Supipara - Chapter 1 Spring Has Come!
minori · 2016 · Adventure, Anime, Visual Novel, Cute
PC
Very Positive99% · 317
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About Supipara - Chapter 1 Spring Has Come!
Springtime, April: when the cherry trees come into full bloom. The protagonist Yukinari Sanada has returned to his hometown in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kamakura City, for the first time in seven years, and is greeted by his older cousin Sakura Narumi (complete with maid outfit). He wanted to live in peace, but his life at the academy placed on the coastlands becomes bustling and brilliant while surrounded by a lineup of girls with booming personalities like Hotaru Amano, the sharp tongued, half-Japanese beauty, and Alice Kamishiro, the lazy witch who loves modern-science and mail-orders.
Eventually, our protagonist is coaxed into joining the action committee for the academy's traditional beauty contest by his close friend. He interacts with the heroines participating in this contest who are cute but each have an idiocyncrasy or two. Fun events (with their own difficulties) pop up again and again. Your story with "her" about smiles, peace, passion, and love, all while borrowing the power of a witch, is about to begin!
"Supipara - Alice the Magical Conductor." is an interactive novel themed around "dynamicism" depicted through a rallying all of the production techniques minori has accumulated to date. See expressive character portraits with moving eyes, mouths, even hair! It is quite immersive in many aspects.
Also, "Supipara" won't conclude in a single game. It will be released as several standalone episodes. Fans may freely pursue only the episodes that interest them if so desired. You could say "it's a light novel series, and independent stories which develop their own unique personalities all in one."
Eventually, our protagonist is coaxed into joining the action committee for the academy's traditional beauty contest by his close friend. He interacts with the heroines participating in this contest who are cute but each have an idiocyncrasy or two. Fun events (with their own difficulties) pop up again and again. Your story with "her" about smiles, peace, passion, and love, all while borrowing the power of a witch, is about to begin!
"Supipara - Alice the Magical Conductor." is an interactive novel themed around "dynamicism" depicted through a rallying all of the production techniques minori has accumulated to date. See expressive character portraits with moving eyes, mouths, even hair! It is quite immersive in many aspects.
Also, "Supipara" won't conclude in a single game. It will be released as several standalone episodes. Fans may freely pursue only the episodes that interest them if so desired. You could say "it's a light novel series, and independent stories which develop their own unique personalities all in one."
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Kinetic novel. Was meant to be part of a larger, episodic journey, but the developer minori appears to have... vanished. Still decent as a vignette. Suggest getting it in the bundle with the only other chapter to be published.4 found this helpful
Very good, but why do these visual novels always say "sleep under the futon" or "pulled the futon over my head" when they obviously mean blanket or covers? I owned a futon and it was way too heavy to use as a bed covering, probably because it is a type of bed. I slept on top of it. I personally do not sleep under my bed. I would find it to be most uncomfortable.1 found this helpful
Supipara - Chapter 1 Spring Has Come! is a narrative-driven visual novel developed by minori and published internationally by MangaGamer. Known for its high production values and carefully crafted storytelling, the game serves as the opening chapter of the Supipara – Alice the Magical Conductor series. Rather than presenting a branching narrative with multiple choices, this installment is structured as a kinetic visual novel, meaning the story unfolds in a fixed sequence without player decisions influencing the outcome. This approach allows the developers to focus entirely on pacing, character interactions, and cinematic presentation, making the experience feel similar to watching a serialized anime drama or reading a richly illustrated light novel. The game places heavy emphasis on atmosphere, relationships, and subtle supernatural elements, establishing a foundation for a larger narrative that continues across future chapters. The story centers on Yukinari Sanada, a young man who returns to his hometown of Kamakura after spending several years away. His past is marked by tragedy, as a serious accident in his childhood claimed his father’s life and left his mother in a long-term …
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For anyone who might be unfamiliar with this visual novel and the devs: Even as of 2022, 10 yrs after the release of SPPL, there is no visual novel's opening movie can beat this one. So u think u are buying a visual novel? Of course not :) The opening itself worth the money, and you can throw other thing into trash bin. The (not) fun fact is that minori went to almost bankrupt because of this awesome and expensive 1 and half minute video. That's why I will never buy SPPL - Chapter 2 since that opening is so mediocre that u may consider other much better options like Steins Gate, Chaos Child, Memory's Off, etc for content rich visual novel or any Yozusoft visual novel for date-sim. Still, RIP minori :(
Unfortunately Minori disbanded so the story of Supipara will never be finished...It was still a great read though. While I'll be forever curious about how it might have finished, I'm still glad I read it. The voice acting and visuals were very well done as well. I especially liked how they would turn each of the characters towards whomever was speaking at the time instead of perpetually facing the screen.
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