Decent, if not very original premise, but unfortunately it doesn't take very long for the problems in this game to start showing themselves.
Pros:
-The relationship between the MC and his girlfriend is portrayed as sweet and loving, and the dialogue between them is actually pretty good. The fact that this shows the dev CAN write good dialogue is honestly what makes some of the other parts so frustrating thought.
Cons:
-The MC is, for lack of a better word, pathetic. I don't mind him being traumatized by Darren stealing his first crush away from him and hating his guts for it, but it's overdone so much that it stops being a point of sympathy for him and just starts to be annoying.
-"But you're friends, aren't you?" I fucking hate this shit. I hate it with a burning passion. I understand the dev wanted to amplify the feelings of being frustrated, not able to rely on your loved ones, and that Darren is a snake, but come on. All this does is just piss me off whenever they act like they can't see what's going on. Even though the MC hasn't told them what Darren did to him, it really isn't hard to see that he shuts down every time Darren is in the same room as him and is super uncomfortable with his presence. Maybe the older sister would be willfully oblivious since she's probably going to take Darren's side in this, but the mother and younger sister both act like morons in this regard.
-Aiko's family is... a bit too anime for my tastes. Aiko being cutesy, hyper, and energetic is fine, but her entire family acting like that is too much.
-The entire scene where Darren came in and just info dumped on the MC about how he's fucking all the women in his friend's lives was pretty bad. Might as well have given him his own Disney villain song at this point.