I'll tell you one thing, that was definitely something.

Like... damn.

What do I even say to that?

As the title says... I finished Totono.

All I can say, is man what a finish. RIP feels because I was not prepared for ANY of this going in.

I am so happy this could be the first UnTL'd VN that I finished. The impression it left on me is... crazy.

And I wouldn't have had it any other way.

Due to the nature of Totono, I won't discuss very much about it, because I feel it is something best experienced for yourself. So don't you dare go looking for reviews. Bad viewer. BAD!

Let's just say that once the ball gets rolling in Totono.. it does not stop for anyone. Nobody. Not even you... actually... thinking on it now... especially not for you.

So glad I picked this one up, so a shout out to two certain Fuwa members who kept referencing it in FSG... all the time.

There is one thing I need to get off my chest, so let me just drop this one thing in here. BE WARNED THIS IS SPOILER TERRITORY! Best if only people who have read Totono look any further.

That name drop though. My heart died here.

This was the hardest moment I have ever experienced in a VN. Like how do you even make that choice?

Brilliant setup, and brilliant execution.

Looking at the picture for this post, you can probably guess who I ended up choosing.

Totono was so meta... like I can't even. Definitely one of the best experiences I have had with VNs as of yet.

Miyuki you are one scary girl.

So let's get into how I fared with the Japanese in this one.

Man that was a breeze. Like, it was so much easier to read than AkaGoei (not that I have finished that one). There were points I was breezing through 40 lines at a time without even breaking a sweat. JParser was definitely consulted many a time, but it was so nice being able to read at around the same pace as my English reading at certain points. Then again, Aoi kinda made things really a lot of the time, with the way she speaks.

Although, then came the voice only portions. Those were a little harder on me. Like, I understood what was being said... but I had to really focus all of my energy on listening, hanging off of each and every syllable coming out of any given character's mouth. Luckily it was pretty simple Japanese so I didn't get entirely #rekt.

On a side note, I finished this like a week ago, and moved on to Baldr Sky Dive1. I must say, Totono really bolstered my reading ability. I guess the fact that I was easily able to understand everything got my brain fully used to reading in Japanese. Well, I guess I wouldn't say fully but I am much farther than I would have been before.

I would definitely recommend this to any beginner if they are confident in their listening comprehension. Like... if you are just having trouble with reading, this is an awesome one in terms of difficulty.

Well then, with all that aside, my exams are over now.. so I can finally write up more posts for this blog thing of mine. I am currently reading Umineko, and Baldr Sky.. with AkaGoei just kind of sitting there. I WILL finish it... and it isn't exactly stalled... I am just moving through it so slowly that it is in a weird limbo state between stalled and playing. What would you even call that...

Anyway, see you guys later.

I am sure I will be coming out with a post about Baldr sooner rather than later.