God, what a GORGEOUS game - musically, graphically in terms of both art and UI, and of course narratively. I've been enjoying seeing the updates on the "yandere yuri game" on Twitter for a while, and it absolutely did not disappoint. I felt myself getting invested in the relationship building up each time, despite knowing that it was going to end poorly, and I loved the characterisation of both the MC and narrator threaded throughout building an air of wider mystery.
Lots of gushing under cut I just enjoyed the evening I spent with this A LOT.
[Spoilers for 100% completed]
First, amused and glad to see my "getting Grey vibes from GD-chan" reactions wasn't JUST my extreme LEMII Case Files brainrot coming to the fore, and indeed, I enjoyed the noted FGO textbox inspiration - it definitely had the intended effect of making it feel like I was, like, helping the protagonist have her impact on her narrative, and it was a neat way of playing around with the idea of her, well, enacting her influence on someone else's created world. Also, like, I had a fun moment with the "Mephistopheles" -> "Me" hint even if I didn't have the penny drop until the reveal. It's always fun to see how different stories play around with the concept of everyone's favourite Woman Scorned Witch, whether it's in name alone or "it's Medea from the myths!" or, like, a vague blend as I got as the vibe from this work. Classical Medea is definitely the kind of Toxic Bisexual who would trap a little girl in the torment nexus in pursuit of a lover who'll never leave her, after all.
SPEAKING OF, God, I really loved how even from early on Rosette had a very strong personality; bullied and anxious and withdrawn, but also reckless and stubborn and honestly a bit of a snob. It really added to the second person narration and mostly-kinetic nature of the routes - we push the buttons but we're not really MAKING her decisions, she is, and Rosette, bless her, is a messy disaster gay teen. I was so overjoyed in the final ending when she stands up for herself, and how pitiful she reduced Medea to being in the wake of her deciding that enough was enough. I'm really glad you decided to go with the NG+, it was really powerful stuff. (Also, like, invoked a lot of the same cathartic feelings that milk+visual's Soundless did for me and Things That Made Me Feel The Way Soundless Did are always positives)