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Review of Sugar * Style

SubjectSugar * Style
Sugar*Style
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teamkazato on 2021-05-13
ReviewSugar Style is a Slice of Life - Comedy - Romance Visual Novel done by Smee and published by NekoNyanSoft.
It is very Similar to Making Lovers, The Same Type of Comedy, Characters, Looks, Artstyl and Music.
The Protagonist gets thrown into a All Girls Dormitory where all of our Main Girls live.

Thr Girls overall I say are pretty Good, although some of the Routes are replacable and lack a bit in substance.

Mao Minami's Route for one has actually really good Romance.
It was pretty cute to watch and read.
Hare's route is similar to that, just replaced the Childcare classes from Mao with Sports Classes (Hare is a Sports Freak).
then we have Ichika who wants to be a Cook or Baker in the Future.
And at last there is Kaname, the rich Beauty who lives in this Rundown Dorm and who is a Big Otaku actually.

One of the Big downsides of this VN in my Opinion is the Protagonist.
He is just so very Cringe, Pervy and Unrefined that a lot of the times it Hurts just listening to him and watch him tease the Girls.
I got used to him after a while, but that doesn't mean that he is good by any chance.

But there are moments where he in combination with the Girls is absolutely Hillarious.
Just like Making Lovers, I laughed out loud quite a few times during my read.

The Common Route consists of The Beginning, where you get to know each of the Girls a bit.
Shortly after that you choose your Girl already.
After that, it Switches between the common route and the so Called Episodes of the Girl you have choosen and the Job you have selected.
And after the 8 Girl Episode, you enter her Route.
You can select between 4 different Jobs in this VN:
Carpenter, Security, Housework and Entertainer.
Those Jobs don't influence your choosen Route, it is just there to bring some variety between your overall Playtime in this Visual Novel.
And that is a good thing.
You also get to investigate a little bit the room of your choosen Girl which, again doesn't influence the Route of your Choice at all.

The Music overall I say is pleasant to listen to, but overall it isn't anything special, and not something that you absolutely have to listen to.
Art is just almost on par with Fureraba and on the Same lvl as Making Lovers. It is really good.

My Personal Ranking of the Girls Routes looks like thins.
1: Mao, 2: Hare, 3: Ichika and 4: Kaname.
it doesn't mean Ichika and Kaname are bad, I just didn't liked them and their Route that much.
Especially compared to Mao.

Btw Sugar * Style is very Cheap. I got it for 23€ at launch, and this a fairly Long Visual Novel. I finished it in ~20 Hours. Slow readers will take ~30 Hours. As a Comparison, Re:Zero was half as long with almost tripple the Price (60€).

This would have been a 9/10 if the Protagonist had been better.

So my Final Score for Sugar * Style is gonna be a 8/10
It is a Very Good Comedy Visual Novel.

Those are my Words to Sugar * Style.

Kazato Out.
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#1 by dchsflii
2021-05-13 at 18:21
< report >MC is a goofball, but actually kind of quick on his feet with jokes, antics, comebacks, etc and not so pathetic as the really bad ones. He's a MASSIVE pervert though, even by moege standards. Makes the average Yuzusoft protag seem like they've ascended to ascetic enlightenment. Agree it would have been better if they toned him down a bit.Last modified on 2021-05-13 at 23:15
#2 by phantomjs
2021-05-13 at 21:53
< report >#1
SMEE's protagonists are like that coz it fits the comedic tone of their titles. If you want to read similar Visual Novels but with MCs which aren't so over the top, you should read Hooksoft's recent games as they are basically SMEE-lite VNs (this statement doesn't include Yubisaki Connection as I haven't read that yet)

And I don't get why are you referencing Yuzusoft's Protagonists. Non of them are even close to being similar to SMEE games' Main CharactersLast modified on 2021-05-13 at 22:55
#3 by dchsflii
2021-05-13 at 22:41
< report >#2
I thought he did a lot of funny stuff that wasn't sexual and I liked that he is goofy, overreacts to stuff, and is generally game for crazy antics. Of course it's reasonable to have some sex jokes. But I think the comedy is better when he's reacting to the girls rather than when he's just staring at their boobs while ignoring what they say and then they get mad at him.

And I mentioned Yuzusoft because they are a notable developer of moeges, since I claimed MC here is perverted even compared to other notable moege.Last modified on 2021-05-13 at 22:44
#4 by phantomjs
2021-05-13 at 22:58
< report >#3
Then I think you should probably say something like ' Makes the average Eroge protag seem like they've ascended to ascetic enlightenment' instead. You singled out Yuzusoft's MCs and it makes it seem like their protagonists are specifically similar to SMEE's