This was a really cute entry!
I want to comment on the art first, since it's the thing that stuck with me the most from all the elements. It has this very specific style that is a dying breed nowadays. It used to be very prevalent until the early 2000s, somewhere around the time anime started becoming mainstream in the west, and when many artists, including furry ones, were still adopting digital art. It brings me a lot of nostalgia and makes me realise just how much a miss this very early "how to draw manga" style that was used in furry webcomics a lot. The fact that this dev kept it makes me very happy.
The 3D backgrounds had a nice charm, and Iiked the full screen illustrations even more than the sprites. The fact that a single dev managed to make the backgrounds, sprites, illustrations, writing AND music in just a month is seriously impressive. Aryaman's initial sprite where he's playing music s looksmaxxing, mogging that poor yeen and aurafarming so hard, it's incredible.
As for the story, it was a rather typical slice of life romance with a sprinkle of supernatural. Over the years I've been falling out of love with this genre, but a short jam game is small enough for me to stomach. My main issue with them is that they meander horribly, and they don't have any progression, conflict or stakes, even though that is absolutely possible even in such a low intensity genre. The VN does provide us something with the bookstore's struggling business, the little tiger's "promotion" to a more equal business partner (along with his very forgettable B plot secondary romance), and of course the romance between Tyler and Aryaman.
I do find it a shame that everything unique about Aryaman gets stripped away after our first encounter with him. His supernatural design, status and powers get put aside (other than him using a spell off screen once) when he disguises himself as a mortal. This can of course be done in a more interesting manner, but to me it seems like him being a Deva becomes almost irrelevant after the first scene he's in.
Other than that, I did enjoy seeing and learning about Indian culture and setting in this VN. I do find it curious that the two dishes that get a lot of attention are Mexican and Swedish though. Also shoutout to the cooking scene that explained how to make a sandwich in excruciating detail for almost a third of the wordcount. Slice of life fans are were probably feasting during it, but I must admit I took a lot of damage from it. More power to the SoL enjoyers tho!
All in all, I had a pretty good time with this VN, despite the genre not really being my cup of tea. It's charming, inoffensive and self indulgent in a way that you can't help but respect.