Morenatsu: A
Gamers Perspective
Morenatsu, The
name is something of a vague assumption to most within the fandom.
Few people actually know what the name means. Is it a game? Is it a
manga? What exactly is Morenatsu. I'll be honest, it could be
classified as both, it just depends on how you choose to define it.
The official definition of Morenatsu is a 'visual novel'. It follows
the same pattern as any other Japanese 'dating sim' style game. You
are a main character tasked with the option to choose one of many
different potential interests. Of the numerous characters in this
game, and there are actually 8 potential routes to choose and 9
possible partners to be made. The mains character has the ability to
be a custom name, allowing the player to get a more ' personal'
experience. But for sake of argument we will use the stock name that
the game gives us, Hiroyuki.
The potential
routes to be played are as follows: Kouya Aotsuki, Shin Kuroi,
Torahiko Ooshima, Shun Kodori, Juuichi Mikazuki, Tatsuki Midoriya,
Soutarou Touno, and Kyouji Takahara.
The Route we
will be discussing will be that of the character Kouya Aotsuki. This
character is often mistaken as a wolf, mostly due to his fur pattern.
Kouya is actually a husky. Kouya is the most sexually experianced of
any of the available characters and the only one to be considered
100% dominant. This is possibly due to his Bisexual nature. Kouya and
shun ( Shun-Kun) seem to have a very interesting realtionship, Almost
brotherly with an implied romantic relationship having happened.
(as of today,
this game is still being patched and updated so there is always new
things being released. Please look up MTL Project on google and look
for zetaboards. Or letsplaymorenatsu.tumblr.com)
The basis of
the story in this game is that the main character has returned to his
home town of waterfront village for a one month summer vacation
during the month of august. Upon arriving in the town by bus you are
greeted first by Torahiko, who informs you of a welcome party being
thrown for your return by all of your friends. It is here that you
end up meeting the majority of the cast one by one and learn of their
exploits during your five year absence from the village. As this is a
visual novel dating sim, you are tasked with a number of choices
during the course of any route you choose. The first major choice
that you get to make is who you should sit by at the dinner table.
This ultimately chooses which route you start to play depending on
who you sit next to at the beginning, some stories wont be available
until you beat others and so on. ( update: beating a story simply
unlocks artwork and bios and post story snippits. Routes are still
being translated and patched. As of 2 months ago shin/juuichi have
been finished as well and fully translated)
The
amount of detail and development that went into the overall story
writing of this game is very deep. As many of you I am sure have
figured out, and if not you shall know now, this game is originally a
japan only title. There has now officially been an English patch that
offers a complete translation and patch over for the entire game.
Which allows us here in the west to fully enjoy one of the better
furry based visual novel dating games out there. There are others but
none that can match the quality and level of detail that was put into
this title. All of the art was originally done by a furry artist by
the name of Gammy-G. Then it was picked up by a Japanese development
team and offered as a freeware game. Though despite this level of
'popularity' there is surprisingly few people who actually know what
this game is. Though most people can recognize a good number of the
characters and tell you where they are from. That being said very few
actually know that Morenatsu is a visual novel style game.
This
game overall, has many similarities between the stories. Though i'll
admit I have only played two of the possible eight story lines. The
character of kouya, a husky, was very well written and detailed. In
my personal opinion, the story writing between kouya and shun, the
other character story I played, is markedly different. Kouya is very
deep and detailed and emotional. The interactions between hiroyuki
and kouya is very intriguing and allows the player to be drawn into
the scenario as a whole.
Shun,
on the otherhand, is a year younger than our main character. The only
problem I had with this storyline compared to kouya is that, although
shun is a year younger, he is drawn as a child and his personality
makes you think he is even younger than that. Thus the player must
make many moral choices involving the relationship and interaction
between shun and hiroyuki.
The
constant conflict with the main character is a problem I feel should
have been better developed. I like the premise of the story but I
feel that they just tossed the story line for shun together as a last
ditch effort to have something to show for the game. It doesn't feel
like it was THAT well developed. But overall, it is well written and
satisfying to say the least.
Overall,
I would have to give this game a recommendation to anyone interested
in playing it or into the visual novel type game. Though as stated,
this game is an adult rated title and one must be of legal age to
play this. The art style is very well done, and the writing in the
storylines is well thought-out over all.
I
would have to say I am certainly a fan. But you can make your own
decisions if you choose to download and check this game out. A word
of warning though. This game is difficult to track down at first.
Happy hunting to all of you fuzzy ones. Cheers!~
All
opinions expressed herein are that solely of the author and do not
reflect the opinions of furmedia as a whole. This was made for
informative and informational purposes only and in no way should be
used without express consent from furmedia and the author. Please
feel free to make your own determinations about this game by going to
MTL Project through Google or looking up letsplaymorenatsu.tumblr.com
for the latest patches and news about morenatsu. Be patient as this
is an ever evolving work in progress and until they patch everything
and update all the sprites and music there is no way to get the full
game without doing a bit of legwork.
