dissolve into the dawn; [Motomi x Akira]
visual novel + song: at the end of the vid
Reviving a channel after more than 2 years of no uplads? Fuck yeah!
I've recently gotten into VNs~! I started last December, with this one, which I'd dabbled in before but never really played. It was great! My preferred routes are (in no particular order): Motomi, Shiki (with crimelord Shiki ending), Rin.
The Motomi/Akira relationship surprised me and exceeded my expectations. I'd seen some scenes of theirs on YT before, and I sort of expected it to be more of a safe-ish, light-ish, mutual-support-plus-chemistry kinda thing, but it turned out to be really complex. (I love how the relationships in this game are complex and peculiar.) Throughout the story there is:
wariness (especially - but not only - on Akira's part)
some level of getting along
distance
annoyance with each other
joking, often with a flirty undertone
attraction
some level of Motomi treating Akira like he would treat and guide a son (and this is one-sided)
comfort
various amounts of trust and distrust
So, yeah, it's great~ I didn't try to do all of that justice with this vid, I just wanted to make something about their relationship.