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Genre: VN.
Developer/publisher: Otomate
Platform: PSP,switch.
Official Site: https://www.otomate.jp/toki/switch/
Official Site: https://www.otomate.jp/toki/switch/
VNDB: https://vndb.org/v12141
Release date: 19-6-2025
Once upon a time otomate released an otome game called Toki no Kizuna
but then realized it didn't nearly have enough romance which was lost in the sauce
that was the overall story so they released a FD; Hanayui Tsuzuri.
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Pro's
- After stories were a much needed epilogue to the original routes.
- Most other side content brought a smile to my face.
- After's are of decent length and didn't really overstay their welcome.
Con's
- New routes and flower chapter rely on Senkimaru's sad end so you could
feel lost in terms of continuity if you happened to only do the good ends in OG.
- Yachiyo's route is really aimed at a special audience so its not for everyone.
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I thought the OP was pretty fire this time around and actually wanted
to listen to it most of the time I booted it up. The original game's OP
was a good jam too but it just didn't hit as good as the FD one.
As for the heroine she mostly has dropped the act of pretending to be a man and she
was much more accepting of herself. Yukina let her feminine side shine through in this FD.
Maybe for some its disappointing but I didn't mind this. The extended epilogue
really did show her at her most badass which was really good IMO.
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After stories.
All after stories start with a brief summary of the route but it felt a bit rushed
I suppose it might be good if you need a quick refresher, other than that they were in generally
pretty good as an extended epilogue but that's about it. Doing your fav LI first is recommended.
There are choices in the after stories but it doesn't affect the outcome.
The only thing it affects is the CG variation so there's not much to worry about
and you can play at your leasure without fear of bad ends which the original had a lot of.
New routes.
As you know there are new routes for Shiyuu and Yachiyo but honestly they're a hit or miss.
I didn't like Yachiyo's because it is really aimed at a specific audience that is not for me.
Shiyuu's route was a lot better and more well rounded, I actually cared about him.
Before I played this FD I wasn't sure when these took place but it made sense
for it to happen after Senkimaru's sad end as she doesn't end up with anyone
and certain characters are alive except someone and Yukina basically is the head honcho.
The new routes didn't have any choices so it was like reading a novel.
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There's a Inbetween chapter that takes place sometime during the original game
with some choices that may give extra CG with the chosen LI.
Honestly I don't really like this sort of content that's supposed to make up for
the lack of fun times in the original. Its hard to get into it so i'd rather prefer a scenario
after endings of the original game and that did exist in this game this just wasn't it.
In terms of length it was maybe about 30 mins to an hour the first time through.
You will pretty much skip half of it when doing another character in this section.
but it was kinda funny how he was constantly so listless, it actually was a problem.๐
Other than that there's the flower chapter that takes place after Senkimaru's sad ending
which acts as an extended epilogue but without any romance. After doing both Inbetween
and flower chapter you unlock something called twelve tales which is pretty much the
conclusion of the story as it wrap up the series well enough. I did this last. There's also some
unlockable bonus side stories that you get by finishing every guy's after story/new route.
Plenty of content all around but some of it can be skipped if you had your fill.
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Overall its a solid FD with plenty of content value.
Its okay to play it back to back because most routes needed the extended epilogues
but had the switch port not included this then i'd be disappointed so I am glad it is.
It was nice there's still a scenario that explores one sad end of the original game
but the only thing it was good at was formally closing off the Toki no Kizuna saga.
The other extra bonus content was nice, it even reminded me of ken ga kimi's FD
but I don't think it was as loaded which was a good thing imo.
If you liked a character in the original its definitely worth to check out their after story
in this FD but its okay to skip the ones for characters you didn't really like.
Personally for me only Kazuya and Senkimaru's afters were worth it as well as Shiyuu's route
others just weren't as engaging or interesting to me. Maybe its cuz I didn't like all LI equally.
I'll admit I feel like I forced myself through some of these afters and new routes
but I can see this isn't a bad FD, in fact its pretty good addition
since the original left much to be desired.
8/10
This FD has just the right amount of content that there is not a lack of volume or too much of it.
A lot FD's just tend to stop at afters or new routes. Its rare to get a bunch of
chibi side stories along with an extended epilogue of a less than ideal ending.
This was 20 hours of good stuff which may stretch to 25+ish if you do everything.
Route babbles after the jump as well as my fav CG's, its not really a digest but commentary.
Also disclaimer i'm sorry if I didn't like every LI we can't all like the same things!
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