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Review of Hikoukigumo no Mukougawa

SubjectHikoukigumo no Mukougawa
Hikoukigumo no Mukougawa - Download Edition
ByHelpfulness: 2
Vote: 6.4
mdzz on 2020-09-21 last updated on 2020-09-22
ReviewHikoumukou attempts to answer the question of "What is love?" and provides a meaningful, albeit underdeveloped answer to it. The work is centered around Mishio Eiri - her character is dynamic & she develops through the course of the work. The more you like her character, the more you'll like the work - she makes some understandable, but not-that-fun-to-read mistakes throughout the course of the work. Her route, while not officially the 'true' route, is the most complete & should be read last.

The other heroines are likable, but most of their routes are underwhelming (either too rushed, or have no bearing on the story itself). This is a shame, as some of the heroines are really fun to read. The protagonist is not a hetare, but he's 駄目 all the same (most of the drama could have been avoided if he wasn't the way he was - this is done 'meaningfully' though). Perhaps he's realistic through is inability to take 'explosive' action (the type of guy to console the bully to change his/her heart rather than to confront the bully head-on; great for a Lifetime movie - but the reader never feels 'catharsis').

Ultimately, Hikoumukou has meaningful lessons that it wants to convey - reception of them will be contingent on how well you're willing to listen when the events often feel dumb.
2 points
#1 by clephas
2020-09-22 at 02:56
< report >Umm... Mina's path is by far the weakest of the three. When I recommend this game, I usually recommend players only do Eiri's path, because it is the most complete and has the best ending. Iroha's path is better than Mina's, even... that is despite Iroha's path still being weaker than I'd like.
#2 by mdzz
2020-09-22 at 03:53
< report >^ Yeah, you're right, was a typo on my part. Not sure why I put in Mina's name. link

Edited her name for Eiri.Last modified on 2020-09-22 at 03:53
#3 by funnerific
2023-01-16 at 01:03
< report >I just wanted to add that there's quite a lot of issues with CGs in this game. Often they don't match the events as described by the text. It even becomes a pretty major issue in some cases (and that one Iroha H-scene got ruined entirely - it gets her left eye's color wrong, unlike in the sprite, and the penetrative part of the scene neither shows pretty much anything other than her face and breasts, nor aligns with the text, showing a completely different position halfway in).

And yes this is with the patch applied.


Personally, I was a huge fan of Eiri, she's got a lot of depth and is really attractive as a heroine, even if I don't like big-breasted girls.