>too soon to be focusing
fair, I'll have to consider padding out interactions in the full version
>minimize religion
I feel that would defeat the purpose of the VN. Saying little things like "I'll pray for you" is both ineffective and still annoying to people who don't want anything to do with religion. This could all be balanced with more slice of life moments however.
>MC Mary Sue
Yeah, I'm trying to find a good balance for him. It want him to at least be balanced and open to enough things that he can related to any of the girls, but if having a bare minimum work out in the morning and only doing morning prayers still feels to much to some people, I'm not sure what level will satisfy people beside just making him literally an empty slob who does nothing ever. Popular with the ladies is a trope for sure, but a demo doesn't have a lot of time to build up relationship. Aria's route at least has her emotionally distant until the MC actually shows interest in her stuff. Clover couldn't care less about the MC unless he shows interest in games. Eva seems to have a bit of a crush by default. Sera is just friendly to everyone. And Wren is just going based on an interesting story she heard.