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This is the May Wolf of all time. This one's hard to review because it's so strange and crazy. Mostly in a good way, I had a lot of fun reading it, but also there are a few things that prevent it from being a perfect experience. Let's start with the positives. I really liked the presentation. It makes a lot of use of the sprites in creative ways and frames them more uniquely than most visual novels. The animations, as well as some of the visual tricks, help make the experience more engaging. I also think the music and sound effects were put to good use. The characters are at least pretty entertaining, with most of them being likable and unique. The twists and revelations hooked me, and I wanted to know what would happen next. But then we get to the problems of the story. The story doesn't have a lot of focus on what exactly it wants to be. It starts as a semi-romance, then becomes a murder mystery, before turning into a sci-fi thriller. Along the way, there are one-on-one conversations with various characters, which, while nice, don't flow well with the current pace of the story. It just feels like there should have been more cohesion with the plot points, and it would have benefited the story a lot if it were tighter. I also don't like how much swearing is in the dialogue. Just comes across as immature to me when it's used too much. Finally, the ending is kinda drawn out. It basically goes into an exposition dump before the antagonist goes on a spiel that I guess is supposed to make him seem sympathetic when he just did a bunch of awful things, and it's pointless anyway, due to how things carry out. All in all, your enjoyment of this VN depends on how seriously you take the individual parts of it. Taken at face value, it's greatly flawed, but looking past that there's a lot to like about this project. If you're not one to mull over small details, I'd recommend a read.

Thanks so much for the thoughtful feedback & review!! Really glad you had fun with it, it means a lot :)

You're welcome!