VN - Others - Completed - Amatsutsumi [Final] [Purple software]

Amatsutsumi is the best of the 5 VN's I read by Purple Software. The premise is interesting; It explores great themes, and stirs up strong feelings; It's something you can read casually or seriously; It's not filled with affectation (like Aoi Tori), and the ending left a very strong positive impression. If you want a recommendation on what Purple Software VN you should read first, Amatsutsumi is the clear winner.

Positive:
- Very nice and diverse cast - Specifically Mana as an "ice queen" character, and Hotaru as a good example of light sarcasm done right. You won't be reading this just for the characters but they are pretty good, protagonist included.
- "All" kinds of themes to think about - And if you don't want to it's fine, because they give you the moral of the story at the end, and the build-up to that point was great.
- Good Nakige - It takes a long time for the "good stuff" to arrive, but when it does, it reaches top tier. Great mix of tragedy, and mystery.
- Interesting premise/setting - Absolute control through words allows for unique scenes, and the way it's used (or not used) in the story, can tell you how the protagonist's moral compass is evolving. It's a clever concept that is left ambiguous, and leaving the supernatural to the reader's interpretation works for me.
- Good OST, and voice acting - Gonna mention Hotaru again, her V.A is excellent. The OST was taken down from YouTube, so you can't check it.

Neutral:
- H-scenes - It's the usual Purple Software, they are serviceable at best, don't read Amatsutsumi for the 18+. The reason why I even brought them up here, is because the protagonist is close to amoral (at first), and sleeps with the heroines at "odd junctions" (let's go with that), so it could be interesting on difference factor alone.

Negative:
- Just a few things: Comedy and tropes are on the weaker side; Amatsutsumi takes a LONG time to get really good; And the route quality is uneven (Mana and Hotaru are far above the other 2).

Score: Amatsutsumi is an 8/10, a great VN, and it's very close to top tier. Unfortunately, the first 2 routes are not "up to snuff", but if you are patient, the reward will come, and the second half of the title is very impressive. If you ask me, that's more than enough reason to read this. Highly recommended, don't dismiss it early on it gets better.

I never imagined I could catch feelings for some images but the hotaru end got to me was 9/10 for me the only part which I didn’t like was going through so much text like almost 40 pages worth of text it has great writing but I mostly skipped through the whole story might rewatch the whole part again and it’s worth it wish I had some time to play it for real and if I do get my finances in check I might consider buying this game as it’s one of the best works with idk I’m just going off script cause I forgot what I was going to say and wanted to fill it in but it’s a must download I recommend any one reading the reviews on it consider downloading or if you feel generous purchasing this game cause its not only hentai its work of art.just play it already and don’t forget to play the true end will melt your ❤heart.

Well, first of all, I am giving this a full 5 star rating because it was a complex and fullfilling story and I am really glad that I found this gem.

Characters: 5/5 - The development and the depth of characters was exactly at point here. Deep enough to actually care about them and feel for them. Of course the final part with Hotaru ends as a main event of the story, but the development of Mana shocked Me. I started with hating her and ended feeling guilty for it.
Visuals / Sound: 4/5 - Same for the part being porn and the fact that it all matched with the story.
Story: 5/5 - Long enough to cover every part of the story without being boring. Also I'm really inferior to this kind of stories. Finished it 1 hour ago but I'm still in shambles. I tried to hold it but nah man, I could not.
Porn: 4/5 - I would like to compare it to Majikoi, because I found them similar but just more vanilla. Again - the length is just perfect. Also it's not often that a great VN is uncensored even with a patch.

I tend to give 5 start to everything that speaks directly to my soul. It exactly did that. I won't forget this story anytime soon. I think it also could fare very well as a movie.

What a beautiful story. It has qualities a good book has: It made me think about it long after I finished it and it made me cry because I was invested in the characters. Their stories are unique and interesting, sometimes tragic.

Yes, there is porn. To be honest, I skipped past most of that, but it is part of the story rather than the story being a vehicle to deliver porn scenes. In itself, this is exceedingly rare here and I really appreciate it.

It is a linear story, choices are only made to get an ending or move on. If that is your thing, you won't go wrong reading this.

Edit: Also the 1* review below is factually wrong. The patch for R18 content is in the first post and it is obviously not text-based.

This is so good. Came here just to fap to some anime girls but the story and characters really dragged me in to their world. Gets very emotional at times and deals with death and grief a lot.

The artwork and sex scenes are really well drawn and English translation is very good.

Game is very long, all the routes would have probably taken me at least 20 hours or more to finish them all.

It's so great. I don't want to finish it yet. perpare for dozens of plot and mystery as the game unfolds itself little by little. character interactions are great and it doesn't feel generic nor it does feel like it came from a script.

I've been a vn reader for nearly a decade and I can't remember a single vn that I played that has an mc like this one. maybe that's why it feels so fresh. I might change my score later (currently at Mana Chapter 4) if something happens so bad but so far I'm not seeing anything that bad. Purple Soft made a huge step up in this one. CC and Hapymaher can't compare with this one. looking forward to Aoi Tori already.

TL;DR - 8 / 10 - A lot of boinking, but doesn't make the story less interesting is what I like with this one

Art - 8 / 10
I like how they draw body lines without oversexualizing it. Not as great as the other competitors, but they're not losing either (rather sitting comfortably on a nice rank in my opinion)

Character - 7 / 10
I believe there's no real character development here other than Kyouko, but each of them comes with fitting background so it's okay to me.

Sound - 8 / 10
The VAs did well on their role. BGM is also nice, but nothing note worthy.

Story - 9 / 10
There's a certain ending in this story that doesn't quite count as a good ending, but I can't say that's a bad ending either so it left me confused and at the same time satisfied. Honestly I don't know such ending exist, our protagonist did his best on that one.

This isn't a game to make you fap, this is a game to make you feel. I played it in Japanese a couple of years ago, a very memorable experience even by the visual novel standards. Prepare for dozens of hours of plot, cute girls and emotional rollercoaster at the end. Like many other top-tier visual novels, this isn't just a game, this is an EXPERIENCE, something that can provide you emotions we lack so much in real life. The game made me cry at some of the emotional moments and this tells something about the quality of this work.

The very first game I played in Japanese and one of my favorite visual novels. The routes can only be played in one order but the final one is worth it in the end. I recommend it for anyone who has played any other Purple Software games like Hapymaher and Chrono Clock.