Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love

[h1]Concise Game Review: Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love《かりぐらし恋愛》— When Childhood Friends Become Your New Home[/h1] [i](Scroll down for the detailed verdict)[/i] [table] [tr] [th][b]🎮 Game Value[/b][/th] [td] ✅ [b]Strongly recommended for fans of ASa Project and childhood-friend romcoms where the protagonist’s past relationships can develop into romance through the player's choices.[/b] Karigurashi Ren'ai is a Full HD remaster of ASa Project’s romcom VN about Setoda Takuma, who returns to his childhood town only to find his old home unlivable. With no place to stay, he moves between the homes of several girls he knew as a child, leading to a lighthearted story about daily life, family comedy, and romance shaped by the player's choices.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]👤 Protagonist[/b][/td] [td]Male Protagonist — Nameable; Takuma Setoda by default[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]🧬 Genre[/b][/td] [td]Adventure / Visual Novel / Romantic Comedy / Slice of Life / Childhood Friends / Homestay Romance / Adult Patch Supported[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]🔞 Adult Content[/b][/td] [td] ■ [b]Core Themes[/b] ● Childhood Friends（幼なじみ） ● Romantic Comedy（ラブコメ） ● Pure Love（純愛） ● Lovey-Dovey Romance（ラブラブ…

Asa Project does a wonderful job with the banter between the cast. The music and art are also fantastic!

Asa project has had exactly one notable release in Sankaku Renai. Every other release, somehow, someway, has managed to be bland and poorly written, with little to no narrative value outside of being funny once an hour. Every time you buy the newest game, because maybe they'll break the mold after such a long series of disappointing releases, and come out with something entertaining. Instead, they just release another slop title that carries itself confidently throughout the common route, and falls flat on its face the second the character routes start. I can understand that its a comedy game, and its an eroge, and that you probably shouldn't expect a masterpiece out of a publisher like this, but after reading a certain number of games you get to the point where you just have to roll the dice with new releases and hope for the best. This time, we rolled a three. That leans toward 6(or seven) during certain scenes. You're better off saving your money for doordash, gacha rolls, or cosmetics in whatever other game you're playing right now. Genuinely a surface level title that collapses as soon as you get halfway through. Perhaps the worst side character cast in visual novel history…

Hiyori

Not as "wild" as the usual ASa Project titles, the premise is pretty simple with just the MC going around his childhood firends' houses due his own house being in ruins. (what great parents he has, lol) Despite that I had a good amount of fun with it. The girls are great, except Maru, she is a waste of a human being and her route was just awful and I need to question why it exists the way it does. That time could have been spent extending Nanako's sub route or even have a Miyori route for real. Alas, not all routes are created equal but I am sure you will find your favorite pick regardless. My ranking: Maru > Ayaka > Kyou > Rito > Nanako > Hiyori I would have put Ayaka higher but her family is genuinely super annoying. What was unusual story wise that apart from Maru's route there was no drama or any serious conflict, now for most people that would be probably a negative but I liked how chill that was. On the technical front Kagami Games did a great job delivering, their translation is also excellent. I think I can count on one hand the mistakes I found. There is one text display bug where if you are in windowed mode and it is too long then it will go behind some of…

New review: Finished the game and got all the achievements. I'll keep it brief as no one will be reading this. Another good Asa project title, I had a good time with it. Would recommend if you like romcom visual novels and other Asa project titles. Best main Heroines: Ayaka>Rito>Hiyori>Kyou(she's too lazy) Best side heroines: Nanako>Meru(Stop getting in my way.) And that's all folks. Old Review: Pretty fun romcom visual novel. I have only done one route(Ayaka) + the loner route(bad end). Probably gonna take a break from the game now, I sometimes like to take a break after completing a route because I need time to heal. It's such a sad thing when your favorite heroines route comes to an end. I guess this is why some VN players/readers decide to finish their favorite heroines route last. Anyway gonna revisit this game at a later point. Anyway would recommend if you like asa project titles.