The hobby system is another interesting addition. It mainly ties into the new date conversations, where you get more conversation topics the more time you spend on a hobby. It gives a venue to shape your character in more ways than just your academic stats.

I also, in principle, like that it takes a bit of effort to get contact information. It feels true to real life and provides a bit of gameplay progression since you cannot invite someone to a date the minute you meet them. The randomness of encounters makes it frustrating in practice, however.

The clothing system barely works, and is at times unintentionally hilarious, such as when the girl you have invited to a date silently ditches you for wearing the mittens *she made for you*. But, it is also a system they improved a ton on in the Girl's side games.

I really like the idea of not having a single oracle of relationship information. Instead, the characters have partial perspectives of each other's thoughts, and will share information depending on how much they trust you and know the other person.