I don't usually write reviews, but considering this is the developer's first game, I thought they might appreciate it.
I did really enjoy this game overall, few negatives to get out of the way.
-Events and main story mix awkwardly, lots of events take place before the characters have all met each other, so it can be weird doing a character event where the characters talk as if they haven't met, while being around each other in the main story for a while. I think this is an understandable issue when writing a VN, as it can be difficult to manage at times, so it isn't a dealbreaker for me, but it can come off as awkward. Maybe having certain events locked to after certain story parts would have worked better. Can also be an issue with Hifumi as she is growing throughout the game, and depending on the order she may randomly be smaller or bigger, a bit silly.
-A lot of asset reuse for NPCs that aren't the main girls, being an indie game I get it, I appreciate they at least poke fun at it a few times, awareness on that issue is nice to see at least.
-Scale of the girls can be awkward at times, main issue is when they are picking you up at your house, feel like you could have made a screen where they are looking in through the window, I think it would have worked better.
-Bit more of a mixed point, but it definitely leans more ecchi than hentai specifically, I don't mind either, but if someone was coming for lots of sex they would probably be disappointed. There are some lewd scenes and nudity, but overall leans more ecchi. I usually prefer a bit more ecchi leaning, but either is fine for me, just thought I should point it out.
But at the end of the day, none of these issues for me at least are a dealbreaker, especially when coming from an indie company with likely a fairly small budget, it's understandable, at least to me, none of these detracted from my personal enjoyment of the game.
For positives:
-Music is genuinely really great. Not a single song I dislike, all fit the mood well. Composer did a fantastic job.
-The art is really nice. I really enjoy early Japanese PC-98 aesthetic, and I think a great job was done on that front, the character portraits are really nice as well, all the characters have very cute expressions, especially Yuyu, all of her portraits are pure gold. I think it did a good job emulating the aesthetic.
-I appreciate the writing a lot. It was a lot better than I actually expected, while not perfect, I did enjoy the effort put into making this seem like a more believable world, I enjoyed the lore on why things are like this, it feels like the writer thought a good amount about this, and how things would work if girls suddenly started becoming giantesses. Obviously it's not perfect, and has a lot of flaws, but regardless I appreciate the effort put in to explain things when you could have probably just written it off, as it's a fetish game. I enjoyed the random conversations many of the girls had with each other and the main character, I think some would probably say it's a bit intrusive, on some of the topics brought up, but I think it's not that intrusive and fits conversations people would have when just hanging out, which is a lot of the game. The writing can be funny, amusing, genuinely sweet, or really sad at times. I was a lot more engaged than I thought I might be going in.
-The characters are really great, they are all very cute, charming, and endearing, and have cute personalities, I had a lot of fun with interacting with all of them, and all of them bounce off each other quite well. Even Naoya was pretty well written in my opinion, and I found a lot of his dialogue amusing. The character event writing was very wonderful, I was very invested in the girl's problems and worries and found the character specific dates of the girls I did do very cute and lovely, especially Yuyu. Even for people who aren't into giantesses and size stuff, I do think the characters would still be endearing and lovely. I can tell a lot of effort and love was put into the character writing, so I can appreciate that and respect it, as character writing in VNs is one of the things I usually like and appreciate the most, so I think a fantastic job was done here, much, much better than I was expecting. Basically, the character writing felt very genuine and very earnest. Especially for Yuyu. She's written as such a genuine and kind person going through a relatable and understandable struggle, and her hometown date and ending are genuinely just heartwarming and adorable.
All in all, it has a lot of issues, but I definitely think for a first game, and for being for a more niche audience, I think it's really well done.
Regardless of anything, it has a lot of heart and a lot of passion, which I will respect any dev who is willing to put their passion and love for the subject into the game.
Great job on your first game, much respect for the team for creating something with passion despite the likely issues during development and publishing. Definitely gonna go back to do some more routes in the future.
Basically, at the end of the day, what I'm trying to say is that Yuyu is the best girl, and the perfect woman. If you ever make merch of her, I will buy it. She will remain in my brain for a long time as I character I really like. Thank you for creating the perfect woman.
