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Review
Our 40 year old protagonist meets his female college friend. After a series of events, he finds himself staying at her place without any plans to head home yet. Maybe during this time, some love can be rekindled?
Ok, there was a lot going through my mind after reading this, but let's get the technical stuff out of the way first. This is a kinetic VN. Basically no choices, and a straight path from the start to the finish line. I very much prefer having choices, but I do know that some VNs prefer to focus on the storytelling and effects, which is fine.
The UI has a name box, which makes it awkward when the narrator is speaking and the name box is blank. Backgrounds are photographic images with some filtering applied, although they retain the photographic look. Some pictures have people with faces visible in them, which is very jarring when the main RO is represented by an anime style sprite. Music works well for the most part.
As far as story and writing goes, the premise was interesting, but I couldn't quite say the same about the execution. The protag meets his old friend and goes for dinner. After getting a stomachache at the restaurant, he takes a car ride with his friend to her place to use the restroom and bathe. I don't know about you, but needing to use the toilet while trapped in a car isn't fun for me (I wish I wasn't speaking from personal experience) and my first instinct would have been to use the restroom at the restaurant. Anyway, you spend the night at her place, and for well... reasons, you spend the next few days living with her and taking trips out together.
There were some also parts which left me with a strained look on my face. At one point, the protag talks about relationship advice he gave to a female friend, who has difficulties with her husband. Ostensibly a relationship guru, he tells her that she has to know her worth and make herself look more beautiful and sexy. Her husband apparently likes girls with better armpits, and it is up to her to show him that her armpits are better. I don't know if it's just me, but I was like... what the bleep did I just read?
As someone who reads and enjoys romance VNs, I did like some of the flirting and socialization parts. That said, it ends with a bubble bath together with your RO, which does feel a little too intimate considering that you just ran into her a few days ago. (Saying this as someone with very liberal views about romance and fanservice.) The whole thing ends with a confession which was kinda sweet, even if I felt like I had already seen a substantial share of weird at that point.
Well, the VN is free. You could always take a look to see if that's your thing.
