There Were So Many Routes Which Made Me Circle Around! Note: The protagonist's name is censored by steam go search for it on google. So this was a VN which I had saved up in my library because it looked very good. When I realized that it was about the mafia I thought it's a recreation of a mobile otome game I liked about the mafia. But it went so far away from it and delivered what is supposed to deliver. The only con was the nonsensical routes that made no necessity to be there and the fact that the game is not steam optimized. Regardless, the writers,devs had made a huge effort to make this game and that should be praised for sure. Story: Interesting I thought the story had elements of Cinderella Phenomenon where the characters lives are governed by the fairy tales I think it's the same but a more advanced route. They all are cursed but not because of each fairy tale the personalities are made up from the fairy tale with an interesting twist. You find an amnesic girl called Fukaaa who was found in the streets and taken in by the mafia. The three musketeers give her a place to live and they are inspired by the Wizard of Oz fairy tale. Fuka does the basic house work and goes to town on Sunday to meet other members of mafia clan. There's a huge mystery in the story and by completing each character route you get there bit by bit. In the end it is revealed who this mysterious Fuka is and her backstory. I must say that I did not appreciate the love triangle routes, the fact that she has a quick romantic turn outs after getting quickly rejected makes her robotic. I wonder if it can be argued that because she had amnesia that it can be defended but considering that there was in fact a VN called "Amnesia" and the protagonist has a similar situation I cannot further defend it. The story also can be sweet, adventurous and surprisingly dark in some routes. Trigger warning is for people who are sensitive to prostitution and sexual exploitation. Story is LGBTQ and furry friendly. There are 10 character routes and the two finale routes. There are a few love triangle routes as well. Took me 50 hours to finish everything and unlock every CG. The brothel route is very dark and questions the mentality and the development of the protagonist. Characters: Good development The characters are plenty and I was surprised that each of them has a route. Usually the companies who made the best visual novels like to sell separately the character arcs for money, but for this VN's price it gives you everything. There is Caramia the lion, Kyrie the sadistic scarecrow and Axel the sugar toothed tin man. From the side characters you have Caesar the one who calls you prey and is like a wolf. Scarlet who is a strong kid, So the mysterious kind kid, people from the brothel, the doctor who wears a plague mask and pashet the neko lady. There are plenty of colorful non-dateable characters who deserves a mention like the Hansel and Gretel bomb squad, the pyromaniac match girl and the messed up piper of Hamelin. The development of theirs and the scenarios for development is amazing. I think the protagonist development is also good but she seems her free will cut off because how the story goes. My favorite character would be Scarlet the boy who did not like violence. The dark characters are in the brothel route and I would ask you to brace yourself for that one. The doctor's route is a little bit disturbing to some. Gameplay The gameplay is interesting. True efforts of the writers are shown. When you replay the same route new dialogue and scenarios are unlocked not being different from the current route you are going. You can listen to the character's thoughts in specific and I have never seen that happening in a visual novel. You know that happens when the loading wizard of oz loading screen turns blue btw. The skip, save buttons are in order. I only saw the opening movie ONCE and never again. The game is a bit bugged and I needed to run the game from the onboard graphics instead of Nvidia to make it work. But i never saw the opening movie again which is a flaw. If you play a single route of every character then the finale route will unlock. The CG section needs to be completed to 98% or 99% for the grand finale secret route to be unlocked this can be done by clicking the book Fuuka is reading/holding in the title window. Some easter eggs are also there. If you try to name Fuuka a specific name related to her from the fairy tale, Kyrie will react differently. Art and music: THE BEST It's very rare that I find a good visual but with amazing OST. The music in this game is amazing! Starting from the starting song to the ending song and the character OST's. If the game had a separate OST pack I would buy it! My favorite OST characterwise is Caramia, Axel and Caesar's. Scarlett's is good too. Achievements: N/A Achievements optimized by steam are not available the real achievement is collecting all the CG's. I did not know that the secret ending is related to unlocking CG's but it did take me some time to get them. Even with a walkthrough. Overall If you are looking for a VN with sunshine/sunset undertones then this VN is for you. There are a lot of characters and you do become a fan of them eventually. The replayable rate is high, however the love triangle routes made me not want to pickup the game for a long tme, those can be repetitive and robotic. Sometimes the protagonist does not seem to have freewill. The rest is pretty epic.
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