Thanks for playing and your detailed comment!
Tbh i was a bit lost on how to make a tutorial and settled on a test run prob being necessary
Theres a lot of rng ofc xD but id like to believe some logic too
The interest bar getting hopeless thing is mostly true, but you can get their interest quite a bit down again if you change your settings to reflect their character (mainly if they will be intrigued by you rejecting them or if they are intrigued by acceptance. Since they will gift quite a lot at that stage that can have a huge effect, at least in my playthroughs
The character improvement is definitely a good point! That might be really interesting to explore, at this scope (with the limited time) i designed it to be hopeless, that the good ending is just olive living to see the same cycle start over again (which is how one often may feel when trying to help friends with their problems xD)
Thanks for all your feedback!!!