Reviews from

in the past


"Even if humanity dies, the machines we have created will inherit our love and create the future"

I've been thinking about why I liked this so much. It's in no way a new concept; I've seen it done before. The story beats are fairly predictable, as is the ending. So what is it that makes THIS stand out? The world building? The setting? The pacing? The dynamic between Jude and Philia? The translation, even?
Yes. It's all of that, working in perfect tandem to create a masterfully told story. It's simple, yes, but beautiful.
I'm not a Tanaka Romeo fan in particular (I've only read Rewrite of his, other than this) but I'm sold on him being an extremely competent writer, without a doubt.

Really I'm almost shocked at how captivated I ended up being by the very believable world he built up. And in the short amount of time, how attached I was to Jude and Philia by the end. Philia in particular was the star of the show, her development by the end is just...ugh. I love it. So proud of her, as I know Jude would be.
She radiates "MUST PROTECT" energy to the highest degree I swear.

On a less serious note, I loved when Jude went full assault mode and dropped a bunch of savages using Promethean vision from Halo, fun times

Second best Key I've seen, though the bar isn't particularly high. The aesthetic is my thing and despite a female robot lead that is incredibly easy to dislike for the first half of the story and the promise of themes that didn't seem to have any way of tying up in a satisfying way, I was pleasantly surprised to be happy with it overall. I'm still not a VN person though.