This post is great , despite being long or because it is, it conveys very well your thoughts. I want to shine a little bit of light on way i liked Brendam more after day 6, i think perfect characters are annoying and it's the flaws that make them great, the fact that you get this image of a dotting father with difficulty controlling his urges as a small flaw and then you get the reveal that he struggles with alcohol made him more realistic in a way for me. It helps see that there is more to the character other then smut, and that the story can go many ways from there. Also i like to fix broken characters soo...
Anyway, to finish i just wanted to say that i'm loving the VN and the slow pace helps flashout the characters and the story, most VN's rush to fufill the expectations of the readers and end up collapsing on themselves, so please take your time, what matters is that your vision comes fourth and isn't tainted by our expectations.