Gosick #024: From Here to Eternity (finale)

The wind that will separate Victorique and Kazuya is a fierce gust that howls for blood. Albert de Blois‘ fiery death has only thrown Sauville deeper into chaos as the beast that is the Ministry of the Occult still tries to catch Victorique in its death throes. While Victorique is fleeing, Kazuya is trying to survive as a front line solider in the middle of hell. Both of them are together in their hearts but will either of them survive long enough to reunite?

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Kara no Shojo: Reiji Tokisaka’s Erotic Detective Agency

I am always a bit hesitant to start visual novels. I don’t mind some sex in my story telling and I know that the way the Japanese PC game market works is that the conventional wisdom is that you have to throw in some sex to get people to play. I just want to play something with more story than sex and the sex should not make me throw up in my mouth a little. I was interested in Kara no Shojo because it is a historical murder mystery set is post WWII Japan. The question in my mind was is this murder mystery with some sex thrown in for flavor or a sex game with some murder mystery for an air of legitimacy. So when the demo came out I was curious to test the game out to see how much of an impression I could get.

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Gosick #023: Sauville is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

It seems that Victorique has done nothing more than simply delay the plans of   her father. Despite her efforts Jupiter Roget is revealed to be a Gray Wolf and chased out of the court, Rupert de Gilet is now in the pocket of the Ministry of the Occult, the Monstre Charmant are mere a tools of the Marquis, and Kazuya has been shipped off to Japan. It seems that war is coming and nothing can stop Albert’s plans. Those who wish to stand up to the Ministry of the Occult can seize one moment of vulnerability but taking advantage of it might come at a great cost.

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