Here's my response to those:
1. I've mentioned it before, but the fact that he has more CGs was NOT done on purpose. It just happened that the artist did those first and ended up not finishing the whole set, so I was stuck with lots of Chael CGs and hardly any for the other guys (Kirile has the least of all of them).
2. and 3. They had to be different, because Chael and Kirile, and their relationships with Zuleika, are unique to them. Kirile and Zuleika don't kiss or have "touching" scenes because that's just their relationship. Kirile is a very crude kind of guy; he doesn't DO romance. It wouldn't make sense for them to have beautiful, romantic moments, when that's just not something Kirile would do.
4. I won't deny that the game does kind of nudge you in that direction, just because of the nature of the story and the way in which Zuleika starts her journey. There is a story behind why they trust each other in the beginning, even when he clearly came to kill her, but...it's part of the much larger picture that I don't particularly want to get into with this game.
I am still working on the remake, by the way. Or rather...I recently picked it up again after letting it sit around for several months. Since I'm not focusing on the dating sim aspect of it as much (though it will definitely still be there!), it may very well be that it becomes even more obvious that Chael is the canon romance. I don't know yet how it'll turn out. Though as of now, Neffy/Zuleika is canon, too, just....in a very different way.
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