This is one of my favourite games, although updates are slow to arrive. That said, there are so many possible routes here this is hardly surprising, especially as the game is a labour of love, and the developers in recent times seem to be doing a good job of updating all routes to a relatively even schedule.

I'm unfamiliar with the original game, although having seen the artwork it kind of feels like going to it now would be a retrograde step: the sprites here are polished, with someone for all tastes. Clearly it has quite a following, though, as this is one of at least two fan-made tributes I'm aware of. More on the original later.

Yep, it's a furry game (duh), and species is referenced frequently here, but set aside those prejudices (if you have them) because the story is [stories are] king here; and this is a love story. Well - I say that now, based on the gameplay currently available [early Jan 2021], but I find it hard to imagine that affection won't continue to play a starring role.

There are still some placeholders throughout the game to date, which can be a bit jarring. Most glaring by its absence is the group photo taken on the first day, as all the characters have refined sprites now; but I know nothing about posing and there may be much more to creating such an image than I'm aware of. I imagine it may be a bitch to render, anyway.

Other characters are represented by silhouettes: I don't know if this is the way they'll stay or simply as less-jarring placeholder; however one in particular threw me for a loop. At one point an NPC turns up out of nowhere and comments on the time they'd spent together the previous evening. Not having played the game on which this is based, I had to resort to the Morenatsu wiki to have any idea who or what he was. In retrospect it makes sense, but as an in-game (as it stands at the moment) character, it makes no sense at all.

The route guides provided by the makers on their website are a useful feature, although most of the choices are obvious. It's getting to those choices that makes the guides worthwhile, although even there you could probably guess most of the directions to head. As it stands I'm playing five routes simultaneously: four I started on my latest play-through but added a fifth as I grew to know the character's personality. The skip button is definitely useful in this context, but this also underscores just how much effort has gone into the differences between routes, including whole storylines. The people behind this are working their tails off.

Highest recommendation.