my thoughts on Hashihime of the Old Book Town
it's 5am and i just finished playing hashihime of the old book town and it was such a rollercoaster ride??? I'M NOT OKAY 😭😭😭 10/10 art and 10/10 soundtrack definitely set the atmosphere!!!
I LOVED MINAKAMI'S ROUTE THE MOST!! probably one of the best i've ever read in a blvn so far!!! it felt more like the true ending to me with how complex and emotional the narrative was, so complete and satisfying and just *chef's kiss*. istg i can feel his love for tamamori from my side of the monitor. fr had me bawling my eyes out even after i was done with it.
i also enjoyed going through kawase's route. it really dug deeper into his character, trauma, and relationship with tamamori. honestly didn't expect i'd like him much but I DID. plus i love his voice so much. also that ménage à trois idea at the end?? like bro stop giving my brain more things to think about because I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT 👁
struggled doing hanazawa's route like i read it all but my brain just turned off in the middle yes i hated it that much like what's the point hanazawa?? what's the point???? the ending was also huh??????????
wasn't expecting much after the mess that is hanazawa's route but lowkey also liked professor's route. he's actually the first who caught my eye because i'm into weird and awkward guy s who couldn't help but moon over their crush 😭 thought he was gonna be a dark yandere-ish character but he ended up being wholesome??? and just hopelessly and one-sidedly in love with tamamori lmao i'm so sorry for judging you professor
finally, >!kaoru's!< route. my expectations were high for this one with how the first 2 routes went and with all the build-up (i got jumpscared by this guy too many times to count help 😭 still like his design tho) from the other routes and with how his route's branch started but it kinda fell flat?? we didn't even get to see any development between him and tamamori because of the timeskip. the initial scene where eveyone's supposed to film was ✨peak comedy✨ tho. i really thought it's gonna be the final plot twist but then i got JUMSCARED AGAIN. by fucking >!kaoru.!<😭😭😭