Mirai Radio to Jinkou-bato – Review & Thoughts

First of all, merry christmas & advanced happy new year! At least I can drop in a blog post before the year changes… phew. I’ve been too busy only playing mobages beside uni stuffs instead of reading VNs, whoops… hopefully that’ll change next year, lol.

Title: 未来ラジオと人工鳩(Mirai Radio to Jinkou-bato)
Company: Laplacian
Release Date: August 31st, 2017
Length/Estimated Time of Playing: 10~15 Hours
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Summary: Enter Sora, the technician protagonist, in a future where radio wave no longer exists because the “artificial pigeon” devours them. He is also an airplane crash survivor in which he lost both his parents at – in which it was also the day when artificial pigeons started to devour waves, and he dreams of destroying the them in order to attain back the old world before they appeared and ruined a lot of people’s lives. With this, he created a “radio” with the tools his father left behind and started his radio broadcast. But suddenly, at the same time; he also started receiving mysterious broadcasts from the “future”…

Un:BIRTHDAY SONG – Review & Thoughts

A fandisc of the original series titled Re:Birthday Song. It’s an otome game from honeybee(The Starry Sky series, Dynamic Chord, etc), and I wasn’t really expecting something “ground-breaking” even though it’s a plot-heavy game(or at least that’s how they tried to present themselves…) based on my pure judgment of the original game which I have lots of mixed feelings in, but the final “true” route in particular exceeded my expectation and by all means was this better than the original series. Let’s get into it, then.

Title: Un:BIRTHDAY SONG ～愛を唄う死神～(Un:BIRTHDAY SONG ~Ai wo Utau Shinigami~)
Company: Honeybee
Release Date: March 27th, 2015
Length/Estimated Time of Playing: 10~15 Hours
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Summary: you play as a highschool girl called Kanno Hotori, who has 2 shinigamis called Zen and Rikka visiting her then telling her that she’s going to die in 30 days – 25th of December. Before she dies, Zen and Rikka want to make sure that she’s able to pass on without any regret so that she won’t end up in the Netherworld – where dead souls left with regret end up in. She tells them that her only wish is to confess to her crush Shizuru, and so begins the days where Zen and Rikka would help her with her confession.

Karenai Sekai to Owaru Hana – Review & Thoughts

Just don’t expect too much from a middle-priced game – that’s what this VN had taught me.

Title: 枯れない世界と終わる花(Karenai Sekai to Owaru Hana)
Company: Sweet & Tea
Release Date: November 25th, 2016
Length/Estimated Time of Playing: 10~15 Hours
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Summary: Shou, our protagonist, begins his journey together with Ren – a girl whom he met on his way – to the beautiful town where forgotten promises were lost. There he meets the three sisters Haru, Yukina and Kotose; the “death angels” granted the power to turn a soul into “flowers” by God – in order for them to be able to keep living. Shou then swears to protect them no matter what it costs – what does he know about them? And what drives him to do so?

Memory’s Dogma – Impression So Far After Finishing CODE:01

A rather short first installment of a SCI-FI visual novel that starts off as exceptionally intriguing but later turns into some disappointing fantasy wrecks. Or maybe you can say that I’m just expecting too much… I-I obviously didn’t though, did I?

(This post is not really a “review” as there is only one installation of the VN so far – I’ll do a full review post once the VN is fully completed. This post mostly comprises of my thoughts about the series so far.)

Amatsutsumi – Review & Thoughts

「何度生まれ変わっても、わたしはあなたに恋をするから」

An undeniable improvement from Purple Software in comparison with their previous games.

Title: アマツツミ(Amatsutsumi)
Company: Purple Software
Release Date: July 29th, 2016
Length/Estimated Time of Playing: 35~40 Hours

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Summary: Makoto, a bearer of the power “kotodama” – a power that can manipulate others with words – fleed from his isolated village to the “outside world” thanks to his curiosity and his yearn to have “proper” communication with humans, but little does he know about the hardships that await him there. Thankfully, he encountered a girl named Kokoro, a girl who could help him…

Harmonia – Quick Review & Thoughts

Needed a short read and since I’m a sucker to post-apocalyptic setting and such, I decided to give this newest “onion-cutting simulator” from Key a try. A brief and short post just like the VN itself because I’m a lazybum.

This is a story from a very, very distant era. The world has suffered from a great war. The contaminated atmosphere is turning ash gray, life on Earth almost came to a stop and water started vanishing. The world population has declined remarkably compared to the Golden Age. The people joined together to live in this world.

It was in these times that a “Phiroid”, a robot that can feel, woke up in a decayed facility. The fruit of science before the war: a humanoid, feeling robot. They were promised a new partner, one that could make their life easier. However, the awakened Phiroid finds out very quickly that he is emotionless. Perhaps he was not finished during the manufacturing process since his right hand is not covered with artificial skin, his mechanical parts visible. The Phiroid wanted to get closer to humans. He continued to wander through this devastated world, looking for the emotions he was missing. One day, a girl takes him in. She thinks of him as human and kindly looks after him. A little but warm town.

The Phiroid boy began learning what feelings are while living together with this girl. (summary taken from vndb)

Hana no No ni Saku Utakata no – Review & Thoughts

Taking a break from Kancolle, of course I must take this chance to clean my super long backlogs from all those overflowing VNs, as many of them as possible. And thus, I gave this game a try because, you know, curiosity. A good time-killer while waiting for SakuUta I guess.

And yeah, really shouldn’t expect anything from this that much after all. Also, this would be my first time playing Applique’s stuff.

Title: 花の野に咲くうたかたの (Hana no No ni Saku Utakata no/The Sweet World of The Ephemeral)
Company: Applique
Release Date: March 27th, 2015
Length/Estimated Time of Playing: ~25 Hours
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Summary:

Michitaka is able to see the marks left by others. The paths they’ve followed and the objects they’ve touched are all tinged with colours that are unique to each individual. Even though it is useful at times, it is mostly a troublesome ability.

Before his second year, his father asked him if he wished to live by himself at the old-fashioned Ouka-sou, which was managed by his cousins. Since he had always wanted to live alone, he jumped at the chance. However, when he arrived with great excitement, he was welcomed by the silver-haired Ouka. He did not notice any colours emanating from her.

“I am what you call… a ghost.”

Together with his cousins, osananajimi and various senpai and kouhai from his school, the most unforgettable days have begun this spring. [Taken from Micchi’s blog]