Additionally, the scenes in question are some of the most static I’ve ever experienced in a visual novel. While it does get better as the story progresses, there was at least one route that featured an incredibly disappointing ending as a direct result of its poor fight scene. When it comes to Comyu’s combat, however, descriptions of the action seem to flounder around without doing much, double back on themselves and generally not make a whole lot of sense. In a story with a great deal of conflict, action scenes can play a major role in getting the audience excited and feeling involved in the overall production. One of the factors that I didn’t find so flash, and an exception to my earlier praise for Comyu’s writing, were its battle scenes. Strangely enough, two of the routes’ heroines aren’t even really main characters, though that’s an observation rather than a criticism. There’s literally not much more to them than those shallow descriptions. If I had a complaint to make about them it would be that they’re not particularly well developed the naïve, well-intentioned rich girl is always the naïve, well-intentioned rich girl, and the angry loner with a soft spot is always the angry loner with a soft spot. In a similar vein, the visual novel’s characters are varied and interesting, with Comyu’s method of forcing them together making for some entertaining encounters.
Amaterasu deserves some major praise for their efforts and my meagre understanding of Japanese can tell that the source material was just as well written. I can’t even count the number of times I smiled at or was impressed by a turn of phrase and, at times, the writing alone was enough to keep me reading. One of the factors that contributed to my enjoyment, as mentioned in the introduction, was Comyu’s writing style and translation. There were times that I was excited to get back to reading each night and by the end of it all I had that deep pit in my stomach that signalled the conclusion of a good story. Relevant events occurred often enough, and the characters’ interactions were interesting enough, that I was never bored and my reading sessions never felt like they dragged on. Having gotten that out of the way, Comyu was always enjoyable even if it didn’t reach the highs it could and should have. The number of times the phrases “glass castle”, “gentle kingdom” and “justice” pop up should give you some kind of indication as to just how dedicated Comyu was to exploring “deep and meaningful themes” when it should have been developing its plot.
Unfortunately the story gets so bogged down in exposition and smaller intersecting plotlines that it never manages to form a truly exciting experience. The concept has the potential to make waves, with an interesting set of circumstances and characters just begging to be slotted into an epic tale. It will take all of their will, ability and effort to stay alive long enough to find their place in it.Ĭomyu is one of those visual novels that just doesn’t go far enough.
Along with Hinaori Kagome, Akihito’s beautiful, talented and indisputably dangerous childhood friend, the Comyu, as groups of Connectors are called, soon discover a whole new world hiding in their home city. Where he succeeds, they succeed, and where he fails…well, that should be obvious. Along with four others he has been irreversibly linked to an Avatar, a being of massive power that they must work together to control. For Mizuwa Akihito that statement is a reality. Overall, however, it’s one of those experiences that I can only recommend if it sounds like it would appeal to you personally.Ĭonnections to others make you stronger, but they might also get you killed. It was recommended to me a few months ago by a number of people (you know who you are) and surprised me by keeping me interested with its writing style and translation. Comyu is an enigma in that the feature that I enjoyed the most doesn’t quite fit any of those categories.
Of course, the very best will go for top marks on all three. There are some visual novels that will capture you with their story, some with their characters, and others yet that will dazzle with production quality.
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