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Anyway that was a rundown of some of the technical stuff. Next, here’s what I was thinking while going through the routes and some general impressions.

DTRH1: Brilliant
DTRH2: Exciting
Invention: Tumultuous
LGI: Sickening
JW, WDI, JW2: Neat
Endings: ???

The first part of DTRH1 was fun. Nothing more, nothing less, just fun. And looking back on it, of course it was, that is exactly what it was supposed to be, a representation of Yuki and Zakuro’s 素晴らしき日々. Really a wonderful part of the story.

Then comes the highlight of the whole VN for me. From the branch into the Zakuro “route” in DTRH1 up until the intro movie in DTRH2 is just brilliant. The sense of unease on the 終の空 ride, the sense of dread from seeing the frozen world, the sense of wonder from the train ride on the Galaxy Railway. Their tearful goodbye, Yuki’s reflection at the very end, and then, that perfect moment. Yuki’s monologue and conversation with Takuji on the rooftop while the hauntingly beautiful 夜の向日葵 plays. “This is it,” I thought. “This is the magic they were talking about.” And indeed down the rabbit hole I went. This part hooked me like nothing else could.

DTRH2 was also a lot of fun. It was a great read from start to finish and set up a lot of mysteries to ponder and try to solve from the clues given.

Invention was hit and miss for me. The misses were… come to think of it, mostly the ero scenes. Especially the sickening torture of Takuji by the evil guys, and the laboriously boring scenes with the teacher. The hits, if you will, were when it slowly unraveled the mystery by giving you hints as to what was going on. Quite fun. I had basically figured out the multiple personalities thing at some point during this route thanks to clues like Takuji’s room having a similar construction to Yuki’s (due to only showing half of the same room) and Yasuko talking about a “shadow Mamiya” with an identical appearance but different personality that is heavily implied to be Yuki, among other clues. Plus I already had suspected someone had brain problems when from the start two main characters were ripped straight from Lucky Star. Anyway, it was pretty good for the most part; the cows scene with Kimika in particular was neat. But all in all I would have to say I enjoyed DTRH2 more than Invention.