Last Day of Spring is about a friend simply trying to enjoy her newest friends birthday, and the struggles that comes with it. What starts off as a rather wholesome plan to get together turns into a lesson of empathy and understanding the struggles of trans folk.

Not going to lie, this might be the weaker story of the bunch, but only for the fact that we aren't exactly doing much here. The majority of the time we are planning a party, and when we finally get to the party the game is almost over. It's basically a story to hand hold people into the struggles of being trans, and while I don't think that's a bad thing, I do wish we got a little more time and interaction with Erika and Haru. All the characters are absolutely charming and cute, but it doesn't exactly translate when they are texting on the phone. The story honestly just needed a little more interaction, but beyond that I do think it properly hits the beats it needs to in order to work as a connected story with the other games it's attached too. Honestly, it just needed a little more story is all.

Erika may not be the best protag of the Springs crew, but all 3 of them are absolutely friend shaped and feel like a proper friend group trying to help support each other and make life suck less. The music is cutesy, the character design is charming, and the backgrounds are simple yet sweet. If you enjoyed One Night, Hot Springs, you'll have a good time here, but aside from a positive outlook and LGBT friendly vibes, I don't see much here to make people interested. This game is enough for me though, and I really did enjoy seeing more of this friends hanging out.

Cw: Transphobia, present trans politics

When Haru said that she's incapable of fighting for her rights as a trans person, I felt that. That it's just too much for her to handle, it's something I've actually been grappling with, with all the current anti-trans laws, getting into leftist politics and just growing into the woman that I am. I feel like I should be able to do everything I can to fight back, I want to with all my power, but I'm just not capable of it, I can only do so much and I have to accept that and it really sucks. Even though the game takes place in Japan, the fact that it goes into how it's so hard to even go out with friends and celebrate your birthday in public as a trans person, reflects so much how society still has a massive amount of work to do in accepting LGBTQIA+ people, minorities and diversity in general. For a game to simply explore this hardship in 2019 with its easily digestible writing and cute aesthetics, remaining relevant to my life now, it surprisingly stuck with me. Despite the depressing circumstance that Haru has to deal with in all walks of her life as a trans woman, her friends doing everything they can to celebrate her birthday in whatever way regardless, genuinely warmed my heart. Despite people who are too ignorant or close-minded to be accepting and understanding, despite people who make it their mission to cause others suffering, despite everything wrong with living in a capitalist society, what makes life so unbearable to live will always be triumphed by everything that makes it oh so worth living.

Last Day of Spring é mais do mesmo, mas continua bom. Assim como no primeiro jogo (One Night, Hot Springs), esse conta novamente as dificuldades de Haru como mulher trans, mas dessa vez, pela perspectiva de sua amiga Erika. As tais dificuldades apresentadas não são muito diferentes de seu antecessor, mas esse dá uma diferenciada com a presença da Erika como protagonista, o que não achei melhor ou pior, só diferente. Dessa vez, a história é sobre as dificuldades sobre ser o amigo cis que quer apoiar um amigo trans, mas que não sabe como. Ainda retrata as coisas de forma doce e amigável sem desviar dos problemas e consegue ser educativo, mas com sinceridade e profundidade o bastante sem ser super didático. As personagens continuam gostáveis e a leitura continua com um ritmo sucinto o bastante pra não cansar. A arte continua agradável como sempre e gostei que as músicas aqui tem um estilo mais lo-fi. Last Day of Spring pode não ser tão diferente do anterior, mas isso não o faz ruim, pois ainda é uma experiência agradável que mostra os problemas retratados com empatia.

Prós: Problemas abordados com respeito e delicadeza; Até que é interessante ver as dificuldades da Haru pela perspectiva da Erika; A leitura não cansa tanto; As personagens continuam legais; Arte agradável; Músicas lo-fi.
Contras: Não muda tanto em relação ao 1° jogo; Demora um pouco pra chegar na 1° escolha que importa.