Developers like argue these games are cautionary tales. In a 2021 interview (translated for this article), Umehara said:
"I realized I wasn’t attracted to Yayoi. I just wanted someone to need me. And in the end, she didn’t. She freed herself. And I was alone in my room at 3 AM. That’s the scariest part." touching+a+sleeping+married+woman+yayoi+v12+work