Info about Bishojo Mangekyo Kotowari to Meikyu no Shojo: Official game description: **《美少女万华镜 -理与迷宫的少女-》是日本资深美少女游戏制作商ωstar制作发行的 超自然神秘题材文字冒险作品。本作由实力派画师八宝备仁担任原画， 不仅仅在角色塑造的方面实力雄厚，游戏的背景及音乐更是与角色浑然一体， 处处透露出超自然的神秘感。游戏为玩家提供了一场充满悬疑神秘的视觉盛宴。 是一款不可多得的绝美佳作。** 深见等人聚集于那家温泉旅馆， 参加人气作家——皇公晓的文学奖获奖庆功宴。 在旅馆享受着快乐时光的同时， 众人从月丘编辑处，听闻了某所女学园的离奇事件。 人气作家且同时也是名侦探的皇对这起事件充满了兴趣。 拉上了深见一起，决定前往位于这起事情核心的私立赞咲良学园进行调查。 本作品在揭秘离奇事件的同时， 也为各位玩家解明了万华镜与持有万华镜的少女——莲华的秘密。 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ・莲华 --- CV：真中海 **“……真是的，让我等了那么久，这样抱怨一下也是理所当然的吧……”** 深见在旅馆遇到的不可思议的美少女。 给人冷冷的感觉，嘴上有点不饶人。 ------------------------------------ ・谜之少女 ----- CV：？？？ ・月丘 香恋 ------ CV：雪村とあ **“正、正好是我也想做的事情，所以请不要在意……”** 惊悚杂志「妖」的美女编辑。 工作十分认真努力，且与生俱来便是相当温柔的性格。 对恋爱方面的事情有些迟钝，且容易害羞。 -------------------------------------------------------------- ・深见 夏彦 ------ **“即便是妖怪，现在要是做了太过的话，可能也会后悔的啊！”** 新锐的惊悚作家。 非常喜欢各种怪奇的话题，听怪谈故事的话连神色都会起变化。 是个性格比较沉稳的草食系男子。 想法相对偏向理想浪漫，所以和同龄人不太合得来，朋友比较少。 虽然也算是个美男子，但不知为何人缘并没有很好。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ・皇 公晓 ----- CV：河村眞人 **“你好像是个有趣的人呢。”** 是畅销作家同时又是名侦探。 出身高贵，拥有如同希腊雕塑般的俊美外貌。 拥有丰富的心理学知识。作为侦探，名声也是广为人知。 不过由于自我意识较强，所以并不擅长人际交往。 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ・稻森 春 ----- CV：葵时绪 **“欢迎光临，真是好久不见。”** 在温泉旅馆工作的美女接待员。 看上去是个沉稳文静的大姐姐，其实性格上有一些天然。 ------------------------------------------ ・高濑 舞斗 ------ CV：深川緑 **“小～萌～萌～，这是我特地做的便当，今天会吃的吧？”** 私立赞咲良学园的音乐老师。 其实是萌世歌的远房亲戚，和失去家人的萌世歌一起生活。 丝毫不隐藏自己对萌世歌的喜爱之情，但在周围人看来则是一种过度保护。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 注意：STEAM版本为简体中文版，包含日语语音。 声明：本作中的所有角色在游戏剧情发生时均已超过18岁。 Release date: Jun 20, 2021 Categories: Visual Novel, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural, Reincarnation Love Story, Erotic Simulation, Horror - Hardware Profile: No data Feature extractions: - Community Price: No data - Playtime Metrics: - Game completion: 19.0h - Story completion: 16.0h - Session length: N/A - Endgame: N/A - Reasoning: The first evidence directly states a total playtime of 19 hours, supporting gameCompletion. The second evidence specifies 16 hours to reach the true ending, supporting storyCompletion. The third evidence provides an alternative total estimate of about 15 hours, which is slightly lower but consistent with multiple routes. No evidence is available for session length or endgame content durations. - Time-to-fun: No data - Player Archetypes: - Veteran Series Devotees (buy) - Motivation: To witness the resolution of the series' overarching plot and character arcs. - Playstyle: They engage with the game as a culmination, comparing it to previous entries and valuing nostalgia and lore consistency. - Experience: veteran - Purchase stance: buy - Labels: old players; series fans - Reference games: Bishoujo Mangekyou (previous four installments) - Curious Newcomers (buy) - Motivation: To discover what the acclaimed series is about and enjoy a standalone story. - Playstyle: They play without prior knowledge, often researching previous plots, and may choose to skip H-content to focus on the story. - Experience: newcomer - Purchase stance: buy - Labels: new player; first time galgame player - Reference games: Bishoujo Mangekyou series - Emotional Romance Seekers (buy) - Motivation: To experience a deeply moving love story and emotional catharsis. - Playstyle: They focus on the story, often skipping or downplaying adult scenes, and play for the character interactions and plot resolution. - Experience: familiar - Purchase stance: buy - Labels: pure love warrior - Reference games: N/A Below are summaries of things people say about the game per category. Each point is assigned a weight that represents how often it is mentioned across all reviews. What players like: - Renka character praised (weight 0.48): Renka is a well-developed and popular character, described as a cool tsundere, cute, and attractive. Her route and reunion are emotionally moving. - Satisfying ending (weight 0.46): The ending is frequently described as satisfying, emotional, and fitting for the characters. The final reunion scene with music is particularly moving. - Emotional story impact (weight 0.43): Many players reported that the story is deeply touching and evoked strong emotional responses, including tears. The narrative's emotional power is a standout feature. - Excellent overall story (weight 0.42): Players consistently praise the story as excellent and a masterpiece. The narrative quality is a major positive point across reviews. - Appealing art style (weight 0.36): The art style by Happoubi Jin is highly appealing to players. The high-quality CG and dynamic CG are also noted as stimulating and visually impressive. - Excellent music and voice acting (weight 0.16): The music and voice acting are praised as excellent, with voice acting receiving high marks (10/10). The BGM during the reunion scene is particularly moving. - Reincarnation love story depth (weight 0.16): The love story across reincarnations adds incredible depth and is considered a beautiful work of art. This narrative device is highly touching. - Best in series (weight 0.15): Some players consider this game to have the best story in the series, indicating it stands out among its predecessors. - Deep character development (weight 0.15): Character development is noted as deep, vivid, and multi-dimensional, enhancing the story's emotional weight. Common complaints: - Censored Steam version requires patch (weight 0.97): The Steam version is heavily censored, removing over half the content, character sprites, and adult content. Players must download and apply a separate patch from external sites like DLsite or Pornhub, which is inconvenient and feels malicious. - Unethical publisher practices (weight 0.43): The publisher is repeatedly called shady, unethical, and accused of exploiting fan translators without payment, even threatening legal action against them. Multiple clusters emphasize distrust toward the publisher. - Too many H-scenes later (weight 0.43): The latter half of the game is dominated by adult content, with too many H-scenes that cause aesthetic fatigue and feel excessive or rushed. Some players felt this ruined character purity. - Poor value for money (weight 0.31): Players feel the game is overpriced (90 yuan) given the censorship and short gameplay, with many recommending refund or skipping the purchase. Several state the pirated version offers a better experience. - Poor early story pacing (weight 0.24): The early story is described as boring and slow, making it hard for players to stay engaged. This is a common complaint even among those who eventually enjoy later parts. - Plot is average or mediocre (weight 0.24): Many reviewers found the overall story mediocre, with predictable twists, weak mystery, and unsatisfying endings. The plot is considered average at best. - Character portrait issues (weight 0.21): The protagonist's portrait looks weird, and Renka's native figure is poorly made ('collapsed'). Additionally, some sprites are missing without the patch. - Side character routes are filler (weight 0.18): Two side character routes are notably short and feel like filler, existing mainly for new character H-scenes. This creates imbalance and rhythm issues. - Story is too verbose (weight 0.18): Psychological descriptions are overly verbose, and the story occupies 70% of game time, leading to imbalance and boredom. Some players had to skip sections. - Not newcomer-friendly (weight 0.17): The game assumes familiarity with previous titles and is not suitable for those expecting horror/suspense or typical galgame progression. This limits its appeal. - Machine translation quality poor (weight 0.14): The official English/Chinese translation is inferior to fan translations, with one cluster explicitly calling it machine-translated. This is a significant mark against quality. Gameplay feedback: - Visual novel type (weight 0.5): Multiple clusters identify this as a visual novel with adult content, specifically a galgame or eroge. It is a traditional format game with script, music, and CG. - Branching story paths (weight 0.41): Several clusters mention branching paths, multiple endings, and choices that affect the story. This indicates the game has significant replayability and narrative branches. - Reincarnation love story (weight 0.31): The core narrative involves reincarnation, fate, and love spanning five lifetimes. This philosophical and supernatural mystery theme is central to the plot. - Supernatural mystery elements (weight 0.27): The story incorporates supernatural mystery, fantasy elements, and puzzles. This adds a layer of intrigue beyond the romance and reincarnation plot. - Series final installment (weight 0.24): This is the final installment of a series, featuring large-scale world-building with cosmic elements. It is part of a multi-episode franchise with recurring locations. - Adult content dynamic (weight 0.24): The game includes adult content requiring a patch, with dynamic CG. Frequency varies, with the fifth installment having less adult scenes than prior entries, though later parts focus more on them. - Moderate playtime length (weight 0.18): Players report playtime around 10 to 19 hours, with one reviewer noting about 15 hours. This suggests a moderately lengthy experience for a visual novel. - Pure love theme (weight 0.14): The game is described as a visual novel with a pure love theme, focusing on emotional depth. Another review reinforces it as an adult game with a deeply emotional story. Performance notes: No performancepoints Recommendations: - Purchase requires separate patch (weight 0.44): The Steam version is criticized for requiring an externally purchased patch for full content, especially adult content, making the base game feel incomplete. - Highly recommended for series fans (weight 0.25): Fans of the franchise who appreciate narrative-driven visual novels with beautiful art and tragic stories are strongly encouraged to play this entry. - Install patch after finishing story (weight 0.14): Some reviewers advise not installing the patch during the first playthrough, as the adult content distracts from the emotional narrative's impact. - Use default character name (weight 0.08): To avoid unintentional humor or breaking immersion, players should use the default name 'Fukami Natsuhiko' and avoid ridiculous custom names. Other player notes: - Patch requirement blocks access (weight 0.08): Players may be unable to launch the game without an initial required patch, which can be frustrating if they expected offline play or have connectivity issues. Emotions: - Satisfaction (weight 0.1): Players feel deeply satisfied with the complete and emotional ending of the series, citing the happy reunion of lovers, generous CG quantity, and excellent story quality. The game is also praised as great value and the best entry in the franchise, providing a fulfilling conclusion to long-running character arcs. - Frustration (weight 0.09): Frustration stems from the need to purchase and install a separate patch from an external channel to access adult content, which is not sold as DLC on Steam. Additional complaints include excessive H-scenes disrupting character purity, verbose psychological descriptions, limited gameplay interactivity, and poor pacing of erotic content. - Disappointment (weight 0.07): Disappointment arises from a lackluster ending setup for Lianhua, perfunctory bad-end routes, unresolved side characters, and poor official translation quality compared to fan versions. Players also criticize the heavily censored all-ages version, missing character portraits, and an unsatisfactory adult content ratio that contradicts earlier character development. - Nostalgia (weight 0.06): Nostalgia is evoked as players recall the series being a part of their childhood, high school days, and youth, often having played pirated versions years earlier. Revisiting beloved characters like Renka and remembering past friends and life stages creates a strong sentimental attachment to the franchise's conclusion. - Admiration (weight 0.05): Admiration is directed at the high-quality art, atmosphere, and voice acting that bring characters to life, particularly Renka's transformation and pure love. Players appreciate that the series transcends typical adult game conventions to explore meaningful love and emotional depth, with H-scenes symbolizing deeper passion. - Moved (weight 0.05): Players are emotionally moved by the touching love story across reincarnations, especially the reunion scene with Renka that brought tears. The use of flower symbolism across five games and the emotional soundtrack enhance the impact of the destined meeting and heartfelt confessions. - Sadness (weight 0.04): Sadness results from Renka's self-sacrificing love, the pain of eternal separation, and the tragic fourth lifetime where both lovers die. The emotionally impactful story, including crying at bad endings, and regret over no sequel contribute to this sorrowful sentiment. - Appreciation (weight 0.03): Appreciation is expressed for the exquisite graphics, vivid character depictions, and the theme of love transcending logic. Players also value the ability to skip adult content easily, separate from the story, and appreciate the well-designed adult Renka portrait. - Enjoyment (weight 0.03): Enjoyment comes from the pleasant escapist fantasy during breaks, the engaging mid-story, and the unique absurdity of part 4. The Zashiki-warashi character was particularly liked for adding charm and variety to the experience. - Surprise (weight 0.03): Surprise stems from the unexpectedly impressive ending, a character's direct confession without prior relationship building, and the discovery that the game is a pure love story rather than a typical adult game. The later story becoming stunning also caught players off guard. - Excitement (weight 0.03): Excitement is driven by the first eroge experience with strong visual impact, high-quality dynamic CG, and Renka's adorable personality. The thrilling sequence of many CGs, the surprise of the protagonist's name changing to the player's own, and abundant wild H-content enhance the immersive arousal. - Gratitude (weight 0.03): Gratitude is expressed for the helpful hint to fill the player's name carefully, the loyal friend character Kougasaka Akira, and the artist's continued work despite age. Some players also thank the series for helping them find direction and a new love in their lives. - Affection (weight 0.02): Affection is felt for Renka's tsundere and shy character, which players find very lovable, and for other favorite characters. The touching content overrides base urges, creating a strong fondness that goes beyond physical attraction. - Boredom (weight 0.02): Boredom arises from an uninteresting early story, the last 30% of the game treating the player as a turret, and too many H-scenes causing aesthetic fatigue. The pacing and lack of engaging content in certain sections led to disengagement. - Anticipation (weight 0.02): Anticipation is focused on the release of other parts of the series on Steam, particularly the Misty (Kirisima) character. Players are hopeful that the collection sets' sales will lead to sequels or ports of previous games. - Anger (weight 0.02): Anger is directed at the publisher's unethical practices, such as exploiting fan translators, profiteering without contributing, and forcing players to buy separate patches from external sites after purchasing the game on Steam. This behavior is seen as exploitative and unfair. - Confusion (weight 0.02): Confusion arises from not understanding why the game is well-received, the loss of desire for H after deep emotional story, and logical inconsistencies in the reincarnation mechanics of the Renka route regarding character identity. These aspects puzzle some players. - Touched (weight 0.02): Players are touched by the true ending dialogue and emotional reunion scene with BGM that caused tears. The story of characters finding each other across reincarnations deeply moved reviewers, with two specific parts of the story making them cry. - Hope (weight 0.02): Hope is expressed for earlier titles to be released on Steam and for a possible sequel after collection sets sell well. Players also feel personal hope finding their true love, mirroring the characters' reunion, and believe love is always full of expectations. - Amusement (weight 0.02): Amusement comes from unexpected humor, such as the sudden appearance of the universe, references to the 'little girl selling porn discs' character, and nostalgic callbacks to previous games and Type-Moon. Joking about not masturbating despite erotic content also adds to the light-hearted tone.}