A stranger arrives at Utrecht's Dusk, a remote and almost deserted outpost of the once powerful and wise Knights of Utrecht.
He says he has been accused of a crime he did not commit, and requests their help.
But
the Knights are not what they once were. Utrecht, god of Justice and
their patron deity, has been missing for ten years, and can no longer
lend them magic or guidance.
Crocket, an unexperienced young squire, steps forward...
Thoughts:
- I love the injected bits of humor.
- I just love the art style. It's very different from both the "traditional" anime art and the western art style, but I really like it. :)
- The story is the best thing this novel has. The visuals are great, but the story is simply... beautiful. I love the way it's written, and I love how everything unfolds.
- The relationship between the stranger and Crocket is extremely... fascinating.
- Crocket reminds me a bit of myself. -___- I'm not childish, per se, but I... am quite... "child-like" It's child-like, okay?! Childish is when you throw tantrums or complain or grumble all the time. Child-like is when you're... "innocent", and easily pleased by the simple things in life. Like Crocket. She gets happy quite easily I think. :) She's not being shallow, she's genuinely happy. And despite being a knight, her underlying innocence is visible in the way she speaks.
- The Stranger... I dunno, his conversations with Crocket makes my heart beat oh-so-fast sometimes. It's really nakakakilig. (Nakakakilig: a Filipino word that means... err... it's when you see your crush and your heart starts beating wild and you want to scream out because of love and such. Hahaha.) I really like the two of them. There's this chemistry and it's really interesting. I'm a bit disappointed it didn't work out.
- Speaking of interesting, Deedra and Douglas are both quite interesting as well. Their relationship too, fascinates me.
- Murphy may look like a simple character, but I think he's quite complex. I quite li-- Oh gosh, I like all the characters. Can I just make a character review or something? :( [Be warned! Spoilers ahead.]
CROCKET - Really simple, and quite child-like in many ways. Even though she may seem stupid and slow, her heart is pure and innocent, as most "stupid" and "slow" characters are. I think this is because they don't think or plan to become better than others because they're okay with themselves being simple. She's a really interesting character, as despite being simple, she has a lot of depth to her.
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He's... sort of tsundere. In a way. |
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Crazy is the term. |
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Her face... reminds me of the Beldam from Coraline. |
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Strangely, I think he's charismatic. |
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She's nice. Enough. Nice enough. |
GILLAN -Kia's grandfather. He has been a Knight for a long time. He's really quite wise, as most old men are, but he has quite a temper. Nevertheless, he's also quite a character. I like his epilogues.
--DISLIKE--
- The lack of any good ending. Hahaha. This is a personal dislike guys. :) I understand that some like this, since... "not everything has a happy ending". I... respect that, but... I still would have liked it if something vaguely good actually happened. Especially since the characters here had such amazing relationships. It's sad to see that... nothing came of them all.
Anyway, I truly recommend that you guys read this visual novel! It's a really nice one. I give it 9 out of 10 strawberries. I only took one point because of the lack of a truly good end (this is a personal reason. Haha, I'm a sucker for happy endings), but... aside from that, this VN is truly amazing. :)
Download it here~