VN - Others - Completed - The Reason for Your Smile [v1.0] [Jinsei Tsukoudome]

Visuals - Good
Sex scenes - damn good
Sound effects and voiced - points to that

So now it comes down to story and character. Honestly, I don't know how to rate it. It has its hits and misses, branching paths that lead to good/bad/worst endings. I did enjoy seeing Mahiru slowly breaking down and turning into a slut. Even then, she's still very cute. I usually don't like that kind of mindbreak but maybe the voice actor is cute or the character, I give this a pass.

Overall, if you want to just get through everything and check the scenes, put something heavy on the Ctrl button and just go through everything like like 20-30 minutes.

Good drawings – 6/10
The art is solid and definitely one of the strongest parts of the game.

Story – 2/10
The narrative feels very bland and doesn’t manage to engage the player.

Gameplay – 1/10
The gameplay is extremely dull. There are almost no meaningful choices, which makes it hard for the player to feel curious or invested.

Voice Acting - 7/10
The voice acting is actually pretty good so that's a Plus.

Overall
The game has many gaps and weak points, but they are issues that can absolutely be improved in the author’s future projects.

Betrayal and Lust at it's best (worst)

NTR Visual Novel not for the faint of heart
Great uncensored artwork +
Great voice acting +

It's a visual novel that pushes high levels of physical and emotional betrayal with very long H sequences, to the point of exhaustion. Voice acting is a plus that elevates this work above others. Post nut feels bad as, characters involved are straight up not having a good time for much of the story, and the point is to make misery porn out of a corruption/NTR/blackmail scenario all the while degrading the protagonist

Skipping Protagonist POV is recommended as it cuts out Mahiru's scenes.
Conclusion: recommended only for those who can stomach NTR scenarios

Pretty damn solid ntr imo. The initial ntr impulse is kinda sloppy, but thats where most of the games fall anyway and its the reason this isnt 5 stars. Other than that you can look forward to a cute endearing heroine that you will really get to like. The ntr hits a lot harder as a result. I could go more into detail, but I think that would be spoiling stuff. This game isnt reinventing the wheel, but it does the usual in pretty competent way and there is nothing wrong with that.

Just a personal experience with this dev, his MC pov only playthroughs really suck. He way overdoes the mystery, and perhaps until the very last ending scene, you wont see a single lewd CG. No silhouettes, no heroine peeking through the door, nothing. Just some suspicious phone calls, heroine changes clothes like twice, etc... but thats just not enough. So do yourself a favor and just let the game show you the heroine pov as well. Same goes for the other game from the dev (honto no kimochi), which I liked even more. Not Tled sadly I think.

It's pretty good as far as NTR games go - it has a cute, romantic build up and then after NTR you can choose the side to follow - MC's or the girl's. It's not as good as Honto no Kimochi from the same developer, but better than pretty much every other of their games.

The biggest drawback is that in the MC's route there'sno NTR scenes at all from what I gather, so it's mostly a waste of time as I don't think the "mystery NTR" aspect is that good here considering how long the game is. NTR and romance feel a bit too separate. There is a true NTR scene (the hottest in the game, probably) with the girl fucked right in front of MC, but it's locked behind a choice made from the girl's POV only.

The art and voice acting are top-notch, but it's just not completely "my type" of NTR.