it was definitely something. It captures the experience, being in the shoes and all that with those thoughts in a way that feels raw and bare—there’s no over-the-top dramatization, just a direct, almost numbing portrayal of what it’s like to exist in that mindset. Even the lack of motivation is reflected through the game’s perspective, making it feel more authentic (and almost cathartic I suppose)
it conveys how unpredictable those thoughts can be—how one moment you’re just going through the motions, and the next, you might decide to go through with it. It's just sudden and basically exhausting to go with the current that's life dragging you along, and sometimes, you don’t have the strength to resist it that you can only drown or hit rock bottom. But there’s always something—in this case, Tantei, a presence (hell okay, he's as much count even as comfort character for me too) offering even the smallest form of acknowledgment, a reminder that you deserve to be here and matters, the little push that could support you up to brave the current and just flowing about...
even if it's not much, it's something, then again there's always something much more; things pulling you back into that abyss-kind of cycle, so suffocating and dark with only lonesome you. But just as there's something dragging you down, there can also be anchors—something, someone, or even just a moment of understanding that stops you from sinking further. It may not "fix" everything, but sometimes, just having something to hold onto is enough. Enough to keep you from slipping away completely. Enough to sit with that darkness, knowing it won’t leave anytime soon, but also knowing you’re not entirely lost to it.
The ends were fine, easy and challenging enough to get them all, it was what make it well-worth too I guess.
That’s what I took away from this game, ah sorry it's some long review and almost late a week;; hope you've been doing fine too.
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okay i just want to say i got true end first try lmao becausee you know, just inserted the name of the protag from My Valentine, i did the same with date with Tantei, im assuming that's like canon OC I'm taking on for him.