Thus begins the start of a high school love comedy where Takeru will have to choose between his childhood friend and the girl insisting they are bonded by fate. Available in three languages – Japanese, English and Simplified Chinese. Actually, they’re not seen anywhere on the packaging. The word homebrew creeps back to my head with this, as things like Minimum Requirements should be on the box. To use Sweet Home as an example, the flavour text is two whole sentences, being straight to the point. Even when these VNs are long, the descriptions should have been cut in half and with heavier emphasize on images. Nothing to say about these, but the back covers are another thing.
As for the games themselves, the front covers are what you’d expect and look good. However, one morning Takeru awakens to see a mysterious girl named Mitsurugi Meiya sleeping in his bed. Shirogane Takeru was living a peaceful life as a 3rd year high school student with his childhood friend Kagami Sumika. So, let’s open this one up and see what’s inside. A box like this should have necessary support inside to keep items in their proper places during transit, as now no matter what sort of stuffing is used around it the items can be damaged. The image above is just before I opened the box, and I could hear and feel the items inside rattling back and forth. While the box still feel sturdy in hand, the contents inside are loose.
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This breaks how commercial boxes are designed, which some perfectionists might find jarring, as now the box doesn’t flow well with other software boxes. The decision to put the description and all copyright information to the bottom is an interesting take, as now its reversible to every other direction. Despite using thin cardboard, the appearance isn’t half bad. At first appearance, the package seems pretty on-par. This Kickstarter will focus on the localization and PC/Steam release of the first two titles in the series: Muv-Luv and Muv-Luv Alternative. The fact that OST is used on the discs like this, and the fact that there is no kind of information who composed the songs, makes all this feel like a homebrew compilation. Muv-Luv Alternative Original Soundtrack Disc 1, not Volume 1. Furthermore, these discs should have been labelled as numbers, e.g. The typeface and font chosen for the CDs ends making these look like something printed at home. While the chosen images are good in themselves, for whatever reason the images are lower resolution than the text, which itself is sharp. Luckily, only one of the CDs were loose, but the discs’ printing is not up to quality. With over 3 million individual figurines, robot hobby models, and anime/manga sold Muv-Luv is a force to be reckoned with and has influenced a huge number of individuals all over the world including prominent artists and creators!.
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Selling more than half a million units since release in Japan alone, The Muv-Luv series has successfully made the transition to anime and manga, even spawning the “Moe Military” trend which is still raging in Japan.