And he is right about doing that, the best netorase is a netorase that plays with the netorare borders without ever crossing it entirely, i really enjoy netorase but they tend to be very predictable, and has most of the time a boring story, it's always the same thing, you have played some netorase and you can see all the possible plots.
playing with the netorare borders without ever crossing it add drama and make the story interesting and unpredictable, of course we need to have our happy ending at the very end of the game.
If we criticize every game that will not follow the same netorase standard tropes and stories we will end up with boring repetitive shit, like with atelier sakura that remix the same shit again and again.
What i don't enjoy in "let the nightshine in" is more of a personal preference thing, the fact that the MMC and FMC aren't married is a turn off for me, netorase and netorare are far more impactful when the couple is married, because it plays with the sacred bonds of marriage, the fact that they are just bf and gf makes the story less impactful, because the stronger the backstory and the relation of the couple the stronger the netorase and netorare will hit.