The witch of the Ihanashi Reviews

NEVER DATE A LIGHTSKINNED WOMAN, WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE! I had a rough couple of times trying to get through this visual novel a lot and that's the only reason why it took me so long to finish this. However, its not a lie when I say that this story is heart gripping and well written in a manner that allows you to get very attached to the characters, making the finale much better. For a studio's first game, this is really good. The art, mainly just the character art since everything from background assets to just the backgrounds are photoshop jobs. The character art presents a really unique art style that I haven't seen at any other visual novel, so maybe the artist did work elsewhere. The very few CG scenes you'll get are really good looking. Lilun has the best design but she has to due to the current context and being the main character. The story will go back and forth from very serious to very comedic and loving but the entire story is about a relationship between the two characters. It then taking detours to solve the other cast members internal issues, before returning to a main issue. The finale is the best part, bar none, but the stuff before is great. the music, I really don't have much to say on, its stock music they bought, I think but I'm unsure, the point I'm making is that regardless its still really good. To this point in time, I have one of the OSTs stuck in my head. Also to note, there's not a lot of music, 4 songs, that's it. I really really really recommend this if you want a well made linear visual novel, trust me.

the usage of real life photos without any context over several dozens of characters is unnerving, there's alot of characters getting introduced without any drawings, so basically you'll only see an empty background while this 2 people progressing the story. but nonetheless its a good "love story", a bit deus ex machina type of story, where all of the problems are solved "magically", but a love story needs a good ending so its a fitting one at that.