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I just recently finished THJ and it was excellent...I'm so excited to see what happens with this new project!

Ok, I really had such a good time playing this, and it was in the top 3 of the games I was looking forward to from this year's otome jam. I know it's only the 29th so they're not all out yet, but it's my fave I've played so far! Anyway, to answer the questions posed above...

Which character was your favorite? Why?

It's tough to say! Before playing, I was most interested in Tristan. After playing, I guess it's still Tristan, but I also really liked Luca, who surprised me because he was the LI I was the least interested in initially. 

Tristan I liked because he was just adorable. The character design was great, and I loved that he was kind of dorky and awkward and sweet. His whole personality was really endearing. And (spoilers!) he was the only guy to adopt the cat! I'm a sucker for stuff like that lol.

Did you manage to make all the guys on the main screen regain their color?

Yes :)

What's your favorite moment in the game?

I liked (minor spoilers ahead) Tristan's standup routine, (even if it was slightly depressing lol) and Luca dealing with all his "fans."

Do you want a Mark route?

Yes! He's such a little troll, I'm curious what redeeming qualities he has lol

Would you replay the game if it were fully voiced?

Definitely. I really enjoyed the voice acting. I think it added a lot, and the actors did a wonderful job.

I really enjoyed playing this game. It was visually beautiful, and the length of the game as well as the dialogue/way the story was presented really reminded me of poetry, but with a visual component.  I know it says the girl in the game is "weathering the apocalypse," but the situation felt kind of relatable since, personally, I've been in my house 90% of the time for the last 11 months. Anyway, really superb.

I watched about 10 minutes of someone streaming this game on Twitch and decided I had to play it. So far I've just done Reed and Laurent's routes, but they were so much fun and I can't wait for additional chapters.

Reed's route was very emotional, and the romance aspect, while cute, hit in an unexpected way. His confession seemed slightly...(possible mild spoiler?) tinged with animosity? Not that it was a bad thing though; on the contrary, I thought it was interesting and not really something I've seen too much. Also, being a language nerd and an absolute sucker for flattery, I thoroughly enjoyed him peppering Italian terms of endearment in with his dialogue. And, uh, Reed's particular brand of teasing, goading flirtation was almost too much to bear...in the best way possible, of course.

As for Laurent's route, it didn't seem to heat up as much as Reed's (yet) but was still super enjoyable. His route had me on the edge of my seat more than once. There's twists and turns abound. And even though Laurent's route is slightly less intense on the romance so far, there were still a lot of cute moments, and I really enjoyed seeing his super composed mask fall a few times.

TLDR: If you're on the fence about this game and you enjoy the genre, it's fantastic, please play it. And slide the dev a few bucks if you can, they're doing great work.