Review of Konata yori Kanata made

Subject	Konata yori Kanata made Konata yori Kanata made - Download Edition
By	Helpfulness: 3 Vote: 5.5mdzz on 2020-09-14
Review	Konokana is a reflective work on dying - its effects on the person & on others. The terminally-ill protagonist ruminates on what it means to live "ideally"; in each route, the protagonist comes out differently on this predicament. Ultimately, while konokana raised & dipped into interesting ideas, its execution of them was cursory. Takehaya's writing during the philosophical interludes & climactic points is best described as simple, but engaging. His writing outside of these points - the slice of life & 'plot' connecting these events - felt dull & soporific. His characters are archetypal - even the main heroine felt more 'symbolic' than personal. Takehaya's terse writing avoids making the work seem melodramatic at the cost of the reader's emotional attachment to its events & characters.
	3 points

#1 by clephas
2020-09-22 at 03:46

< report >This is more of a case of something becoming dated because its formulas got copied a ridiculous number of times in the years after. Konakana's characterizations are excellent for the time it was made, but by modern standards they are bare bones. While I consider this a kamige, I can't fail to admit that is also a game that is more designed to make you think on the themes than love the characters. This was fairly typical in nakige and utsuge from the early era, where characterization was minimal.