Well, yes, but it is still Bingo's name in the writing credit. I don't know the details, nor can I specify the extent as to who had the most input on the plot. It's especially hard when you see the contrast between games they've worked on.
Bayonetta's plot isn't bad, it's just presented in a very convoluted manner. Then again, Okami was wonderfully told. That's Kamiya's writing. Bayo 2's is better, very complimentary to 1's, and more cohesive which is something Morihashi worked on. Similarly, DMC3 has characters who show their emotions well, except for Dante who insists on wearing a mask of indifference. After 3, though, the only person who doesn't wear one of those is Nero. Everyone else acts none interested in things they should be because they're, I don't know, too cool to do so. Prime example is the reunion scene in 5 where people haven't seen each other for a month, their faiths are unknown to each other, and they just pass right by it. They're obviously glad to see each other but Lady just walks passed Dante, says something irrelevant, and he doesn't even look twice at her. Yeah, there are more sincere and emotional scenes in 4 and 5 but they're only the ones that involve Nero.
So, is it Morihashi who doesn't seem to know how to know how to write human interactions or scenes with sincere emotion? Maybe. He's done it before and he did it in 5 but it's all so inconsistent. I've said it before, I don't want them to be melodramatic and overly sensitive, either, but there is a balance, even with cheese actions narratives, and they've really gone off the deep end of one side.
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