I did my first ch5 recently and I found the guide helpful, as in it contains all the information. What the guides lack (not just chapter 5's, but most of them) are summary tables, for example where you can gather stuff freely (e.g. in chapters 4-5), or telling the succession of events for each LI or side quests and where they happen, because I agree that's a bit of a pain going back and forth within a single PDF file.
Clearly the game is not structured for that. (also, why in the hell they decided to list the various LIs not in alphabetical order, making them more difficult to track down??)
Clearly the game is not structured for that. (also, why in the hell they decided to list the various LIs not in alphabetical order, making them more difficult to track down??)