Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo or translated A Kiss for the Petals is the first Japanese adult yuri visual novel in the series. It was released by the Doujin group Fuguriya in 2006. on PC.

The novel tells us the story of the relationship of two St. Michael's Academy students, Nanami Oda (first-year student) and Yuuna Matsubara (second-year student). Before the main plot of the story, we get to know Nanami a bit better with her background story, how much she wanted to enrol in this academy and how hardworking she was to achieve that.
The main plot starts on the first day of school when Nanami has an accident with her school uniform, but fortunately, Yuuna is there to help her. This is the first time the two main characters meet and here already we learn that Nanami can't stop thinking about Yuuna, later we learn that the same could be said for Yuuna. Soon Nanami joined the student council where Yuuna was in charge.
One day Nanami catches Yuuna "enjoying herself" with Nanami's shirt in hand, from that moment they both decide to share their feelings and from here the relationship starts. The main characters don't get to know each other more, since the relationship starts early in the story.
After that, the producers decided to find the most silly reasons and ways for them to have "interactions". Yuuna's change in personality was so intense, from a serious and lady-like behaviour to a spoilt and dirty-minded student. Nanami hasn't changed much, but as she was close to Yuuna, she gained popularity as Yuuna was an idol to many students on the campus.
The visual novel is fully voice acted with many "interaction" scenes, which can be later revisited in the Extras section in the Main Menu.
There are also some dialog options, which only affect a few dialog lines, but the outcome isn't affected.

All in all, a fully voice-acted visual novel where the dialogue options don't affect the main story. Overall I liked the art design, but the story lacks depth and the relationship between them starts too early, leaving too much time for many different "interactions".

Reviewed on Dec 17, 2023


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