Here’s a recommendation for a visual novel from someone who doesn’t play a lot of visual novels. Out of the blue one day, PQube Asia offered me a review code for Iwakura Aria, a suspense/horror visual novel, which I accepted for three main reasons: All of these things make this visual novel a very accessible […]
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