Out of the Ocean

Those floors got a proper sole slapping

I like this little novel, the characters have a good amount of depth and its a cute story overall.

ending for the plushie. 10/10

A very good, very cute love story! Complete with a rare poly ending that more love stories should have! Highly recommend.

[i]Out of the Ocean[/i] is a really sweet and light yuri game, from the writing to the music to the art. I was excited for this as a rare ebi-hime game with choices and branching paths, and it absolutely did not disappoint! Though I had a clear favorite of the two female love interests (Misuzu <3 my queen), I found it well worth reading all of the routes. Nerine is still an incredibly likeable character (impossible not to love such a sweetie!) so I enjoyed both her solo route as well as the poly route! It's harder to find polyamorous romance, especially stuff that isn't 'harem' styled - I don't mind harem stuff per se, but it can get a little old and I think is sometimes a lazier attempt at portraying polyamory as opposed to a proper, fleshed-out relationship between multiple characters like we see here. MIsuzu's anxieties and her jealousy are a common thread throughout all the routes, so it was really sweet to see her with an affirming character like Nerine who loves her so honestly. The side characters are all fun too: Shoko is a great mother figure for both Asuka and Nerine, and I adore Marina to pieces (she's just so hot lol.... can't help myself). Overall, it's a well-rounde…

The story was cute, especially the poly ending, my personal favorite, but even the other "meaningful" endings are cute a lot. All endings (except the literal first ending of refusing to save Nerine that cut you from all the game) add some bits of the characters that are really interesting, and compel to reply multiple routes (even if with the skip functionality that interrupt on lines non already played, an info that is saved separately from the normal save state). P.S the long registered play time is often due I kept the game open during pauses. Between 8 and 12 hours may be more exact as playtime [the rest may contain spoilers] I loved the scene where Aunt Shoko confronted Asuka regarding Nerine. Honestly is cute on how she "motherly bonded" with Nerine during the story. Shoko is imho the good balance of a parent, a good middle between the extreme laxness of Asuka parents, the extreme disrespect and iperfocus of Nerine ones and the extreme overbearing control freakness and extreme bias of Misuzu's. BTW Ririko in the scene where she met Marina get an italian award of insults. (another scene I loved) The only think I liked less, is that sometimes the choices seems a bit mor…