/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Chronobox was great. Most of what I have to say has been mentioned already in past threads - the depth and attention to detail, the high production values especially visually, the strong denpa/horror atmosphere, and how fantastic the last few routes are. And the large amount of sex, a lot of which is pretty boring. It's pretty clearly one of the greatest VNs of the past few years, and it's very refreshing to see this kind of original story that breaks the standard tropes and generic structure of modern VNs. Hopefully Chronobox's success gives other companies the confidence they need to experiment a little more and make something less "safe".

It reminds me a lot of Subahibi. In particular there's a strong parallel between Kabane's bullying and Zakuro's, both are stories about a girl who was driven to suicide by bullies and the revenge taken on those bullies by people who loved them. And you have the multiple personalities and the consequential holes in memories and unreliable narration. Even (my interpretation of) the final thematic conclusion is similar, Subahibi was about abandoning fantasy worlds and trying your hardest to face reality >>15594318 while Chronobox ends with Nayuta abandoning the real world for his dream heaven with his one true love, while questioning if this is really true happiness.