Winter Polaris

Yet another masterpiece from Tomo Kataoka sensei. A heavy story about life, love, and future in a post-apocalyptic world. Can we really live our lives to the fullest, even if we are immortal?

I wanted to understand stage-nana and more traditional japanese vns as I want to make my own narrative design games. To start with, the main reason I played this game was to understand why it had fallen flat when Narcissu had been so widely beloved. After playing this I understand why it failed and Narcissu succeeded so for me the game was worth playing. If you are considering stage nana's works, play Narcissu. It taught me a decent bit about game writing and for that I'm grateful.

玉响第三季的ed「これから」和这部作品的内核还挺不谋而合的 海洋清洁工： [code]どこへでも どこまででも 望めば行けるという 見たこともない世界が この先にあるという[/code] 开创的精神 冬季北极星： [code]どんなさよならにも意味があるって 誰かが歌ってた 私にはまだわからない そばにいることだけが愛じゃないって どこかで読んだけど 私にはまだわからない ああ これから それを知るために[/code] 过去的相伴和离别，都是对不成熟的自己的审视，作出截然相反的选择，是对爱更为深刻的思考

I can recommend this to anyone who likes Slice of life/Iyashikei anime.

不错

7.5/10 海洋清潔工意義不明..

本作采用双线叙事,前期会感觉很坐牢。但后期将《冬季北极星》和《海洋清洁工》很好的串联起来,以这种方式描述了最后的“人类”对生命的看法。很片冈智的作品，总体算佳作。

That was sweet, I think. By the way, it's a coincidence but I think I read a Poul Anderson book with a very similar story once... of course, it was much less moe.

一款不错的全年龄游戏，前三章可能有点劝退，但是越玩到后面越精彩，音乐也很好听

It's a relaxing yet somber VN. It actually consists of 2 stories; “Winter Polaris” being about a boy and an immortal girl after a global pandemic has caused everyone else to disappear and “Sweeper Swimmer” being about 2 girls on a journey across a world covered in water. These eventually intertwine into a story about about immortality As in the dev’s previous work Narcissu, the visuals mostly consist of letterboxed backgrounds with no sprites, with the characters only showing up in the occasional (also letterboxed) CG. It’s not quite a tearjerking Utsuge like Narcissu though it still has a bittersweet story. The two main characters in each story are essesntially the only characters, with the few people that are encountered in the story not appearing for more than a few lines. This means the vast majority of the VN is spent following the pairs of characters on a journey with no one else around which makes for a quiet, introspective and perhaps lonely atmosphere.