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Review of Monkeys!¡

SubjectMonkeys!¡
ByHelpfulness: 4
Vote: 8
just-a-madao on 2022-01-16
ReviewVery unique introduction, interesting story setting, and great character designs. I especially liked how the narrative doesn't take itself too seriously and instead focus on telling an entertaining story while letting the readers grow attached to each character. The side characters are also very well written.

However, there are quite a few occasions where time skips and non-chronological scenes don't explain themselves very well. Mebachi's route was also quite confusing to understand until the very end. Karasu's route, despite being the true route, also felt a little anti-climatic, and the H scenes are inserted in some rather unnatural fashion (there was even an H scene that the MC dreamed up).

Still, it's a very entertaining read overall, and I loved the interactions between Saruyoshi and Karasu a lot. I wished they included more scenes where Karasu and co simply had fun together, instead of trying to solve all the problems in the world. It also felt much shorter than I expected; I wish it has a bit more content for Karasu's route at least. (Definitely looking forward to a fandisc or afterstory if they will make one for Monkeys)
4 points
#1 by Cenri
2022-01-16 at 22:35
< report >Yeah, it was definitely anticlimactic. Mebachi's route was the last one I read, and at that point I definitely felt like the story had gotten exponentially darker. When I read that initial revelation in Karasu's route all I could think was "there's no fucking way!"... only to subsequently give it a rather comedy-tinged twist and destroy all the tension built up to that point. I mean, that twist is consistent to the story, but I still felt it could have been approached in a better way.

Finally, yeah, I would have liked to see more interactions between Saruyoshi and Karasu, they were just amazing and had a great chemistry together haha
#2 by billiongull
2022-09-02 at 07:18
< report >I have the same opinion, really enjoyed the game but it would be better if they had gone for something simple and fun for Karasu's route