thank you! i'm grateful for your comment and all your thoughts on this!
my friend once described songs and flowers as less of a dating sim and more of a friendship and family sim with emphasis on mental health and i think that might be accurate.
noct's design and personality were both super easy to make. once i decided on "subverting anime appearance tropes" as a theme for the characters, the cute delinquent with a cool personality just came naturally.
really, thank you a lot! this comment made me really happy.