![]() ![]() A nice change from the mostly male dominated SF of the period.įinally, she has deftly wrapped all of the above inside a complex, engaging plot that I found very entertaining. She has also peopled her narrative with strong, determined, intelligent central characters, all of whom are women. Vinge has quality prose skills and does a excellent job with both world-building and layering in a well thought out political structure. Marin is Lana if the writers of Smallville actually took the time to write her better.This is higher end political space opera that borrows a number of themes and central plot components from Frank Herbert’s Dune, while creatively retelling the Han’s Christian Anderson story for which it’s named. I’ll admit, usually, I hate the popular kid is sad trope, like how Smallville portrays Lana Lang, but here it works. I can’t imagine what it’s like to be in Marin’s shoes. Even if I was used to such an extent I know that, through it all, I’ll always have my mother and I also have pets that love me unconditionally. I’ll admit, I’ve been used myself and I have trouble telling who my real friends are, but the worst that I ever happened to me was that I got called out on the internet, or I had a pool installed and people I’ve never even talked to suddenly wanted to be my friend. Marin dies unloved and no one mourns her death. Just people who took advantage of her and used her for their own ends. So this girl had no genuine love in her life. Even Marin wonders if she’s an unwanted child. To anyone asking, “where’s her parents in all this?” They’re off in who knows where and leave their kid to fend for herself without even a pet for company. Keep in mind that Marin doesn’t even want to date him and is only doing whatever Tooru wants to make Shou happy. So the fact that he’s involved with her in private means he’s basically committing statutory rape and also prostituting his girlfriend to protect his own career because Tooru made it clear that he will expose Marin and Shou together if Shou doesn’t make Marin date Tooru. As for Shou, he’s an adult and Marin is a teenage girl. Marin’s boyfriend, Tooru, is only dating her to further his own ends and blackmailed Shou, her doctor who is also Marin’s secret boyfriend, into making Marin date him. Ami has no issue with stabbing Marin in the back if she benefits. Marin’s best friend, Ami, is only hanging out with her because they’re both popular. However, just because she’s admired doesn’t mean anyone loves her. Marin’s the most popular girl in school, she has a nice apartment, she’s the swimming team’s ace, dating the most popular boy in school, boys want her and girls want to be her. To an outsider, it seems she has the perfect life. To me, what makes the game tragic is Marin and the characters that surround her. For those of you who haven’t played it yet, be sure to check out the game on and be warned that there are major spoilers in what I’m about to say. Despite the premise of Marin being a ghost who relives the past seven days of her life, the game is more tragic than it is scary. I also recreated all three versions of the main character, Marin Umino, as best as I could using the Azaleas Dolls game (Snow Queen Scene Maker), which you can check out for yourself on. A while back, I reviewed Cafe 0 which is still one of my favorite visual novels due to its Twilight Zone feel. ![]()
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