Is the visual novel any good? I watched some gameplay footage on YouTube, up to around the part where Victoria is first introduced, but wasn't exactly impressed with the writing quality. There's a fair amount of telling, rather than showing (e.g. the protagonist saying "I feel this way" rather than illustrating that feeling through her actions), the game stops to include explanations about Chinese terms like "jiejie" inside the dialogue boxes, and the characters don't seem all that deep (the game's Steam page specifically advertises that the love interests aren't perfect as though it's a special thing, rather than something any halfway competent writer should be doing).
I know it's fairly early on in the game, but I'd like to know if it gets better as you go along before I commit to buying it