You probably need to brush up on what the lines you're placing do to feel more confident placing them. You can read up on the fundamentals here:
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And find a general guide here:
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With that first link in mind, here's a correction:
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So in your example-- the Red line (preutterance) and green line (overlap) were flipped. This would make your sounds come in late and have the consonants faded almost entirely out. If you switch those lines around and make sure you've accurately placed the preutterance at the end of the consonant/start of the vowel, it instead makes sure the vowel starts on the beat and that the consonant is just slightly faded into the previous note for a smooth feel (primarily applies to liquid, nasal and fricative consonants like m,n,l,s,f,h,z-- if you overlap hard consonants like this they will get muffled).
As for the setting errors, you need to press OK in the editing window, THEN set, AND THEN OK in the main window too. I think. Admittedly, I haven't oto'd in the default editor for a long time. If you want a more advanced experience in the future I do recommend looking into vLabeler (newer, more stable, not always the most straight forward because it's in beta) or SetParam (the sister of OREMO, old and buggy but also efficient and well documented). Neither of those tend to destroy your work if you misclick, which is a great benefit of learning them. ^^;