VN - Others - Completed - Criminal Border—Life Sentence [v1.0] [Purple Software]

There's stories that stick with you after reading them. It is like that with good books and very rarely it is like that with a good VN. This series was like that for me.

It's a raw and sometimes incredibly dark story of growth and loss and coping with a reality that you can't quite shape in the way you need it to be.

Just like Amatsutsumi by the same dev, it made me cry. More than once. And just like that game, it manages to land the ending. It's not a happy ending per se, but it is the one the story deserves and needs. The writing is relentless that way. It doesn't follow tropes and the characters aren't good or bad, they just are.

The H scenes... well they do belong but I wouldn't say they should be the reason to read this. You need to be here for the story. You won't regret it.

Ok, i literally just finished the franchise right just when i wrote this review but, goddamn, the storywriting is peak.I'm not the type to write review for stuffs but the potential for this one is huge.

I'm not gonna lie, the thing that reeled me in to trying this series was the preview H-scenes, but i suppose it might go the same with everyone when they press the download button. This doesn't mean that i complain the H-scenes were bad (no animation of course), but like some people have already said, there are only a few scenes for a few situation that focus on the main girl of the chapter you are playing in
The main attention of this series is definitely the story; although in my personal opinion, the 2nd part with Kotoko might be the weakest of the 4 (personal rating: 4->3->1->2). I somewhat expected somewhat with the foundation "Purple software" built for this work but the story actually interested me more than i thought.

Yes this is a kinetic novel, so some might not like it + there are only a few scenes so it might not worth it if you are looking for a quick wank; but if you have the time to read a good story? then i highly recommend you try your time with this (Estimated time should be around 30 hours or less to finish the whole series)
Maybe i will see their older works if i have the time in the future.