ah i should definitely clarify that i have no issues with erotic content, i enjoy it too 😅 i mightve come off as a bit of a prude in my previous message, whoops. i just think the realism is definitely more thematically appropriate for your VN.
if i were you, i wouldnt worry too much about the immediate metrics for the game at all. on itch io, gaining support is a lot more slow burn and you can expect to accumulate it over the course of several years. since this game just released right before 2024, i imagine theres still lots of time for it to garner attention. just saying from my own experience, since my own itch io projects had almost no fans or anything in the first 2 years and only now is reception starting to build up to something somewhat substantial. most games tend to still recieve comments and downloads overtime years after release, after all, so you just have to be patient before your VN makes its mark on the world. hope that makes sense.