The story was slow in some places, however, I always kept playing to see what was going to happen next. I got so invested in these characters! I took them to every restaurant while they commented on the various landmarks, had drinks at the bar while cheering our friends on as they sang some karaoke. I played baseball, golf, arcade, went back to school, gambled and got into underground go-karting. All while you're trying to help the unfortunates in Ijincho. There's always something to do. Then you get to the combat. It's not bad, just simple. I found myself putting them on auto-battle until I got to a boss battle and because I was doing all the side-quests as I went, I ended up being slightly over leveled for most of the game. Well. At least until one of the last few chapters, when the game strongly suggests you spend some time leveling up, and I, like an idiot, thought “Nah, I'll be fine.” I was not. I beat the game, cried a little and laughed a lot.