Short Stories Collection of Class Tangerine/橘子班 is an anthology of 10 short stories from 7 (or 6) different series. They are all in simplified chinese and have no eng subs. The stories are all around 30 minutes to 1.5/2 hours depending on the story and they range from light hearted to deeply emotional, from fantasy to some extent realistic.
Realistic series: Butterfly, Virtual Girlfriend and 11+11
Fantasy/Idealistic series: 4 Ghost series, One Day Girlfriend, The last 12 hours
Dating Slimulator: My Idol Girlfriend wants to lose weight
Chinese language level: About Tiny Snow? Well the realistic series tend to be a bit more mature in both language and understanding, but yeah if you can read Tiny Snow raw you probably can read most stories.
Global average rating: 8.5/10 (Base round up of 8 + 0.5 anthology series)
Overall playtime: 5~15 hours (depends on read speed, text skipping and achievement completionist)
Personal Individual global ratings and opinions rating from best to worst:
1.Butterfly 92/100
Butterfly is a great story, it feels just about right for length and the plot is pretty refreshing for what it tackles. The ending is also very acceptable in my opinion.
2.Virtual Girlfriend 89/100
A very good story and heroine that is probably even better than Butterfly and even Epiphyllum in my opinion, but a sh*tty protagonist that stayed sh*tty till the end in my opinion so yeah I won't ever give it a 9/10. If the ending was either for him to have his deserved bad end or actually become some sort of decent guy it would probably a 94 or 95/100.
3.Halloween Ghost is very cute 86/100
A bit of forced plot mechanism, but the story is still very engaging. The longest of all the ghost series and the best as well.
4.11+11 84/100
This story is something I really enjoyed initially and sort of accept the moral of the ending, but I think that it has big potential to be fleshed out more. The VA of the male character and side cast reminds me of Ye Xiu from TKA and the cast of a few TKA characters but well the way the story progressed was sadly a bit under my expectations and a bit too short. I mean 11+11 is reused assets from GaoKao but I find it acceptable for the content delivered.
5.Tomb Sweeping Day Ghost is not cute 78/100
Truth be told, the not cute ghost is cuter than the cute ghost. Feels like another Xiao Rong from Tiny Snow for some reason.
6.Tomb Sweeping Day Ghost is very cute 76/100
Classic tsundere heroine and lucky pervert with a sort of okay plot for its length.
7.Chinese New Year Ghost is extremely cute 75/100
To be honest, I enjoyed the concept of CNY's ghost and her interactions for the simple and short plot line that was delivered. Like I feel that it is close to Halloween Ghost's level, but too simple thus below the other 3 ghost series.
8.One Day Girlfriend 73/100
Another classic heroine with some japanese memes with a soso plot. An interesting point here is that the achievement 110 is how the heroine's handle name sounds like in chinese.
9.My Idol Girlfriend wants to lose weight 71/100
The problem with Idol Girlfriend is that it is not really a VN so I have to judge it by dating sim standards, and all I can say is it is nothing too spectacular as both a VN or dating sim. A decent time sink(2~3 hours?) for all ending that is not as much of a pain to get as GaoKao 100 Days. I can't imagine gaining 10kg in 2 months and losing 10kg in a month for an idol but well it is fantasy.
10.The last 12 Hours 67/100
A series purely for comedic element, with a short plot with reused assets from ghost that probably satisfies some laughs. I am not really looking for that in a VN but I will still give it a conservative score of 67/100 for what it delivers. Otherwise, my biased opinion would be a straight 5.5 or 6/10.
Overall, worth getting for the price especially when on discounts. Just take it as going to an ice cream shop and choosing what flavour you would like: bitter chocolate reality, sweet vanilla fantasy, ghosty mint chips, green tea macha, diet coke simulation, mango passion twirl, old coffee romance and banana joke bonanzas. Well, some stories is just deserts for the protagonist anyways.
