yes every time i talk to akiko it restarts the herb event and it just says i havnt talked to everyone. edit: i restarted the game and went back through and the bug diddnt happen agian.
I have exactly the same problem. For the rest the game looks very promising.
This is probably a bug. I will fix this bug soon.
That's why I hate free roam with quizzes. You so often get stuck and it spoils all the fun. :(
