GINKA is the latest visual novel from Frontwing (best known for the Grisaia series) and the team behind ATRI -My Dear Moments-. I’m a sucker for stories of love braving the tides of time and destiny, and those are exactly the vibes GINKA gave me. It’s a type of story that takes patience and tact […]
Criminal Border 1st Offence (Liminal Border Part I on Steam) is the first in a series of four episodic visual novels developed by Purple Software, with the English translation being handled by Shiravune. 1st Offence is the opening act of a crime drama that sees a young man pulled into the underbelly of Japanese society […]
UsoNatsu ~The Summer Romance Bloomed From A Lie~ (Uso kara Hajimaru Koi no Natsu) is a kinetic visual novel. Initially released by LYCORIS, Sekai Project followed up just months after with an English localization of this thoughtful girls-love story. What Is Love? UsoNatsu starts by breaking Kaoru’s heart. She’s been in a complicated relationship with […]
A spiral is one of the simplest repeating patterns, emanating outward from a central point. Or perhaps everything converges into that central point. It all depends on your perspective. Viewed from the outside, a spiral is in constant motion, yet ultimately nothing changes. This is the central image of SYNESTHESIA, a character-driven sci-fi mystery visual […]
Destiny Star Girlfriend (Shukusei no Girlfriend -the destiny star of girlfriend-), developed by mirai and published by Shiravune, is one of those rare single heroine visual novels. Focusing on a relationship between an underwhelming guy and an arrogant magical girl, it’s a short and sweet romantic comedy. Tied Together Seiji has a crush on his […]
Taimanin Asagi by Lilith-Soft is a nukige, a visual novel focused very much on erotic content. Catering primarily to certain darker fetishes and only running a few hours long, it won’t be for everyone, despite being from a somewhat well-known franchise. Shiravune’s release of Taimanin Asagi is based on a slightly more recent version than […]
I am dead. Who killed me? Tokyo Chronos is a VR Visual Novel with a mystery murder theme from one of the producers of Sword Art Online. As a VR adaptation, Tokyo Chronos isn’t your typical visual novel. Note that it cannot be played without a VR headset, but I have had some success with […]
Secret Agent (Secret Agent ~Kishi Gakuen no Shinobi Naru Mono~) follows a modern-day ninja infiltrating a school, ruled by an order of student knights, in a high-tech city where everyone uses augmented reality to get around. It’s a setting that feels like a contradiction, but that makes it interesting. This visual novel published by NekoNyan […]
Gears of Dragoon: Fragments of a New Era (Gears of Dragoon 2 ~Reimei no Fragments~) is an RPG eroge developed by Ninetail, who you may recognize as the developers of the Venus Blood series. Gears of Dragoon: Fragments of a New Era was first released in Japan in 2016. This review is based on the new […]
The Science Adventure series is visual novel royalty, spawning highly regarded entries like Chaos;Head and Chaos;Child, as well as the phenomenon that is Steins;Gate. With several years since the last mainline series release (even longer since the last one available in English), Science Adventure fans, myself included, have been eagerly awaiting ANONYMOUS;CODE. There’s plenty to […]