Yorite Konoha wa Kurenai ni
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Yorite Konoha wa Kurenai ni is the newest release from Lump of Sugar, the company responsible for Tayutama. Lump of Sugar is a huge hit and miss company. Though it was more consistent ten years ago, of its last seven releases, only two have been at VN of the Month level (eligible if nothing better is there), which is a huge downward move from the era of the original Tayutama. Lump of Sugar's art-style is 'classic moe', updated with current tech but mostly left alone at the most basic level.
This game has a similar setting to that of Tayutama in some ways, but they do not - despite rumors to the contrary - share a setting. The story in this game is based in modern times, but about a thousand years ago, a mimikko (later to be called the Mahoroi) with strange powers began coexisting with the people of a certain village. The utopia created by that mimikko's efforts attracted other mimikko with powers interested in coexistence, and over time, the humans and mimikko interbred. By the time the protagonist is born, there are no pureblood mimikko left, and those that remain no longer possess any strange powers, though those of quarter or half-blood often have greater strength and agility than any human.
The protagonist, Seiji, comes to the town where it all started (at this point, there are mixed-breeds everywhere across the world), returning after ten years to live with his little sister and one of the last half-breeds, Konoha. Immediately upon arrival, he meets the confident (without basis) Japanese-style maid Kazuha and a dog-like Mahoroi who insists she is his pet, named Momiji.
Now, Seiji has a tendency to spoil those he likes/loves and be incapable of rejecting others, so - while realizing that having a Mahoroi calling herself his pet sounds wrong on so many levels - he accepts Momiji, while trying (unsuccessfully) to keep her at arms-length. His little sister, Suzuna, whom he already spoils to a ridiculous degree (he changes her clothes, feeds her by hand, and wakes her up every morning), becomes jealous and begins trying to attract his attention. Kazuha, who is actually incapable of doing any kind of chores (despite being a maid), ends up having Konoha and Seiji go behind her back to fix things all the time... and Konoha, despite being two hundred years old, can't decide if she is a mother or a cute little girl.
All in all, my main impression of this game is 'cute and funny, in a good way'. While the ichaicha in all the paths is a bit... long, it is mostly amusing (especially Momiji's and Konoha's paths), and the actual stories for the paths are excellent. Though some of the relationship starts are seriously awkward due to Seiji's denseness and/or the heroines' own issues (and whoo boy, do these girls have issues), it is overall an amusing process to watch.
A few comments on some of the individual paths... I didn't like how the immortality issue isn't even touched on in Momiji's path (considering how dependent Momiji is, it should have come up), but I did like how they handled the difference in lifespans in Konoha's path. All of the heroines are ridiculously erotic (this is par for the course with Lump of Sugar, since they like to reward you perverts for enduring the ichaicha), and the general atmosphere of the game is 'warm'.
I do think that this setting could have used some elaboration, but that might be asking too much, lol.
Edit:
I can't really justify playing this: https://vndb.org/v22026
The reason is fairly simple... I just can't do that kind of 'true lolicon' stuff. It looks like a serious VN that takes the subject matter seriously. However, it is also not something I want to read.
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