So, I recently bought this game after enjoying the demo, and I've been having a really good time! But something just happened to me that I feel strongly enough to kind of leave a warning here, in case it happens to anyone else. Without giving any details, I finished my fourth route a few hours ago. I guess I'd never fully gone through the credits or something, because a little developer message popped up afterwards asking who my favorite character was.
I have this sort of tradition where when I play a multi-route game I'll purposely play the route I'm most excited for last to end on the highest note possible. In this case, that route is Noel, who I was attached to literally the instant I saw their art on the page. And I have interacted with him in other routes so I can confidently say he is my favorite, so I picked him from the options thinking it was harmless.
It wasn't exactly harmless. The developer message started talking a bit about his route development, and then talked about what I'm assuming will be the biggest moment in his route, and I'm kind of crushed that I had experiencing that blind taken from me (though not maliciously of course!) I'm not mad at the devs or anything like that, it's just kind of upsetting.
TLDR; Be careful with that developer message after the credits and don't pick your favorite character there if you haven't done their route yet!