Yoru Meguru, Bokura no Maigo Kyoushitsu

The common route has sparks of genuine heartfelt within. The idea of finding yourself despite broken circumstances is explored decently throughout the common route as the characters come to grips with themselves and what they have fallen into. However, for every good scene, there is at least one scene to counterbalance it. Unfortunately, the common route is filled with a lot of inane comedy that feels unnecessary and forced. For me, having a plethora of these scenes ruins the integrity of the work for me as it would rather show some “”funny and quirky” moments over developing the characters and building on its themes even more. After a while, it got pretty tiresome to read through as the story enjoyed meandering with its comedy over doing anything substantial.

The route I read, Hayate, started off decently as the MC and her started to realize their own past and the fact that they have to overcome it to move on. However after that, it starts to devolve in the mess afterwards. It decided to introduce too many different plot points, overloading itself with drama that feels artificial and asinine because of its abrupt nature. The drama itself was quite laughable indeed, and contained quite a few logical inconsistencies that sour it even more. One example being Hayate’s mom locking her room, but the MC somehow manages to come into her house and opens the door no problem. The whole drama in the first place is just pointless, but adding these little inconsistencies just makes it even more unbearable. The events feel like they are happening because the author wants them to happen, not because it feels genuinely tied to the characters themselves.

Because of how much her route was devoted to the silly drama, it made the romance feel rushed and weak. Instead of developing a proper relationship, it’s there to fulfill the romance and h-scene requirement.

YoruBoku had a lot of potential going for it, but squandered most of it by introducing so much external drama instead of doing something more thematically productive. In the end, YoruBoku sets up a lot of interesting ideas at its beginning, but never really delivers on anything significant.