Interesting queer visual novel that reflects around themes of acceptance, freedom of personal expression, and social conventions that turn into judgmental actions and exclusion of those who appear to be different. The game structure requires you to make choices that subsequently result in the various endings and correspond to the exclusion of a scapegoat among the three main characters. However, it's only by managing not to exclude anyone that the true ending can be reached in which the true uniqueness of the game lies: only by refusing to play by the rules of the game and choosing, rejecting those who seem worse than we are we can all accept ourselves for who we really are, and be truly free from our own judgment and that of others.

the ~cozy game~ genre is one I'm often skeptical of, because in my experience such games tend to be narratively flat and aesthetically toothless. an easter basket color palette and an overuse of the word "wholesome" does not an original experience make

but! thanks to strange horticulture, I better get the appeal. sinking into this game for an hour or so after work has been a soothing daily endcap. a millennial dream, really: routine shuffling through stationery on an overcrowded desk and poring over a too big collection of plants. next you're going to tell me I don't have any roommates

the story and writing is exactly what it needs to be, and no more. you get to enjoy the recurring characters, especially friends, and just let the plot happen. and the plot happens, and it's fine, and it's as unobtrusive as it should be.

would very readily play another game in this format