This would be my first blog post so yeah.. As I said in the description of the blog, this is more of my thoughts so it might be unorganized unlike a review.

I thought this was another generic Isekai but I heard a lot of people praising it for the Alive routes. The game has two parts, the Sorceress and Alive routes. A lot of people have said that Alive was really great so I was willing to play the trope-filled Sorceress routes just to experience that.

Now on to the game itself.

The game makes fun of Isekai tropes ALOT. Considering that it is self-aware, you would have thought they would avoid the tropes but they didn't. Right in the beginning, Kouki (The protag) trips and fondles one of the heroine's boobs. Not a great way to start a VN if you want to be original. Still it manages to be quite entertaining. Despite what I said, even it was trope-filled, I enjoyed in it's own way. If I could compare this to something else, it's like those harem/fantasy/high-school battle light novels. Also probably one of the prettiest games I've played in a while.

On the routes themselves:

Went with Azuria then Akina then Yuzuriha. Skipped Mia. Technically you need to play all 4 routes but I just skipped hers and I hoped there was no essential plot info there. Based on other's discussions, Mia was the worst route out of all the 4 and I didn't even like her in the first place so yeah just skipping.

Common route is pretty much just an introductory chapter nothing much to say about here. It did it's job well albeit tropey. The transitionts into the routes are sudden. The heroines suddenly fall in love with the protag unnaturally.

Azuria route- The conflict really irritates you here. The solution is completely obvious right at the start. Azuria is the clumsy onee-san who likes to care of the protagonist. It's just that, I didn't find her quite deep but her character was enjoyable. Her family had a reputation of being good in bed and it completely shows in both her personality and H. It's a light-hearted route. Also once you play her route, you can't help but feel you're giving her a bad end when you don't choose her. 6/10

Akina- Can't help but feel she's the main heroine just because she's the first one you meet and normally in shounen battle novels, it's usually the tsundere who's the main heroine. The conflict is done better than Azuria making me feel more for her. Can't help but feel this is one of those routes where it suffered from it's short length. 7/10

Yuzuriha- I usually don't like coodere characters but they played it well with her. The gap is extremeeeeely cuteee. The way Kouki tries to invite Yuzuriha to the team is really cute and tugs at your heartstrings. This route felt like it had a different writer. It really was just that different. The other routes had to deal with the tournament and the heroine but Yuzuriha's route focused on their relationship more leading to less battles but more character drama that was good. It really feels weird that her route just had more depth compared to the other more bland routes. 8/10

When you complete all 4 of the routes, the start menu suddenly changes. The upbeat, action-y music changes to something more sinister and mysterious in tone. Can't help but feel excited as I played all this just for this part.