Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole

tbh the only reason im still playing is bc of tachibana the game is still good apart from the kinda weird and unnecessary ecchi scenes its still good but like it can get far too weird at times

gay sex is how they reel you in

10/10, made me question my life more than once, really hard to digest, taught me a lot of dark stuff

But overall, Live happily!

one of the best stories oat changed my perception on life and the meaning of living.

This definetly isnt an experience for everyone and you should bear that in mind before going into it that there are lots of very disturbing and uncomfortable scenes. That being said i would recommend going into this blind and completing all of the endings.

10/10

its really fucking good but also jesus fucking christ. felt legitimately nauseous at some parts. but its also really fucking good. but also oh my fucking god. but its peak.

pinnacle of fiction

Just live happily.

the best and worst vn i have ever read <3

peak

oh wow, I don’t even know what to say.
For starters, my play-time far exceeds whatever is listed here. At the time of this post, I’ve already completed the second “chapter”,

Want to also add, Steam user RGON has an amazing review for this game and it encapsulates the essence, along with some disclaimers. Moreover, get the patch and at least play to chapter2. Amazing writing, atmosphere, characters. I’m “shook” by the end result, but never have I ever played a VN that compelled me as much to want to continue. It’s the type of experience that has you thinking long after the credits roll, and each chapter id say sets the stage for not only a new story line, but rather new feelings. I’m still questioning what I thought I knew, and even more anticipated on what’s to come. The type of game where spoilers would do no good other than to serve as an example of what kind of rollercoaster you might find yourself on. This is the game that serves as the perfect example of what the AO tag could mean, which essentially means no limits on creative content, rather than some “goon-fuel” like most use it as. With that said, I have yet to embark on the more ‘ambitious’ content which might be what turned a lot of people away. For reference, “The Shell” part 1, using the patch was too much for me in terms of grotesque, so I hope this game doesn’t rise to that level, but I’ll cross that bridge when I do.

This game will keep you guessing, as you never truly know what’s real or what to believe. So many twists and turns, you start to rummage through your list of known cliches and antics, only to find out you were wrong from the start. And the way the game starts is extremely deceptive, since it begins as some every-day slice of life with a touch of a strange relationship or two. It builds a foundation that sets the stage for everything to follow, as it continues to dilute itself time and time again, tainting its original form with more wickedness each time over. It mixes in layers of philosophy as reference, and demonstrates a lot of those themes throughout its duration, and never fails to capture the viewers attention. At times it can be confusing, but I appreciate that it never tries to “dumb down “ its content out of fear of becoming too complex, so it does not cater to the commoner.

The themes are mixtures of theology, biblical references, philosophy, science, astronomy, and the study of reason. It’s a nice departure from what’s mostly put out today, and it never seems to lose its momentum as it continues dragging you by the feet on your next plunge into dissonance.

I give this game an 8.5/10! The game can be wonderful in its own way, but I doubt many other people will see it that way if they ever play it, which is why I can't recommend it to anyone for many reasons. This game is not for the faint of heart, as there are many disgusting parts that people will be put off by. I truly love the music of this game, the art style can be beautiful, and some of the characters are very well written. The author did a good job of writing an amazing story, but he does a terrible job of showing that to the audience. The NSFW scenes bring this game to minus 2 points; it just felt unnecessary at times, but if you can push through those scenes, I'm sure you can find the beauty of this game like I did. This game probably won't be my favorite VN as I continue playing other ones, but I truly enjoy reading it at times. Thank you for reading my review and remember to Live Happily!

My great idea of ​​the week was to read some visual novel.

It's been quite a while since I last read any novel, and I wanted to read something interesting.
So I went online to search for the most popular VNs to see which one would catch my eye. Of course the results were FATE, Steins;Gate, etc. Since I'm kinda familiar them (Even thought I haven’t read the originals) I decided to dig just a little bit deeper.
And that was the moment when I came across this wonder.

The little description I saw was interesting: A very typical beginning that turns into a trippy ride, covers a good number of interesting topics and ends with you crying like a baby. Just perfect.
Around the same time, I was listening random Japanese OSTs from some old shmups and somehow came across the credits track from this same novel. That was the moment I realized that I wanted to read it first from the entire list I had selected.

So what went wrong?
Uhh... The game made me incredibly uncomfortable with how horny it is.
I learned that before starting the game it is recommended to install a patch that literally makes the game 5 times bigger (Because as I understand it, the steam version only has 1 chapter out of 6???) and (Of course) adds those spicy scenes.
I thought I was prepared for this, because I know how much VNs love to show this.
Boy, was I wrong.

It starts out pretty normal. Here we have a tsundere childhood friend and her lil' sister, and later we meet a strange and slightly mysterious 3rd lady. Each of them cliche asf.
Well, okay, this is just the beginning, and at least the main character is not an ordinary intimidated weirdo, but a very daring madam, so that's new.
But then, somehow, in a span of 30 minutes, each of the 3 girls literally begs to live in the main character's house, where one of them has already taken on the role of a maid... And guess what? They're already trying to put their hands down your pants.

The turning point for me was the first choice.
Everyone got drunk and started playing cards for a wish. In a moment, all of them are sitting naked in front of you and you have to choose which one of these absolute cliches you want to kiss. Like, dude, I've only been reading this for an hour, why do you want to turn this into soft p😳rn?
I'm just so glad I had the option to refuse each of them and make them get dressed again.

Maybe there is an interesting story hidden somewhere further, but what I saw was enough for me.
Thanks for the recommendation my internet bros, but I hope the next VN I check out will be better :^)

This game is amazing but very sad. The soundtrack is fantastic. Mamiya Takuji is the goat. Btw Zakuro x Kimika is a dumb and bad ship. Kimika x Takuji and Takuji x Zakuro is a peak ship.

The game had an an awesome story! what caught me off-guard was prolly the amount of fan-service the game throws at you, especially at the beginning... It made me think it was a gooner game lol, other than that it was pretty fire haha x :p

What just happened?

this is so peak holy. live happily... :(

holy shit

its uh good but read h2o cuz that is gooder

peam

that vn’s a straight masterpiece, left me emotionally wrecked ngl😔

Each chapter tells a somewhat different story, with some parts being difficult to keep up with. Overall a rather enjoyable experience, OST is good as is the artwork.

For whatever reason this game seems to have some game breaking issues that occur when in full-screen mode on a 1440p display (when using the official patch, doesn't occur in the default steam version). Each time I closed the game after setting it to full-screen and later re-opened the game to play more, the game wouldn't enter full-screen mode properly and as a result was unplayable. This may have been a me thing.

I also want to mention you get about 10% of the game in this iteration on steam, you have to download various patches to get the "full content". Among the full content are 6 of the 7 chapters that you don't get with just what is provided on steam alone, so at the very least the official patch is a must however it does also add adult content into the game.

“I am vulgarity itself.
I'm only a good child at home.
An immaculate child.
But otherwise it's just masturbation masturbation masturbation masturbation masturbation masturbation masturbation masturbation masturbation masturbation masturbation masturbation.
My life is masturbation. Total masturbation. I revolve and accelerate, my hand in my pants the whole time. I'm a ballerina dancing through the world.”

First of all, if you do get this game, you have to also download the patches for the whole experience. Without wanting to spoil the game, I have to say it is not made for everyone and if you are easily disturbed there are probably better things to invest your time in. That being said, the game also has a porn, some of it necessary but a lot of it not. However, if you are able to look past that, SubaHibi is definitely one of the experiences of all time. The game really succeeds in bringing the reader on an emotional rollercoaster; some chapters will feel hopeful and uplifting while others will feel disgusting and depressive. The philosophy in SubaHibi is very straightforward. Even though it is easy to understand the messages that the characters put forward, it does not take away from the experience.

Also, for extra pieces of literature you don’t need to have read the tractactus or cyrano or any of the other books that are reference but having read them also adds to the experience. (Also they are good books so you should read them)

Great game! Don't play it.

it broke me

Basically take the n°1 hater and the n°1 lover of this game and both will have the most valid takes without disagreeing on one another

It is as beautiful and as ugly as the people say it is simultaneously

NSFW patch is mandatory and will filter you with the most gruesome shit you'll ever read just to shake your hand and grant you great writing afterwards that is. plot relevant.

Not only do I know that my entire friendlist would get filtered reading it because of how FUCKED it is but also I reckon it's target audience is on the older side, obviously I don't recommend anyone young and innocent to read this as ultimately I don't think it would be good for them
Good as in for their mental well-being and good as in for how much they'd understand

My only complaints beyond the otherwise really really good experience are that some, but not all, of the NSFW is kinda here for the sake of it, and that I lost a bit of interest 'round the end

Do I think it's one of the world's greatest...? Ehhh
Definitely a must read, although I do think it's fair to genuinely just think twice before commiting to it


Tldr : 11/10 schizo writing

I recommend for anyone reading to never touch this garbage overrated visual novel. If you care about: effective horror, good writing, good characters, pacing, paying off on intrigue, interesting prose, and/or deep themes, you should read something else. Don't spend 50 hours of your life reading this just to decide its garbage like I have. For reference, if you still want to play this, if you're struggling to read through the story before you reach Chapter 3, just drop it. Chapter 3 is the longest chapter in the game and accounts for probably 20-25% of the game's total playtime. Just know that if you read through it you're in for disappointment since the twist was done better by Fight Club and in a more time efficient way, too.

1/6 --- haha lesbians
2/6 --- oh
3/6 --- wtf is happening?
4/6 --- why? :(
5/6 --- oh ok I understand
6/6 --- "Live Happily!"

Live happily

SESBIAN LEX

beautiful game 10/10.

It's raw. It's kino. It goes hard as fuck.

There are lesbians, there is drama, it gets super pretentious, its absolutely amazing, I can't recommend it to anyone I know.

10/10

download the patch online to unlock all the content in this game

:(

While this may be a hard one to recommend to people, it really depends on who the audience is that is asking. I cannot recommend this for everyone. The story itself is amazing and if you get the entire VN with the patch installed, there are quite a bit of scenes that are very graphic. Some of the scenes can drag on for no reason, but some I horribly long and I feel it is needed in order to set the atmosphere for the chapter you are reading.

This visual novel lives rent free in my head

kusokamige

10/10 visual novel first one ever, had only ever played class of 09.
DO NOT PLAY IT. especially if you get attached to characters easily.

I was very close to dropping it since it felt a lot like a cliché stupid ass harem romance anime but once you Choose 3# everything changes and it turns into a Visual Novel that makes you reread things multiple times in order to understand the deeper meaning behind it... I absolutely recommend it.

10 futa cocks/10

ayana's smug aura is unrivalled

yet another review saying "i can't recommend this to anyone"

i lovobe game

honestly, i've been reading this vn for about a month, and i finally finished it.
what is there to say ? i absolutely loved this vn and its philosophy. unlike other vns, the philosophy wasn't completely forced into the story and put there to make sure the game makes sense. it was perfectly made, leaving the player with confusion and many unanswered questions.
all the relevant characters ended up being really interesting to me, especially tomosane, who might be my favorite character in the whole game. (and i'm always fond of female characters ONLY, so that's why ending up liking a male character, which is rare for a women-lover like me, is surprising)
i loved end sky II and how it left us with a weird, bitter aftertaste and questions.

i'm kinda sad i won't get to read this for the first time anymore, but at the same time i don't really mind. wonderful everyday down the rabbit hole was a great experience. mon panache!

family friendly game

didnt finish it but the game is really interesting!! but dont buy it on steam it only has the first chapter which doesnt really show off the real good moments in game. the patch for me didnt work so dont take the risk, buy on other site.

Otonashi Ayana

Completely calm, very calm, totally calm, absolutely calm, diving calm, ridiculously calm, rather calm, kind of calm, frightened calm, clearly calm, kind of calm, rather calm, happy and calm, just calm, very calm, precisely calm, peachy calm, quite calm, suicide calm, lonely calm, Buddha calm, analog calm, Nianfo calm, Antarctic calm, raw calm, calm, samurai calm, super calm, calm as ever, calm all day, always calm, running calm, sitting calm, as calm as can be, everything's calm, calm all my life, getting calmer, already calm, calmer than I thought, calmer than I thought possible, even calmer, calm at heart, utterly calm, Superman calm, calm at last, suddenly calm, almost as if I'm calm, almost as if I'm calm, almost as if I'm calm, am I not calm?

how wide is our brain?
the brain is wider than the sky.
for, put them side by side, the one the other will include..
with ease, and you beside.

the brain is deeper than the sea.
for, hold them, blue to blue..
the one the other will absorb..
as sponges, buckets do.

the brain is just the weight of God.
for, lift them, pound for pound..
and they will differ, if they do..
as syllable from sound.