Well, it easily took me well over ten hours but I’ve finally finished Coco’s route. The method in which the writers meld all of the storylines into one narrative is really very smart and the way in which the plot unfolds is equally brilliant. Whenever new information arises to explain something, a new mystery is also presented. This keeps the reader guessing all the way through to the end. What’s also cool is that there are some random hints populated throughout the game that actually leads the reader astray purposely to maximize the shock value to the readers.

I’d highly recommend this visual novel to anyone that has the patience to sit through all the text that this game has, it’ll definitely be worth your while.

I haven’t gone through any of the game’s bad endings yet though I’m not sure if I’m going to get to those right away as I’m planning to shift my focus to CHAOS;HEAD and replaying FFXII instead.

I’ve been working on Coco’s route in Ever17 for a while and it’s pretty much driving me insane. A lot of really shocking stuff has been revealed thus far but there are still many unsolved mysteries left. There’s also a feeling on the back of my head that’s causing me to doubt the recent revelations I’ve been presented. It could all just be a charade after all, I don’t know.

I should be done tomorrow, I’ll report back then.

The CD single for “Find the blue” is now available at the usual place. I highly recommend you give the single a try as both songs are very good.

I have to admit that it is proving difficult for me to get used to the full version of “Find the blue” since I’ve heard it so many times in its shortened form from rewatching CHAOS;HEAD’s opening sequence. This is a frequent problem I encounter since I always get too used to the shortened version of an opening or ending theme from repeatedly listening to it.

The B-side of the single, “Desire Blue sky”, is a totally different story though. The song is really, really good. I’ve been listening to it quite a bit since yesterday.

Like with most CD rip releases, the single isn’t actually out yet, it will be on the 7th though. I have an order with CDJapan and should be getting my copy early next week at the latest.

I never thought I’d purchase any figures but I guess we all surprise ourselves sometimes.

I mean, you can’t possibly say no after seeing her cute face. Don’t you just want to set her proudly next to your monitor? I know I do.

I also considered getting a second figure with this order (you know, if you buy one, might as well buy two, right? Actually, that doesn’t really make any sense, but anyway…), namely, the Kureha one from Kotobukiya, but, eh, I don’t know. I really like her pose but something about her face just bothers me. Unfortunately, the MAX FACTORY one has long been sold out, so that wasn’t an option. Oh well, if I ever consider getting another figure, I’m sure I can just tack it onto this order, I mean, it’s not like I’ll be getting my Miku one anytime soon with its September release. Yeah, that’s right, it’s coming out in September…and preorders just started a few days ago, what a world. These figures go out fast I guess.

Anyway, there are a few more pictures of Miku at GSC’s official website if you’re interested and more elsewhere if you just google around a little.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, I made my order through the Kid Nemo Company.

It is time, to enter, the world of Ever17 -the out of infinity-.

This visual novel’s supposed to have mad plot twists, I will have to see it to believe it.

They’ve made a plethora of wallpaper images available for download from the official website, so you should go and take a look see at that if your screen size is 1600×1200 or smaller. People like me running on a 1920×1200 resolution are not so lucky though. Some clever cropping and background “space” filling may be in order to stretch the image to that size properly.

I’ve also managed to secure the CD cover for “Find the blue”, the game’s opening single.

I haven’t laid down an order yet but I think I will.

I cried, again…

I actually had accidentally spoiled myself of its emotional climax when I was jumping around. My original intent was to get a grasp of the storyline in question but as you can see, that didn’t really work out.

So you know, I thought, hey, I’ve got my manly wall setup around my heart now since I know what’s coming, I’m not going to be affected by this, no sir.

Yeah, just no. That was absolutely painful, I need to stop doing this to myself. I ought to take a break away from sad stories.

You may cry your heart out when you get to the ending, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Holy cow, that was heart wrenching.

I did not have much of a reaction at first, but as the ending played itself out, it just got progressively worse. I started off with the usual hacking coughs but then that evolved into sobs and sniffles. It ultimately spiraled down into tears.

It took me about four and a half hours to complete the game though I’ll admit I was doing other stuff once in a while so one could definitely finish it under that But, it’s probably quite difficult to find four or five uninterrupted hours in this day and age. ;)

I just finished creating a very simple page for the game on Wikipedia. Please contribute any information you happen to find onto the page. I’ll be adding more information to it in due time. It’s rather bland right now since I only wanted to get the page going.

So I was surfing around yesterday when I happened upon a new upcoming visual novel collaboration by Nitroplus and 5pb. named CHAOS;HEAD.

My perceptive readers will probably quickly notice that the characters look surprisingly like those of Myself;Yourself, the Futakoi series, or the Memories Off series. The obvious response to that of course is because it is by the same character designer, Mutsumi Sakaki.

Nitroplus has always had a reputation of making dark and suspenseful games and CHAOS;HEAD is certainly no exception. After some further research online about the game and its plot, I decided to give the game a go and downloaded the trial version yesterday. It didn’t want to run on Wine so I ended up booting into Vista this morning to give it a whirl.

I did not understand as many of the lines in the script as I did with ef’s demo but I still really enjoyed playing through the game. It gets pretty freaky at times and you can really feel the main character panicking when it seems like someone’s out to get him. The part where the protagonist confronts Yua near the end of the demo is particularly creepy. Although much of that scene’s credit probably has to go to Chiaki Takahashi who has really done an awesome job voicing that yandere. The other seiyuus also do a very good job. You folks will probably recognize Hitomi Nabatame, Daisuke Ono, and possibly Hiroyuki Yoshino. The score of the game, while matching the scenes quite well, is subtle enough to not divide the player’s attention and thus, does not detract the player from the gaming experience. It kind of reminds me how the music “works” in Final Fantasy XII in a way.

CHAOS;HEAD will be released in about three weeks on April 25th. Check out the usual suspects online if you’re interested in purchasing this visual novel.