VN reading club - June 2015 (Yume Miru Kusuri)

[Fred the Barber]

Vorathiel, I'm curious

- if you used a guide

- whether you played Mitsuki's bad end

- if so, what order you played the ends in

I wasn't using a guide initially, and my choices led me to Mitsuki's bad end, which hit me like a truck. If you didn't have that same experience, I would bet the experience of Mitsuki's route would not be as good.

[Vorathiel]

7 hours ago, Fred the Barber said:

Vorathiel, I'm curious

- if you used a guide

- whether you played Mitsuki's bad end

- if so, what order you played the ends in

I wasn't using a guide initially, and my choices led me to Mitsuki's bad end, which hit me like a truck. If you didn't have that same experience, I would bet the experience of Mitsuki's route would not be as good.

1) Yeah, I used it. Just as usuall - first playthrough in blind (I ended with Aeka), next ones with guide.
2) Of course I did. 
3) Aeka bad end (early one) -> Aeka good end -> Aeka bad end (the second one, impossible to achieve while playing with common sense) -> 'regular bad end' -> Mitsuki bad end -> M good end.

I suppose it would hit me more if I would got bad ending unknowingly. But I don't think it would hit me with 'feels', rather... laughter maybe? Hard to say, but it wasn't a 'strong' ending. It was rushed, it was delivered in one sentence from the narrator, and now you had to feel something. Even when I knew I'm going for a bad end, it's simplicity, rushedness, shortness, and 'out-of-nowhereness' just surprised me and not in a positive way. 

PS - Nekoko is nearly as bad, sigh. (I'm almost in the middle).

[Fred the Barber]

Ok, fair enough. Somehow that hurried delivery of Mitsuki's bad end was actually an effective storytelling mechanism for me. I got a fair bit of an emotional rush from it, which in turn helped me enjoy the good end more as well.

[Vorathiel]

...and done.

Nekoko was more cohesive and thus more entertaning, altjhough nowhere as good as Aeka.
I would rate her route 6.5

Overall grade is 6.5. Time For Cyber Slayer. ^^

[Weis13]

Man the conversations here are awesome.

Yume Miru Kusuri, would play this shit again and again just for Aeka Shiraki.

This novel was definitely one of first few faves I had when I first started reading vns and like most of  have said the rest of the routes.... Well....

I would rather not touch on how psychadelic it can become..... On the H-Scenes.....

(Aeka's H scenes are awesome though)

Not all of them are bad though,

 

Here are my thoughts on the routes:

[Aeka's Route]

Aeka's route really connected with me cause I was once bullied to as a kid, and her route development was just pure satisfaction, plus the ending was simply sublime and perfect in my books.

I liked how the main character depicted how us humans have problems commiting and selflessly move away from our comfort zone for other's sake. But when we have a resolve we also have the ability to see it through. 

I like how the novel depicted the realism of getting bullied, about how hard it is to ask for help and even if you do it might either turn worst or they disregard you to save their own skin. The novel really drown you in the feeling of realism when you realize not everything will go the way just wanted (this applies to all routes).

And the ending really hit home with me, because as you grow older you will realize sometimes you need extreme measures to change a situation. And these situation always come with consequences that will put you in a setback in life, but that can not stop you from keep on improving yourself and working towards the future.

[Nekoko's Route]

Nekoko on the other well was a real fun roller coaster ride, after the great joy ride you will realize you will have to face reality sooner or later. Which brought a lot of realism to the topic on drugs. Her ending though was beautiful, I find that ending was rather charming and something I would definitely remember along with Aeka's ending.

[Mitsuki's Route]

Well she really aint much of my type, so my opinions can be biased but nevertheless this route never cease to amaze me in their "outworldly" H scenes next to nekoko. Like how??? I can't really enjoy this route cause it just never connected to me, honestly speaking she was the type of character I would never associate myself too even in IRL.

 

But overall this vn holds a very special place in my heart being one of the most realistic VNs at that time (except the H scenes) coupled with good music and bgm. Defenitely a good read.

Edited January 16, 2017 by Weis13