i played this game 4 or 5 months ago (forgot to leave a review) and THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST FREE GAMES I'VE EVER PLAYED (though i'm still a beginner)!!
all of the routes are so detailed and enjoyable! i did not expect this game to be so good! at first, i just couldn't get into it because i did not know much about otome games; but the moment i got used to them, i returned and binge-played this game and after 3 or 4 days, finished the whole game! i'm now obsessed with route orders, but in the beginning, i decided to go blind...and played yuta's route first, then ikki's and after that, kenji's (surprisingly, i got sweet end in two of them) and then, i dropped this and picked this up 3 months later and couldn't remember most of the routes, so i replayed them route order-wise.
**SPOILERS AHEAD (and constant rambling too)**
ikki's route was SOO CUTEE!!! i did not expect him to have a sister and she was really adorable! now, let's talk about ikki. i love how ikki did not join toshio in bullying me and also told him to stop it (this is what attracted me to him, that's why i played his route when i was playing this game blindly) and the fact that he was so cheerful as a kid (along with toshio) breaks my heart T_T but at the end of his route, we can see that he tries to open up a bit more to the people around him and the cat ears are- *ahem* *ahem* i think i don't have to say anymore.
toshio's turn. first of all, when i first played this game, i HATED toshio; like man tf- and i was convinced that i would not like him EVER and decided to play his route LAST... but changed my mind when i turned a new leaf. his route was SO FREAKING SAD that i felt like stopping halfway and started apologizing to him (my parents wondered if i had some kind of mental illness)! overall, his route was pretty tear-jerking and my baby toshio deserves the world. also he was kinda yandere (that's one of the reasons why i love him sm)
yuta's route did not feel all that special to me (don't take my opinions seriously), but i still liked it because it showed a new world to the heroine! the writing was excellent and it was impossible to predict what was to come next. also, yuta was a pretty guy and i liked his straight forward, yet tsundere personality!
haru's route genuinely surprised me... i always wondered why there was haru's route, and not ichigo's! naturally, i thought that the heroine was a bi, and obv i was wrong. i really love tsunderes and this route was a morning tea for me (it was refreshing) and i love how this route was executed! it was also unpredictable and thought that the maths teacher was a pedo or smth and i'm glad i was wrong! btw, her mom was pretty chill and i liked her a lot. also, the kiss at the end of the route was the BEST!!
kenji's route was cute too, but if i had to compare it to ikki's, kenji's was cuter than 0.01% like, MAN I LOVE KENJI SM!!! his straight-worward side is good too, but i love his jealous side the most T_T !! overall, his route was very enjoyable and his dad was just- *fangirl noises* his eyepatch was one of the things that attracted me to him (yes, i'm into such things)
lastly, *drum rolls* my beloved RYU!!! who would've guessed that he was the student council president! his route was pretty depressing too, but the fact that it was so well-written makes me sob...like...*sniffle*...he did so much for his friends!! he truly cared for them, so much that he changed himself! he took anti-depressants everyday and became the most cheerful and mysterious character of the game. i actually thought that ichigo was foreshadowing his yandere personality, and that's what got me the most excited about the end! overall, his route was the best and lots of hearts from me for him <3
at last, i congratulate hazuki and ichigo of their coming together, and the most heartwarming part of this game was the fact that ikki's sister survived in all of the routes! also, the parallel universe concept (i don't know what to call it) of this game was one of the best things in the game! for example, the world of the game does not revolve around the heroine and the events actually occur in other routes (e.g. the thing about akane) and the game is ACTUALLY bittersweet, and not just rainbows and unicorns everywhere!
sincere love for this game <3 (though i don't think anyone read thus far)