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But I for one couldn’t grow overly fond of him during Extra, particularly because of his general treatment of Sumika.

#Muv luv alternative nude series

I suppose this is to be expected – a large focus of the series as a whole seems to be on his character growth and reactions to all the events that come his way. It’s actually a little hard at times to get a decent impression of Takeru – our protagonist – over the course of Extra. These sort of events are almost everyday occurrences for the duration of Extra and actually add an extra layer of juxtaposition with the other two instalments of the VN – while Extra completely disregards normal practice with no second thoughts, Unlimited and Alternative always take great care to explain everything and ensure it all remains feasible within the setting.Īs I mentioned earlier, Extra’s main purpose is to introduce the characters who we’ll be spending the rest of the series with and their relationships. The perfect example of this would be levelling an entire city block and building a mansion, all within the space of a single day. What does set it apart are the moments when the game decides to completely disregard common sense and do something ridiculously crazy. The setting is fairly unoriginal too – a suburban part of Hiiragi Town and its local school. No, it’s definitely not the story that sets Extra aside from other dating sims. While many things change in the transition between Extra and Unlimited, the personalities of most of the cast are not among them. Extra’s main function within the larger canon is as a springboard from which to introduce us to all the most central characters of the series. It is undeniably not the most interesting love story ( or series of love stories) ever told, but at the end of the day, that’s not really the point. On the surface it may be similar to so many other multi-route high-school slice-of-life dating sims, but it still adds in an extra element to make it stand out as unique. While there were times that it dragged, overall it managed to retain my interest for the majority of its running time. Of course, that’s not to say I didn’t enjoy it… quite the opposite in fact. My reaction to starting Extra should be pretty easy to guess to say the least, I caught entirely off guard by the complete lack of any sort of battle mechs.Ĭontinued after the spoiler tag… Show Spoiler ▼ I dove into Muv-Luv with no real knowledge of what to expect – the entirety of the information on the subject I possessed at the time was that it involved mecha ( and yes, that does mean I was completely unaware of certain scenes in Alternative until they crept up on me). While we’ll try to be as thorough as possible with our thoughts, we’ll also try to ensure to keep spoilers to an absolute minimum so we ask that you kindly do the same when making a comment ( and make good use the spoiler tags)! Muv-Luv Extra Our primary aim with this post ( which will be split into sections for Extra, Unlimited, and Alternative per their chronological order) is to give our impressions on the series, try to convince you that these are definitely visual novels you need to play, and to give you some sort of idea of what to expect from Total Eclipse this coming season. To be frank, having finished the series, I can’t believe I didn’t do so sooner. For me, it’s been something I’ve long intended to do but always found myself sidetracked by other VNs, games and anime. In light of this, both Zephyr and I (Moomba) took it upon ourselves to finally buckle down and play through the series.

It’s been quite some time since the two main instalments in the series were released, but it still maintains a loyally dedicated fanbase, partially because of its awesome TSF ( mecha) designs and partially because of its cleverly constructed and emotionally gripping story.Īs you may be aware, an adaption of the spinoff VN Muv-Luv Alternative – Total Eclipse is scheduled to air this summer. Given that it’s ‘the greatest VN series ever written’ ( depending on whom you ask) and that Muv-Luv Alternative is ranked number one in the visual novel database it would be no surprise to have been exposed to it. I’m sure many people have heard the name Muv-Luv bandied around at some point.