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watch me write my next review tomorrow hahahaaaa

I cant wait to play this one, starting point the characters are so pretty and beautiful and well made, I love Amerta's design

I'll literally marry her.

Okay, I finished playing the game and I'll type out my review now




Spoilers!!


















10/10!

I would recommend listening to Magical Doctor by Maretu, a weird choice for this game but it gives it more of a "I need help, I'm going insane" during playing because the guy IS going insane.

ALSO play it in this route bc I played like that and it was amazing; ending 4, ending 3, ending 2, and ending 1

Let's go on the more detailed parts now

Okay first of all, HOW DARE YOU. Bro, I started balling after getting the 3rd ending and didn't stop even after I finished the game, I literally sat in silence looking at my computer screen. Tears and everything. Literally was going "hurgghh.. huuuhhh urghh... Rendraaaa.... Amertaaaaaa" for a minute before going on itch.io to write this. My eyes are still watering and tears are still flowing, (I expect compensation /j /nsrs)

AS I expected, the writing was top notch and beautiful, and just like sweetest valentine, the dialogue was human, alluring, and surprisingly relatable. All the characters are compelling and interesting, from the main 3 down to the side characters, they all feel like they have their own human life and soul into them, nothing seems forced and it's a very interesting plot, I'm impressed and this surpassed all my expectations

I thought it was going to be "everyone is in the time loop with him and remembers that's why they're so compliant" but damn I was so wrong, the plot twist is even better, I didnt expect me and when I learned everything was a hallucination I started crying

I wont disclose why for personal reasons but let's just say I have issues with the same thing and it hit home too hard.

My review for the characters:

Rendra, I have to say one thing. I relate to him so badly, why are your characters so relatable? He's very well written and a compelling character. He really just wants to see Amerta alive and well and feeling like he failed her because he just watched her die so his coping is building a fantasy for himself by thinking Amerta is alive, Amerta IS here, Amerta just needs to be saved by him.

Such a tragic character and I love him, he's an amazing character and I theorize that his new coping method is writing stories (Bc he's just like me and I write stories to cope) I enjoy how he writes edgy things and watches anime. He also cares about people around him especially his close friends but he ends up hurting them and himself because he cant forgive himself for what happened on the 28th of October, It adds more depth to his character and I just love it.

(most of what I say here are assumptions)
Seeing as that he's in college 4 years later he was probably 13-16 at the start of the story and by the end is 17-20. It hurts more because he went through so much shit at such a young age, adds more tragedy to him.

I would love to go into more depth but I might start trauma dumping myself which is uncool

Amerta, I relate to her too. Her character is just as tragic and I can relate to the bullying and name calling and the bad household thing. I can see that she was truly a woman wronged in society.

(most of what I say here are assumptions)
Her ex boyfriend probably leaked some pictures of her (I assume) and seeing as that she's from a catholic school, and probably has a religious mother herself she was shamed and ridiculed, but even with all those bad things she didn't let it bother her, props to her! Also that she's probably also around 13-16, it hurts me more. I have a soft spot for characters that died before adulthood tbh..

Just like Rendra, she's well written and despite being just a hallucination through out the game, she still felt human. Just as how hallucinations are, they always seem real and vivid to the person suffering. Maybe in another universe, her, Kai, and Rendra ended up going to college together </3

Kai, I don't have much to say about him, but He's very well written too, I had a friend like him (I'll literally call that friend after this to recommend this game bc he's a sucker for these types of games) and it just made me cry harder like omg. I've never related to two characters' friendship so badly. 

(most of what I say here are assumptions)
He was probably 13-16 when all this happened, and he was also grieving a friend and was watching one go insane must have left a massive scar on him, ending 2 literally broke me, I started crying so hard that I needed a box of tissues so i could blow my nose. (I get a stuffy nose when I cry)

I relate to him to an extent. I've been in his position before and ending 2 hit harder bc he knew his actions where selfish and (I CANT FIND THE WORDSS) not helping (????) his friend get through the lost, i love how it shows that you cant just tell someone to get help and they'll be fine, I love the main three so bad.

Sir Ari, he's a good guy. (Pretty darn attractive too) I like how he's very worried of Rendra and wants to help him, he's nice

Rendra's Parents, (I'm going to assume a little here) I love the detail that Rendra's mom wears a hijab and is probably Muslim, i love the graduation picture after getting ending one, it's very cute

for the art, You improved a ton, I love the colors and tones of the characters it was very visually appealing, character design is top notch. (It made me giggle when I saw a McDonalds in the background, very irrelevant but I want to mention it) I love how the covers changed, like omg I was like "waawwww so amazing" but I was still crying.

That's all I have to say for now, I'll add more after revisiting the game and I plan to talk about the graphics and art, in greater depths bc this was more on the story and characters LOL


OKAY IM HERE AND IM GOING TO GO INTO MORE DEPTH WITH THE ARTT!!


You improved a lot, like your anatomy, perspective, rendering, shading, and hands are sooo much better than sweetest valentine. Not saying sweetest valentine wasn't well drawn, it really was but it's like Sweetest valentine is good and this is better, you know what I mean? I see that you've got a knack for drawing gorey and bloody scenes and I loveee it. Like UGH so prefect and amazing. mwa mwa chef's kiss

you are so talented. Like seriously. Your a solo dev and you programmed, drew, and wrote the story like. APPLAUSE TO YOU!! You are so talented.

I love the tiny details in your art like the cracks on on phone in the new cover after completing the game, the lines are so much smoother now too, along with the colors that don't overlap or have missing spots. As much I love the messy line art in sweetest valentine, I love the smoother lines here. The way you draw clothes improved tremendously.

Also a pattern I just realize Aimi and Rendra (the mcs in those games) hallucinate/living in delusions, should have known it was a hallucination all along!!!

Graphics are amazing, I love the colors and the shading, very well made, the dialogue was nice to read, nothing felt forced or cringey, this is one of the other biggest factors because unlike other games I don't get irked, cringe, or yawn at the dialogue. You'll definitely see me playing your 3rd game by next week and then reviewing it. Kudos to you, developer!

(sorry if the grammer seems poor in some parts)