One Night, Hot Springs

released on Aug 30, 2018
by npckc

Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...


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such a cute little visual novel about trans problems. worth a play since its free and super short. maybe it could be a liiiiitle more subtle about everything but its whatever.

foreword
I was looking around on backloggd and found this then bought the android collection on a whim because I can't sleep.

I got ending 2 so my review will be based off of that.

review
When I saw this game I thought the artstyle was cute and I thought it might help me understand the situation in Japan more and maybe I can also learn some more of my girlfriends situation.

you see, that's what I thought while going in. Instead, I'm surprised how much I instead related to a lot of it.. some dialogue hit so hard that I started to cry. I've been ignoring my gender struggles for a while that probably won't change but this was surprisingly more suspenseful and comforting then I expected going in!

..or I'm just sleep deprived, that's also possible.

closing word & final score explanation
I usually don't do proper reviews because all of my ratings are extremely personal and not me comparing it to anything else so let me say that this VN is not the best thing I ever played but it's perfect for what it is and that's all that I need to give this a 10/10. As for why I made this review it's because I'm bored, no really, that's the only reason why I played this at 6am it's now almost 8am this is all I've been doing for the past 2 hours because I'm sleep deprived and don't want to try and sleep again yet.

..also its a game that I feel could deserve a proper review.

would I recommend this?
if the description speaks to you and you at least don't mind VNs sure! I'm not the best person to ask this as I don't play VNs often.

Cute and short game. I stumbled upon this when searching for Android vns for time pass but it was surprisingly very good.

It explores topics and issues faced by people in real life. I am not a trans person but I can understand Haru's feelings of not fitting in. I recommend reading it if you have some time.

replayed before playing the other two

such a cute game, the bad options make me feel so terrible though...