Crescendo
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Media Type:
Visual Novel (NVL) Alternative Titles:
Crescendo ～永遠だと思っていたあの頃～
Crescendo -Eien Dato Omotte Ita Ano Koro-
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Crescendo Length:
Medium (11-30) Hours Original Language:
Japanese
Graduation is approaching, and Ryo looks back upon all the memories forged during those formative years. The people around him who helped him to grow, the love and loss, the emotion involved. The death of his parents, joining the literary club, watching the choices of others with confusion; it all revolves through his mind as he tries to decide where his future is going.
The girls who grew up with him, all of them special in their own way, all dear to his heart even if he didn't know it. It seemed as if they'd be together forever.
The girls who grew up with him, all of them special in their own way, all dear to his heart even if he didn't know it. It seemed as if they'd be together forever.
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Crescendo Top Reviews
Exemplary Eroge
Crescendo is definitely one of the few eroges where the sexual element contributes to the full appreciation of the work.
But everything else is impeccable about this title, from the score to the writing, and the outstanding art. Something extra must be said about the art, its soft lines and saturated tones really sets it apart from most eroges out there. The atmosphere it creates is melancholy and dramatic, which is just perfect.
This is a rather unambitious visual novel in terms of plot however. While extant, the plot does not very well use the interactivity of the medium, and is on the weak side. Its strengths are in its ability to draw the reader into its characters, not its circumstances.
The visual novel gets high marks for the down to earth portrayal of last year Japanese high school students, and its consistent ability to draw attachment and emotion from the reader, from beginning to end. Unlike other works, it doesn't slowly blossom, but reveals its beauty from the start.
Every straight male eroge fan should read this, if only to serve as a contrast from the disgustingly caricatured mess that other eroge call their cast. From one perspective, it's a rose in the polluted eroge pond.
But everything else is impeccable about this title, from the score to the writing, and the outstanding art. Something extra must be said about the art, its soft lines and saturated tones really sets it apart from most eroges out there. The atmosphere it creates is melancholy and dramatic, which is just perfect.
This is a rather unambitious visual novel in terms of plot however. While extant, the plot does not very well use the interactivity of the medium, and is on the weak side. Its strengths are in its ability to draw the reader into its characters, not its circumstances.
The visual novel gets high marks for the down to earth portrayal of last year Japanese high school students, and its consistent ability to draw attachment and emotion from the reader, from beginning to end. Unlike other works, it doesn't slowly blossom, but reveals its beauty from the start.
Every straight male eroge fan should read this, if only to serve as a contrast from the disgustingly caricatured mess that other eroge call their cast. From one perspective, it's a rose in the polluted eroge pond.
There is some supernatural at the end.
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