Im extending an olive branch to the weebs: I can understand and imagine how this could get really good as a complex and intimately social narrative. But the cortisol my body would have to endure in order to maintain focus on this 200+ hour VN that moves at the pace of a glacier could actually kill me. I was not built for this. Halleys Comet would pass again before I finish this. My face would visibly crease and pockeney during the time it would take for me to even get to "The Good Part".

Reviewed on Mar 12, 2024


7 Comments


1 month ago

Thought "200+ hours is certainly hyperbole" and then looked up the howlongtobeat average. 61 hours. That's still a lethal amount of visual novel.

1 month ago

@Weatherby
This is assuming you read at higher than a high school level (according to wordcounter.com, not me) and even then Im seeing alot of "pecked away at this over the course of a year and a half"

1 month ago

@_YALP The idea of playing most VNs causes my eyes to glaze over and my brain to instinctively shut down so I really can't imagine tolerating one over such a length of time. Impressed you even made the attempt.

1 month ago

61 hours is the question arcs, which are the first half of the game.

1 month ago

" Halleys Comet would pass again before I finish this."

lmao! I am really selective about the visual novels I do dip into and I can't foresee me ever trying this one.

1 month ago

@lesshack This sentence killed me instantly

1 month ago

@_YALP
It’s a matter of time commitment and just choosing to doll out. Like I’ve been going at the pace of completing one episode per month starting in January, and it’s helping me digest the story.

Same philosophy of binge culture for TV shows. If you handle it all at once you’ll simultaneously feel burned out AND retain far less information over a run. Tho on a personal note I have been going by personal read speed and only playing out voice lines for certain characters with really strong VAs (Beato, for instance).