Few people (or everyone?) know that I'm a big fan of Lump of Sugar. And of course, their lastest title - Rensou Relation, is no exception either. So when the trial edition of the game came out 2 days ago, I jumped right in and download it, though I only started playing (and finished) it today since I was busy with Kujiragami no Tearstilla. So, let see what they brought us with this game~

SYNOPSYS

Rensou Relation starts when the results for entrance exams are just rolling in. Sakurazaka Sinnosuke unfortunately did not get in the school of his choice but that would not get him down. But before he realized it he was left with not a single acceptance letter.

After a short moment of panic, Sinnosuke decided to call his former homeroom teacher. His teacher actually tells him to apply to a new and extremely popular school, with an awful competitive acceptance rate. With his grades it would be hard to get in, but there happens to be 1 special recommendation left open for a local student. What happens after that opens the door for an endless amount of possibilities…

(Source: Otakulair)

CHARACTER

1. Sakurazaka Sinnosuke

Protagonist - an extremely perverted otaku, a lolicon and also big boobs lover (wow). He is a lazy ass that hate study, only like playing game and eroge (just like me). However, he has a smooth-talking mouth, and get blessed with extreme luck. Currently living alone because his parents are busy with work (as usual).

2. Sakurazaka Yuuko

Sinnosuke's cousin. Her father manages the "Maison de Saint" apartment next to Sinnosuke's house, so she comes by his house a lot. A gook cook and caring person, she takes care of Sinnosuke with his meal and housework. She loves history, and even know about every kind of military strategy/strategist - Zhuge Liang, Masamune Date and such. She has a twin sister - Aiko.

3. Mikuriya Himari

The new resident of "Maison de Saint" apartment. A kind but clumsy girl, with zero sense of direction. She is a huge gluttony, and easily fall into "break down" state if she doesn't have enough food supply It seems like she is pretty bad with technology (or maybe just cellphone).

Her special ability: catching cellphone with her boobs

4. Sengoku Ichika

A kuudere with serious attitude and the infamous sting tongue. Not much is known about her, but I can tell that she is pretty smart and love reading book (especially English science, technical, and alike book). She hate people touching her, so she always wears gloves (Lucia much?).

Her special ability: Mind reading (can read Sinnosuke's mind with the accuracy of 100 percent )

5. Garland Arisa

Another new resident of "Maison de Saint". There is not much interaction with her in the trial, so the only thing I know about her is that she is a foreigner and an air-headed. Oh, and she is an osananajimi with Ichika (be in the same class with her since primary school).

STORY

The game started with a H-scene. Yes, you heard me right. A FREAKING H-SCENE. So don't play this game in public http://forums.fuwanovel.net/uploads/emoticons/default_dry.png' alt='<_<'> And it will make you go like "wait, did I download the wrong game?", because that H-scene is NOT from this game - but directly from another title of Lump of Sugar - Tayutama -Kiss on my deity-. Don't panic, they just want to troll you, and show you what kind of person the protagonist is, that's all And no, I won't post it here, even with my own censorship, because my life will be on the line

After the morning breakfast with his cousin Yuuko, Sinnosuke headed to Yamada High School for his entrance exam result. It's a school that "only utterly idiots may fail" - and guess what, we have an idiot like that this year - him. Carrying that depressing news home, he bumped into Himari - currently struggling with the map to find the way to "Maison de Saint". He invited her home to have party dinner with him and Yuuko - the party Yuuko made to celebrate his acceptance to Yamada High - just to pathetically confess with Yuuko later about his result, and his plan to apply into some private school. However, life said "nope" to him.

In the middle of his agony, a miracle suddenly happened - he received a call from his former HR teacher, telling Sinnosuke that he will give him a recommendation to Amami High School - a high-class school where Yuuko and Himari are enrolled in, only required him to pass an interview. Of course, he snatched the golden opportunity right away, and dash to school for the interview - and succeeded!

Next day, Sinnosuke left house early to get some food for his real celebration party, and meet with Himari outside - struggling with the map (again) to get to the supermarket. He offered to help, and ended up having a nice date with her. At the end of the "date", they visited a candy shop, and Himari ended up taking a part-time job there to help an old woman with managing the shop.

School day came. While waiting for Himari, he suddenly heard footstep running up to him. BANG! Someone bumped right into him. At this point you will have a choice - a REALLY IMPORTANT CHOICE - that will decide either you can skillfully recover from the bump and impress the strange girl - Arisa - or activating his godly skill - "Pantsu Stealing" - to unlock a no-pant H-CG. And no, I won't post it here either, go find it yourself

Depend on your choice, things will happen differently. But in the end, he will ended up in the same class Himari and Ichika, and may even unlock extra scene with Arisa if Sinnosuke used his technique.

Back home, he had a nice dinner and gaming session with his two kawaii cousin - Yuuko and Aiko. Funny enough, somehow Aiko is - at the moment - the only character with super-deformed sprite in normal scene.

Physical measurement day came, while Himari was up and down about her weight and her diet plan, Arisa in contrast, seemed to be really excited about this, because "it's not everyday that you can look at other girls naked" (no yuri - unconfirmed). Ichika - hate being touched by others - not so thrill about this either.

While waiting for his turn, Sinnosuke received a call phone Arisa - Himari fell unconscious during the measurement session - due to running out of gas (a.k.a hungry). He took her to the infirmary, just to witness Ichika come in, lock the door and start taking off clothes (to take the measurement herself). Of course, she found him out right away, but for the weirdest reason ever - "Somehow, I feel like you are the only exception of humanity that can touch me." - she asked him to measure her 3-sizes. Welllllll..........I mean..........Hah? Umm, hold on, the heck with that reason again?

The trial ended after the physical measurement day. Well, what to say... I generally not that much of a fan of perverted protagonist (My Girlfriend is the President for example, I played that one just for Ell then drop. Couldn't handle the protagonist, wayyyy to annoying), and I do find this guy a little bit annoying, but still acceptable. The plot doesn't seem to have any sort of serious story (my impression), so it should be a pure moege focusing on comedy and romance. Most of the comedy are based around the perversion of Sinnosuke, so it may get a little boring if they just keep it like this in the full game. The amount of H-CG in common route - with nipple and v*gina is unusually high, so play the game with caution And I really need some explanations with the weirdly sudden change of attitude of Ichika. Seriously Lump of Sugar, that reason is totally wtf.

SYSTEM

As usual, Lump of Sugar loves to implement random mechanic into their games, and this game is no exception. Aside from the "Doosle" choice system, which may lead you to a completely different flow of story in the flowchart (in theory), you also have the "Hirameita!" system, which I still don't really get how it works (haven't seen the actual usage in the trial). Supposedly, it will be used in a minigame to unlock some new choices in the "Doosle", or something like that.

GRAPHIC

I love Lump of Sugar's art, so I have no complain about this. Totally suit my taste. All of the special effects are nice also.

No, actually, I think they over-colored a bit, but I will just let it slide.

MUSIC

Pretty good so far, no complain. And I love the OP - as usual, their OPs are always nice and catchy.

VOICE

When they first introduced this game, I decided that I would go straight into Ichika route first - I just fell in love with her right in the first sight. However, when they released the countdown movie, I just hit my head to the pillow - her voice, imo, is absolutely off with my impression about her. Technically, it still "suits" her in a way, but I just find it really unpleasant somehow. I would give it 10/10 if they changed her seiyuu...

CONCLUSION

The trial did tickle my interest a bit, so I guess I will pick it (actually I will pick it no matter what ), but whether or not I really play it, is a different matter. That, only the full version can answer me -_-

Temporary Score:

Story: 7/10

Character: 8/10

Graphic: 9,5/10

Music: 8,5/10

Voice: 8/10 (Damn it Ichika)

Overall: 8/10