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This paper bases its argument on the Markedness-oriented Candidate Chain theory to propose a universal constraint, G-Harmony, that penalizes a radical harmonic improvement. Surveying the types of phonological changes, this paper shows that the locus of explanation for overapplication opacity should be shifted from the relative order of faithful violations to the gradual nature of phonological change. OT-CC argues that the opacity rises because there is certain order in faithfulness violations. On the other hand, G-Harmony allows us to see that the transparent form in overapplication opacity has its own defect as it shows radical harmonic improvement. The opaque form is chosen optimal because it follows the path of gradual harmonic improvement. The discussion in this paper also shows that we can dispense with the unfortunate metaconstraint proposed along with OT-CC.