THIS... this is a visual novel. Not just a novel enhanced by visuals. You can tell that some scenes are made deliberately with visual novels as a choice of medium, scenes that cannot be conveyed just through words.
The choice of music is very on point. The use of animations, stock images with minimal edits, and simple drawings are all surprisingly well done making a cohesive visual direction (though I can't help but think it has that Blackgate vibes lmao). The piano scene and the final one oaghh...
Though the story is a bit too short and I can't seem to get where the "expanding" theme goes in the story, it's the one I enjoy the most so far. As expected from the writer of The Flying General, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing where this goes.