Great job! This was a really fun and creative read!
I feel like visual novels frequently treat the presentation as an afterthought - they focus on having aesthetically appealing sprites but have them stay still the whole time, or they simply focus on writing, but I feel like the presentation here really took things up a notch! It's rare to see a visual novel feel properlyanimated, even if (most of) the sprites didn't actually move around - they were just so incredibly expressive and dynamic, which made this a joy to get through!