I played What Happened the Night Before after It gets so lonely here and wow, what a difference! While not without its complications, Mikage and Noah's love story is blessed, darling cuteness. Ebi-hime balances realistic family struggles and besties-to-lovers schmoop. The signature touch of angst and uncertainty makes the happy ending that much sweeter and hopeful. The art, UI (I did love the cute basketball!), and CGs make the love story pop in a way I think it wouldn't if What Happened the Night Before was a novella. The integration of art & story are essential to capturing Noah and Mikage. I'm very much looking forward to more of ebi-hime's games.
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They're two pretty different stories indeed, hahaha ;;
Night Before is a lot less ambitious than Lonely, and isn't doing interesting things with the VN medium or with the narrative itself, but I'm glad it's enjoyable all the same!
I love writing emotional drama and romantic confessions, so this VN was just an excuse for me to write some of my favourite things haha ;;; It's all very self-indulgent.
And I like the UI a lot too! The basketball icon is really precious ;w;
Thank you very much for checking it out! <3