WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02

支仓冻砂我的神！！！

Nice series of VN with very basic introduction on some economy concepts. However, you MUST enjoy economics for it to be fun as well as play the whole series :)

An excellent follow-up to the first episode. Production value seems higher overall, with (to my eyes and ears) improved art and music. The writing is stellar, as one would expect from the author in question. Localization is strong too, but for a somewhat higher volume of typos and other errors than the first episode.

Это отличное продолжение истории Красивые арты и фоны Хорошая подача сюжета Берите и играйте

承上启下的第二章，还算不错

years after Hals downfall less on economics but a redemption on Hal character and setting up the chessboard for the finale another banger in the trilogy and the final fight is upon Hal its nice

I'm not a freak, I just left it open while I was working and read through it on breaks. It's a visual novel, and I liked the story. If you liked Spice and Wolf (same author) you may like this too. The art is nice and music is calming.

This game made me racist towards people called Kevin

9/10. A great leap and payoff from the first ep. The plot was brutal and unpredictable, because it was basically about stock gambling and there was no plot armor. If you lose your investment, say bye bye to your and your loved one's future. Thus I love how the writer didn't pull their punch at all haha - kept me on edge the whole time. The limelight, however, should belong to the characters. No over-dramatic, no stereotypical anime archetypes. I love seeing them grow and introspect as things move forward. Few stories can show the flow of time through characters' growth. I also love how characters handle their relationships in a way fitting for their age. I'm not saying it's realistic, but at least their personas felt down-to-earth and colorful in their own way, instead of just a bunch of template characters going through their hyperbolic arcs. There's still no VA, but the visuals are way better now. Ep 1 felt like it was from 2000s, but this one is around 2015s. Great sound track per usual.

Playtime is off due to playing offline. The later half of this episode actually turns the story quite interesting, but I can't really get past the meandering first half. Too much time is spent moping about the events of the previous episode that it takes a solid 3-4 hours before anything engaging happens in this one. It is also still a very basic visual novel, just a story and CGs with no gameplay features or player input to speak of. That itself wouldn't be a problem is the story could carry it throughout the runtime. The end of it at least does make you want to give episode 3 a shot to see where things go now that events are moving.