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Firstly, SPOILER WARNING for: Fruit of Grisaia, Kara no Shoujo, and Fullmetal Daemon Muramasa.

Hi, I wanted to share my top 3 "best" visual novel endings and ask what you guys rank as your favorites. To clarify what I mean by "best": I mean whichever aspect you personally value the most, whether it be emotional, philosophical, thrilling, or something else, and which visual novels you think did it best.

Or, to simplify what I mean: Which endings hit you the hardest?

I was not able to show every piece of dialogue in the pictures, since 20 is the maximum.

#3. Fruit of Grisaia - Amane's Route

Starting with my third place, Fruit of Grisaia - Amane's route. I actually did not enjoy the other routes in Fruit of Grisaia that much, but Amane's route did something different. It had very good storytelling with a well-thought-out backstory that delivered on what it promised. The ending sequence was so beautiful and a perfect bittersweet conclusion to the route. The ending CG of Heaven's Howl almost made me shed a tear.

#2. Kara no Shoujo 3 - Paradiso, True Ending

My second place is Kara no Shoujo 3 - Paradiso, the true ending. God, I still remember the day I read that ending. It made me stare at my screen for a long time. Kara no Shoujo is the best representation of grief and loss for me. I don't know what else to say. It's the most beautiful, yet still incredibly sad story I've ever read, and it can be gut-wrenching at times. Just the perfect conclusion.

#1. Fullmetal Daemon Muramasa

I could have never predicted this outcome for Fullmetal Daemon Muramasa. The confrontation between the Law of Balance and the Law of Might is my favorite moment not just in visual novels, but in fiction as a whole.

Not just the ending, but everything that came beforehand made this so personally impactful for me. The inner conflicts of Ichiyou's and Kanea's routes, Hikaru's desire for love, Kageaki's indecisiveness - all of it came down to what I consider the most perfect conclusion I have ever seen.

The true happy ending in its purest form.

"Peace is the noblest pursuit."

I found this template and wanted to show off my personal favorites for each one. I also used Kara no Shoujo and Full Metal Demon Muramasa multiple times, because I did not want to forcefully choose a 2. Or 3. pick for the sections as my actual winners.

Some clarifications:

- Favorite Route/Chapter in Fruit of Grisaia is Amanes route which is an easy 10/10 for me, but the other routes are not so enjoyable.

- Every category where Kara no Shoujo won is supposed to include KnS 1 - 3, I simply used the cover of the second part, since I like it the most.

- Favorite ending in FMDM is the true end for me the others are great too, but this one is on a different level.

- Yes, Yosuga no Sora is underrated.

- Was debating between if School days or Euphoria should win in overrated.

-Technically Sakura no Uta is out, but I can only read it in English, so I need to wait.

- KNS AND FMDM ARE SO FUCKING GOOD AND YOU NEED TO READ THEM

Thank you for reading.