Unlogical - Review

There's harm in harmony?!

 Genre: VN.

Developer/publisher: Licobits.

Platform: Switch.
Official Site: https://licobits-game.com/unlogical/

VNDB: https://vndb.org/v51912

Release date: 22-01-2026

 

Alright I decided to just support Licobits by buying their next game

because the premise is interesting and to figure out Miyabi's grand plan

but I hoped there were no doves involved!

Didn't even start any new games last few weeks and just catched up with some mangas.

The kdrama I started ended up being a bust, this short game break may've

helped since as release closed in I got excited? 

 

Disclaimer: This is purely my own opinion and it could be different from yours

this is not meant to be some kind of all-truth, just an opinion that came from playing this.

If you don't like what you're reading then close the tab, move on and just idk play it yourself. 

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 Pro's

- Decent enough plot, not stellar but its crafted well.

- Most LI's are likable and the heroine was great esp in Miyabi's route.

- Gorgeous art and the music fit the mood.

- The romance is really cute but it can feel secondary.

 

Grey area

- Some convenient writing.

 

Con's

- Many a bad end, I'm fine with some but I think there were too much.

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Unlogical is licobits second game which is made by the staff from amnesia and collar x malice.

Art is gorgeous and its likely Hanamura Mai's best work, the music was great as well

as it fit the tone and mood of the scenes very well.

System wise its mostly standard VN stuff, it felt like they wanted to do more

with it but ultimately couldn't. Timed choices were rare as was the terminal gimmick.

Each route had one best end and an absurd end, as well as a bunch of bad endings.

The default font was better than in Uta-Chro FD, it was easy on my grandma eyes.

 

[Story]

Continueing were the demo ended; Kanna ends up working together

with Miyabi as an operator along side the various angel AI's in the VR game.

They hosts all sorts of games which can eliminate players based on their choices.

The line between reality and game is really thin. As the VR game is still in beta bugs are rampant.

Miyabi made up all sort of strange rules which can make people paranoid

he's also capable of changing these rules on the fly which makes him unpredictable.

There are some parts of the story that are a bit convenient and there's some pacing issues.

Though its important to remember the participants of the game sans heroine

are there of their own free will. Felt like she was roped into it on accident.

As for the heroine... hmm I thought she held her own pretty well!

she was able to look Miyabi straight into the eyes and tell him it.

However I do think she was sticking her nose where it didn't belong

but I liked her rebelliousness. Honestly Miyabi had all the right to change the rules

which made it even more interesting. Either way I thought she was great

but also about as insufferable as Miyabi heh maybe they're just meant to be!

sorry I am a Kanna&Miyabi shipper.

Love me a heroine and a LI who call eachother baka's. 😂

If there's a love interest that is similar to Miyabi... then it would be Alvaro Garay.

Never thought i'd be reminded of Wand of Fortune in the year of our lord 2k26.

YES I'm making this comparison because let's be real no one but the heroine can handle him! 

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The common route was 4 chapters long which leads to a character route that's 5 chapters.

In terms of romance... they definitely became closer over the course of the story. 

Whatever the route I always thought the romance was cute.

The game's CeroC and there's nothing too wild but i'm surprised

it wasn't just straight up CeroD especially with its themes.

Its overall slowpaced, I found that it took awhile to get going

and the story doesn't reach its full potential till the character route.

I found myself to be most invested in Miyabi and Ran or Kai. 

Though I was curious about Yuri or Soichi I just didn't reach the same level of interest. 

Soichi's route was a bit more interesting than Yuri who I thought had the weakest

but even then their route had an okay story just for them.

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My first play took me 15ish hours, repeat plays will be half that time.

Route should be around 6-8 hours. It will depend on your reading speed so faster

readers will finish quicker.  Doing all routes in the game took me 50 hours.

 

I'd generally describe Miyabi as toxic but in the anti-social sense and at first

I was like I wouldn't date him but near the end of the route hell yes!

Maybe I am weird but I like Miyabi more than Yori or Yang.

Somehow I always enjoy the interactions he has with Kanna.

Though in his eyes our dear heroine is a hopeless fool. I guess I am too...

for hoping he atleast has a good reason for being who he is and deserves to be happy.

(Tho I suspect Miyabi to be a fan of stuff like Danganronpa or gen urobutcher. 💀)

 

Half of my first play was blind, since when I started there was no guide yet.

I ended up stepping on one landmine in the common route, so if you just

want to enjoy the story I will recommend a guide because its a real minefield.

Unless... you enjoy playing minesweeper I guess. Playing blind you'll just hit

a bad end sooner or later. I collected all bad ends but I regret doing some of Kai's.

There's 37 in total and not all of them are bad, some of them are well written

but there's some NOPE in there.  Thankfully you only need to do the best

and absurd ends to complete the gallery. The only exception

to this is Miyabi cuz he has two bad ends with a CG. 

I do not dislike Unlogical having a bunch of bad ends, perhaps its because I expected it

so I am not let down or bewildered there being so many like with honey vibes.😅 

 

The game has lots of popular seiyuu, even side characters.

The poster boy is voiced by a fairly new seiyuu with very little roles in otome games

I like it when they use new seiyuus and Ootsuka Takeo's performance for Miyabi was stellar.

I also liked Ran's voice actor a lot in this game, Toshiyuki Toyonaga.

Mostly everyone else did a good job as well like they always do, the above two stood out to me. 

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Overall Unlogical was definitely an interesting otome game, however

I found it to be a bit rough around the edges. The story was pretty decent

and the romance was cute! though its not really till the routes that I could see

the romance start to blossom. I found that they love to foreshadow things

but don't go to deep into it and often is a bit convenient with wrapping it up. 

The times I was annoyed by this was at the end of Soichi's route as well as Ran.

However I was always learning knew things so I don't think it was that bad?

I figured there was a time and place for the real truth behind it so I forgave some of it.

I am a bit sad that I wasn't able to enjoy Ran's route as much as I'd liked?

japan seems to love him but a part of me died in a certain scene IYKYK.

On the other hand I absolutely loved Miyabi's route and can't shut up about him.😄 

It may vary whether a route is good since they're character focused, there

were times I had no idea what was going on, some of the games

characters were forced to play could be absurd to say the least.

Routes were unique and never quite the same because they all explore it differently.

Unlogical is a fairly dark game, but it knew when to be light so it didn't overtake

in either of these aspects which may be why I was able to like it as much as I did. 

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I'd still recommend it to those who enjoyed other games from the same writer 

such as Collar x Malice with a setting like period cube because that is the only

other otome game that comes to my mind really. If you don't like those

or dislike elimination games i'd probably not recommend un:logical to you. 

I loved the characters and the interactions between them all

and the story wasn't bad, it took advantage of its setting.

I don't have many complaints, the heroine was mostly good though I wish she had

a sprite in the corner but she did show up sometimes in other characters POV.

I do think most of the LI's feel like vanilla icecream and then there's Miyabi

who's vanilla dipped in dark chocolate. As he is a bit different from the usual.

9/10

Playing this blind... might be hell but there are always guides for the lost and confused.

Honestly while playing this otome I realized what fun is a game if there's no stakes or 

its struggle removed. Like okay if you just want the story use a guide.

If you miss older visual novels where choices matter and you have

to pay attention then Unlogical is honestly pretty great.

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TL;DR

All in all pretty good, decent story with some cute romance woven into it and the game

didn't feel like it was too short, it was quite voluminous, Most of the bad ends I saw

were well written and some others were just failure ends. Idk what's there to hate really.

Life's not meant to be straight asphalt afterall. Its okay if there are bumps in the road.

Unlogical may not be for everyone but I did think the dev team

did their very best in crafting this game up. If it got a FD

I would definitely buy it for Miyabi or a route for Mitsuki or Kohaku.

I think this is my favorite Licobits game so far! 

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 My play order: Yuri > Kai > Soichi > Ran > Miyabi>Addendum.

There are route restrictions but only for Miyabi its possible to pursue him

from your second playthrough! I personally saved his route for last.

 

Recommended order:

Yuri > Soichi > Kai > Ran > Miyabi> Addendum.

Apparently this was the official recommended order so I didn't even stray that much

and this order goes from least spoilers to most. Kai cleared up a lot I was curious about

but Yuri was rather self-contained and glossed over things explained elsewhere.

 

Character rambles after the jump, tho its just commentary, I tried to keep

it light on spoilers but I still wrote about the characters.

I will also only share mostly two of my favorite CG's per route.

If you want no spoilers at all just stop reading here, its just

senile grandma rambles beyond this point anyways. 

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Unlogical - Demo Impressions

 Genre: VN.

Developer/publisher: Licobits.

Platform: Switch.
Official Site: https://licobits-game.com/unlogical/

VNDB: https://vndb.org/v51912

Release date: 22-01-2026

 

So I tried out the demo version of the upcoming otome game Un:logical.

Its Licobits second otome game and like with their first its also being made

by a bunch of old otomate staff. I don't do reviews of demo's

so this is just a first impression post.

 

TBH most of my ramblings are about the admin guy and I think he's really

carrying this otome game right now thanks to his seiyuu. Atleast for me. 

 

At time of writing this otome game is japanese only with no english text. 

 You can download it on the japanese eshop if you're curious enough or to see

if your fav seiyuu can reel you in but the demo is not very long, 2 hours at most.

 

More rambles after the jump. 

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Angelique Luminarise - review

 Genre: Otome/simulation VN.
Developer/publisher: KOEI/ruby party.
Platform: Switch.
Official Site: https://www.gamecity.ne.jp/anmina/
VNDB: https://vndb.org/v28833
Release date: 20/05/20.

I am not too fond of simulation genre of otome games but I still got this game

after I was impressed with the demo, as its base plot was a bit more captivating

than my entire experience with retour granted it was one route...

I remember trying Brian even but lost interest welp, time to try again? 

 

Pro's

- Interesting characters, was motivated to do multiple character ends.

- Ange's personality, sometimes she can be sassy.

- Art, I like the art style.

 

Con's

- Starts off strong but falls flat in the end... (none if any conflict as well.)

- Gameplay is pretty much a reskin of retour albeit with QoL improvements.

- It is rather short, especially on 2nd+ play.

- Reusing CG's with slightly different background taking up slots in the gallery like its 2010.

 

The queen is MISSING and they're in need of a new one.

 

Plot/prologue

Ange who after a hard day of work went for a drink and laments her life's choices

then gets offered with the choice of becoming a  queen and randomly signs it cuz why not!

Little did she know some pretty boi on a pegasus showed up to take her to her new job.

 I liked how this was all done in manga form... really added some humor to it

before it switced back to regular VN mode, was nice while it lasted.

Ange doesn't understand but the pretty boy who's name is Yue explained it all...

but did a poor job so Vergil had to jump in to explain it in a way Ange understood.

In short: Ange signed a contract and was isekai'd to a new world to become a candidate

to be queen of the cosmos, Ange thought that contract paper was a joke but here we are.

There is also another candidate to be the queen, Reina who like Ange also just got here

and is willing to answer any further questions Ange might have, Reina is also her rival

who has no intention to lose! In terms of other characters there's Cyrus who is Ange's butler.

Cyrus also interrogates Ange some of his questions will determine compatibility such as

birthday/bloodtype or likes/dislikes you could say he's simply one hell of a butler, also is it just me

or do I get sebastian vibes from him. >_> Unfortunately Cyrus is not romanceable

like the others which is such a shame because just from the prologue he really grew on me.

The chemistry amongst the guardians was also nice so events with them were nice most of the time.

The two candidates are given their own planet to raise with the help of the elements

that the guardians possess. This is a series staple and it wouldn't be Angelique if it wasn't.

Cyrus knows when to joke around as well some times it was good other times it was eh

and I was just like my dude what're you smoking?! Tyler the engineer was cute

as well too bad he's not romanceable, ah the terashima curse strikes again!

Reina might not be romanceable but atleast she and Ange can hang out.

 

Gameplay like other entries includes simulation parts and there is a day/time limit to get things done

though i'm not sure how long we are allowed to take, probably best to not take too long.

Like with retour you have to manage your time of chasing bishies with being a candidate

for the queen. Most of the gameplay flow is similar to retour but they have tweaked some things.

There is still some RNG involved but it is much less of a hassle which made it easier to replay

and there are timed choices in which a character may quiz you during a date but most of these

are easy if you've been paying attention during your gameplay. Like for example

is your rival(or yours development higher or lower? Do you remember x and what was it? etc.

Thankfully the first dates no longer have you select lots random questions which is a blessing

there's still some randomness but not as bad as in retour,  I was always stressed back then

cuz of RNG and higher potential of saying the wrong things that would ruin the mood of a date.

If you date a lot the guys and get perfect answer on the quiz they may give Ange a present

for me it only happened with Vergil, Yue &Noa, you can also give the guys presents

but you have to buy it on a holiday but figuring out what they like was another thing...

though affection was plenty so that was not a big deal!

Gameplay also feels less monotonous because some things can be automated

a blessing on multiple playthroughs. Whatever difficulty you select will affect

Reina's behavior making it either easier or harder to get through it.

I recommend easy because hard makes everything a pain............

Like retour you don't need a guide as long as you save a lot because there is a chance you

select a wrong choice during events that results in heartbreak so you cannot proceed events

for me Lorenzo's events were especially bad with this I couldn't find the right thing to say.😔

The only thing I really hated was the RNG involved with the confession or be confessed at events

and how there's 1 cg locked behind being lovers that for some had asinine requirements

but atleast the game is nice enough to tell you how to get it so its not that bad.

If you're curious about this entry  and are still on the fence about the aforementioned gameplay flow

there's a demo/trial on the japanese eshop, wish more otome dev's would do this tbh.

 

 The vibes were nice, I got interested in a few of the love interest just from the prologue

Zeno's precious and Vergil totally not from the devil may cry series also seemed interesting.

The characters all had a personality to them outside of their events... but a lot of it was

random and I couldn't keep track of some of their stories so that was a bummer.

I liked a event were Vergil teased Yue during a game of words.😂 On another note

the heroine Ange is 25 years old! which certainly made things a bit more interesting?

As for the love interests  the youngest ones are 18 and 19 with the others being in the mid/late 20's.

Seiyuu: With the exception of Satou Takuya and Shimazaki Nobunaga most of the seiyuu talent

are all relatively unknown which is nice sometimes even I am tired of hearing the same old va's

also glad they didn't use those ossan's because some of them like Zephel's VA really

had to try hard reprise their role the only exception was Koyasu but that's probably

because Koyasu is still very active as a seiyuu unlike some of the cast in retour.

Rest assured that this is not the case here which lead to a better listening experience.

Some guys have their own thing going on its more obvious with Kanata the youngest of the

guardians he's much like Ange and still getting used to his new life there if you don't know which

guy to go for I think Kanata might be a good pick? but still it might be better to pick the guy

which really interest you and make the most out of your first play because I ran out of steam quickly

cuz this game wasn't that fun to sit through multiple times, it isn't very interesting either in terms of plot. Not sure about the rivalry but as long as you're trying there shouldn't be a problem, only once

I fell behind & sorta sat on my ass in the beginning cuz I was thinking about Vergil.😜

They also gave Ange and Reina backgrounds that influenced who they are as a character and their

relationship but that's sorta it too. If you want to complete all events, well uh good luck with that?

there are lots of different variations of events. I was pretty satisfied with just getting

the romantic ends as well as full gallery or almost cuz I couldn't be arsed to get

the last bar cg for 2 characters, which thankfully wasn't worth that much. Other than that

its probably disappointing there was no real plot outside of the guys events, it was mostly relaxing

and everyone was nice much like in retour maybe too nice, even if things don't work out

in terms of love there's no hard feelings they might even still want to spend the day.

Its great if you don't want much going on but yea don't expect a plot like in

the haruka games, I found this disappointing because it started off well enough but this might

as well be an angelique thing, you have the goal and choice to romance but not much else to it.

The character events and love ends really are the best thing the game has to offer!

 

IMO it was alright... just okay at best, Koei managed to sell it to me

from the trial but its mostly cuz of the characters so they definitely did something right?

But there is also something wrong, the lack of CG events and reusing

1 cg scene 3 times, only change is the background. Come on what year is this? I expect

something like that from back around 2010. There are many times I wonder why there

was a lack of them, even retour had a few cg's when you go out visiting that world's town

or a dance cg etc, luminarise does it too but really awkwardly, disconnected from the flow

and not fun to have to fetch it if you didn't visit said location thrice. Some have weird conditions

like visit the first time as lovers but if you visit before being lovers that you get a different version

of the event.😒 See what I mean by asinine? god forbid you visit misty canal with Kanata

before being lovers cuz there goes your chance of seeing one of the few CG events.

Atleast most mini event were enjoyable but i'm just disappointed there are hardly

any CG's spread out over the romance events, Further more there are no real routes

and the game is a giant common route filled with individual events which aren't very long, if you

try to go for one you will trigger a bunch of the others especially if you automate to much.

Sometimes there would be guy only events. I couldn't keep track or be interested in those cuz they happened in no particular order they weren't that interesting either so nothing of value was lost.

 

This game is very short not like retour was much better at that.... in that game despite enjoying Zephel's

events and vibing with some guys from time to time, that was all that there's to it! Luminarise is the same in that regard. So I realize maybe simulation games just aren't for me! cuz by the time

I got to the final route of the game I was just about done with it.

Vergil is my best boi!

 Overall I like most of the characters, general plot and can stand the gameplay

more than retour due to QoL improvements. But really my first play was the most fun

and most of the fun and interest disappeared on subsequent plays leading to me

running out of steam and then I also felt bad about betraying Vergil when going for others

cuz I liked him more than Kanata whom I just wanna cheer on not romance.😓

If there was any character I had trouble liking it was Milan his romance events were off-putting

but outside of that he was likeable. I much preferred to spend my time with Zeno he is too precious.

Both Shuri & Felix were a surprise for me cuz I was turned off at first but they both grew on me!

There might be some characters you just don't like which for me was Milan and Lorenzo.

Noa's likeable enough and I don't hate him but everything about his character

has me going, I have seen this somewhere before have I? Yue on the other hand is a cutiepie!

Whoever ends up being your fav will depend on personal taste really.

The stories in the character events varied heavily but there were some life lessons that could

seen or learned from it so I don't think it was all that bad, it just makes up for the main plot

being lacklustre which was just there to set things up. This can be a nice otome game if you let it!

by doing all routes you might notice how a lot of things are just kinda the same.

6.5/10

Well I think this is okay if you like romance simulators and never played an angelique

game and are new to this but other than that it kind of fell flat despite starting out strong

the lore and all is interesting but don't play it for the plot... do it for THEM bishies.

Once more I recommend trying out the demo on the JP eshop to get a feel of it

the japanese is pretty easy too so its a good game to test japanese on. I say that

because this game is quite expensive it might just be KOEI tax at this point

but i'm more inclined to blame this on the pandemic for it being the way it is

or maybe that's just me trying to be nice and cut them some slack?

 

End of non spoiler section, route spoilers after the jump.