A very charming game that holds up surprisingly well. The presentation is very well-done with a lot of nice-looking anime sprites, cgs and cutscenes. The character designs are all pretty cute and the voice acting is plentiful and high quality. The story is pretty cliche but the 90s saturn charm makes it really endearing. There are only a few groan-worthy parts like Iris being an annoying kid in her chapter and Sumire/Kanna's chapter making you go through pretty much the same scenario twice in a row with zero self-awareness regarding how identical they are. Aside from that, the story is fine enough and proceeds at a surprisingly rapid pace. The quick-response choices were fun as well and spruced up conversations. I honestly think the game could've used a few more laid-back parts where you can go around and view SoL scenes to let the girls connect with eachother more. I was pretty pleased with how much unique dialogue Sumire got since I focused on her throughout the game but Sakura felt unnaturally minor despite being the titular character. The many minigames I got to play throughout the story were also fun little diversions that added to the soul. The strategy gameplay was pretty simple throughout but the animations were decent and it was nice that it allowed me to speed up movement. Also the theme song is ballin'.

Reviewed on Sep 06, 2021


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