A feature where character portraits appear when they speak, like Harvest Moon: FIMT, Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced, (and even Shin Megami Tensei games)

The character designs of eastward is amazing but I feel like we don't get to appreciate much of it. The most we see of them fleshed out is during the opening animation and The Main Duo's UI portraits.

And It would be great if they appear as pixel art like FF TA, and Harvest Moon FIMT.
One of the things I love about Eastward is how every asset is committed to be pixel art, from the environments, the effects, the UI, and even the text font. The only thing in the game that isn't pixelized would be the lighting, which is a great choice.

OF COURSE, I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT NECESSARY
I understand that this game is more inspired by Mother instead of the other games I mentioned. But I honestly think adding portraits would make long/filler cutscenes bearable for some players.

It's already a game so focused on its art, so it would be better if we have more of it to admire.

The dev team clearly has some talented illustrators in there, would be great if they get enough budget to add this type of feature.