Adult women who actually have life experience and aren't losing their shit over touching hands or going "KYAAAAA" over kisses, I beg! Tired of "what is... this feeling in my chest...?" and I'd kill for a heroine who's more self-aware, especially in relationships!
My philosophy is that if the game requires a certain order to enjoy the story, they should lock routes. I try to follow a particular process alternating between characters/routes I think I'll like and ones I'm not interested in, before playing my ultimate favorite last so the story leaves off on...
When playing in English, I love using auto mode since the story unfolds at a steady clip; sometimes when clicking by myself, I get impatient and end up accidentally skipping a line. Now that I'm transitioning in playing in Japanese, though, I go at my own pace since I'm a slow reader again, haha!