[surgical_fire]

If you only played it once without knowing the ending, I strongly recommend a second playthrough. Some dialogues and poems have a wildly different meaning once you know things.

Also, I fully recommend DDLP+ too. The extra stories don't have any real gameplay, but they are really good, and add.some depth to the characters.

[shawn_w]

I'm not sure I could tolerate a second play through. One part in particular that just goes on and on and on for what feels like forever is really tough to get through and resume the plot.

[jquery]

That’s why every visual novel (well, almost every visual novel) have a skip function. I know exactly the stretch you’re talking about… I think. Just ctrl-skip through it.

[shawn_w]

Wish HN markup had spoiler tags. Let's just say it involved spending quality time with Yuri?

I played it on my Switch; not sure if it has a skip option.

[jquery]

Yep, quality time with the bookworm.

Usually on mobile devices like the Switch or Steam Deck, visual novels have a skip function if you hold one of the triggers.