Got charmed by the sweet and heartwarming cover art, as well as by the deep mountain countryside atmosphere... I just love that type of setting.

But it wasn't great in the end. Too short to build something captivating. The little survivalist scenes in the wild are basically all the game has to offer. I would have liked some real flashbacks where you see the scope of the apocalypse firsthand. With such a scenario there was a way to do something bigger, related to the pandemic of the past two years IRL. But I guess the ambition of Natsu no Owari is more modest. honorable mentions to Itou Shizuka's great performance, the Higurashi-style opening, and the bad end which was quite beautiful, despite the fact that I had no attachment whatsoever with the characters.

Kazuki Fumi will be back in November with Zwei Trigger, I'll keep an eye on it.