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Sakura no Uta -Sakura no Mori no Ue o Mau-

サクラノ詩－櫻の森の上を舞う－

Titles
サクラノ詩－櫻の森の上を舞う－
Sakura no Uta -Sakura no Mori no Ue o Mau-
사쿠라의 시 -벚꽃 숲 위에 흩날리다-
Sakuraui Si -Beotkkot Sup Wie Heunnallida-
樱之诗－在樱花之森上飞舞－
Ying zhi Shi - Zai Yinghua zhi Sen Shang Feiwu -
AliasesThe tear flows because of tenderness., Sakuuta, 사쿠우타
Play timeVery long (65h30m from 101 votes)
DeveloperMakura
PublishersMakura
Katorea & Team Myskrpatch
07th Inquisition & Taikutsu Translations
Hollow Epitaph
Sakura no Sekai
Yasuragi
Relations
Shares characters

H2O -FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND-

√ after and another

Sequel

Sakura no Toki -Sakura no Mori no Shita o Ayumu-

Same series

Subarashiki Hibi ~Furenzoku Sonzai~

LinksWikipedia (en), Wikipedia (ja), Wikidata, VNStat

Description

Spring. After the death of his father - a world-famous artist - left him without any living relatives, protagonist Kusanagi Naoya is put under the care of his friend Natsume Kei's family. There, his homeroom teacher Natsume Ai, and Kei's younger sister - the actress Natsume Shizuku - await him in turn. And with the arrival of the new school term, Misakura Rin - Naoya's childhood friend who transferred long ago - reappears right before him.

Beyond the veil of cherry blossom petals blown by the wind - almost like their promised reunion --

Feelings pile up with the passage of time: once the torrent of emotions comes rushing down, what is the spectacle that awaits?

[Translated from Official Site]

A complete re-imagining of the stalled Sakura no Uta project by SCA-Ji, the writer of Subarashiki Hibi.

Episodic Story 3.0 High School 3.0 Varying Ending Songs 3.0 Family Feud 2.8 Slice of Life 2.8 Cherry Blossom 2.7 Long Common Route 2.7 Spring 2.7 Drama 2.6 FlashbackS 2.6 One True EndS 2.6 Romance 2.6 ADV 2.6 Passage of TimeS 2.6 Teacher HeroineS 2.6 Painter Heroine 2.5 Philosophy 2.5 AmnesiaS 2.5 Japanese MythologyS 2.5 Male Protagonist 2.5 Painter Protagonist 2.5 Parting EndingS 2.5 Perverted Heroine 2.5 Popular Protagonist 2.5 Branching Plot 2.4 Coming-of-Age Drama 2.3 Protagonist with a Sprite 2.3 School Art Club 2.3 Enforced Playing Order 2.3 Protagonist with a Face 2.3 Under the Same Roof 2.3 Foolish Friend 2.2 Modern Day 2.2 Student Club President Heroine 2.2 Student Protagonist 2.2 Unlockable Choices 2.2 Competition 2.2 Female Protagonist for a Short TimeS 2.2 Protagonist's Childhood Friend as a Heroine 2.2 Student Club Member Heroine 2.2 Teacher ProtagonistS 2.2 Super Deformed CG's 2.1 Defloration 2.0 Half-orphan HeroineS 2.0 Heroine with Sexual ExperienceS 2.0 High School Student Heroine 2.0 Inbred HeroineS 2.0 Kanji PunsS 2.0 LGBTQ IssuesS 2.0 Living Doll Support CharacterS 2.0 Loli Support Character 2.0 Middle School Student Heroine 2.0 Nympho Heroine 2.0 Orphan Protagonist 2.0 Small Breast Sizes Heroine (Non-Loli) 2.0 Transfer Student Heroine 2.0 Smoker ProtagonistS 1.8 Lesbian SexS 1.8 Food Discussions 1.7 Actress Heroine 1.6 Protagonist's Kouhai as a Heroine 1.6 Child Support Character 1.6 Church 1.5 Lesbian Heroine 1.5 Trap Support Character 1.4 Perverted Friend 1.4 Lots of Event CGs 1.4 Twins as Support Characters 1.4 Late Sexual Content 1.4 YakuzaS 1.2 Girl x Girl RomanceS 1.1 Bleep Censor 1.0 Censored Text 1.0 Heroine with a Braid 1.0 Heroine with Zettai Ryouiki 1.0 Nun Support Character 1.0 Nakige 0.8 Sexual Content 0.8 Classic Tsundere Heroine 0.8 Only Virgin Heroines 0.7

Mini reviews

By artemish on 2020-10-28r10022Vote: 8
<report>It's an awfully deep story with a awful lot of shared character backstory. The music is fitting, with fantastic piano BGM and the usual end-of-route epic guitar feature songs. They did a great job with the expressive character art. The CGs are fantastic; they are well-detailed, and really help you get into the moment. There's so much depth to the characters and the story, even aside from the protagonists and the main heroines. My only real complaint is that the narrative drags on at times with overly metaphorical or complicated dialogue, and there are long stretches without too much plot development. Highly recommended for fans of long-winded drama and complex webs of character interactions.
14 comments 3 points
By apollofortynine on 2023-11-30r70391Vote: 7.5
<report>This VN is often recommended as one of the 'kamige' novels, but in my opinion is the worst of the lot by far. This VN falls for the common VN pitfall of totally disconnected heroines, they borderline don't exist outside of the common and their own route. I think 2 of the heroines quite literally don't appear in any other route.

The quality of the routes is also quite poor, basically being just borderline satisfactory for most of them.

The true route is decent enough, but would have benefited greatly from the 'main' cast having received attention earlier. By the time you hit the true route you've barely interacted with the cast you're supposed to care deeply about since the common.

All in all, if romance and drama is what you want, I strongly recommend White Album 2 over this.
2 comments 2 points
By Asgard751 on 2023-05-14Vote: 10
<report>I love this game, I count this game as the top five in my mind. Not only its excellent excited me, but also its amazing atmosphere rendering. This game explores self-worth and thinking about happiness. Anyone should play this game!
0 comments 0 points
By Hetchjkll on 2023-06-06Vote: 10
<report>A stunning masterpiece, I am amazed at the use of literary forms in this visual novel. One route in chapter three is particularly impressive. The beautiful music is perfectly integrated with the storyline, making it even more enjoyable. I love this work, and it has the potential to become one of my all-time favorite pieces.
0 comments 0 points
By Vinkit on 2023-06-04Vote: 10
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Full reviews

By nirman on 2020-12-22Vote: 4
<report>The opening scene of sakuuta really grabbed me and sucked me in reassuring me that all the hype surrounding it is indeed worth trusting. but after the intro's finished the writing quality abruptly nosedives into the ground and it remains in this pathetic state for a long time. Since everyone and their dog has already praised good things about this masterpiece I'll just focus on what really annoyed me.

Sca-ji really tests your tolerance for bullshit with too much wasteful padding, poorly written SoL events that doesn't really achieve anything, Weird dialogue writing that gives rise to really bizarre incoherent lifeless conversation tempo, Horny heroines who seem like they are straight out... Read more »
8 comments 20 points
By nanodesu8 on 2021-05-06Vote: 8
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22 comments 8 points
By char-67 on 2022-05-02Vote: 9
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0 comments 8 points
By ddgg on 2023-03-13Vote: 9
<report>*First half is spoiler-free, spoiler sections will be marked below*
Sakura no Uta… where do I start?...
I guess I should preface this by saying I don’t plan for this to be a super in-depth analysis, but instead for it to be a shorter, impression-based review, mostly because I wanted to get my thoughts down before finishing Sakura no Toki (I’m currently one chapter in). However, knowing myself and the fact that I plan to divide the review into multiple subsections anyway, I expect this to end up pretty long.

Sakura no Uta -Sakura no Mori no Ue o Mau- (SakaUta for short) is a visual novel developed by Makura released in 2015 and roughly translates into “The Poem of Sakura: Dancing Above the... Read more »
0 comments 6 points
By onorub on 2022-03-04Vote: 8.6
<report>During the year and a half i read this on and off, my rating for it kept fluctuating and it was truly a testament to how you can't accurately give a opinion on this VN before reading everything. Common route while slow, keeps you wondering what is going to happen next. Then the chapter 3 routes while having fine storylines, feature absolutely atrocious comedic dialogue which dragged the whole thing down for me. Finally, chapters 4 through 6 kick the VN up a notch with chapter 6 even having good comedy, which keeps me wondering if the author had a crappy high school life and that's why he couldn't make the comedy for chapter 3 feel more natural.

One thing of note is that most reviewers see... Read more »
3 comments 1 point
By DankAF999 on 2023-04-27r69289Vote: 10
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By Sreilant on 2023-11-30r70391Vote: 9.8
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