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preface
The Witch of Legend is a youth fantasy all-age visual novel produced by the Japanese fanfic group Fragaria and published by Seikei Production. A teenager who moved to an outlying island in Okinawa for some reason, but his grandfather found that people were empty, so he accidentally met "Lilu", an exotic girl wearing a strange costume and calling herself a witch. The homeless two have compassion for each other, and the story of youthful love dotted with youth and joy begins.
Novel graphic style
"The book is not exhaustive, the words are not exhaustive, so the saints set up an image to fulfill their intentions." , It can be said that the simple vertical painting style of "The Witch of Story" is its biggest highlight, and unlike other beautiful girls gal, this work adopts a hand-drawn painting style. While saving money, it also gives people a sense of eye-catching. Of course, if you want to be among the ranks of excellent works, it is not enough to make people shine. Fortunately, the artist's skills are also deep enough, and he does not feel bored throughout the text.
For example, the number one defeated dog in the story, "Chi Zhu Ming", has the iconic Scissorhands POSE, and is greeted by the cuteness and narcissism (mistake) of "No.1 Beautiful Girl", which well conveys the character of the character; Another example is the golden haired curly hair "Concubine Lizi", which intuitively and clearly shows her noble identity, coupled with her "Oooo The mantra makes this character more distinct and three-dimensional, and more convenient for the story to unfold. These distinct characters are supplemented by several sets of expression differences, which not only reflect the character's personality, but also perfectly convey the joys, sorrows and sorrows of the characters at that time.
The same goes for the game's background. It may be limited by funds, or it may be to create a realistic atmosphere in this hand-drawn style, and the game's scenes are hand-drawn through real-life scenes. This hand-drawn style background, coupled with the simple standing painting style, does bring players a different experience, creating a real atmosphere, which is conducive to the immersive advancement of the story.
However, on the other hand, the background of this real-life treatment also shows the local customs and local culture of Okinawa's outlying islands. It is worth mentioning that because it is a small factory work, there are only 10 CGs in the whole article. Compared with similar works, CG is still less. And because this work is an all-age work, I often encounter black CG when playing, which made me wonder if I was going to patch it.
The plot of the unit drama
"The Witch of Storytelling" adopts the narrative method of unit drama, consisting of four chapters: prologue, Ming, Insuranceman and Lilu, changing different perspectives in the process of narration, showing the delicate psychological changes of the characters, and also enabling players to understand the whole story more comprehensively. Not only that, the game also introduces the chapter "Truth" at the end, which traces the ins and outs of the story from the perspective of extracting investigation notes, and answers the doubts in the story for players one by one. However, this fragmented narrative is novel but somewhat abrupt. If the "Truth" chapter can be integrated into the main line through the dream of "light", it may make the ending appear smoother.
The bright article is cheerful and light, but also with some nonsense, telling the story of "NO.1 Beautiful Girl" chasing dreams, which is enviable; The story is touching and sincere, and the atmosphere also shifts from cheerful daily life to heavy reality, and the sad story of Su and his grandmother is touching; Lilu turns from the pen to the pen, happily telling the happy life of light and Lilu's relationship warming, but abruptly informs the player that Lilu "life is not long", and the two can only be separated from each other.... To be honest, the whole game gave me a taste of the key club. Starting from Lilu's sentence "It's better not to have anything to do with me", the story gave me a deep sense of likeness; The subsequent knives and the "miracle of love" make the development of the story too "cosmopolitan".
It is worth mentioning that this game is not a heavy love story. The game portrays a pair of eccentric happy uncles, a fierce-looking little gangster who loves the two-spined newt, and they all bring laughter to the game. Especially the number one defeated dog Akira Chi Ji, because of her cheerful personality, she always improves the heavy atmosphere and makes the player happy. If this game is the best image, it must be clear in my opinion.
Because the game is a one-line work, Chi Jieming can only "willingly" become a defeated dog, and even ruthlessly turns into a CP leader to match the love affair between Hikari and Lilu. She said, "Please don't ask why. As long as you say a word to Ming", it is clearly an insurmountable mountain, but it is just a prayer for the light; At the end of the Lilu line, she did not hesitate to betray the Dali family, but only said that "Ming never liked Mr. Ximing from the beginning", which is really heart-wrenching. If possible, I also hope that the developer can produce a sequel, so that Chi Jieming can find his own happiness.
Inadequacy
The game currently has many shortcomings, and I hope that the manufacturer can make some improvements:
1. The game still does not support F12 screenshots, as a visual novel, it is a pity that the game screen cannot be shared.
2. The game does not adapt the controller. Although I looked through SteamDB and found that the game passed the Deck suitability test, I failed with the Xbox controller while playing. (Maybe the first point is inadequate?) ）
3. The UI is slightly rudimentary, and the archiving system is still inadequate. There is no automatic file save; When saving and reading files, there is no confirmation prompt, and it is easy to misoperate; Similarly, closing the game is not prompted, resulting in a misoperation resulting in the loss of game progress.
4. There are still some errors in the translation, and the sentences are not smooth. Players have asked questions in the Steam community, but the developer has not responded.
epilogue
"The Witch of Legend" is an all-age love work with fantasy elements, in the form of a unit drama, a warm hand-painted style, and a strong script to interpret the tearful youth love story, the plot is intertwined, the overall atmosphere is good, it is a plot Galgame boutique.