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The latest visual novel by Tomo Kataoka, the author of Narcissu 1st & 2nd, has arrived! An empty world with endless rain and only one person. Here there is no hunger, sickness or even death. Just what story does this world's one occupant have?

Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal- is a visual novel, anime and indie game developed by stage-nana and published by Sekai Project.
Released on July 07th 2015 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Japanese.

It has received 409 reviews of which 355 were positive and 54 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 12.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 6.65€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal- into these genres:

Visual Novel Anime Indie Story Rich Casual Emotional Choices Matter 2D Interactive Fiction Singleplayer

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Windows

OS *: Windows Vista/7/8/8.1
Processor: 1.2Ghz Pentium 4
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Integrated Graphics
Storage: 350 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

Overall it's a pretty decent short read, though it didn't leave me as impressed as I initially anticipated. I quite like the concept and setting and especially the beginnings of both perspectives really intrigued me. I also enjoyed the whole depressing and sorrowful vibe, the atmosphere is fantastic. Additionally I absolutely adore the music, every soundtrack is so incredibly catchy! Plus the visuals are nice, in particular the background CGs. The plot itself is interesting but felt rather underwhelming to me eventually, however I'm certain that it's purposely made that way lol. I mainly think that way since the story touches a lot of interesting ideas but ended up being somewhat superficial in reality, which contributes to that underwhelming feeling. Despite lack of depth and logic, I still found the story captivating, emotional and enjoyable. Either way, I love rain.

Oct. 2024

片冈老师的小短篇，整体偏向氛围，很喜欢字里行间透出的命运感和时间流逝的感觉通关了不仅有narcissu小故事，而是整个narcissu 1st，片冈你也太不会做生意了8 不过这作没有个主题歌挺可惜的

May 2024

everything has an end. this kinetic novel is presented with a plot and characters that are both a mystery, and they will remain like that for most of time, just like the empty paraller world. everything is surrounded not only by mystery, but rain and sadness too. the story first centers on a protagonist who has emotional problems and the only way to ease his pain is to end his life, nevertheless he continues to live despite failed attempts to commit suicide. its monday and he is on his way to a job he hates, and instead of going directly to his office, he takes the elevator in his building to the seventh floor, the top one, walks out to the roof, climbs over the fence around it and hangs over the edge. he is living a pointless life. he doesnt want to continue living while at the same time he doesnt want to necessarily die. he more doesnt want to actually commit suicide. the climbing over the fence is merely a reminder that he can end it at any time, which brings him some comfort and lets him make it through the rest of the week. and one day on his usual day to work he sees a new floor on the elevator, the 8th, when the door opens he is revealed to a world that may seem like an afterlife, and meets the only resident in such world, girl named Rin. the story proceeds down two story paths, each part of which has to be completed before continuing to read so that the player alternates between them, its switching perspectives from the protagonist, to the past of the priestess that can no longer remember her name, covering under her sisters name Rin. not only because its short that it maybe didnt have enough time to explore its aspects but i think it was literally supposed to be this mysterious, with not so big world-building nevertheless for me it was pretty striking already from the cover. it looks very beautiful and it was just simple enough with some emotional power. the music fits perfectly since its gloomy too. I liked the ground of an isolated place like the rainy world and with the music you can feel sadness when reading the story. i still wish it would be more explored in depth but Ame no Marginal is still nice and has its own beauty in nature of being this mysterious, it is all revolving about mystery and i like it that way. it may seem boring though. if u dont like having put questions without basically any answers then i dont recommend it. the message in this novel is pretty unclear, perhaps to not give up on life even when youre in despair. everything has its end, except to not only this mystery but many other mysteries that will keep existing on with no answer in this kinetic novel.

May 2024

The thing I dislike about stage-nana works the most is older guy paired with little girl who will never grow up. Both this work and Winter Polaris share that with the immortal girl who loves you and will never grow up into a woman. It's creepy. Even Narcissu falls into that with the concept of a girl who will never grow up because she dies. That's the worst part of these works, it's a world of infantalized sad girls and "nice guy" men who date them. - The good parts of these works is that the music is really really good. Their use of storytelling by using imagination and empty landscapes is interesting. They let you fill in the gaps and that is good. They've also built up a relationship with the english translation scene that is interesting to see. As someone with an interest in narrative design and otaku culture this work is worth playing despite the ick factor. If you are looking to play a stage-nana work I'd go with Narcissu since it has the least ick factor and is the best work. If you are curious about "classic" japanese kinetic vns I'd say go for Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet instead. If you are looking for a more stat based game I'd go for tokimeki memorial and if you are looking for more of a romance simulator I'd get a cheap dsi and love plus. If you are looking for the best VNs you're better off wandering around itch.io and looking at the new stuff for whatever ultra specific interest you have. The best vns are being made today.

May 2024

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