Oh my gosh, thank you so much for the comment! (Sorry for the late reply, I've been really busy lately with finals.) And also thank you so much for reading the devlogs. I'm never sure if people actually read them all the way through or not, so it's really nice to know that people do. (I really need to write another devlog about the flower language used throughout the game, but we'll see if I can get around to it lol).
I really enjoyed reading your interpretation, especially the part about the TV because it's not something I considered. When I wrote about the TV, I intended it as a way of making it ambiguous whether the events on the TV were really happening or not. But it is absolutely true that spending so much of your time watching the news can feed into your fears and anxiety. The news is such a strange thing because on the one hand, watching it all the time can ramp up your anxiety, but on the other hand sometimes you feel guilty for not keeping up with what's going on the world.
It's also very true that when you're a kid, the days pass so slowly. And then your parents try to convince you to wait until tomorrow to do something, but tomorrow is just so far away.
I'm really glad you liked the friendship between Echo and MC because it is central to the story. In every iteration, they are friends. They have an eternal bond. It makes me feel anxious when friends fight, so even though MC initially blames Echo during Day 4, it was very important to me to make sure that that anger did not last.
It is totally cool that you rambled in your comment. I love to read people's ramblings about things they enjoy. But I am especially glad that this game impacted you so much :) Thank you for sharing.