Ayakashigami

A short kinetic novel about Japanese mythology. Honestly, it was entertaining. The art is really nostalgic and I really like the vibes. Story is kind of fast paced? Translation is sometimes literal but understandable enough to enjoy the whole game. Although some people might find it weird that this novel has no voice acting but this is really normal when it comes to indie VNs. I just wish they add more slice of life scenes to flesh out other characters. Also, I like Rami and Satsuki. That is all.

I don't like visual novels in general, but it might be good if you have the patience to read all that text.

У новеллы очень хорошая рисовка

Not boring. Warning: Be ready to rewrite nearly every paragraph!

I don't see this type of MC in VNs often, so this was a very interesting setting. The fights were also very entertaining, a great take in Japanese mythology. Oh and uh that scary bit... along the BGM and sfx was a nice moment of tension. So yeah, would recommend for a nice read. Given the engine it was made, nothing too fancy compared to other VNs but still, it was enjoyable nonetheless.

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Quite an entertaining and interesting short VN. The translation is a bit stiff, but is hardly an obstacle to understanding and enjoying the story. It ropes a lot of Japanese mythology/folklore into it's main story (with brief and convenient descriptions for most, if not all the terms the first time they show up) as most of the story involves various beings/places/events from them. The character art is unique and is a nice break from more modern styled VNs. Also, the post-game story is hilarious and a complete tonal break from the main game; just chock full of gags and stupid events. Can't say I was expecting that, but it was welcome and well done for it's purpose. After the fact, I'd say it's worth full price, but it's hard to beat the sale price too.

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Beautiful character art, interesting characters, very good translation (especially compared to the awful google-translate Engrish you get from so many of these games.) and the writing is legit engrossing. The only real gripe I have is that the background art is mostly processed photography, often with regular people in the background. This jarrs horribly with the beautiful and stylish 2D character art. Apart from that this is one of my favourite VN's to date. There is some ecchi content, but this is a legit nice story, not horrible smut like some other VN's I've had the misfortune to play recently (Apartment Of Love). This VN deserves more attention. They really made so much more effort than other VN's, especially with the English translation, and this title is a bargain, especially if you can get it on sale. If you have any interest in VN's at all you won't regret giving this one a chance.

so this vn has everything you could want in one but is it that hard not to include the normal esc function on normal vn? if you want to get to other screens you have to jump through hoops to get to it. would i change it if they were to add it? yes. i feel like it's crucial to have when the novel is offering numerous routes, cg, options, save/load, credits, artwork, music as choices that you can pick from if esc was there.