Title: はじめるセカイの理想論 -goodbye world index- Developer: Whirlpool Release Date: 22nd Feburary 2024 Age Rating: 18+ Length: ~20 Hours Links: Official Website, VNDB Our protagonist Onomiya Shin awakens with a flash of light to find himself in a strange space speaking to a being calling themselves God. They explain to Shin that their world is under attack from a mysterious enemy and so this God has summoned heroes from across various worlds to help fight them. Shin is one of these heroes and is promised the right to shape the world with their own ideals should they succeed in their mission. In order ..read more

Can you tell I’m behind on reviews if I’m talking about festive games during summer, haha. Anyways, this is a shorter installment of the mini-review series featuring only three titles – one good, two kinda okay. Without further delay let’s get into it! Amazing Grace -What color is your attribute?- Official Website / VNDB My Score: 7.5/10 Amazing Grace is the first title I have read from Fuyuakane Tom (冬茜 トム) – perhaps one of the most hyped eroge authors of the past few years. He’s more known for his other games with Cabbage Soft but it was Winter when I played this and I figured this gam ..read more

Title: スタディ§ステディ Developer: Marmalade Release Date: 27th September 2019 Age Rating: 18+ Length: ~20 Hours Links: Official Website, VNDB Thoughts Study Steady is a winter-themed moege where the protagonist moves to a new rural town, sound familiar? Jokes aside, Marmalade are a company that pride themselves on focusing on Moe & Ero, which I can respect. This was my first title from them so did it leave the right impression? They certainly had some ~fun~ options here. One thing I will say is that Study Steady is very ambitious in its implementation of shiny gimmicks, however I can’t really ..read more

Title: 妹と彼女 それぞれの選択 Developer: Waffle Release Date: 22nd December 2023 Age Rating: 18+ Length: 30+ Hours Links: Official Website, VNDB Washizaki Kei has a problem. He has romantic feelings towards his younger sister Haruka but after an incident during the summer festival three years ago their relationship has turned icy. However, Kei still holds out for a way for him to get his happy ending – his “answer”, as you will. A way for him and Haruka to express their feelings and live in a society that accepts them. His years of fruitless efforts searching have made him depressed, numb to the world ..read more

Title: ONE. Developer: Novamicus Release Date: 22nd December 2023 Age Rating: 15+ Length: ~15 Hours Links: Official Website, VNDB Thoughts Like many people who enjoy visual novels, Key’s early releases were some of my first forrays into the genre. I have fond memories of titles like Kanon, Air, Clannad, Little Busters & planetarian from well over a decade ago (damn I feel old…) and I still own the PC memorial editions of the above titles, which were amongst my first Japan-imported games. Therefore it should be no real surprise that when the remake of One~Kagayaku Kisetsu e~ – the 1998 ti ..read more

Another month, and another post of me desperately trying to clear my backlog of games that I still need to review. In this episode we have me finally getting through some games from the back end of 2023, with some genuinely solid titles (and one not so good one), as well as more fandiscs of course. But be warned, there’s potentially dangerous levels of sugary sweetness up ahead! Amairo Chocolata 3 Official Website / VNDB My Score: 8/10 We’ve finally made it to the end of the Amachoco series, this time the main feature being routes for Mitsuki + new character Kohana. I should probably state ..read more

Title: 彼方の人魚姫 Developer: Wonder Fool Release Date: 27th October 2023 Age Rating: 18+ Length: 15+ Hours Links: Official Website, VNDB Namishima Itsuki lives in the sleepy coastal Tatsumiya village in rural southern Japan. The area is small, where everyone knows another but the region has become more touristy in recent years. Itsuki has spent his whole life in Tatsumiya, growing up with his small group of childhood friends. However, the accidental death of one of the girls in the group, Ayane, a decade ago still has a rippling effect on those who knew her in the present day. The story starts in ..read more

Title: それは舞い散る桜のように-Re:BIRTH- Developer: Navel Release Date: 29th September 2023 Age Rating: 18+ Length: 20+ Hours Links: Official Website, VNDB Sakura Maito is a bit of a loner and since moving back to his hometown a year ago has made few connections. However, with the start of spring brings with it new meetings and bittersweet reunions, and Maito becomes aware of the girls around him – his popular classmate, a childhod friend chasing after him, his kind neighbour, the tomboy who sits next to him at school, and a childish senpai. As Maito gets closer to the girls, he begins to have strange d ..read more

Title: コイバナ恋愛 Developer: Asa Project Release Date: 29th September 2023 Age Rating: 18+ Length: 15+ Hours Links: Official Website, VNDB When it was announced that his all-boys high school would be closed down and merged with the local all-girls school, Haruka Kanata took this as his sign to finally get himself a girlfriend. However, his co-ed debut doesn’t quite end up as expected and instead of a school of pure-hearted maidens he finds himself in a class with girls who aren’t exactly excited about the merger. Only mildly deterred, Kanata plus his two friends who are also new transfers, set th ..read more

Title: ヨスガノソラ Developer: Sphere Release Date: 5th December 2008 Age Rating: 18+ Length: ~20 Hours Links: Official Website, VNDB Following the sudden death of their parents, Kasugano Haruka decides to take his twin sister Sora and move back to his grandparents’ countryside home. The pair spent their childhood summers there but had not visited for many years as their grandparents had passed on. Despite the time that had passed, little had changed in the small countryside village they now called home – the scenery was quaint and the people friendly. Haruka reunites with his childhood friend Nao ..read more