Unfortunately simple in the sense that interactions with characters are chosen only by how many times you've spent with them before, and this doesn't make a realistic timeline. for example: one of the times you visit a character it'll say "it's friday" or something, regardless of if it is or not. That makes it so the idea of a time crunch doesn't exactly exist the way the story wants you to believe. If interactions relied on when you see them AND how often you've seen them, it'd be a lot more interesting and give greater replay value... but I understand how much more writing work that would have been.

It was a bit frustrating that even if there should have been time to visit someone else, the day was done. For example, one morning you walk Malik to work in quiet comfortable companionship... and that's it. Then the day's done. The rest is spent who knows how... but if days were split into morning/afternoon you could probably more realistically fill your days and see more interesting things, being given more choices that way.

BUT - I still loved the characters and how they interacted, it was very sweet.  I enjoyed the extra stories outside of the game timeline, and the art is positively wonderful.

So: as a game, it's fine and fun enough. But as a story, I love it.

I haven't gotten every ending yet, but I will >:3c

My only critique is related to gameplay on Android. You have the option to "skip" dialogue on playthroughs past your first. Sometimes when I clicked "skip" it ZOOMED through the dialogue so fast I couldn't even stop it if I wanted to. There's also no option to go back in case I had entirely missed what I had skipped. I wish there was like, an undo button? But just for the skipping. And when it did pause to let me pick who to spend the day with, there wasn't an "off" function for the skipping. So it would zoom through the next even if I wanted to reread a section.

Spoilers below!

My favorite ending (surprisingly?) was the ending where I spent all my time with the Lady. I liked having a nonromantic, nonfamilial option to forge a new relationship. My next fave was the ending where I got to have TWO boyfriends. Polyamory representation in games, in media, in wherever is nonexistent. This made me feel seen, just by having this option. I think the "single minded" ending is what really broke my heart, but also taught me an important lesson. You can't just neglect your other friends when you're pursuing a love interest without serious repercussions. Friends as just as important as romantic partners.

The extra content, the multiple other stories, I think, were also really important to me understanding the characters. I honestly couldn't pick a favorite extra story. It almost feels as if they should be it a second novel, not just bonus content that people might feel is optional to read. I think in order of importance it's Mom comes for a visit, Dad and the Lady learn of the boy's relationship, the trio discuss their childhood, horror movie night, and private moment. It's not that private moment isn't juicy!! It's just not as integral to my understanding of the plot...

Other bits I love:
How the "talking" sound bits are different for Tomai, Malik, and Burdoc.
The art! both characters and backgrounds!
The dreams!
The dreams!
Realistic family interactions with incredible depth!
The setting! I would love more stories in this world!

A really cute story and it was really nice to see the triad/polyamory ending. 

going for one of the less... favorable endings is breaking my heart. you meanie... i know this game will have a wicked ending when i get to it, but right now, im sad :')

i love this *^* it's truly amazing

thank you for your hard work