Love, Winter and Bakery - Random Review - Pure x Connect (Trial Edition)
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April eroge releasing day came. Lucky for me, I didn't pick any VN this month, since they all are just boring as hell. (well, maybe that's not the case for Chrono Clock and Kami no Rhapsody, but nah, I just can't be bothered with them) So, I decided to start on some trial that just released recently, and my first one (actually, it would be the second after Rensou Relation, but, oh well...) was Pure x Connect - the lastest title from SMEE (Lover Able, Fureraba). The game is scheduled to be released on May 29th.
SYNOPSIS
Of course every man wants a girlfriend, and the protagonist in Pure x Connect has been longing for love for a long time. He’s had enough of wasting time with his current boring days. He wants to have a love just like in those eroges. But the people around him tell him that he should look at reality or ridicule him. Is he wrong by yearning for something like that?
Then this winter he might have reached a turning point, when he is invited to work at a popular (to girls) bakery restaurant near the main street. Now having been put in a world he has never experienced before, he might be able to change his everyday life.
CHARACTER
1. Protagonist (you name him!)
A normal university student (man, when was the last time I played a VN with "legal" characters again...). He is an otaku that love 2D girls more than 3D. For him, most 3D girls are nothing but "kuso onna" (what an ass~).
2. Ichinose Sora
Protagonist (main character - MC)'s osananajimi. Energetic and mischievous, she can easily handle all of the lame rants from the MC. Just like him, she is also into manga, anime and stuffs. Her favorite singers are Vocaloid (don't rage on me if I accidentally used the wrong word, LOL). She eats quite a lot without any care about keeping her image. (and of course, her body is still perfect) She doesn't care much about getting a boyfriend, although her standard is pretty low: her boyfriend just need to be someone like Johnny D*pp. She is currently working in the "La Pivoine" Bakery&Restaurant.
3. Shinozaki Ayumi
MC's long-time-no-see cousin. Due to various cliché reasons a.k.a parents busy with oversea work, she will be living with the MC's family for 3 years. Shy, gentle, polite and good at cooking, she is the perfect waifu imouto material, unlike the MC's real imouto, who is not even a heroine and I don't even remember name. She is kinda a crybaby. (my impression) Her favorite food is eihire. (like...fried fish fin?)
4. Konno Arisa
Sora's friend and kouhai. She was introduced to the MC in a blind date organized by Sora. She usually keeps on a grumpy face and ready to rage at people anytime, but they all are just her way of saying "I'm super duper nervous right now!". Currently working in "La Pivoine", she is pretty serious with her work. She has absolutely no interest in love and such.
She is kinda like a tsundere, though I'm not really sure...
5. Doumyouji Moemi
Another staff member of "La Pivoine". Highly energetic and mischievous, she charged right in when she overheard the conversation between the MC and Arisa in "La Pivoine" about part-time job, with the can-not-be-more-cheerful attitude. She loves to play with children, and usually joke with them about "Onee-chan doesn't need a boyfriend because I already have you". In her route, she will switch from her talkative mode to super shy and dere mode.
6. Makihara Shiho
"La Pivoine" 's manager. 28 years old (SPOILERRRRRR!!!), she is serious in her work, but also have a pretty childish "hobby" in her free time: bully play rock-scissor-paper with dogs. Due to generation gap, her knowledge is pretty outdated when it comes to technology. She is normally cheerful, but if you anger her, especially with something to do with her age, then hell await you. She played the "onee-chan" role in her route.
STORY
Starting with a short introduction scene for each heroine, after that, you will be able to witness the most wtf rejection in VN history (LOL) of the MC, with the support of a 2,5 tons excavator he borrowed from a nearby construction zone where he is part-time working. After making the confessor run away in tear, he got dragged to a restaurant by Sora, just to rant with her about love and all kind of stuff. In the end, she suggested that he should go on a blind date with a girl she know from her work. Thinking for a while, he then accepted her suggestion.
Back to home, he went to check on the "visitor" that his imouto Karina told him earlier on the phone, and saw a cute BB girl sleeping on the sofa. Looking at the name tag on her luggage, he finally recognized his cousin Ayumi whom he haven't met from when he was a child.
After some nice exchange with her, the MC got ready for the tomorrow's blind date and went to sleep. Next day, after having breakfast with Ayumi and Sora(she come to his house like everyday), he went to the place Sora told him and wait for his blind date partner. Shortly after, Arisa came, greeted him with the super grumpy face that made him speechless. The tension kept high up as they went to a restaurant for lunch, just to suddenly fell down to zero after Arisa confessed about her nervousness and made the MC roll on the floor laughing. They had lots of sex talk after that.
The next day, after school, while going around thinking about finding a new part-time job, he encountered a strange woman that was "bullying" a dog with her rock-scissor-paper game. Annoyed by her "dirty" play, the Pomeranian dog (which she mistook as a Chihuahua) ran off with her bag, not forget to hit the MC right in the ball on the way. He then joined the woman on the chase, and finally managed to get the bag back. The woman (Shiho) introduced herself, gave him her business card and told him to visit her sometime.
He went home, and got a phone call from his mother, telling him to go out for dinner since she would be home late. Remembering about Shiho, he and Ayumi went to "La Pivoine" (Karina - his imouto - had a stomachache) (it's a DATEEEEEE), and were surprised to see Arisa and Sora working there (seem like Sora never told him where she works). He also met with Moemi - who busted right in when he and Arisa were talking about getting a part-time job at "La Pivoine", and Shiho - who he didn't even know (notice) that she was the manager of this place, and got offered a slot to work here. After the meal, the MC, Sora and Ayumi went up the mountain to look down at the town at night. Here, he thought about Shiho's invitation earlier, and decided to take the job at "La Pivoine". The game ended in the next day, after the MC went to "La Pivoine" and succeeded with the job interview(?).
The trial also included a short scene from each heroine's route, and H-scene for all 5 heroines.
Played through the trial, I can tell that this will pretty much be a normal moege/charage that focused on romance and comedy rather than story. Actually, I'm not even sure if this VN has a story or not, because it just gives me the "cation" feeling with the "I suddenly feel like getting a girlfriend so let's go and look for one!" type of MC. Chances are we will get nothing but raburabu in heroine routes, though it's not like I mind or did not expect this. The MC's rampage is pretty difficult to understand sometimes, but I guess I will just put up with it.
Oh btw, I guess this kind of plot will satisfy a lot of people that doesn't like the idea of "every characters in this game are 18 or older", because every heroines here really are "legal" adult. Guess we don't need to worry about getting arrested while playing this game 
GRAPHIC
Nothing to complain about. Ame nochi Yuki did a nice job as usual. The art is totally fabulous. And those French breads in the background make me so hungry...
MUSIC
Nothing special, but at least they suits the scene well. The OP is pretty enjoyable though.
VOICE
They really need to get someone else to "voice" Sora's iguana pet, because it's FREAKING TERRIBLE. It sounded more like someone from the mental hospital than an iguana (actually, does iguana even cry at all?). The voice of a male side char is pretty quiet and hard to hear. Aside from those, all good.
CONCLUSION
No loli for me (damnnnn), no imouto route (dam--- nah, I don't like her anyway), full of BB (welp...), and all legal characters. Still, I guess I will pick this one, for the art, for the raburabu, and for Ayumi! Though, it won't be in my high priority list, since I will need to finish Rensou Relation first.
Temporary Score:
Story: 5/10.
Character: 9/10.
Graphic: 10/10.
Music: 7/10.
Voice: 8/10.
Overall: 8/10.
My previous review:
Rensou Relation (Trial Edition)
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