雪凤山 Secret Opera

I was very intrigued to try this out, and overall I'd say it's definitely an interesting VN but with notable weak points in the writing. I really like the combination of mythology and mystery it's thematically aiming at and find the premise and setting truly captivating! Supported by stunning art and a wonderful soundtrack, the atmosphere is very immersive and enjoyable. It's obvious that plenty of thought went into the world-building and designing of the character cast; I found the lore and plot very entertaining, but it seems that the writer failed to properly maintain that high amount of convoluted information, causing a somewhat superficial impression in certain areas (especially character writing tends to be lacking). Otherwise, particularly affected is the last chapter, where everything just suddenly gets completely shambolic and I wasn't sure where the story was even going. However the rest of the chapters felt quite enthralling. The english translation is generally well understandable, but I'm sure that at least majority of it is machine translated, hence includes plenty of unnatural phrasings and mistakes. Despite all, I still certainly enjoyed this for the unique concep…