Comments on: Narcissu: Visual Novel Review

By: shinji

shinji — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:26:43 +0000

Pandering to male audience… yup I agree and you can almost always see this in VNs. But from another point of view, maybe the author is trying to show two time frames in the VN, one is death or the ultimate end which was selfishly depicted by Setsumi which is the very same end the guy will inevitably go through; and second the initial stage of dealing with the disease as depicted by the guy’s character which is probably the same stage that Setsumi has undergone. So while they’re both bound to die, two pictures were presented through two different characters.

Don’t know if that makes sense hehe. ^^

By: ritchan

ritchan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:39:06 +0000

I wasn’t bemused when I figured out that the female was the focus of the story, even though the guy himself is also terminally ill. I mean, c’mon! ‘I will remember her forever’ when he’s going to die soon too? Talk about pandering too much to a male audience! By the end of the novel, you feel like she’s like the only one dying. Like she’s the only one that matters.

Hmm, maybe that’s supposed to feel like that.

By: shinji

shinji — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:51:28 +0000

@coeli: check your email ^^

@choo & lanie-emon: yes the character design is really nice to look at but since this was inteded to be a minimalist novel, you won’t see much character images. This made it different from typical VNs. But that’s what I like about it.^^

@onyxx: lol, I like this kind of stories but some don’t really dig sad plots ^^

By: onyxx

onyxx — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:34:48 +0000

arresting visuals. i hope it’s not a bawl fest

By: lanie-emon

lanie-emon — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:00:50 +0000

I do love a good story and the chara design looks nice as well…

By: Choo

Choo — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:22:49 +0000

the characters seem nice. I meant their drawings. Novel as in inside is full of words and very lil pictures? XD

By: coeli

coeli — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:41:46 +0000

Penge kopya!!