Lily of the Valley
ebi-hime · 2017 · Indie, Casual, Visual Novel
PC
Very Positive94% · 81
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About Lily of the Valley
“Hey, Mister... Are you a lonely person?”When his mother dies, our protagonist returns home to Wales for the first time in ten years to attend her funeral. Then, on a walk in the countryside, he encounters a mysterious young girl.
Though her face is expressionless and her words are cold, the man soon forms a friendship with her… of sorts. However, their meetings only leave him with more questions.
How did she know his mother, why does she have such a morbid fascination with death, and why does she look so much like his childhood sweetheart?
But only one thing is certain: there is much more to Lily than meets the eye.
- Revamped version of an old VN made in 2014
- Around 25k words
- Two different art styles to choose between
- Hidden extra scene and author's notes
- Will probably make you feel sad(!)
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Short story that makes you think about life and how we choose to live it.
My first game by the prolific Ebi-Hime. Very much a 'message game' about [spoiler] depression and suicide [/spoiler] in a way that feels pretty hand fisted though nowhere as offputtingly emotionally implausible as something like Actual Sunlight. Miss me with the beige rhetorical figures and middle schoolian prose but Sillyselly's ethereal art alone is worth £2
Deeply enjoyed this both as a standalone piece quite a lot. It's a quick read at around 20,000 words, but the price is right for that. It's a very poignant and enjoyable to read. I'd highly recommend you give it a read. I doubly enjoyed it alongside some of Ebi's other works. If you've read Sweetest Monster beforehand, and intend to read Sweetest Monster Refrain after, I feel it adds a lot to the experience as a sort of loose triad. It also feels like a nice way to break up those two works rather than just barreling through from one to the other.
Good short visual novel
Lily of the valley is a short visual novel that left a long-lasting impression on me. It handles different themes like loss and grief, and the writing is beautiful, compact and full of metaphors. It’s interesting that the story was set in Wales since this is my first time reading a visual novel set there. The characters are well written and even if the protagonist does not have a name, he still has distinct traits that make him different from the reader. I highly recommend it!
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