Snow Sakura

Snow Sakura
Developer(s) D.O.
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)
  • JP November 28, 2003
  • NA 2007
Genre(s) Eroge, Visual novel, Bishōjo game, Comedy
Mode(s) Single-player
Distribution CD-ROM

Snow Sakura (Japanese: 雪桜, yukizakura) is a visual novel first developed and published by D.O. and released on November 28, 2003.[1] This interactive fiction game was translated into English language and then published by G-Collections in December 2007.[2]

Story

Yuuji Tachibana recently moved in with his cousin and uncle after his parents went on a business trip to Hawaii.

Characters

Yuuji Tachibana - Yuuji is the main playable character in the series. He is a student whose parents moved to Hawaii for a period for a business related thing. Left in the care of his uncle in Hokkaido, Yuuji is reunited with his cousin and childhood friend. While in the town, he has a strange dream of a girl talking about a snow sakura tree but wakes up before she could finish what she was going to say.

Saki Tachibana - Saki is Yuuji's cousin, her house used to be a ryokan but now is staying with her uncle. Rather than a cousin she feels more like a friend towards Yuuji. When the user chooses Saki their relationship grows and it is revealed that she has liked Yuuji ever since they were five years old. She fills in Yuuji's fragmented dream of a girl talking about the Snow Sakura tree by saying that it was her. Saki tell on how while they were little she asked Yuuji to play with her and while doing so asked him to be her husband which he accepted. Yuuji's uncle accepts Saki's love, and goes out of his way to protect it, her friends are supportive as well. After losing her virginity to Yuuji, she begins making advances to him while in school something that gets her into trouble. Her uncle is able to help her out in the end by surprisingly announcing their engagement. Two years later Saki is married and living happily with Yuuji, reopening their family inn with her dad as the owner.

Misaki Souya - Misaki is one of Yuuji's classmates. A popular student, because of her looks she is a target of her male classmates. Her best friend is Kozue. When the user chooses Misaki their relationship grows. Eventually it is found out that she met Yuuji when they were kids. Misaki lost a glove with a bunny on it and Yuuji found it for her, this girl ends up being the girl in Yuuji's dream in this take. Later on, things get more complicated when an accidental kiss by Saki in front of Misaki causes her to run away. Worried, he chases after her after Saki confesses her love to which he declines. With his friends help including Saki who realizes her love is not requited helps Misaki and Yuuji mend back their relationship. Years later the two are married with the final scene showing them with a toddler they had together. They named the girl Sakura after the tree in the town.

Kozue Hiyama - Kozue is Misaki's best friend.

Rei Kisaragi - Rei is a third year student and Yuuji's senpai. She is the leader of a school club run by Misaki, and enjoys mahjong.

Misato Souya - Misato is Misaki's older sister and Yuuji's history teacher. She's a fan of the Bakumatsu period and of Hijikata Toshizou.

Sumiyoshi - Yuji's best friend. Sumiyoshi has a perverted mind and is slow at times but offers Yuji support when it comes to romance. At one point he develops a crush on Misato but she turns him down.

Reception

Ragn_Charran from Game FAQs gave the visual novel a rating of six out of ten. The sound and graphics of the game was praised but the sexual content was given a low score.[3] Trushot Archer from visual novel cake gave the novel a score of eight out of ten.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Snow Sakura". www.ign.com. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Snow Sakura". G-Collections. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Like a barrage of snowballs, there's a lot of hit and miss". www.gamefaqs.com. July 19, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Snow Sakura Review (VNC)". visualnovelcake.blogspot.com. May 17, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2015.

External links