A world without an end: let’s talk about Tsui no Sora Remake

I knew I wouldn’t like this one as much as SubaHibi, mainly because I loved Wittgenstein and the Tractatus even before reading the VN; meanwhile, I could never get into Nietzsche no matter how much I tried. I can’t help it, it just doesn’t really speak to me. Now, I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy Yuki’s monologues and philosophical discussions—this is me we’re talking about, after all—but it felt a bit more dense (or maybe the dense one is me).

My mom always thought the world would end in 1999. I thought it would end in 2012. We both thought we felt it end in 2020—and yet, we’re still here.

As for the story itself, being familiar with most of the twists and turns made the “denpa factor” (i.e. how insane and detached from reality it makes me feel) nonexistent, and reading it a little over a year after finishing SubaHibi meant the experience was often a bit repetitive, but it still managed to draw me into its atmosphere now and then, especially at the end of the first chapter.

Ayana Otonashi is already an extremely dubious creature in SubaHibi, but here she’s straight-up monstrous—and I love her for it. That chapter was so cool. That’s my girl!

My girl who is so nice

Honestly, the only reason I remember this VN at all is because of Yasuko. She ended up surprising me a lot. What an amazing character, with a life-changing h-scene to boot— if Bechdel-test-failing lesbian sex has zero fans I am no longer in this world etc

Anyways, compared to the major life event that was reading SubaHibi, this ended up feeling a bit lackluster. It’s not that I didn’t like it, but while I love the text displayed in the shape of a cross, those skies weren’t the right shade of blue at all—