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Done with Muramasa's final route and Janen-hen, taking about 60 hours.
Let's talk about Maou-hen and Akki-hen.

Maou-hen was fun to read with Kageaki and Chachamaru's shenanigans, but as a route I didn't really find it satisfying, mostly due to how short and inconclusive it was, although I suppose Narahara didn't have much to say since it was pretty straight-forward following Kageaki's choice. It's criminal how he handled that Raichou's scene though. This route also cemented just how much better Rokuhara is compared to GHQ.

Things got fucking crazy in Akki-hen, from tsurugi godzilla to doing sudoku in space to string theory dimensional drift. Usually I can somewhat accept the technomagic babbles when it comes to the tsurugi but I couldn't help but laugh during those scenes.
However, the final scene between Kageaki and Hikaru made everything worth it. It's been a while since I was so emotionally affected by an eroge, especially when Muramasa's curse kicked in. Like Hikaru said: 愛は、あった！

Overall I would give Muramasa a perfect score. I think as a game it has a clear message (whether you agree with it or not is a different matter) and set out to portray it with style . The only weak part is the music, but the insert songs and especially their timing in the game made up for it. I hope we could see another title on this scale at some point in the near future.

As for Janen-hen, the only reason to play this is for the movie. The rest of the stories are either boring or just plain confusing since Kageaki's actions in this game directly contradicted the original message. I would consider this as an omake rather than a sequel.