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Review of Mirai Radio to Jinkou-bato

SubjectMirai Radio to Jinkou-bato
Mirai Radio to Jinkou-bato
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genuineparts on 2023-03-17 last updated on 2023-03-21
ReviewWell this was a surprise to me, even though I played a Laplacian Title before with Newton and the Apple Tree. And somewhat the same feeling of "Oh this is going to be a weird Moege..." I had starting that. And weirdly enough it's just so far removed from the Suspension of Disbelief that you go "Yeah that is probably not worth my time." Going into this I was fully convinced I'd trash it in a review and by the time I realized it's much deeper and more engaging I had already fallen.

Let's start with the Technical stuff again: The art is quite well done, the BGM is Jazzy and never obtuse or annoying, I have not encountered Bugs or Typos that I'd have noticed. So from the Start a solid 4-5 on the VNDB Richter Scale.

Story: Whowee we're gonna unpack a lot of things during our Playtime, and once you get to the first Choice of the VN with one option cruelly greyed out... You probably feel the same conflict the MC does. And as the story advances you probably forgot that you played a Moege in the first place. This is twists and turns in the story done right. And even if the whole premise sounds like someone taking inspriation of /r/birdsarentreal it really turns up the intensity and backstory.

Whoever tagged it "Comedy" on Jast is a deeply disturbed individual. I'd rate the amount of tears to Comedy the same as Nanairo Reincarnation

It's a solid 9/10 for me and some weird admiration of Laplacian. It's still weird to me how all of their VNs start with some Scientific premise but explain very little, like an antithesis to the SciAdv series but still manage to merge the weird story and the moege it supposedly is. It's good, not perfect but surprisingly very good for something you'll probably feel little about once you start out.
2 points
#1 by cheekyman07
2024-03-08 at 12:08
< report >You make a good point that I kind of realized after you said it. The Scientific premises I mean. The way that it's treated is not overly intrusive, and I think that's why it works despite the plot in Laplacian games not going to great lengths to explain every little detail about the Science behind it all.

It instead tries to depict how it would effect the lives of people, how different it would make the world. Rather than going so hard on trying to explain it all, it plays more so on things that have already happened and are happening and the results of those things. I think that makes it feel grounded and relatable, and kind of leaves it open for the reader to ponder about themselves.