Welcome to this week VNTS Review. For the title, since we have both Kara no Shoujo 3 (English name is The Shell 3) and Tenshi Re-Boot released, I decided to make a parody of very well known anime, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, by changed 'Ghost' into 'Angel' (TL Note: Tenshi mean angel), so we have 'Angel in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex' as the title. As for this week, this should goes without saying that this is the biggest one in 2025 so far with several releases, with the most notable one are the aforementioned Kara no Shoujo 3 and Tenshi Re-Boot. Other than the releases, we also have Studio Frisay give the big updates in regard of Ushieta after months of silent. Overall, this week is a very interesting one, and let's see what I can write in regard of it.

First of all, we have Shiravune manage to release Kara no Shoujo 3 (Or The Shell 3 if you prefer English name) without much problem. Unlike the previous two title, this time Mangagamer still didn't have the chance to localize this, so it's not redundant release like the previous two. Still, you may want to pick all of Shiravune version of previous Kara no Shoujo duology, if only for the consistency seeing Lemnisca did work on the whole trilogy translation. For Kara no Shoujo 3, it's about Reiji who still reeling from the ending of Kara no Shoujo 2 was suddenly find out the mad painter Mamiya Shinzo was dead. Afterwards, Reiji was asked by her acquaintance Stella to help sorting the deceased belonging, only to find out a creepy painting which soon led into another tragedy. Kara no Shoujo 3 here is the last game of the trilogy which mean Innocent Grey deliver the conclusion in here, although I'm not sure if all people find the conclusion satisfying. At least, I can be certain there won't be mosaic in there because Innocent Grey didn't depict the sex explicitly. Go get Kara no Shoujo 3 if you've been waiting for the trilogy conclusion for either a year or nine years, and have fun.

After several months of silent, we finally have another update for Ushieta with the update itself is quite big. Said update is turned out the translator keep working on the VN editing, and therefore currently we have Ushieta is at 65.6% edited with three routes (Kaori, Airi, and Nagisa) are now fully edited. The translator also mention that he aim for March release, so let's see if we can see it happen later.

Mangagamer released Battle Scarred Homunculus which they announced back at AX, and feel free to get the VN if you've been waiting for it. For the reminder, it's about the alchemist who was betrayed by the kingdom because he didn't want to use his homunculi for war saw a discarded female homunculus full of injury, and the alchemist decided to take care of the homunculus. While the premise is quite nice, my focus is more on Mangamer is finally have the exact release date for Ixseal, with they will release it on February 27th later so you can note the date if you've been waiting for it.

After failed to deliver Tenshi Re-Boot into Steam twice (Which is understandable why they went so far to make it available on Steam if people understand the high sales number of Senren Banka on Steam) because of the ban by the reviewer, Nekonyan finally managed to release Tenshi Re-Boot on several other platforms (JAST, Mangagamer, and Denpasoft). For the premise, it's about Riku who has the nightmare was getting kissed by the angel in the dream. Afterwards, Riku find himself suffer from erectile dysfunction which deal a blow to his daily life as eroge fan, although soon later Riku find another shocking reveal with him turned out to be the reincarnation of the demon lord from another world. As if the dramatic reveal is not enough, he also find out the angel in his dream, Noa, come to live together with him, and thus start Riku's turbulent new life. While the premise seems to be dramatic enough, one should be remember that this is Yuzusoft VN, which mean it would be mostly focused on slice of life. If anything else, I can say that Tenshi Re-Boot has high production value. Go get Tenshi Re-Boot if you want the newest Yuzusoft VN, and have fun.

Lastly, we have Sekai about to be release Harukuru on the Valentine day (February 14th) later, although it came with some string attached, namely they decided to release the 17+ version first with they negotiating for 18+ version. While at first we can dismiss it as another instance of Sekai's blunder, turned out the situation surrounding Harukuru is complicated, especially with the company seemingly already closed down if we knew the author worked on Silky Plus to developed the last game in Kururu series (Fuyukara Kururu), so it's inevitable the 18+ assets was already change the ownership. While we can say that Sekai should wait until the negotiation is over, I can see if they want to moved on from this. In the end, I can only hope there'll be no long wait for the 18+ version.

That's all for what I can write in regard of this week, and see you next week.