brandy will feature heavily in Sofia's arc, one because of the potential of where the brandy story is when a player chooses to do Sofia's arc, and two, its Sofia's arc, she deserves to be the star front and centre
