/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I finished Shiniyuku Kimi at the suggestion of some anon from however many threads ago. I liked it, but maybe it's because I'm an unfeeling monster, but I didn't really care much about the story/themes. I liked the sort of oppressive despair creeping into the atmosphere as Mia tries to not give up hope but can't really do anything about her situation, but all of the story twists were so hilariously predictable that they made me laugh more than anything. Additionally, probably like half of my amusement came from the segment where they're getting punched in the face like 18 times, and the seiyuu has to make a different "getting punched in the face" noise 18 times. It probably isn't intended to be funny, but I couldn't help but laugh. Aside from that, the voice acting, music, and art were all pretty good. Particularly Mia/Akashi Yuki's performance was amazing, particularly in the epilogue where she puts on her evil voice and basically turns into Tsuina from Dohna Dohna. God, what a punishable brat voice. Although I really liked the 客人の女 as well. Specifically the way her voice would squeak when she laughed in some of the scenes. On art, I particularly liked this expression of Mia's, but I swear I didn't see it until like 3/4 of the way through the game. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention. Some of the music, mostly the main piano song you hear throughout the days were pretty nice to listen to, and never felt repetitive despite hearing it play around 60 times or more. Anyways, it was alright. I'd recommend it if you like seeing girls diced up or can get unintentional comedy out of stuff like that.