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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 10.5 hrs on record
Posted: Aug 3, 2016 @ 7:54am
Updated: Aug 12, 2016 @ 8:57pm

Likes:
O Excellent graphic and cinematography; tons of CGs for a 10-hour long visual novel.
O Eccentric but very memorable casts. Basically, everyone apart from the protaganist has a few screws loose... in a good way.
O Great voice acting. Unfortunately, the protaganist is not voiced.
O Good variety of BGMs and very catchy opening theme song.
O Interesting overarching theme about memory and magic.
O Absolutely gorgeous opening movie.

Dislikes:
X Chapter 1 is somewhat simple and pretty basic slice of life story by itself. I guess we will probably get a bigger picture and more depth in the overall plot once other chapters are available.
X The protaganist is quite bland.

Remarks:
- This is a kinetic novel, i.e. a visual novel with no branching plot, with approximately 10 hours reading time. Thus, gameplay and replayability are nonexistence here.
- Avoid this if you are not into slice of life story.
- Though the story in Chapter 1 is pretty much self-contained, it definitely end up foreshadowing a potential plot point in Chapter 2.
- The entire series can become a hit or miss depending on the upcoming chapters.

Conclusion:
One of the best looking and soothing visual novel. It certainly have high potential to be a memorable series if the succeeding chapters can add something more interesting to the overarching theme. With that said.... how much longer do I have to wait for the next chapter, damn it! -*-
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Aug 21, 2016 @ 8:55am 
For the next chapter keep an eye on http://www.mangagamer.org/minori/

Nice review sums up what to expect and i also hope we get to see them all.