Inside The Mirror

[i]Inside the Mirror[/i] is a story written and illustrated with love and soul. A beautiful tale of the struggles it takes to overcome & emerge through grief and sadness. I started off with my typical review template when I sat down with this game. Half way through the novel I scrapped my review and realized breaking apart this novel into chunks was a mistake. Over analyzing the novel was not doing it justice. It needed to be written at the end of my experience and as a whole body of work. Yes, feature wise it is bare bones, no manual saves and really no settings. The artwork is gorgeous and the soundtrack beautiful but it is the story that is the heart of this kinetic novel. The store description really does not do the heart of this story justice. The depth of the writing, the artwork that brings the story to life are simply magical and heartbreaking. Anyone who has dealt with real tragic grief will understand the main character, Yumi. I am not going to spoil the story here in my review, it has to be experienced and I recommend going in blind. It is a story that is heartbreaking and sad but not without wisps of hope and light. Traversing through extreme grief and sadness,…

So sad but beautiful game. Made me cry and heartbroken. *crying :(

Wholesome and heartfelt. It's a very short, kinetic visual novel. There aren't any fancy bells and whistles here. Just a simple story about a family caught in a strange moment, one that's cracked and frayed because of decisions. The writing can be a little bit obtuse, and it felt like there were a few plot threads I would have liked to get resolved. But given the scale of the game, it's not too big of a deal. The conclusion is full, while the individual scenes are very dramatic and evocative, which is good enough on its own. The music is also nice, and although the art isn't stunning by any means, it's pretty and serviceable. All in all, this is just nice. It's a pity more people haven't played it. People who likes introspective, heavier, broodier stories about family, siblings, divorce, and coping with loss will really enjoy this. And clocking in at little over an hour, it's a nice chance to wade into an emotional story without any deep commitment.

Inaide the mirror is a nice short emotional visual novel that hit me hard for reasons the developwe wasn't attending to be. I recommend it for all fellow visual novel fans.

I loved this game, i loved the music, characters, and ending. the ending is sad in my opinion, and I would say the money is worth it.

i cried so hard at ken's arc ohym god,,, really short game u can't interact with all that much and a few grammar errors here and there. i also would've wished for some kind of resolution with negai especially since we don't know if yumi and negai make up after the cafeteria incident, and i think it would've been better if we actually did see yumi empathize more with negai's father situation, given how many times she accuses her for not understanding, and it feels like it's amounted to just her being a bad friend for insulting her and shutting her out. i think that portion meant to say she did acknowledge it but i feel like there still could've been more on that matter. that being said, the storyline made me ugly bawl. the message of this game is really sweet and something that a lot of people need to hear. when yumi allowed the letter to fly in the wind, that was the strongest display of yumi's growth throughout, and actually a really daring decision to go with the message, since i think if i were to write along this premise i'd still have her keep the letter HHAHHAA. that being said, the reason why i got this game is because i used to be a HUGE fan of pluvias when i was younger, a…