KALEIDO STELLA

It's good, but REALLY weird. I'm not really the type of person that likes abstract and weird stories, but I can pretty much say I thought I'd seen everything of that genre from Charon (after ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Cradle of Ruin). Even so, I personally think KaleidoStella is by far the most abstract game of the company. I world personally recomend if you really like Charon's works or weird and philosophical visual novels in general. [spoiler]Tsukimi being in the game was a little weird at first, but turned out to be my favorite aspect of the entire game. Tsukimi's route's bad end was absolutely incredible, just the perfect level of fan service. My reaction after seeing the game's intro: "What the actual freak Demonica and Angelica are doing there?" My reaction after playing Mahori's route: "What THE ACTUAL FREAK Demonica and Angelica are doing there? Not complaining, pretty freaking cool route." I'm not personally fond of the ending. The amount of plot holes (in both abstract and meaningful parts of the story) really bothered me, but I still found out really cool how they treated the "WTF why would I even do that?" ending the most correct one. But yeah, I'm dumb, so I can't say for sure what …

ABSOLUTE CHARON

If their was a neutral option Id put it down for this game, however since the game has great artwork and a lot of effort put into it Ill leave it as a positive. spoilers ahead. Really Kaleido Stella feels like a worse Vanilla Garden of Judgement for me in several ways as the games are very similar in themes. Both games feature a dominantly female cast in which everything isnt what it seems at an eyes glance. The protag has to interact with several people while growing themself in order to complete an objective often personal growth. In the process losing everything in their starting situation. While Vanilla focused on atonement and acceptance from a spirtual pov which was captivating, the message of Stella seems to mirror that but falters. It does this thing where "space" has to be forcefully injected into most conversations making it sound deep but in reality sounds completely nonsensical by the end of it. To make it easier let me bullet point some points of contention/pros I had with Stella. /Manako as a protagonist has a lot of potential however he is squandered as his growth is very inconsistent if not present at all. Despite wanting the world to end and having nothing to do…

Charon please translate your games!

Coming from a diehard CHARON fan, this is one of my favs. the music is one of the, if not best things about the vn. the story could be boring for some, due to alot of flashbacks/backstories, but if u cant get around that or are into that, then this is just for you. nonetheless, its another great piece from the almighty CHARON them self.

neutral for charon fan. nah for non fan. this feels really similar to "The cradle of ruin true ending" which I don't found of. I would describe this kind of story as if you take literary, it's not a satisfied explanation, which is not necessary a bad thing, but there is a little room for doubt here. the writing sounds very straight-forward. obviously if you know Charon, you know what are you getting yourself into. Kaleido Stella is weird but charming like most of the Charon game, but it's not the same psycho ♥♥♥♥ uped characters weird. This is The cradle of ruin true ending weird. This is philosopher gone to far like [spoiler] the fetus ending [/spoiler] (spoiler for The cradle of ruin true ending). the different is that The cradle of ruin true ending has a clear message delivered in very meh way but Kaleido Stella's message is confusing. also, some of the writing is repeating itself way too much, it can be tiring for some. there is also really nice moments here and there. the characters from other Charon's work reappear here to which is nice but confusing at the same time how all these characters' cinematic universe work. it also contradict the canon end of tsukihime planet [spoi…