G-senjou no Maou - REVIEW

PLOT (spoiler free)

In G-senjou you play the role of Kyosuke, the adoptive son of a ferocious yakuza boss (he's scary as hell, I assure you @@) whose only interest in life is making money. His life has a dramatical change when a strange and mysterious man whose name is only "Maou" (Devil) starts to  challenge Kyosuke's "father" rule over the city, dragging into his machinations also Kyosuke himself and his classmates. To make things even more complicated, in Kyosuke's class transfers a strange girl who seems to hold a personal grudge against Maou...

G-SENJOU IN A NUTSHELL
A perfect balance between your everyday school romance harem and a dark detective story.



WHAT AKIYAMI CHAN THINKS

First of all, is G-Senjou worth of your money and your time? The answer is yes.
The plot starts slow - as it's the case with many other VNs - but by the end of the first chapter you'll be completely taken by the story and curious to know who is Maou and what he's plotting.
And I can already tell you that the true ending will not disappoint you.
Maybe the thing I enjoy the most of this Visual Novel was his cynical portrayal of human nature: every character, once you know her, is totally realistic - not some romantic anime version of a person. Many of the dialogues will have you stop thinking about what is just being said - and that was a great pro, in my opinion.

At first, probably you're not going to be very impressed by none of the romantic options, but give them a try nonetheless: many characters have a a deep story and interesting development that is shown only during their route. So don't skip them. The weaker of them all is probably Mizuha's route, but she has some interesting moments too.
Keep in mind though that you'll understand the whole story only if you play throught the main route (Usami's one): if you don't read her route, you miss almost half of the story.
So this Visual Novel is perfect? Almost, but not quite. The main problem is Maou himself: the more you know of him the less realistic becomes the entire story - and this is a problem in a VN which makes of realism one oh its strongest points. He ends up to become annoying to the point you'll start losing interest in the main plot - or at least it was this way for me. I cannot go into details without making spoilers: you'll understand in Usami's route.

G-Senjou no Maou maybe will not be perfect, especially in its last chapters, but is a must have if you're looking for a mature Visual Novel, with characters not always easy to love but hard to forget!



WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT:
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