Edit: Sorry for the wall of text!
Man this game is so damn good. I usually come and play games like these to have my fill, but every now and then a game comes along that has amazing writing. Even rarer though, is when a work of art comes along with good writing AND this sense of being genuine where it feels like the pacing is good and the interactions between characters don't make you go "this feels a little too forced" or makes you ask yourself "why these dialogue choices?"; where it makes you feel a deeper sense of duty to pay attention to the story and everything surrounding it without feeling like you're going out of your way to do so. Even more, it feels like you pay attention to details, which makes it all the more genuine. For instance, the fact each girl both lines up with their image, backstory, and even their actions is great, but on top of all of that you have them doing little things like Yumi attending class and counseling more as you get closer to her even early on. Then there's something like Akane having a chicken in class and it not even being addressed because she's just wild and unpredictable by nature. You blend that mix of showing not telling and actually showing really well and then when I get to thinking "Oh the author slipped up!," and I think I've caught you in some type of continuity error or something related, you explain it off as a wall break. You're a good writer fam. My favorite character so far has to be Futaba, and I imagine that you also enjoy writing her as she had the most scenes (at least the most revealing ((as in her characterization)) and how she's the most built upon). I gotta say you caught me off guard a lot of times too. The worst time was the "There's something buried underneath the school." It caught me so off guard I was kind of stuck in place out of fear. It got me curious with the notebook you and Futaba read as the mysterious owner of it mentions how the school's boiler room smells of "rotten skin flesh," if I recall correctly. Then Futaba also has that quote by Edgar Allen Poe from the beginning of the game. I wonder how it's all connected. I'm sorry for the long wall of text, but damn this work of art is just off to too much of a good start not to rant on it. I'll try to join your patreon asap. With what's going on I've been in a difficult place but your game definitely was a gem in all of it. I hope you're doing alright through recent events and thanks for the game, it's awesome. Much love fam.