Fearbonding

I expected it to be longer, but before things could have been the start of the real story, it ended.

имба, но мало

TL;DR: recommended, but not strongly. This was quite an interesting VN. As of right now, I've finished 3 of the 5 endings and could easily get to the other two. I loved the visual style not just for the drawings but also used for the text in the dialogue boxes. Now, for the critique (and minor spoilers ahead). This is more akin to a short story than a full VN. There's clearly been some thoughts of world-building by the author, especially regarding the demonic character, but it's barely expressed here. For example, there's a scene where Hinata uses a demonic power--interesting enough--but then the story tells you that he can only use it once per person (ever). That was interesting, especially in context of Hinata's interactions with Kosuke, but [spoiler] he never uses the power again in the story. [/spoiler] There are a lot of interesting elements that are teased, but never realized (if this turns out otherwise when I achieve the last two endings, I will update this review). The shortness of the story lessens the emotional impact of the few important choices the player makes. Strangely, in the few places where you can interact with objects on screen, the majority of them result in no difference to the story. There are only two "real" characters in this VN: Hinata and Yosuke. The other characters are defined only by their relationships with these two. A number of characters are mentioned but never seen, which is again, unfortunate, as the little tidbits we get indicate that they would indeed be interesting. This deserves to be a full story. There's so much possibility here. It *is* worth the small price of admission, but it could be so much more, and I hope the author considers giving this short story much more room to breathe.