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tentative rating cuz i haven't finished chiru yet.....i have many Thoughts. i think it's mostly very good and ch. 3 was especially engaging/twisty. the most interesting characters to me are the four aunts -- even if i don't like all of them as people, boy are they compelling and kept me turning the...text boxes? i also really liked the interactions between maria and ange -- those got to me. the questionable reality of it all and the absurd logic arguments between beatrice and battler were brain-melting in an incredibly fun way. i enjoyed the overall themes of empathy and generational trauma and i expect they will be explored further in the sequel.

the anime boobie jokes that creep in here and there are annoying as hell and take away from the commentary the game is trying to make about sexism. i also feel like there are too many minor characters. idk what purpose certain demons/furniture serve aside from fanservice...the chiester sisters, for instance, could've been condensed into one girl without much of value being lost (perhaps i'll eat my words when i'm done chiru). it also suffers from a lot of scenes that are unnecessarily long -- key word being unnecessarily. i love reading and have no issue with a work of fiction being wordy, just so long as all those words serve a point...but certain scenes just dragged on forever and i felt my eyes glazing over. (the fight scenes at the end of chapter 4 were the worst example of this for me.)

still, very intriguing mystery and i liked it enough to go ahead with part 2. beatrice is great and i definitely want to know what's up with her!! oh and the music absolutely WHIPS

Reviewed on Jul 07, 2021


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