Yes, but there are a few circumstances that allow me to do so.

1. I am married without kids. I don't rely on Mr. Bish's income, nor does he rely on mine. We split payments pretty evenly, and we both pay rent. Also, we have a roommate that brings the rent down even further. We are currently decently satisfied with our living arrangements.

2. The area we live in (on the cusp of a city) isn't as cheap as where I grew up (in the rural midwest), but it's certainly not as expensive as say, LA or NYC.

3. I don't have very high expenses. I am fortunate enough to not have outstanding health issues so there are only a few personal medical things I have to pay for.

4. I work a lot, sometimes 7 days a week, though usually it's in short bursts where many projects overlap. That being said, I enjoy my job, and I chose to work in this field and continue to choose working in this field.

5. My and Mr. Bish's hobbies are...well, pretty much just gaming, and things related to my field. So even when I'm not working, I'm usually consuming media that is related to my work! I like to read visual novels for fun and also think about the localization choices that went into it. Anyway, point is, it's a somewhat cheap hobby compared to other hobbies out there.

TLDR: Yes, but it's because I don't (have to) spend a lot of money.

It's been about 8 years since I played it, and my memory isn't super strong on that front. But actually, the worst part about that game, which almost made me quit, was a section towards the end of the game which my laptop at the time just could not handle for whatever reason, and so I had to very carefully get through it by pressing keys one at a time, alt tabbing out and back in and seeing where I ended up. I had to do this while avoiding the on screen enemies as well as not jumping off the edge. IIRC it was Snow Mountain?

I haven't actually played LISA the Joyful but I always intended to! If I ever replay LISA and then go on to play Joyful then I don't think I'll subject myself to pain mode or anything lol, I just remember that I wanted to see the true ending!

On one hand, yes, because they can so effortlessly put on these cute outfits and dye/style their hair in many cases, but on the other hand, no, because I imagine I would be too lazy to fight or rather just not cut out for it.

Though, if we include something like Milky Holmes in the mix... I could probably be a Milky Holmes style magical girl. Without their magical powers they are absolutely incompetent, completely worthless idiots. But with them, they suddenly (magically?!) become smart, good fighters. So maybe if my mahou shoujoness worked that way, I would be both insanely cute AND insanely powerful once I transformed.

So yes, as long as transforming = motivation to fight + skill