Ren'Py - Completed - The Language of Love [v1.0] [ebi-hime]

This was a beautiful, bittersweet story. In Kyouko, this VN has a brilliantly haunting depiction of what it's like to be a single mother in Japan and the outright disdain one faces for straying, even involuntarily, from socially acceptable norms. ebi-hime's writing shines through as usual as she presents a grounded, strong, independent female protagonist who remains resolute in the face of overwhelming scorn and adversity.

Further, her delightfully precocious daughter Tama provides much needed light-hearted fun that contrasts with and tastefully balances Kyouko's tragedy.

I'm only deducting a point because the MC is such a pitiful fedora-tipping neckbeard for most of the story, I found myself wishing he'd grow a backbone and stop putting women on pedestals. Oh well, this little VN is great despite that.

MC is far too insecure. He is constantly whining about his age (and he's only 23) which I think has to be the lamest hangup I've ever seen. He constantly whines about being alone but clearly does nothing to fix that; he just goes home and sits in his room all day.

In other words, MC is emo and cries about his life but doesn't do anything to change it. He clearly expects everything to just fall in his lap with no effort on his part.

This appears to be a kinetic novel, as far as I know. I've played up until Kyoko starts tutoring the MC. I found the lack of choices quite boring personally. It's basically like reading a low-quality romance novel with pictures of the character's expressions.

The largest flaw of this VN has to be the barrier between English and Japan's culture. Japan is just expected to be too polite and "timid" which causes their VN's to be quite dull imo.

I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I was going too. I really liked the characters and the story and I hope a sequel or some sort of part 2 are in the works because I would love to continue this story.

A very good and fun VN if you are looking for a relaxing day and to warm your heart. Mitsuki is kind of a realistic main character, Kyouko is a reliable great mother and TAMA is definitely the star of this game. This is now one of my favourite VNs.

Good :
Heartwarming story
Actual story, not rushed
Lovely characters
Characters with proper personality
Nice CGs

Bad :
Low amount of H content
Only one path

My opinion on this game :
It's a nice game to play & read if you love low-paced actual relationship games, the characters are pretty nice, the story is actually nice, the waifu is sweet, the 'daugther' is a bit annoying, simple but you get used to her & you'll eventually love her. There's not much H content but it's a nice game to take a break from all those rushed nonsense porn/hentai games.

This is 100% visual novel with no gameplay which only reason I dropped one star and is with regret.

The artwork is very nice and the story was surprisingly engaging. Although it really is a sappy romance with limited h scenes it had me hooked from start and I was wanting more when it ended.

Loved characters and was nice that although MC was not confident hero he was not loser like most these VN. The background and development of each character was sublime and the story really reflected characters perfectly. I have no doubt this was aimed at female market and I really wasn't expecting much with plot and maybe that low expectation added to my enjoyment.