A cute fantasy romance visual novel. One day you discover the other side of your partner you had never known. What is the truth beneath the masks?
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A cute coming-of-age story about learning to be honest about your feelings to the people you care about via the narrative device of waking up one day as a catgirl. How to Take Off Your Mask doesn't break new ground with its storytelling, but within the simplicity lies the charm. These childhood friends are clearly crushing on each other, but their fear of losing the other by being "different" keeps them from being honest, and so the rom-com commences. The story does try to be serious at times, though it undercuts its own plot by not fully explaining what's going on with the group who hates cat people (maybe they do in the other VNs in this series?), but the sugary sweet childhood friends romance is the real star here. I'd recommend this to someone looking for a fluffy low-stakes romance who are willing to accept that they might not get all the questions about this world answered.
This review contains spoilers
This is the first release in the Story of Eroolia franchise, and is a short, yet charming visual novel in which you play as a girl who wakes up one morning as a 'Luccretia' (aka. catgirl) in a world that is not quite so accepting of their kind.
There are six chapters all-in-all, with two separate good endings: one that follows down the Human route and the other, the Luccretia route. Due to how short this game is, there is only the one romantic interest that is featured and only a handful of side characters, but all of whom are beautifully voiced and illustrated.
The music is also really cute!
I had to remove a star simply for what I felt was a confusing and very vague ending, though I imagine the story will continue to unravel in the following sequels and all will become much clearer. I'd definitely be interested to come back to this series to see where exactly the story will lead us.
There are six chapters all-in-all, with two separate good endings: one that follows down the Human route and the other, the Luccretia route. Due to how short this game is, there is only the one romantic interest that is featured and only a handful of side characters, but all of whom are beautifully voiced and illustrated.
The music is also really cute!
I had to remove a star simply for what I felt was a confusing and very vague ending, though I imagine the story will continue to unravel in the following sequels and all will become much clearer. I'd definitely be interested to come back to this series to see where exactly the story will lead us.