Review of Triangle Heart 3 ~Lyrical Omochabako~
| Subject | Triangle Heart 3 ~Lyrical Omochabako~ |
| By | Helpfulness: 2 Vote: 5zansnae on 2020-09-30 |
| Review | Lyrical Toy Box is a worthy excursion for only the most dedicated of fans and should not be attempted if your Japanese isn’t good. It’s more of a curiosity than anything. The VN is a fandisc and as such expects you to have a good deal of familiarity with its parent series (which I unfortunately do not have) as a lot of the character interactions (especially with the second half) depend upon your personal connection with the Triangle Heart cast. This is especially prevalent as the perspective will shift away from Nanoha, Chrono and Lindy to the peripheral cast to develop their own stories and subplots. Because of this Lyrical Toy Box can feel very unfocused. The first half is structurally very similar to the first season of the anime series, right down to the chapter names and plot beats. However, where the halfway point of the anime pivots dramatically into a military science fiction setting, the VN instead starts to lose focus and proceed to spend time with the cast of Triangle Heart 3 and their relationship with Nanoha and the world itself. Lyrical Toy Box is after all a spin-off of the original game with elements of the universe changed. I’ll be perfectly honest and say that I was bored for most of these, I desperately wanted the story to return to the “Idea Seeds” hunting and to Nanoha but that doesn’t happen until near the end where Momoko falls victim to the “Idea Seed”. Overall it’s fine I suppose. It didn’t infuriate me like Reflection or Detonation did and it didn’t turn Nanoha into a useless housewife. Worse things have happened in the franchise. Lyrical Toy Box is itself rather average and it does make you wonder if the series would have turned into the juggernaut it is today if the anime adaptation was more faithful to its source material rather than being the lesbian mecha mahou shoujo military science fiction show it is today. 5/10 [Originally published at link] |
| 2 points |