I think it's amazing that you're as active as you are despite your rl stuff and motivations. I think you're too hard on yourself... you're definitely one of the best players, characterization-wise, in the game, and all your characters are fantastic.
I especially love what you've done with Kotori. I was nervous when you updated her to crazy-ville cause I wasn't sure if it'd work well, in this setting, and journal-based. But her responses never seemed forced and they never seem like they're completely random, but that there is a connection somewhere in her crazy head. It's really interesting. And I think it was a creative and awesome idea to have her interact normally with people in dreams, so that the CR can continue. She's perfect, as always, and so cute. I want to hug her all the time.