Underplayed Gems

Yoake Mae yori Ruri-iro na: Brighter than Dawning Blue (2006)

Yoake Mae yori Ruri-iro na: Brighter than Dawning Blue cover
Developer
ARIA
Publisher
Digital Gain
Platforms
PlayStation 2
Genres
Visual Novel

How it feels

A slow, tender visual novel that lingers on quiet emotional moments against the backdrop of an uneasy peace between two worlds.

gentle romanceslow burnmelancholicpost-war undertonesintrospectivebittersweetquietcharacter-focused

About

The story is set in very distant future, in a time when mankind is just recovering from decades of war fought between Earth and a terraformed Moon. The war was so devastating that it set technological progress back by decades if not centuries, which is why the settings don’t look futuristic. Although the world is now at peace, there continues to be distrust between the Sphere Kingdom (Moon) and the Earth Federation. Travel between the two is restricted for diplomatic purposes and confined to a single spaceport on Earth. So anyway, one day the lunar princess, Feena fam Earthlight, comes to the protagonist’s house for home stay…

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