[h1]Finding love while working on an airship has never been crazier. :o[/h1]
[h2]Introduction[/h2]
[i]Love is in the Airship[/i] is a comedical, yuri visual novel developed and published by Yuri Kissaten. You're the executive assistant of the U.S.S. Tibarn, a magnificent airship getting ready to go on its first trip around the world. With its many quirky guests and staff, hijinks ensue, but you may find love along the journey. XD
With the gameplay, you can customize your name although your character is always a female. Several choices are presented throughout the story, and depending on the ones you decide, you can romance either Alex (a tomboyish employee on the ship who enjoys a particular video game series), Ailepho (the cute, dark pink, horned girl), or Shi (the mysterious masked lady). You can even get potential poly relationships, friendship ones, or none at all. There are plenty of good, neutral/normal, and bad endings. Lots of CGs and a varied soundtrack are present, and plenty of Steam achievements are available although they won't count towards a user's global total until the game is out of "profile features limited".
[h2]Review[/h2]
Doing my best to get as many reviews for games featured during the [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46245070/sale/FallinLoveFestival2026]Fall in Love Festival[/url] as possible, I went ahead and decided to try out [i]Love in the Airship[/i], Yuri Kissaten's debut release. Let's find out if the yuri vibes are abound here. ^^
[h3]Story and Gameplay[/h3]
I enjoyed how the story starts off here, with the MC being amazed by the size and luxury of the airship along with her new job, which she's somewhat excited about. After being greeted enthusiastically by her vice captain (the captain is never seen for some reason :o), she goes off exploring the ship and meeting its staff and guests. The MC is clearly horny for some yuri romance, and I like that she doesn't hold back on what she wants. Depending on the choices made, there are plenty of different routes and endings that the MC can pursue. With the romance options, I enjoyed reading all of them. I feel like Alex's route is the most normal out of the three available ones although I enjoyed Ailepho's reveals to the MC (it's quite the shocker when it's made). As for Shi, she's definitely the most difficult one to get a happy ending since she has quite a few requirements, but it's definitely worth it. The good endings feel happy and complete, which they should be, while the bad endings are like abrupt, comedical ones. Even if you don't account for the romance options, plenty of NPCs make reading this visual novel a joy. For example, I absolutely adored Biff, who is also an employee, although the MC can never pursue a romance with her. However, her friendship ending is lovely. It's definitely worth it to read all of the routes and endings, even if you'd usually only play a VN once.
The writing is well-paced, and it totally gives off that comedical, light-hearted vibe. Comedy can be a hit-or-miss with me, but this one hit the mark. I didn't notice any typos in the writing, so that's a positive. All CGs and achievements unlocked for me without any problems, but you may have difficulty trying to go for them on blind playthroughs. I used a wonderful Steam user guide to help me 100% complete everything, so I'm completely appreciative to the user who took the time to do so. ^^
[h3]Art and Music[/h3]
With the art, it has this fun, cartoony style which I enjoyed. It's totally hand drawn, both with the sprites and backgrounds, and there's the perfect use of colors that bring the story to life. Of course, the CGs are done very well, too.
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As for the music, there's a good variety of tracks. While most of them are on the more light-hearted side, a couple have a bit of a dark undertone. All of them are instrumental and very enjoyable to listen to. Also, the individual tracks are placed very well in the scenes they're in.
[h2]Conclusion[/h2]
Would I recommend [i]Love is in the Airship[/i]? If you want a yuri visual novel that has plenty of comedical, light-hearted moments, you enjoy going for multiple routes (whether they be individual, poly, friendship, etc.), and/or you like looking for all those Steam achievements, then it's totally worth a try. Now, at the asking price, it might be slightly pricey, especially since it's possible to 100% complete the game in a few hours. Still, it's definitely worth it on a sale, and it's in a Steam bundle, too.
To wrap things up, I'd like to thank Yuri Kissaten for the review copy. Granted, it took me a while to get around to this visual novel (totally should have gotten around to it sooner :o), but I'm happy that I did, especially to help highlight it during the festival. ^^
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