Review: Boku ga Sadame Kimi ni wa Tsubasa wo

In Boku ga Sadame Kimi ni wa Tsubasa wo, the struggle for power is split between two groups, fighting over holy relics that hold incredible technological knowledge. One is the Church, who says that the holy relics are a power beyond human abilities to handle and the other is RDA, a corporation that seeks holy relics for the sake of using the technology for the sake of the world.

Touya, the protagonist, is the son of a samurai family whose father died serving RDA's cause, and he too joins RDA in order to both avenge his father's death at the hands of the Church and succeed his father in RDA's holy relic recovery team.

Story 6.5/10- The first eroge to be produced by Akatsuki Works, it is easily the weakest I've played so far, story-wise. While the action scenes are up to Akatsuki works usual standards, in exchange the action-packed story moves so fast you don't really have a chance to get attached to the characters and the end comes before you have a chance to gain an emotional attachment to the outcome. To make things worse, a similar fight happens at the end of each arc against the same guy - though the people who oppose and ally with you depend on the heroine you pursued. On the plus side, for people who like dark VNs, the Church's blind belief in a predetermined future and RDA's hidden face are both creepy enough to give any sane person goosebumps, and that gives the story another facet that - while not really pursued to its full potential - is nonetheless compelling in its resemblance to existing and past organizations in our own world.

Visuals 8/10- Overall the CG's and backgrounds are well done, even though the contrast between the details of the characters' clothing and their somewhat less well-defined facial features are sometimes a bit of a put-off. Still, the style itself is visually pleasing for someone like me who is a bit tired of the over-smooth styles used by most eroge.

Sound 7.5/10- While the soundtrack is pretty good, with the action scenes having fitting music in particular, the sound effects are surprisingly weak, which made me deduct points, naturally.

Overall 7/10- Overall, this is a decent action VN with a number of near-fatal flaws to its pacing and visual style that can likely be attributed to this being Akatsuki Works first project. However, even so I still found it enjoyable enough once I stopped comparing it to the giants like Devils Devel Concept that came after it.