I gave this a try two days ago and was thoroughly and positively impressed.
- The protagonist's background is recognisable and believable, and simultaneously not more convoluted than necessary.
- The humour worked very well and the game made me laugh. Possibly because I am not usually into drawn/anime/manga games anymore. The writer knows what (s)he is doing. It looks like it is aiming to be an enjoyable game without depending on pornographic and fetish value alone. No obvious foreshadowing of more extreme fetishes is also a benefit in my opinion. Relatively vanilla games seem to become increasingly rare.
- When the music started rolling I felt like I was playing a professionally made manga (or actually hentai) VN.
- No shoehorned male friend is a plus in my book. Other games have created this expectation for me.
- It seems like it will have to be rebalanced which actions cost energy. By the end of the episode I was avoiding investigation and other actions that had no apparent effect. It seems it is possible to run out of energy before the end of the demo if you like reading everything, but on a more efficient run I had about 50% left.
- There is no rollback function and that meant I was save-scumming the whole time. Could as well enable it if it does not create problems.
- I did not really like Mum's face. I have the feeling her facial features should be slightly retouched.
- If the dating part feels like it is naturally progressing, it is actual fun and statistics become more than a nuisance, then this may become an open world game that actually works, with all the things to discover and click on.
- I just wanted to continue and try out for the swimming team. FeelsBadMan
The developers aimed high and it seems they are delivering and know how to get there.