3/5 and a solid NOT RECOMMENDED.
premise: What even is youth? Are you living your youth life? this premise will be the central theme of the VN. Enter our MC. He is anything but living a youthful life because of the harshness of reality (fuck adults and fuck his parents). He is forced to take scholarship, take part time job and basically have zero time for himself because he has to survive. Meanwhile the other kids (well, more like students, but who's giving a crap?) is just having a decent if not enjoyable(?) childhood life. This contrast could have easily turn the VN to something way darker, grimmer and gloomier, however the VN completely missed this opportunity.
Common route: most of the common route is either 1. MC does part time and does part time things 2. they gather and do X and call that "youth" 3. some really boring banters here and there. rinse and repeat. Oh and I guess a few hints about MC's parents fucking him up but the details are withheld from you.
Heroines: I only did Riri and god it was boooooooooring. more of the blandness from the common route. oh and i guess the writers had to make her kyaa kyaa in her bedroom. though if I close my eyes and just listen to the VA, wow even the VA is doing a horrible job, though none of the VA's fault. that's how soulless the VN is. Riri is just the typical shy ojousama type but other than that, she's as generic as she goes.
Verdict: For a VN that is all about youth, I can't help but think that the writers have a very dull childhood life if they think just doing group activity is considered "youth". the only reason I'm giving it a 3/5 is because of the... tachie(?). when they pan the *.png characters and when they jump and change expressions.
Alternate: If you want a story where the MC is going to the gloom route because of how horrible his youth is, I recommend (it's a manga though) https://mangakakalot.com/manga/cl939919
premise: What even is youth? Are you living your youth life? this premise will be the central theme of the VN. Enter our MC. He is anything but living a youthful life because of the harshness of reality (fuck adults and fuck his parents). He is forced to take scholarship, take part time job and basically have zero time for himself because he has to survive. Meanwhile the other kids (well, more like students, but who's giving a crap?) is just having a decent if not enjoyable(?) childhood life. This contrast could have easily turn the VN to something way darker, grimmer and gloomier, however the VN completely missed this opportunity.
Common route: most of the common route is either 1. MC does part time and does part time things 2. they gather and do X and call that "youth" 3. some really boring banters here and there. rinse and repeat. Oh and I guess a few hints about MC's parents fucking him up but the details are withheld from you.
Heroines: I only did Riri and god it was boooooooooring. more of the blandness from the common route. oh and i guess the writers had to make her kyaa kyaa in her bedroom. though if I close my eyes and just listen to the VA, wow even the VA is doing a horrible job, though none of the VA's fault. that's how soulless the VN is. Riri is just the typical shy ojousama type but other than that, she's as generic as she goes.
Verdict: For a VN that is all about youth, I can't help but think that the writers have a very dull childhood life if they think just doing group activity is considered "youth". the only reason I'm giving it a 3/5 is because of the... tachie(?). when they pan the *.png characters and when they jump and change expressions.
Alternate: If you want a story where the MC is going to the gloom route because of how horrible his youth is, I recommend (it's a manga though) https://mangakakalot.com/manga/cl939919