Song of Saya

gonna download this only for a challenge
dunno what's waiting for me though

Forgot to say that i read VN for the story,
So Saya no Uta has comes up as the best story so far...

Good and intelligent people... Do not listen to the lies that are posted in these very comments. Saya no Uta has a very good story. And IS worth reading. It is not as bad as most of the dumbasses here are saying.

hey can someone extract the CG from the NPA for me please ive tried and all i achieved where broken jpeg files

This thing wasnt as strong as i thought it would be, they said it would be a "gore-fest" and shit but it was actually only the walls and something here and there
I'd say im dissappointed but the story was actually good so im happy with it

Hey, I just downloaded the files, but in the folder called "Song of Saya" there's an application ton run the game, but also an other application to install the game... Which must I use ?

I'm a female in my 20's.

I first heard about this game just out of high school and researched its plot/screenshots through a few sources (including wikipedia). Both the storyline and artwork seemed very creative and interesting, but I forgot about it over the years... Until a few months ago.

Downloaded the soundtrack first. I love it; 3 or 4 tracks in particular (Song of Saya II & Sin are my favorites).

I finally came across this page a few weeks ago, downloaded the game and finished one of the various endings. WOW. JUST WOW.

I really don't mind the gore, because to me, it isn't overly \visually\ graphic; The music, the voice actors, the text... all of these make the game creepy, disturbing and emotional. I love how you are able to read the thoughts of each character; their hope, desperation, despair, thoughts of insanity. It really sucks me into the game and makes me feel for each character. I never once felt like vomiting, but there were times I did want to hide under a blanket with the lights on.

Anyway, I took a short break, but I'm replaying it for another ending! Song of Saya is very entertaining for those who don't mind disturbing storylines.

Wow, people. You seriously need to be nicer to each other and calm down. Take some MDMA together, and stop biting off each others' heads. Opinions should be welcomed, not shunned.

On the topic of Saya no Uta, I enjoyed reading this years ago. Quite the utsuge in that it has some of the most memorably depressing endings I have read in VNs. "Glass no Kutsu" is a great ending theme.
Also, while gory, I don't remember this being a "gorefest" so much as a "darkfest." I didn't find it to be unreasonable in its violence.

Hi there guys, I just starting to play this game recently and I find the storyline got my interest. I love this game.

By the way, can anyone tell me the location of the save file for the official translation? I need to back it up after I finish the game as I'll uninstall it.

and also is it just me or the drawing of the official is differ from the fantranslate?

I own both version for about half a year but now only I have the time to install and enjoy lol

judging from the Tags of this novel, I can see, that I'm gonna have nightmares, after reading this :(

Yup, I just had nightmares last night O_O

Well, i've only read the earlier parts of the fan translation .. so i'm gonna go ahead and jump to this one. And I must say, uncensored is always better.

I absolutely cannot play this game no matter what efforts I put forth. it keeps saying "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application" I've tried updating my direct X. I've tried dragging and dropping those 5 .dll files in safe mode and restarting my computer. Just nothing works.
can anyone help me?

I have gotten quite far and when I saved and reloaded that save later it gets stuck on the screen I saved on, it doesn't allow me to go to the next line of dialogue or access the menu. It also doesn't let me close the game from the 'x' in the top right corner, I have to go through the task manager.

If anybody knows a way to fix this please tell me, I don't feel like restarting all the time and then skipping for ages.

I did not see the horror tag evan though it was obviouse (shaking)

Just finished this... Wow, one hell of a story! It may seem pretty fucking disturbing in the beginning, but, after a while, you'll get use to it, and it may even seem mild. Nevertheless, it still has great atmosphere and some pretty fucked up moments even after that point. It does an absolutely brilliant job of conveying emotions of the characters to the player, to the point that it made me fall in love with an eldritch horror.

If you're only looking for fap material, though, I'm afraid you'll most probably be disappointed, as this focuses more on the plot. Yes, there are sex scenes, but are fairly sparse compared to the whole horror/mystery/romance thing going on.

All in all, 9/10, would be a 10 but steps on a few of my pet peeves.

Good evening everyone.

Just going to leave my 2 cents.

I read this almost 7 years ago, and I still remember the whole story.

In most shows/games/stories we are presented to a manichaean reality. The hero is mainly good, and the villain is mainly evil. Even defining characters as heros and villains is something we are prompted to do.

Well, this story shows a different way to look at things. There is no black or white character. They all oscilate in the GRAY.

The story is told in a way that makes you understand the character's motives, regardless of morals you might have.

I gotta say I, despite feeling troubled about it, would not act so differently if I was in Fuminori's shoes.

The story is a work of art, with Fumonori and Saya's love being key to shaken all the foundations of the world.

Quite literally, really.

Read it, enjoy it, and thank me later.

It's worth noting that the officially released version of JAST USA's Saya no Uta has cut dialogue, including a missing bit of epilogue after the New World Order ending. If you want to see the game in it's entirety, you'll have to download the fan translation and apply the patch to a Japanese version of the game.

This started off pretty promising with an unsettling atmosphere and mystery, but after the first choice devolved into early 2000s style Incel fantasy territory. The bloody atmosphere and gore became routine, and I quickly lost any sort of connection or sympathy for our main characters. Initially I understood Saya/Fuminori's single minded pursuit of a goal at all costs, but then after the first choice they became sadistic and jealous without buildup? Saya's reasoning for the mindbreak/rape was there, but Fuminori is written as a total "men can't help themselves" incel. I could understand if Fuminori himself was so mindfucked he himself was warped, but the story gives only minimal exposition or acknowledgement of his madness.

So far it reads like an average mystery with some early-2000s style incel fantasy thrown in. No idea why it has such positive reviews, hoping other routes will redeem story somewhat.