Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo - One of the best visual novels

by feal8726. January 2011 22:00

Hello again,

This time we'll talk about the erogè I most liked between all that I played till now. Its name is "Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo" and is made by the company Propeller known for "Bullet brothers" and others action series.

Let's say it before I start so probably it would serve as a warning. Go and play immediately this game if you still haven't, this is in my honest opinion the best game (global-wise) from the last few years!!!

Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo

Story :

The story starts up quite simple. A boy, Suu Sasamaru , go to a art school in the mountains where he knows that will be reunited with its childhood friends, Kumigami Hiyo, Yumeno Araragi, Kashi Harutsuge. He is quite positive about the reunion, when he arrive instead all, but Hiyo give him cold shoulders without him knowing why this is happening. He has been told through mail by Hiyo that all were waiting for him to return...after some initial refusal he decide to pick up the situation and shows his own friendship to the others by becoming the leader of the effort toward the festival happening in the school where each class (identified by a color) fight the other class with an artistic concept following their own color.

Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo

This is a very little part of the true story. After the starting part where he tries to recover the lost friendship, things start to go weird. The whole game is divided into loops in which the story resets by unnatural means into determined part of the story, but take another branch. He fails to understand Hiyo feelings (in the first loop), and a sickness expand in the school in the others.

One thing I can say for sure. You won't be bored for most of the game, the game is filled with new content and never a filler space and everything will lead you to the UNIQUE ending of the game (yes this game has NO routes). You'll either explore a past event of either the main characters or some supporting character, or they'll make some joke or some obscure reference (I loved the talk between Hiyo and Suu, thought had to use wikipedia more than once to understand wtf they were talking about. Cool)

 Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo

Characters :

Each one of the characters are well defined and you can really touch their growth through the whole story. You feel their pain like they were yourself, and I admit to had cried once in a particular emotional scene.

Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori MoKitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo

Apart from the main four characters, we have a couple of recurring important characters. First of all the "blue sisters", their personality quite opposed and always seen together. (quite cute both), a delinquent from the black class (Nakarai Nobuo), the professor from their own class (Onitake-sensei), the misterious student council member (Waka) and some others. All of them have particular personality that get interwined with the others during the game. All of them have particular past or motives to their actions.

imageimage

Sound :

This is another great part of this game. The OP and ED are very beautiful songs from White Lips and the entire sound track is literally fantastic (I heard it countless times).

The voiceover of the characters was quite realistic and (incredible to say) even the main character was voiced (and had a very good voice) thought I cannot say the voice overs are at Fortune Arterial level.

Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo

Interface :

Quite standard interface, but very well designed graphically. It's certainly a step up from Fortune Arterial one, but still nothing that stands out. They could have gived us some more goodies. Embarassed

Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo

H Scenes :

The H Scenes were few (three of them) and almost all focused on Hiyo, the true heroine, nevertheless were well done and pretty romantic. The CG used were graphically nice just like the rest of the game. Scenes are fortunately well timed, and with no sudden appearances.

Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo

Conclusions :

What are you doing still here? Go and PLAY IT. This is a game no sane person would miss (if they care even a little about the story).

Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo

Story : 95%
Characters : 95%
Artwork : 95%
Sound : 90%
Interface : 80%
H Scenes : 85%
Overall : 90%               

The game's OP :

See you next time for another review,

feal87

P.S. I forgot, Hiyo is mine. Ok? Yell

Comments (5) -

1/27/2011 8:39:09 AM #

warum

Mi-mi-miruku chii~

I loved Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo as well. It was one of the most beautiful eroge both CG and scenario-wise, and one just can't help but be immersed in the world described by Shumon Yuu.

The upcoming title by propeller, すきま桜とうその都会, looks to be of similar feel. I know I'm looking forward to it!

warum | 22 Comments - starstar | Reply

1/27/2011 8:44:52 AM #

feal87

Same, from when Micchi pointed it out to me, I'm hounding their website for more info. :Q___

feal87 | | Reply

3/1/2011 5:06:42 AM #

Daiho

Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo!
Is their an english edition? I tried to look it up but i couldn't find anything! I really want to play it but i don't speak Japanese!!!

Daiho | 2 Comments | Reply

3/1/2011 8:07:19 AM #

feal87

Nope, as almost any erogè out there there is NO english version. You have to learn japanese or rely on some translation software, search around the net. You'll find something.

feal87 | | Reply

3/1/2011 1:20:23 PM #

Daiho

Ok, thank you

Daiho | 2 Comments | Reply

Add comment




biuquotespoiler
  • Comment
  • Preview
Loading


Month List

Category list

Recent news

22/01/2012 09:13 : We are 1 year old! Thanks to everyone!

Get your blog listed in our Anime Blog RSS Aggregator!

There are two new ways of visualizing screenshots and posts.

Screenshots Navigational Grid
Post Navigational Grid

Recent Screenshots

Dracu-Riot - I cant leave you now, or the story will end!
Dracu-Riot - I cant leave you now, or the story will end!
Dracu-Riot - Im so jelly protagonist! Im so jelly!
Dracu-Riot - Im so jelly protagonist! Im so jelly!
Dracu-Riot - What a cutie is Erina in this superdeformed CG...
Dracu-Riot - What a cutie is Erina in this superdeformed CG...
Dracu-Riot - Ehm...the cream or me?! :P
Dracu-Riot - Ehm...the cream or me?! :P
Dracu-Riot - Not at all, theres nobody who can match your beauty
Dracu-Riot - Not at all, theres nobody who can match your beauty

Give a look at the other screenshots

Last week top commenters

Bernardo LaraBernardo Lara
44 comments
cheezeburgerzcheezeburgerz
19 comments
SparkNorkxSparkNorkx
18 comments
Dusk252Dusk252
13 comments
Ecchi CatgirlEcchi Catgirl
11 comments
Fukou daFukou da
11 comments

Recent Comments

Blogs Heartbeat

Blogs alive : 271 (38.28%)
Blogs dead : 364 (51.41%)
Blogs unreachable : 73 (10.31%)

Server Status

Blog Statistics :

Date creation blog : 22-01-2011
Posts count : 639 Posts
Series count : 206 Series
Comments count : 15226 Comments

Media Usage Report:

3327 Wallpapers (1.72 GB)
258 Videos (1019.21 MB)
291 Manga Cover (223.96 MB)
3 Figures Image (2.65 MB)
2175 Screenshots (708.7 MB)
494 Audio Files (64.43 MB)
Google Reader Subscribers : 99

Website Statistics

721925 visits

2177275 page views

Updated on 21/05/2012 23:51:56 GMT+1