Talk about an original pitch! Yuri Paddle makes a strong statement with its bold, monochrome colour palette, and an even stronger one with its story setup. But its strongest statement comes in its impeccable black comedy writing, filled with snappy dialogue and prose that show the writers really get anime cons and the people that frequent them. Especially a certain character that is so delightfully hateable.
As a murder mystery themed game, it was neat to play around with some Ace Attorney style crime scene investigating and evidence presenting, though I did feel the pacing and structure left a little bit to be desired; I get the impression some things had to be cut for time as some threads and characters are introduced but never followed up on, and as a result there isn't much mystery to the murder.
Still though, this game is funny as hell and an absolute mood.