This game is so wholly unique and bizarre, so clearly a time capsule of an internet era, so niche in it's appeal, so insane of a concept, that I can't help but appreciate it. There is no other game like Asagao and I doubt there ever will be anything like it ever again. For that alone, I think it's something to admire. Or at the very least. something to be fascinated by.

That's not to forget the well written, detailed and engaging script, the really pretty artwork and the killer soundtrack. It's clear from the effort the devs put in and the themes the game explores that there's a lot of heart here. It all collides together to make what would be a very well assembled but straight forward shojo visual novel, if it wasn't for the inclusion and branding of Normal Boots in the game.

It's something that's pretty much inseparable from Asagao. Which makes for a confusing emotional experience, for when I played this back in 2016 but even more so now. I don't know if I would ever go back and play this for that reason. But that all the more, just makes it stick out in my mind as the weird oddity of a game it is.