Overall, an amazing and gripping entry!

The characters are very well written, their personality coming through very clearly and their banter is very engaging to read… which isn’t easy to pull off, I often find these kinds of friendly banters and snarky remarks a bit weightless and tiring. Not here though!

The VN has a very clear art direction and vision, I like how the characters and backgrounds were edited to give the VN a unique identity. The opening CG is pretty amazing too, I couldn’t tell at first glance whether it was drawn by the same artist that drew Claire’s sprite or not (it wasn’t!). All custom art in the VN is amazing to look at, although I must mention that the custom sprites do look noticeably drawn in a different style compared to Sikyu’s. It doesn’t bother me and it doesn’t detract from the experience, but considering the dev proved to be able to replicate their style amazingly well, I thought I’d mention it. Also, without going into spoiler territory, there is CG where I thought who was being depicted was Airon instead of Dion (which probably detracted a bit from the impact that CG was meant to convey).

While the story was very well written, I must confess I found it a bit hard to follow upon first reading. The constant time jumping makes the narrative a bit challenging to follow, especially when coupled with some information being withheld from us and revealed at a later stage. The different color palettes help somewhat, but not completely. When reading the second time with complete information, though, I was able to fully appreciate the story.

One final nitpick I’ll mention is that, while I enjoyed the music a lot, the constant switching from one track to the other was a bit jarring. I think some carefully placed stretches of silence would help to make the whole auditory experience more enjoyable.

While I think I have a pretty good idea of where the story is going at this point, I can’t wait to see how we’ll get there. Count me excited for the rest!