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'Headlights' is a somber introspective musings on the difficulties of dealing with one's personal demons. The most stand out aspect of this visual novel is the aesthetic and style of the art. It's extremely contrasty, with just black, whites, and grays. The character design is simple yet extremely expressive, and adding in those bits of animation and screen flashes with the static, just helps immerse the reader into the mind of this character. The interesting part about the story is how interesting I felt as more and more details of this character are unveiled. I start to wonder if first this character might be homeless or from the verge of death, then I wonder if they're estranged from their family, since it paints such a bleak picture, but then when the reveal comes that it's actually not all that dire, but the internal demons are what's causing this breakdown is an enlightening moment. I will say it does feel odd that the game goes into a bit of a psychological horror, when it's meant to be pretty grounded in reality, but I guess it's going for a metaphor kind of thing. I think the piece has enough stylization that it could exist as just the self narration in the character's head without the more fantastical objects, but that's just subjective. It's short and personal, and is also very open-ended, to the point where it comes across more as a vent piece about spiraling.  I hope that folks that come across this piece and can relate feel a bit validated knowing they're not alone.