OneManArmy

True, being allowed to skip the credits would have been so nice. And in my opinion the ending song isn't even that bad but if you literally have to hear it like (how many endings has the game? Six or seven?) a stupid amount of times then it will annoy you, sooner or later. I definitely agree with you there although they don't suit each other in terms of body size. I mean Suzu is on some CGs (especially on those where she stands right beside Soushichi) just too fucking small. Makes it look like Soushichi would date a 6 years old girl. I only wanted to list the main characters because otherwise I would have to wrote something about that annoying girl with the glasses or that "Welp! I'm going to die" guy. And neither of them plays am important role. I mean sure, they do get some time in one or two routes but they're mostly there for comedy reasons. It's just that I really liked his code of honor and how he only cared about the one thing that brings him pleasure, fighting. He was like the only interesting villian of the game but yeah, not enough background informations. Nah, even an old game can have great art, it depends on how everything works together. I liked the art of Swan Song for example quite a bit and that game is also from 2005. Same goes for ef fairty tale, a 2006 game.

This review doesn't contain any major spoilers, so feel free to read. http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/title_zpsaac00bc2.jpg Description Art Before I'm going to say anything about the art I want to mention that this is the first review I wrote since ages and writing it felt surprisingly good. Anyway, the art is definitely not outstanding and the backgrounds are from time to time a little bit plain but overall it's pretty well done. What I really liked though were the facial expressions of the characters because I could clearly feel how much love the artist put even into little details and especially Suzu was sometimes just too fucking kawaii :3 http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/art_zps59652fdd.jpg ^But even her cuteness wasn't enough to let me forget about some weird looking CGs... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Music I really wonder what's the best way to describe the music of the game... http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/music_zps0f9793cb.jpg ^One of the few moments when she's cute... Well, there you have it. The music is so lala which means in english so-so. There are like two or three tracks that are somewhat rememberable but the rest is mostly mediocre and so I didn't pay any attention to the music while playing the game. Then again, the music wasn't annoying so I guess that's a good thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Characters : Kisaragi Soushichi http://s.vndb.org/ch/23/323.jpg He's the protagonist of Ayakashibito and a very interesting guy. He may cries a lot but at the same time he has the potential to turn into a bad ass. Unfortunately he rarely uses that potential and so he ends up being your usual kind and forgiving protagonist that would say "Sorry that I dirtied your knife" after you failed to stab him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kisaragi Suzu http://s.vndb.org/ch/39/339.jpg The main heroine of the game and one of the most stubborn heroines I've ever seen. At least she shares my view on Soushichi being way too forgiving. She's also quite the tsundere and tends to ruin your entire day if you say something wrong. She can be cute though but only if you handle her with utmost caution. Sadly she was a rather unintersting character who exactly behaved like I thought she would. Isn't that called predictable or something? Oh whatever. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Antonina Antonovna Nikitina http://s.vndb.org/ch/13/313.jpg Also called Tonya because of obvious reasons. She's your usual tsundere with a slight tendency to cause other people trouble, for fun of course. At the beginning she is presented as a rather calm and stoic character but this fastly changes during the game. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ichinotani Touko http://s.vndb.org/ch/38/338.jpg Touko is a weird case because her personality is really not that special. Basically she's just an average girl (I'm not talking about her abilities) but that's exactly the reason why was the most realistic character (once again, only her personality) of the game. At least I was able to sympathize with her fairly easy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ichinotani Shuugen http://s.vndb.org/ch/37/337.jpg Touko's older brother and all in all a pretty cool guy. Usually he's very relaxed, calm and a person of words but he can also fuck you up if you provoke him too much. He's like the better protagonist of the game lol. http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/cool_zps8caf5b95.jpg ^Uuuuuuhhhh...stop being so cool~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iizuka Kaoru http://s.vndb.org/ch/41/341.jpg She's the commander of a special organization that I don't want to tell you about. Let's say she and Soushichi share some memories and she hates herself because of various stuff that happened. That's why she kinda turned into a cold killer who doesn't even care what she's order to do because she lost her will to live. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kuki Youkou http://s.vndb.org/ch/15/315.jpg The guy who teached the protagonist how to fight. Now he's also a member of that secret organizazion and does stuff. Cool. Also bad ass of the game. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kounen Ichibee http://s.vndb.org/ch/21/321.jpg An awesome monk who's so awesome that I'll still list him despite him being an unimportant, but awesome, side character. Fuck this guy is awesome. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Touko's Route The first route I played and probably the one I liked the most which is weird because the true route is supposed to be the game's strongest point but whatever. In this route Soushichi turns into a fucking bad ass and gives everyone a very detailed private lesson about the fragility of the human body. And it felt so good to not see him crying for once. God that route was amazing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tonya's Route Her route was in my eyes the weakest one because they built up a lot of action and tension but fucked up when everything was revealed. I also didn't like how Tonya behaved in most parts of the route and Soushichi was again way too forgiving. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kaoru's Route A route that I enjoyed a lot because it felt, how to say it, adult? It was just that the route focused more on story progression than on the interaction between the characters. The other routes spend more time on showing the love between protagonist and heroine, which isn't bad but in each route a lot of shit happens and it feels kinda weird to see the couple prioritizing their relationship over solving the problem asap. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shizu's Route - True Route Her route was a mixture of being interesting, being emotional and being dissappointing. It was interesting because a lot of questions were finally answered (be sure to check out all the endings), emotional because around the middle I could really feel with the characters and dissappointing because... http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/route_zps1eed21a3.jpg ...NOT OF HER BODY but the ending was a large pile of elephant shit. Sorry but that fight was unbelievable boring and didn't fit into the world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ayakashibito is a game which has many strong parts but it wasn't able to suck me in. Especially the climax of each route was a letdown. Sometimes I was even imagining how cool the story could continue but then they throw a ridiculous solution right into my face, mostly Soushichi endless power of forgiving people. It was still worth the time. 7,7/10

Great. I'll read it after ataraxia.

Makes me kinda jaelous considering that I didn't finish anything the last 5 months.

You can do it!!! \o/

Each their own. Problem solved ┐(￣ー￣)┌

People say it's a total waste of time to read the same thing again because you won't enjoy it as much as during your first playtrough due to the fact that you already know what's going to happen but my second playthrough of ef fairy tale was more than just amazing and so I want to tell those people in a very polite way that they can fuck off but I can't find the right words at the moment and I've no idea what I wrote at the beginning of this painfully long sentence which makes me realize that I should probably end it right now.

Cool

I can't even imagine how much fun it must be to record an entire Visual Novel.

Like waiting for ... ever?

I really hope that you don't have to use a walktrough for completing KnS 2 because I'm still traumatized from its prequel which I tried to finish without help.

Also called "The Visual Novel with the most awesome Heroine ever".

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/sshot-20_zps0d5ccd6f.jpg

Mashiro :3

A VN with kitsune characters? Great.

Let's listen to some good German music. Oh and Switch, fuck you! Piano music is amazing.

So apple started to sell iMops eh?

...what?

Why would they care about complicated games like OreTsuba if they can translate 4 nukige in the same amount of time?

The only reason why I'm kinda interested in the game, and the BGM of course.

You play the game for Maou anyway.

29°C outside ... FU weather!!! >.