Michiru > Yumiko > Sachi > Amane > Makina I played through Grisaia No Kajitsu when it was fan-translated and happily pledged towards paying the game & after playing the game (read it before) this is my recommended order. Makina > Amane > Michiru > Sachi > Yumiko It doesn't help that things spoilt/foreshadowed in one route can change your opinion of reading another route. However the game is coded in a way that even if you can read any of the heroines route in your own way, theres a standard way to reading the visual novel.
#Grisaia no meikyuu visual novel series#
Since Grisaia No Kajitsu was first released with this in mind and one of the one of MANY reasons why its such a popular VN series (It got two popular anime series adaptions in Japan, the 2nd seasons first episode being 1 hour long!!) & hence why this game is really good. This counts as it’s own title on MAL, and I will be giving it a 3/10, which is the same score that I have already given the series, though I like this much, much less than that. The worst part is that the tale is not yet over, it’ll be continuing next week with Grisaia no Rakuen.The Fruit of Grisaia (Grisaia No Kajitsu) is written in a way in that none of the routes is true routes which is good because it means you don't devalue one route you enjoy reading through because 'TRUE ROUTE DISREGARD WHAT I WROTE KK LOL' can oftentimes wreck Visual Novels if not done right. This was completely emotionally draining, the only brief respite was found in a training montage sequence that was made unintentionally hilarious by what seemed to be videogame boss music playing over it (a pretty common misstep Grisaia always makes). Yes, Meikyuu is technically “better told” and much more focused than the series, giving useful context to ground Yuuji’s personality and outlook – but I honestly can’t say this was a good experience, or even good storytelling whatsoever. I have mentioned above how the series gets pretty ludicrous with its events, the excesses have been somewhat reigned in here, leaving us with only bleak, “realistic”, unbridled brutality. This is Kazami Yuuji’s backstory, it’s role in the narrative is to show the events that have lead up to the present, to thoroughly illustrate how screwed up in the head he is. Almost totally bereft of humour, we are presented with a forty-minute descent into darkness and nihilism that is made even more unsettling by just how sincere the portrayal is. I went to great detail to explain what Grisaia no Kajitsu was like, for me to be able to get across what Meikyuu is like in relation to that without the need for me to describe the specific, depraved events of this episode. It’d be fair to say this isn’t a cheap effort, a lot of stops are being pulled out for this and that is why it returns to air with the double-episode special I’ll be talking about here. Not only is it produced in cinematic widescreen format (that’s why it looks letterboxed), but ill-considered direction choices and cinematography aside, it’s got really good animation, art and production values. The strangest thing is that this isn’t just some bad, obscure relic, it’s an adaptation of a fairly popular visual novel with a lot put into it. Rest assured, I do not think Grisaia is a particularly great show, but it does make great fodder for popcorn viewing. This results in a brand quite unlike anything else I have ever seen, it rushes through these ludicrous events (that probably had ample setup and foreshadowing in the lengthy VN) with nary a moment to breathe, achieving a unique effect that I can only describe with my reaction to most events therein: “Is this parody? Oh god it’s really not, what the f-“.
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But it is the anime adaptation in particular takes things to whole new uncanny levels by trying to tell entire hours-long routes of the visual novel in just the span of just one or two episodes.
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The original story is weird enough, taking a rather “anime” high school harem premise and crossing it with James Bond, Monogatari and a healthy dose of paranormal phenomena.
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It makes for one hell of a baffling, yet utterly fascinating viewing experience. (Note: I deliberately chose to omit screenshots from this post) The first instalment in this series aired last Fall, covering Grisaia no Kajitsu, the second season of the show will cover Grisaia no Meikyuu, followed by Grisaia no Rakuen, the remaining two visual novels in the trilogy. Grisaia no Meikyuu (The Labyrinth of Grisaia) The entry will be no different in function to what I am already doing for other first impressions, so I’ll be linking to it there too, but for now this will be going up first: This post is relatively short, but it’s too long to fit into my already lengthy part three of Spring 2015 First Impressions.