Goodness, there's so much to unpack here! Weird girls trying to solve weirder mysteries in a school that's yet weirder still.... I must say, this VN wastes neither time nor energy in drawing the reader in, heheh.
Despite the brevity of this first installment, both Mayday and Candy see a good bit of development, and what's more, in sharp relief to Mayday's expectations, we're introduced to any number of mysteries equal parts fascinating and ghoulish bubbling up from beneath A.S_H.I's glamorous surface.
The Ego transformation sequences in particular were rather striking, and I was quite taken with the visuals in the bot farm segment, heheheh. I also really liked the art for the various cards, as well as the girls' different outfits; I found them very charming across the board~ For that matter, the art direction of this VN in general is simply super, and adds quite a lot of character! An unmistakable blending of Sofa's and CPU's visual styles, heheh.
Admittedly, the arrival of the ending was more than a little abrupt—I did a double-take when I was suddenly dropped back at the title screen, heh—but to be sure, it's not as though the story left off at a bad or awkward point or anything like that. There were also a couple of points during Mayday's internal monologues where I found myself thinking, "What in the world is she going on about? lol", but in all fairness, a large part of those segments was her trying to sort her thoughts out, so perhaps that's to be expected.
With all of that said, it's very easy to see that a huge amount of time, effort, and love went into the making of this VN, and it's simply a joy to experience. Stellar work as usual, CPU and Sofa! I'll be eagerly awaiting both the next Precious Theatre installment and your other works to follow, heheheh~