I kept with this game when I burned out on others from Nutaku's site because it was so generous and anti-grind. Pachinko tended to come out at only a small loss in money so it was a great way to idle time when watching something and stock up on exp/affection items, now it's throwing money down a hole. Affection itself has turned into a massive grind so "you won a girl, here's some pictures!" is no longer feasible. The stamina refills when leveling up were small compared to the stamina costs of later story, only giving a couple more clicks, but it was a nice immediate reward for that progression and I'm not sure making that every 10 levels is an improvement.