As I recall, most, if not all of the places where 'let's not talk about that' comes up, is about things the MC doesn't remember, and the doctor actually recommended not telling him about things he can't remember. There's less and less of that as you get further into the currently existing story. It is of course your prerogative to feel like it's still overused, but I feel it's a point worth bringing up.So I just got to the point where Lena is introduced and I got to say this has a lot of potential but I feel the mystery stuff is starting to feel more and more dragged out. It's kinda making me feel less into the story. Someone says something that makes MC wonder what they mean about his past and they ALWAYS go "Let's not talk about that right now". Sorry but that just makes me frustrated, it doesn't really make it a mystery it just makes the dialogue weird. Who would ever do that? It's like when you have an annoying sibiling and they go "I know something you don't! haha!" and you want to force them to tell you but this is a VN so you can't. I get the feeling that there's supposed to be this big mystery theme to the game but it just doesn't feel like a mystery if all there is to it is the character dangling the answer right infront of the MC (and the player).
I also think that every single character has said a variation of "How do you remember that?!" when MC remembers something. The dialogue would feel much more natural if not all characters reacted with near exact same phrasing. It's also pretty funny cause I felt like this game felt kinda familiar in the way the MC is a perfect person and how everyone's so happy go lucky (except Jessica). Then I came back here and saw Killer7 also made My New Family and it kinda made sense. If I remember correctly that game also had an outside character like Jessica and if I remember correctly that was the grandmother (and a bit of the aunt) in MNF. The whole twin magic thing also felt very MNF.
I'm sure many will disagree with me here but a story like this should have DRAMA, Jessica is the most interesting character in the story because she's pissed at MC for a reason that we don't know (although I have some suspicions as to why). The other characters are strangely fine with MCs wife being in a coma. Sure they stutter when they speak of her but that's about the emotional reaction they show. Along with the fact that the mystery falls flat I think the lack of drama is another big issue with the story. It all falls into place very easily and while the commonly used plot device of amnesia can be effective I feel like it's wasted because the mystery of his past doesn't feel like mystery and everyone is so fine with it. Causing things to just move along.
I feel like I'm shitting on the game now but I do enjoy it and while I won't review it just yet I feel like it's a strong 3/5 atm. I just wish a VN that's this story heavy and lack near any sexual content would have a more engaging story. The renders are overall splendid and while the dialogue could use some work it's very refreshing to read near perfect english on here. The models used are nice (especially wife, mother and Sabrina) but again, there's near 0 hanky panky so far. I realize now that this is pretty much a review so I'll probably keep this and change it a bit as I progress.
I feel like this visual novel is going to have more drama and conflict than MNF, it's set up for it, but K7 is also known for, and wants to give his audience a "feel good" experience, so I wouldn't expect that to get too heavy or dark. There is still the mystery of the person who caused the car crash going on in the background, and there's definitely more roadblocks to that one than just "I don't want to tell you", and I'm personally looking forward to seeing that side of things unfold.
I am also looking forward to seeing what happens with Jessica, but I would not expect, based on who is writing it, that to go on for a super long time, or be especially drawn out for reasons previously stated.