My favorites were Shiba and Kyouko, who are very similar to each other, now that I think of it. The characters in general, though, are written believably and were surprisingly easy to sympathizeВ with. That doesnвЂ™t manage to ruin him as a character, but since he had a lot of potential to be a really complex character and the game forces you to do his route last, I have to admit being disappointed. Even after the plot twist in his routes happen, we donвЂ™t really get to know what he thinks about anything, really. Most of the endings in this game are solid and wrap the story up nicely, save for one of characters, whose all endings feel incomplete and as a result, he as a character ends up feeling a bit shallower than I expected.

One of the characters doesnвЂ™t even have anything besides bad ones and even most of the happier ones are more bittersweet than anything. I also love a game with a lot of bad endings and ChouHana sure delivered in that aspect. ThatвЂ™s not to say it isnвЂ™t romantic, but playing this one for the romance will surely leave you disappointed, since it has relatively little of it even when compared to other history themed games out there.

As one would expect from first appearances though, this game has next to none of that traditional sugar sweet otoge romance. The writers have a great sense of humor as well and I found myself laughing a lot more than I thought I would playing a seemingly serious game like this. ItвЂ™s refreshing to see a R-18 game which is actually more mature as opposed to R-18 games which are exactly the same as all-ages games, only with porn tacked on to make them вЂњfor mature audiencesвЂќ. The script has a hefty amount of old Japanese, so with unnecessary filler this would have been a pain to wade through.В I canвЂ™t exactly recommend this game to someone just starting with the language, but the writing style does add to the gameвЂ™s mature feel. The script isnвЂ™t stretched out, unlike so many other novel games IвЂ™ve had theвЂ¦ pleasure of playing lately. I would say the level of writing in this game is well above average in general. Probably scarier thanВ everyone else in this game added together. A long time friend of YurikoвЂ™s mother Shigeko. Loves cute things and even though sheвЂ™s married, thereвЂ™s rumors of her also being interested in women. He seems to have his eye on Yuriko from their very first meeting and will stop at nothing in making her fall for him.ДЄ liquor store ownerвЂ™s wealthy daughter. No one knows about his family history or how he became rich in the first place. This makes him unnecessarily blunt when talking to Yuriko at times, but he quickly reverts back to his old gentle personality after seeing her upset by his words.ДЄn oresama type character, Shiba is an upstart and the man who saves her from the attackers in at her birthday party. He and Yuriko used to be really close, but at some point started drifting away from each other and HideoвЂ™s attitude for Yuriko turned cold. Fujita was hired to work as a butler by YurikoвЂ™s father when no one else would hire him, which made him extremely loyal towards the house. His unusual appearance (вЂ¦well, in-universe at least) has made him a victim of severe discrimination in Japan. The Nomiya familyвЂ™s butler who is half Japanese. Mizuhito strongly opposes his parentsвЂ™ plan about marrying Yuriko with a rich man and treats Shiba, who is smitten with Yuriko, noticeably colder that other people. He also has a massive sister complex and isnвЂ™t afraid to show it even in front of their parents. YurikoвЂ™s older brother, who is a skilled painter, but instead of painting spends most of his time at the red-light district and because of this he is considered the black sheep of the family. He is also quite knowledgeable about tea. Emitting a calm aura, Majima treats everyone with kindness. Majima has been working in the Nomiya house since Yuriko was little, making him an important family member for her, despite him being a servant. The gardener of the Nomiya family and YurikoвЂ™s first love at the start of the game. In my opinion, the вЂњordinary girlвЂќ-type of otoge protagonist done right, since while also being very polite and traditionally ladylike, she also has a healthy dose of common sense and reacts to whatвЂ™s happening realistically. Despite her appearances, she has bit of a tomboy streak and is surprisingly rebellious for a woman of that time period (and for an otome game protagonist). People claim she has a sweet, intoxicating scent lingering around her. Yuriko Nomiya (no voice, name changeable)ДЄ young lady living in the Taisho era.

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