Thanks! I do prefer point-and-clicks, but making one is beyond my skill set unfortunately.
In the second date, preventing the puzzle solution from happening early is a bit of an adventure game trick to avoid sequence breaking. Orin's probably still wandering the vents until you meet Okuu. (Unless she popped up before meeting Okuu, in which case that's a bug)
I'll try to rework the rice since it is unexpected to get an item at the start.