BlueShinobi
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First and foremost,
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It is the single best review of an H-Game I have ever read.
But, because some of you won't, I'll list highlights here
Characters
Yae Mizushira
Shino
Crow
Miku Kusaka
Kyoko Kusaka
Plot overview:
Zanjibaru takes place in an alternate universe where at the end of World War II, the Japanese government awakened demons in Tokyo to unleash upon the Allies. Their plan succeeds and Japan prevails in the conflict. However, twenty years after the end of the war, abnormalities begin to occur, and demons rampage throughout Japan, particularly in the Kanto region. While battling the demon infestation, Japan loses much of its territory.
Without much in the way of gameplay, a visual novel has to feature engaging characters and an interesting plot, and Zanjibaru does a very good job in both respects. The characters resemble stock stereotypes – Yae is the naive young girl, Shino is the maid, Kyoko is the older sister, and Crow is the borderline loli – but they never devolve into the expected moe archetypes. Indeed, Yae, Shino, Kyoko, and Crow are all intelligent, strong female characters. Yae threatens to slide into the helpless anime girl stereotype but happily recovers before completely doing so. And also thankfully, Crow never becomes a tsundere, despite possessing most of the identifiers of such; she starts out taciturn and enigmatic, but develops an appealing sense of humor.
Despite featuring a large female cast, there is no yuri in the game, which is a loss in one sense since the characters are attractive, but I think it’s to the game’s ultimate benefit as it seems much less exploitative that way. I admire that the game’s creators made that decision; it shows that they were more interested in telling the story and developing the characters on their own terms rather than trying to fit them into common archetypes.
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Includes save file(not preinstalled, but has instructions on what to do).
Includes jpeg CG rip in separate file
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to decompress. WinRar may not work properly.You need to have the region and language setting set to Japanese or the game will not install properly. You can also use applocal to treat a particular application as though your system is in Japanese. See
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for how to do this.Features:
Stlye: Visual Novel
Language: Japanese (no English translation will likely ever occur)
Audio: HScenes voiced, regular scenes partially voiced
Animated: No
Apx length: 35 hours
Number of HScenes: apx 45
Gallery Mode: Yes
By popular request, CG set separate from game
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The game does come with a gallery mode, complete save and is voiced for the H-Scenes. Better than just pics IMO.
Added a save file with instructions separately for those of you who downloaded it elsewhere and are looking for one.
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I actually like Kyoko's look the best, but her voice actress doesn't really suit her IMO. Sounds a bit like Remi from Black Lagoon.