A game that cares so deeply for its characters that simply getting to sit down and drink with them becomes a deeply satisfying, enriching experience. I want so badly for all of this cast to live peacefully, but this is the first half of an RPG with a gigantic scale, and thus, things must escalate.

And when they do, it hits so hard because I felt like I'd truly lived with the whole cast. I'd gotten drunk with Atuy after yet another relationship of hers fell through the cracks, I ate far too much food with Kuon, I walked through the capital with Nekone, I helped Rulutieh make sweets, and I watched Nosuri make terrible bets that she thought for sure would be winners.

And then it's taken away, coldly and cruelly, and almost nobody knows the truth of it beyond you and a girl who's now been forced to play the role of your sister. You have to deceive everyone you've held so dear for so long.

Genuinely one of the best cliffhangers I've ever seen. I went straight from this into Truth. I couldn't stand to wait. Incredible, incredible game.