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This game is absolutely stunning, from the story, music and backgrounds, to the characters and their development.
I love this game with my life, quite literally in fact. Somewhere back on 2013-2014, I was struggling with some life problems, bullying, harrassement, negligence, parents who always fight, etc. Playing this game gave a sense of escapism, for the young me who never had a girlfriend and was horrible at socializing, this game gave me that place to be safe and to "meet" girls.
My first route was Emi, from there I got to learn a thing or two about myself, then Shizune, same thing. Its when I got to Lilly where everything hit, the way she speaks, and how the story goes on her route made me change a lot of bad things about myself and work towards a better me. If Im bold, I would say she saved me from a near suicide attempt.

At the moment and as time went by, my mind started to go against me and played tricks with me. "Every time I hear her theme, my heart knows I'll never find someone like her in real life, someone who is so kind, passionate and motherly" or lines such as "We're a pair of old fools aren't we?" those things hurt like hell.

With the passing of time and looking at the game again I managed to understand what all that meant.
Thats where I learnt that, we are all doing it wrong. You are not supposed to look for those specific girls, the girls routes are template for your feels...

I'll be quoting a common image found on KS community:


Your Emi is the drive and motivation to get out of bed and set your mind to a task and do it. The passion to better yourself, despite what others might think or tell you. "Can you stand up for yourself?"

Your Hanako is trust and support that most of us rejected for so long. It's about trusting and being trusted, learning who to open up to, and not judging them when they do so in return. Accept someone for WHO THEY TRULY ARE, and not who you or others thinks they are. "Can you face your fears?"

Your Shizune is order and dedication, being able to set your mind on a goal and to achieve that goal through self discipline.
Thinking about your actions before carrying them out, being selfless and open minded, thinking about the bigger picture and being fair to everyone you know. "Can you tell me what you think?"

Your Rin is creativity and emotion, being able to understand yourself and your limits, understanding others and to be understood yourself, and the patience to allow this to happen. Seing the dark side of you and embracing that.
"Can you sieze the day?"

Your Lilly is desire and empathy, being able to show you can care about something and knowing that you won't let anything stop you from keeping it. Attachment isn't a bad thing at all as long as you know where "too far" is. It's all about common ground, knowing what you and your partner want and need.
"Can you see what I see?"

Whichever route you liked the most, or wichever affected you the most, that's the feeling you should pursue.
The girls don't exist, but the emotions you felt have and still do exist.
Use those emotions, and guide yourself and your life to a better place.

For a lot of time I felt like having a relationship with Lilly would be beneficial to me, the thought of unconditional love and care is rare to find, and God knows it's a beautiful thing. Someone who can keep your flame ablaze and still keep it from going out of control. Someone who relies on you just as much as you do with them. Loyal to the end.
It's been years now, I'm now happy with my life, I have a beautiful girlfriend and I love her.
It's never too late, you can be better.
Hearing Lilly's theme makes me want to cry, for nostalgia, for the feels, for the sad times I used to live and for the happy life I have now because of the things I learnt playing this game.

So please, take your time with this game, enjoy it, and most of all, FEEL with it.
Go out and FEEL.