Review:Tsubasa wo Kudasai

Seitenshou Gakuen is famous in Shizoaki since there is a legend that angels were created there. Mitsuto is a student there who doesn’t like the monotony of everyday life: waking up at the same time, going to school and coming back home after classes. He cleans the old and unused three-story Building B by himself. One day as he was sweeping the floors, he ended up on the seemingly nonexistent 4th floor and finds a girl reading a book alone. Her name is Hinako, and soon after he can start seeing things and people that normal people cannot see. The secret of the angels is starting to become unraveled.

~Summary taken from VNDB


Plot 8/10: To be honest, at first, the story of this game goes a bit slowly and my personal tastes don't really go in the direction of mysteries... even magical mysteries. However, as time went on I became rather fond of the characters and found that the game was very well-written. The one problem I have with the writing in general - and this is just a complaint that I also had of Cross Channel and other games that utilize the 'time loop' concept - is the repetition of entire scenes with only minor alterations like the perspective of the protagonist. The progression of the game itself follows a set heroine order with a final true ending on the last playthrough, with all the endings before the 'true' ending serving only to feed into the next round. This structure makes it easy to make a well-layered story, but it has the downside of being a bit tedious at points. Nonetheless, as the plot itself is intellectually interesting and the characters memorable it is definitely worth playing from a plot perspective.

Visuals 7/10: I found the visuals in this game to be pleasing on a personal level, but there are many points that show a disparity in quality that is jarring... in particular, if you compare CGs like the one above with certain other ones, it is easy to see the difference in quality. As such, I ended up removing points despite being personally fond of the aesthetic style of the game.

Sound 8/10: While the music in this game is almost completely generic, the tone fits the theme of the game very well, as such I've given the game a decent score when it comes to the sound. There are no tracks that stand out in my mind really, but in exchange, I never felt a jarring difference between the tone of the BGM and the mood of the scene, which means that the music definitely did its job.

Overall 7.5/10: Generally speaking, this is a decent eroge that is well-suited for those with an interest in 'traditional' occult themes (traditional being the concepts of the occult from Christian mythology and Western 'magic'). I can't suggest this for those looking for a humorous addition to their library as the humor is really only a bit of additional flavor added onto the story, despite the seeming size of the portions of the game devoted to slice of life scenes. This game's story progression is reasonably fast, in that you aren't left enduring scene after scene of meaningless drivel without being too fast to gain a comprehension of events, so it is well-made on that front as well. Also, despite utilizing Christian themes heavily in the basic story of the game, it doesn't have that overbearing sensation that a lot of games with heavy Christian symbolism and story elements tend to form, so it is pleasant on that front as well.