ExplosiveLee

Hi, I'm ExplosiveLee. I've recently started playing VNs and I'm glad that Fuwanovel is here to allow us to connect with other people that play VNs. Sorry for reviving this thread but I want to discuss the awesomeness of Grisaia with other VN enthusiasts. I really enjoyed Angelic Howl and how it showed a disaster slowly, yet brutally, becoming hell on earth. The chills down my spine and the goosebumps were numerous and real. I did not really enjoy the rest of Amane's route though because the first half before Angelic Howl felt too forced and more than a little bit absurd with Amane's pushiness. The bad ending was rather unexpected and the good ending was rather too fast and regretful for a conclusion. However, I enjoyed Sachi's route the most. Although Sachi's story had some awkward pacing, her story really echoed in my heart (incoming emotional life-story): When I was a kid, I found my parents just didn't pay much attention to me even though I tried my hardest to achieve and to push myself to the limit in academics and in sports. Her feelings of not receiving enough parental-attention and feeling rejected/lonely resonated within me. I now realize that I was/still am a brat to think that my parents didn't give enough attention to me because of their pain-painstakingly-many-hours job to pay the bills. Too many times I thought about running away and finding a place where I belonged but thankfully my parents eventually noticed and asked my grandma to live with us and take care of me when I greedily needed attention. Seeing Sachi's story turn so bleak and traumatic after she ran-away made me realize how different my life could have been. Even though what might have happened to me would probably not have been as traumatic as her story, I can imagine that I may have ended up homeless or captured or dead if I had run-away. I am now an independent adult living on my own but had my parents not financially supported me and my grandma providing me the attention I needed when I was dependent as a child, I would not be who I am today. While reading the letter Sachi's parents had left her and how much they really loved her and wanted to give her the attention she needed, I couldn't hold back my tears that flooded from my eyes. The words from that letter, even though they were from Sachi's parents, felt as is they were words spoken deep from my parents heart. I know that my parents did their best at providing me with the most basic of needs but were too busy to show how they felt about me. Deep down in my heart I know that they love me and made me come to terms of how much I really do love my parents as well. I don't think I've ever played a game that had me reflect upon myself as much as this game. Reading those words from that letter made me cry the hardest I have ever done so-far in my life. Sorry for the rant, I just wanted to get that off my chest. I've completed all the other routes in Grisaia aside from Makina's which I am currently completing right now. Yumiko's arc felt very fake and unreal especially with the kidnappers and how Yuuji and Yumiko both kept going back to the same location literally asking for a confrontation. However, the moment Yuuji and Yumiko shared in that amusement park really made my heart melt. Michiru was awkward/annoying at first but I ended up loving her too since I have a certain thing for girls that purposely play the fool/clown to make others feel better and keep a group together with a light-hearted, selfless attitude. It's definitely something about girls that act in a self-detrimental way to make those they care about happy that pulls me into them like a fascinating obsession. In my opinion: Favourite route: Sachi > Amane > Michiru > Yumiko (Undecided for Makina because I'm still finishing her route) Favourite girl: Sachi > Michiru > Yumiko > Amane (Undecided for Makina for the same reason mentioned above)