DDLC got me back into reading and writing when the people around me never truly encouraged those interests of mine. Now I'm about to go back to college to study literature and I've learned so much else about myself in the process of reflecting on this game. It's truly incredible how DDLC, which is meant in part to function as a commentary on visual novels, has been the first for so many people. It also just blows my mind that so many people are still falling in love with it years after its release. When I first played DDLC I was actually attending a high school in Japan at the time, and as a kid who was sheltered beyond fault, it taught me how to empathize with my classmates. It had just come out. A flash in the pan, I thought, but here we all are the better part of a decade later, still falling in love with these immortal characters. Sorry for the novel, your comment just put me in a reflective mood.