As if to match the guitar I play in the afternoon music classroom.
As if to match the piano someone plays in the next room.
The pure singing voice from the rooftop connects the three disconnected melodies.
It all started on such a day in late autumn.
At that time, someone fell in love.
Everyone was doing their best. Everyone pushed on. Everyone was intent and honest…
We formed a bond and obtained a precious moment.
That’s why someone fell in love. A love that was too late, a love that shouldn’t have occurred.
And then comes winter. The falling snow covers all sins.
And spring eventually comes, melting the snow and imposing all punishments.
The cold breeze chilled me to the bone, a singing voice reached my ear-
That frozen song from 3 years ago,
It once echoed in the classroom, in the empty cafeteria, in the silent campus.
Born from passion, evolved by love yet ultimately, vanished as a “lying song”.
The winter where they were “three” was no longer. A new winter started as “one and one”
The season is late autumn.
A foreboding change is approaching although the scar of the severed bond is yet to heal.
2 lonely melodies attracted each other and hurt each other, summoning new one in the process.
The new winter will arrive soon.
The winter without her.
There will be no more white album, because I won’t sing again.
There will be no more unreachable love, because I won’t love again.
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Merry Christmas, admin :)
Been downloading eroge/vns from this site for a decade now.
Thank you for being a champion and bringing all these goodies for everyone here throughout the years. Your work is appreciated. Sincerely.
Happy holidays Admin!
Thanks as always Admin, Merry Christmas everybody!
Was running WA2.exe instead of WA2_en.exe.
Running the right exe worked fine.
I can sort of tell the quality of the game. Thank you so much admin
Arigatou Admin-samaaa <3
First of all, the characters are very well written and relatable, in particular the main trio: Haruki, Setsuna and Kizusa. Even if one character trait is missing among these 3, the scenario and direction of the story can never take shape. The VN shows that many contradictory feelings can exist inside a single person, each person has their own flaws and strength, how they behave is not always simple as it is and there's no true black and white just like in the real world. Even the side characters and side heroines are interesting and my most favorite among them is Takeya, the MC best friend as the side character and Chiaki as the side heroine who seems to be simple at first but complex with their own relationship, their own thought and action. The character is likeable which makes it very difficult for me to read the Kazusa true ending after having read Setsuna true ending since I've attached too much to these characters. I don't know if I can even finish this route since I'm so invested.
About the plot. the game is divided into 3 parts: Introductory Chapter, Closing Chapter, and CODA. Each of them can stand on its own with its proper conclusion and theme but they shine the most when you're playing all three. IC is the usual high school setting, CC is the rare university settings and CODA is the hard-to-find adult real-life setting compared with other VN. The 3 true endings hit the most with each having a very different feel, thematic and very resonating, The pacing is well balanced, not too rushed but also not too lengthy, every scene seem to have its own place and even the 3 side heroines story mingle well with the true route, making a heavy impact on the MC.
About all other aspect of the game, the art is well drawn, the sprite is comfortable to look at, the choice of music is phenomenal. Still 2 things that surprise me the most is first how the game takes control of your playing at emotional scenes and the quality of the H-scene. You don't have to click or choose an auto mode, and the scene is just slowly depicted in front of you without any input and it creates time for you to leisurely take in all the emotion of the scene. The H-scene are very well written, some having more impact than others but they are important for the story. Some of the examples are the last H-scene of IC, which in my opinion is the highest emotional climax of the chapter, the H-scene in Setsuna route of CC, which represents the everlonging feelingg and affection of Setsuna, or the series of H-scene in the cheating route of Coda, which represents the impending doom of where they go. I feel so spoiled now that I've read high quality H-scene I gonna over analyze other H-scene in other VN in the future.
Overall, for me, the VN is 10/10. one of the classic romantic VN. The VN is not for everyone as it's very emotional and can create a vastly different opinions among different people. Still, I will put it in the must-read category recommending.
P/s: Btw, does anybody know how to access the Kazusa concert choice in CC cuz I can't find how.
And I'm team Setsuna all the way.
Anyway the game was REALLY good, totally worth the pain it was to install - I've spent almost all my holidays on it, it went by in a flash :3
Thanks again though, admin.