Interesting, thanks for the info!

And you're right about the "obligatory" smexy scenes. There's hard evidence that the reversible pairings were a last-minute addition. Scene filename schemes, and filenames for the voices, etc. Even Jade X Makoto's "encounter" was actually all over the place. The original voice lines, when properly placed, portray a completely different order to the build up to and during the scene.

Anywho, funny to see screenshots of this game, here, on Steam. XD ^_^
(2/2)

I share the same feelings you do about the original writer's story for this game. The story completely drops off halfway through, or is completely ignored in some scenarios. And the "surprise" twist at the end really sucked. Did what I could, with the crap I was dealt with. ^_^;

Tsushima Mio (also worked on Angel's Feather) may have originally wrote the original Scenario, but I think someone else wrote the scenes (Or a different person per route, as even the writing style in Japanese changed with each route). Either that, or Mio just lost interest and rushed out the scenes. A LOT of plot elements were forgotten or twisted around (Or characters outright ignored when they were once a prominent part of a scene, like Nanase-senpai, who is ever explained AT ALL.)

(cont: 1/2)

This was pretty solidly average. A bit randomly rapey, as expected. Interesting mystery somewhat let down by half the routes basically forgetting about it and the ending twist making no sense in retrospect. Reversible pairings are nice, but it seemed like the writer just focused on their preferences for each pairing, because some of the sex scenes felt short and obligatory. Good fan translation, with the riddles adapted to be solvable in English and lots of supplemental material and notes. If you're already a fan of yaoi games, it might be worth your time, but if not it probably won't win you over.