Honestly I played Princess Maker 2 back in the 90s and it's all been downhill since then, lol! Stat raising games are my favourite kind and so many of them just don't scratch the same kind of itch as PM2, so when I find one that does it right (for me!) I lose my mind, lol. Tokimeki games are amazing in that regard and I am fully prepared to cry a little when Girl's Side 4 does not get localised despite my email to KONAMI support (that no one ever read, let's be real) telling them that they should! 🤣 But at least in a few months (or whenever) I'll have Edge of Elsewhere to cheer me up :D (I don't mean that in a pressure-y "finish the game way" though! I'm just excited for the release ♥)
My other love is the Recettear game and honestly none of these new "shopkeep games" do it the same way and it makes me so frustrated, lol. I'll find threads like "I love Recettear, what's another game like it?" and all the replies are full of lies because the suggested games are not like Recettear at all!! At least the stat-raising genre is doing a bit better, lol.
Anyway I'm so glad that you love stat-raisers too and are doing your best to bring us poor, Japanese-less fans of the genre more games! Thank you for all your hard work ♥