This game makes two things clear to me: 1. I hate meta. Allow me to be a snub like Yuri: this stuff is just trick, not literature. If you peak behind the curtain of magic trick just once (by having any programming experience), it cannot impress you anymore. The only time meta element worked for me was in Ever17, and that was a long time ago. 2. I like the usual visual novel trope: solving problems for beautiful girls and developing intimate bonds. There's a reason 90% of the visual novels can be boiled down to this, just like how 90% of the RPGs can be boiled down to hero saving the world. It's a classic story that stands the test of subversion despite this game's best effort.