Hataraku Otona no Renai Jijou
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As the title above indicates, this is a story about the love life of a working adult... to be specific, a twenty-five year old salaryman named Oga Itsuki. At the beginning of the story Itsuki, who has already begun to settle into the dull exhaustion of the salaryman style of life, is awakened to just how pathetic his life is by his immediate superior, who suggests he try to change himself. The amazing thing is that he does go through with it, and it changes his fate (makes it interesting).
First, I should say that this VN won't be for everyone. It has a lot of h-scenes, and the protagonist seems to attract lonely women (single and otherwise) who are desiring of a one-night-stand. He even cheats on all of the heroines at least once (though the ones after theyofficially become lovers are optional scenes). That said, this isn't a nukige... it has a bit too much story and makes too much sense for that (well, except for the fact that he attracts so many women).
This VN is pretty short. I finished all the paths in about ten hours, about the same as a low-level moege. The fact that comedy and everyday slice-of-life make up only a minority of the story is pretty beneficial here, as the story of each heroine - and the common route - progresses at a good, relatively fast pace that gets down to the meat of things without a lot of side-tracking. There is no 'endless dating' period like you see with the schoolkids of your average charage, and the protagonist's relationships with the heroines are pretty interesting in and of themselves... well, amusing anyway.
I can honestly recommend this to someone who is tired of the endless school romances that plague VNs but doesn't want to head off into the wilds of Chuuniland to escape it. Overall, this VN is a fun ride that is over quickly enough that it doesn't become boring or trite. The endings are pleasant and the heroines are interesting enough that it really is worth getting to know them.
- Deep Blue, Chronopolis and Funnerific
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