[Coldsaturn]

Yeah it's no joke! If it were just cute stuff or little details I'd get it, but here we're talking of lore relevant details for both the character and the relationship with MC stuck behind events that came along with the cards and that won't be rerun. So you're forced to look it up on youtube.

And yes he is absolutely creepy as hell. You know those youtube videos where they make a certain movie look romcom or thriller or horror based on the music choice of the trailer? That's Raf in a nutshell. You get the very same scene but just switch the music and suddenly it's so sinister. And in the specific case of the game, so much of the creepy vibe is ruined by the sweet background music. Play the cards without it and things start sounding heavier.
In the fandom's defense, Caleb gets his fair share of DDDNE. Raf, too, thanks to his deeply unsettling vibes (but it requires going past his bubbly princess persona, which gatekeeps a lot of fans from seeing past it). Sometimes people try with the other LIs but end up making them more OOC than intended. You can twist Sylus as much as you want but that man is a walking green flag and no amount of mafia tropes will save him from it.

One tiktok I remember watching with glee talked about the fact that MC is just as unhinged as the LIs themselves, because there's no way she reacts so normally to being stalked, chased down, locked up, etc. All the LIs have done problematic things, and some LIs are baked into red flags, but MC is the worst of them all for being so cool with it (and retaliating whenever she can).