Had the same problem. You have to run the game with a Japanese emulator to make it work, it seems. Just changing your system locale doesn't seem to be enough.
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Looks like this is the continuation of Locale Emulator. I was wondering if the reason it got no more updates was because there was nothing else to fix, but seems like it was renamed.
This worked perfectly for me. Locale Emulator wouldn't launch it, but Remulator did.
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The game is very hands off... It doesn't tell you where to get tools, but I found out eventually.
Then it doesn't tell you have to advance after the washing machine. There are simply no more entries to the hypnosis app.
And now I'm stuck.
I have the key to the landlord's daughters apartment. Got it with the toy gun, but it doesn't really matter. You just get kicked out when using it.
With the Boss there's a "Radish Emitting a Glow" in her office, but no apparent way to remove it.