Geminism

爱玩，不为别的因为我是双子骨科控

tag和简介貌似都没有说明这是个充满哦齁齁的游戏。。。本来是被他简介的时长30min吸引的，感觉被骗了。。 动态漫一样的分镜不错，组长配的木乃伊不错

“Geminism” reminds me a lot of a Clockup VN. Take the case of “Euphoria”! I like that VN in a certain way as I found Keisuke’s character development interesting over the course of the story, but I would be the last person to recommend it as an accurate portrayal of religious mania or sexual abuse based on sadist tendencies. The story involves those themes, but the superficial handling of most of the heavy themes comes as misleading at best, damaging at worst (provided that you take the story super seriously). In fact, most Clockup VNs suffer from this problem. “Maggot Baits” is probably the biggest offender in that it thinly disguises rape and abuse under the veneer of a well-written, stylistic story. I have read both of these and would defend them only on the basis of artistic freedom and as having some storytelling merit, but I think their overly violent and abusive content is not something to glorify or emulate and should only be included for story reasons. Now, getting back on topic – “Geminism” is in the Clockup camp because it’s also walking a very thin line between acceptable and tasteless in how it portrays the mental health and abuse issues it wants to address. I’m not convinced that the authors were using these themes as anything but a gimmick for an edgy story. I’ll get into spoilers about the story, so be warned. This is why I didn’t like it. A) The framing of the whole story is ridiculous. [spoiler] This is what I understood to be the case: in the past, the two male characters were conjoined twins who got offered to split into two parts and became magical beings; they go around finding other conjoined twins (in this case, the two girls) and offer them a chance to battle themselves to make themselves whole after splitting thems. They snicker and watch them beat each other senseless. They take sexual advantage of them (at least, the guy with the hotel room does that with Shinku). [/spoiler] B) The inclusion of overly edgy elements. [spoiler] In addition to being the playthings of two capricious, unpredictable “masters,” the main two girls (Kikyo/Shinku) also suffer at the hands of a mother who hates them and a father (Uncle) who also happened to rape the mom to give birth to them; coincidentally, the Uncle is the twin brother of the Mom.[/spoiler] C) The conclusion of the story. [spoiler] Somehow, Shinku grows to appreciate the relationship she has with her dude. Now please remember that this guy is an abuser through and through. He treats her well on the surface only to verbally abuse her and take sexual advantage of her. Despite that, in the final moments, she may actually grow to love him and sees cooking with him as one of her most valuable memories. This might very well happen with abuse victims, but it’s no laughing matter or easy issue to resolve like it happened in the story. Luckily, at the end of the story, we are led to believe that Kikyo is quickly disabused of her idea of a happy ending and changes due to the influence of the previous battles and events (as well as Shinku’s memories and soul). She is later abandoned by the guy in the bandages just as quickly as Shinku was dropped by her guy.[/spoiler] What was the author trying to communicate with the story? Was he trying to say that he found it morally objectionable? Maybe, but then the VN keeps forcing very uncomfortable h-scenes involving ill abuse of the girls for much too lengthy time periods, and I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the readers actually ENJOYED those scenes. [spoiler]Does Shinku’s acceptance of her twin as a loving partner in her life matter? Not really because, in the end, she sacrifices everything for her sister only to have her sister blindly rejected for all of the damage she received while the two guys keep being ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and thinking all of the stuff she experienced is just a laugh.[/spoiler] I appreciate the fact that this VN tried to do something different and address serious themes; I also respect the way it was presented (it’s quite visually appealing). However, due to how badly the story handled the themes it was targeting and the fact that it had to use two young conjoined twin girls as the targets of abuse, I can’t, in good faith, recommend it unless you’re okay with walking that very thin line that I mentioned earlier. Perhaps you should read it for yourself to see what you think though -- this one strongly needs a neutral option. (For what it's worth, I did like its ambiguous, tone-based storytelling and surreal segments, especially at the end). The unclear resolution wouldn't have been a problem IF the writers had done a better job with the other story elements. That's probably why I left it as a rec.

既不是桔梗又不是深红，桔梗和深红的灵魂都一起消逝了，说好赢的人要过上普通人的生活，幸福的生活呢！

无聊

win11全屏不适配

结局略有草率，总体还是很不错的。傲娇真红可爱捏