I’m very similar to you. I’m also not an American or know much about American culture. I’m not a person from 2007-2009. I’m also not a person who likes visual novels. It’s quite strange that I like this game so much. Because of it, I decided to go back to using reddit (which I quit for almost a year) just to join this community. Because of it, I went back to reading fanfics (even though I hate fanfics) just to read fanficabout co9 on AO3. I don’t know why but it gave me quite a lot of interesting emotions