OneManArmy 82 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) This review doesn't contain any spoilers, so feel free to read. http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/titleyx_zps0ylporwq.jpg Description The story begins with the protagonist, Kogasaka You, moving back to his hometown, which he left behind several years ago. Upon arriving, he stumbles into an abandoned, sealed observatory, whereupon he encounters a mysterious girl who looks exactly like his childhood friend did years ago. She introduces herself as Mare, a shinigami who reaps nightmares. Meanwhile, back at school, You ends up joining the astronomy club, which is desperate need of new members. At night, he continues to visit Mare at the observatory, all the while trying to remember a certain someone's name... Art Let's start with an awesome point of this game, right, the art. I've no idea who was drawing the characters and backgrounds but he/she was a freakin genius. I really love that bright and smooth style, especially the eyes. Sometimes I was staring at specific CGs or sprites just because of the art, and I'm not talking about the hentai pictures. Oh and the expressions of the characters were also well done and... ... Okay, I'll stop, the art ist awesome, that's all you've to know. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Music The music is good but not outstanding. There are some great piano tracks (or the bgm at the shrine) but also a lot of decent ones. I do like the OST and most tracks fit the current atmosphere but it could have been better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Story Each route follows the same system : slice of life at the beginning and at the end some romance feat. a tiny piece of magic. I really liked that combination but some routes were sadly more than inferior. But let's take a look at each of them. There's a specific route order btw so be sure to take a look at a walktrough before playing this game. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Characters and Routes : Asuho http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/asuho_zpssqc5gz7k.jpg Dat voice...uuhhhh... Adjusting her volume is the first thing you should do. Seriously, it's just way too loud. I didn't like her character at all and so I also found her route rather boring, but that's just me because childhood-friend-heroines aren't my cup of tea. I've to admit that the romance in this route was quite good, but still, she's annoying as fuck. I liked her hair clip thingy though. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aoi http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/aoir_zpssdcxzno3.jpg And here's another heroine I mostly tried to ignore. To be honest, I skipped her whole route. I-I couldn't do anything against it! The power of my crtl key was too strong~ I'm pretty sure that her route sucks anyway. http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/withoutrying_zpsl1o0v4zx.jpg Hai hai, I'm sorry, her route is probably the best part of this whole game.[/sarcasm] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mokomoko Komomo http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/kommoo_zpsnwvyt4ig.jpg And another character I hate- uh wait, that's wrong, I liked her. She's actually one of the few tsundere I can stand and that's obviously a good thing. Then again, I've a miko fetish so ... Anyway, her story was pretty interesting and even a little bit emotional at the end. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kosame http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/kosame1_zpsgdboi0os.jpg Probably my favourite heroine of the whole game. Her lines are just golden. As for her route...it was okay. Many things were very predictable. Oh well, she's so awesome that I didn't care about the decent story at all. http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/worried_zpsxolusid7.jpg Hao~ Who can withstand those eyes? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chinami http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/marepc_zpsbryuqcku.jpg I can't understand why so many people hate her. She's cute, funny and always happy. I do agree that it's annoying when she's talking for 30min in a row, Chinami-Overload is nothing you should look foward to. As for her route, it was kind of senseless because it didn't have anything to do with the rest but I kind of liked it. Apparently it's very essential for the true route, at least if you want to believe desi's words. Either way, her sex scene was totally hilarious. =D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ True http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/51012600_zpsrxeswehq.jpg What can I say? Definitely the best route of the whole game. You won't find a picture of the heroine above because I don't want to spoil anything, hidden heroine ftw! \o/ As for her route, there was one weird part, something I probably got wrong, but the rest was well done. If you play this game then by all means, play her route, it's so worth it. The ending was stupid though. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mare http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/marepc_zpsbryuqcku.jpg It's the last route you can unlock and it's crap. No, I'm not lying. Well, they had to make a sex scene with mare because of fan service reasons so... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rin http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/renft_zps5cepbppz.jpg ...didn't have a route but was supposed to have one! WHY DIDN'T SHE HAVE A ROUTE!!! DAMMIT!!!! @#+!&%$?*!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Score It's actually quite surprising but I really enjoyed this game. I'm normally not good with slice of life stuff but it seems that the little piece of magic in this game conquered my heart. The true route was beautiful but the other ones, well let's say that those routes were more about the characters than anything else. Actually, I believe the whole game is mainly about the awesome art characters and not about the story itself. Like I said before, I really enjoyed this game and I highly recommend it to slice of life lovers and people who are interested in romance feat. magic. http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/yahoop_zpsjjaeldr8.jpg 8,1/10 Edited March 1, 2015 by OneManArmy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
desi 53 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 The routes of the twins was my favorite. One thing I do disagree with is that when you stated Chinami's route was sort of senseless.... it's pretty essential for the true route. Oh, and it really sucks that Mare's entire route is in the fandisc and that a good chunk of the True route's story is in the fandisc as well. They provide pretty good closure to the true route in the fandisc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OneManArmy 82 Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 it's pretty essential for the true route Really? In which way? oO Did I miss something important? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Exsilon 15 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) I personally found Komomo's tsundere to be overboard, it almost like a satire of Tsundere trait as a whole but I dont get me wrong I like her route story too. oh yes and her twin tail hair style *nose bleeded Ps. I thinks Aoi route is not too bad, it might be a bit generic relation with your kouhai story. but it does explain why she being what she is. Edited December 17, 2012 by Exsilon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
desi 53 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Really? In which way? oO Did I miss something important? Chinami's route presents a lot of the background information on the protag and the past and introduces you to a lot of the characters that make appearances in the true route (like Ren, etc). It also introduces a lot of the relevant back story. So while it may not be 100% directly connected to the true route, you'll miss out on a lot of the necessary background info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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