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Okay, I'm not the kind of person to actually take the time to write long reviews because most of the visual novels I play are really good and have nothing bad to comment on or point out. But, I'm sorry, this one does. (This review is just my pure opinion, please don't go hating around on people just because you don't like their content! And please don't take this too seriously, and don't dox me, ty ty.) ALSO SPOILERS AHEAD OFC

Honestly, it's the first time playing a visual novel became tense, and I had to take multiple breaks to yell to my friends about my frustrations. So, I'm just confused, deadly confused about this game. The history itself is just a tangled mess that I can barely understand. It's like Adam wants to take revenge on the protagonist, who made him feel something new after having to kiss him just so he didn't kill them? And if you don't kiss him, you immediately die? I honestly didn't like that at all; we started badly. Then, all of the other story of the aunt and the life of the MC feels almost pointless. Why should I care about the lore of the aunt? I know it's technically important because she was connected with Adam in a way (in here I'm not too sure because I ended up skipping towards the end just to finish the demo). And also, another big complaint about the narrative choice of doing multiple POVs. Honestly, I hate that. Like, we didn't need to know exactly what Adam was doing when he was looking for us. I kinda understand it because it's a visual novel where the two main characters are away for so long; there weren't many other ways to kinda implement their different POVs, but it could have been done better. AND THE PART WHEN WE GET THE POV OF THE AUNT?? That felt deadly unnecessary, dude. Like, it could have been just an Adam POV and nothing more. I laughed my ass off in that part because dude, why?

And also, another thing I really didn't like, just small pinpoints. Why is the MC randomly a cosplayer? Why, a usually known character who is supposed to be a self-insert, randomly does cosplay, and why is that detail implemented like that? Usually, when the MC has a unique job or hobby, it's implemented in the story as something more organic that has meaning, but why like that? Just so we could have a horny scene of Adam going nuts for seeing pics of the MC? Another one! In the beginning of the game, we heard a censored version of Twitter, but later in the scene where Adam finds the social media of the MC, we don't get a social media cameo! It felt super uncomfortable and gave the vibe of lazy writing or just inconsistency. And also, when we got the dream that Adam had about the MC, and then about his mom, we didn't get a proper transition into the dream. I realized it was a dream like 5 minutes later just for how out of place it was. It felt so random. Again, this is just my personal opinion! But I can say I really liked the art, and the sprite work is really pretty! I loved the design of Adam, not his personality or way of acting but.. he is really pretty!

(Also, English is not my first or my second language, so please don't go around correcting every mistake you see, thanks!)

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Hello, developer here. In all honesty, the swaps in POV were to build tension within the narrative to show Adam is closing in on the player and that was what I personally feels fitting for the storyline itself. As for the other decisions, I wont explain them away since they tread into spoiler territory. But I appreciate all reviews even if from a negative standpoint and will take this one into careful consideration going forward! 💙 I'm sorry the game was disappointing and confusing for you and I hope you find better games that you connect with in the future. I'm sorry this wasn't one of them.