This legitimately might be the most impactful piece of literature I've read, especially with Rune and Mikko because not only do I relate to them on a deep level, their actions and dialogue have really connected with me personally. All of this is just so sincere and has made me think about a whole lot recently. I think it might be influenced by how the characters seem to know each other without speaking combined with each of their unique pasts. This story is so well done, it has made me feel things I didn't know I could feel in a good way.
Edit (2 months later): Ok so after a few months I now have the benefit of knowing how I feel while not being emotionally excited after recently playing. I still think those feelings are valid, all of the characters are very well written, which I think is what I was mostly getting at above, but it goes a little deeper than that. The messages this game has are also very powerful although I think that I thought this would be way more impactful in the long term than it has been so far. To be honest it's mostly changed how I think of my romantic type but this is a dating sim so that makes sense.
P.S. I'm not going to bother putting this as a review bc it won't let me copy and paste. thanks itch.io