This game is absolute cinema from start to finish.
And, an actual game.
What impressed me the most was (spoilers about the story's structure and plot)
When you fail a story point and get taken for your actions. The primary one was the jail for me. The character writing and development that happens ONLY IF YOU FAIL, all that sequence so that you can work better together with with someone that used to be your friend. The heavy parts that happen during that either. Holy shit that was crazy. That and the church , failing add so much meat (no pun intended) to the characters. Some might think of the meta part as (it only changes the dialog a little and add that you went missing for a year), but just thinking about it as a world, you go missing for a long time. And, on the jail part, the changes to Merumeia's dialog are substatial to me. You have a better experience if you watch Reiri being lead on to doing lewd stuff and failing their scape, than to just do everything while ignoring her and succeed immediately.
Overall the plot is solid too, the gameplay is very easy, so there's no grind or anything, just plain power fantasy, going on a ride. If you want you can easily avoid anything 18+.
On the aspect of 18+, all the plot related stuff aside ( which are avoidable). the best parts is definitely side. More specifically, florist.
(spoilers if you care)
It is, by far, the best way I've ever seen for the main character of an h-game lose their virginity. You can choose how to lose it, but It's just so perfect that the plot of Reiri loving flowers was defined since the beginning. She's from the countryside, goes on a florist on the main capital and slowly but surely falls completely in love with him. Naturally, no bullshit, the guy is just that good.
There's their fallout later, but the most interesting thing also. The florist is the only guy that makes Reiri cum more than once while having sex, ain't that interesting? I find it to be, ngl. Everyone else finishes before her, she only cums for hands when they specifically want to do that. During sex? Only the florist. Some other sides have a little story to them too. This game is just really good man.
If I had to mention any gripe I have with the game (though, not really a real problem)
It'd definitely be on the 18+ side of things. A lot of forced/ hypnosis stuff (that you can just avoid it, so it`s fine), and almost nothing on the corruption aspect of slowly getting more into sex and that kind of thing. That`s why I mentioned in my spoilers about it before what my favorite part related to 18+ scenes in this game was. Because, it was the only that felt really natural and amazingly fitting. The rest you have to actively seek out more than normally.
The focus here is the main plot and progressing and that, that and the game's structure and writing is what makes it good. The scenes are well drawn, but don't expect the same level as other masterpieces that focus more on that side.
Edit: Just played through post game and,
What were those scenes with her master and the new king lol, what a based protagonist, straight up calling her a .pdf file, hoooly. (prob a TL from shota con or something, but real)
Anyway, the little plot for a lover for the mc was cool, but better was the tiny pay offs for the development that happened during the fails e.g. on prison.
What a great game. Very well rounded with some good quality moments.
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