the song of saya

I recently finished playing this Lovecraftian horror romance eroge (a.k.a porn) visual novel (WHEW I'M ALREADY TIRED JUST TYPING THAT OUT) developed by Nitroplus. Ah yeah Nitroplus. We can already imagine how messed up the plot would be considering most of the genre's of their games anyway. To be honest I've only played this and Dramatical murder so HOWEVER I DO PLAN ON PLAYING THE GAME WHERE THE PROTAGONIST SHIT'S OUT MONSTERS. I refuse to die not playing that game but I'm not here to talk about that game so let's move along.

The author is Gen Urobuchi who wrote Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero (at least those are the titles I'm most familiar with him). Anyway's a short summary of this game would be IT'S A FUCKED UP WORLD but love triumphs all and makes all the hellscape tolerable.

The story starts with Fuminori who was in an car accident. He lost his family and was almost at the brink of death but he miraculously survives however his life takes a turn for the worse as he no longer see's anything "normal" but instead some weird fleshy monsters. At first he is horrified at his surroundings and how he perceives people but he soon learns to adapt because he didn't want to be sent in some confinement.

He first meets Saya during his stay in the hospital a meeting that will change him forever. At first he is surprised to see Saya looking and sounding like human since everything else to him is some fleshy monstrous thing (he can barely eat his food because of it too). They both end up bonding and become reliant on each other's existence. Saya was the single ray of hope in his horror-filled world and it's no surprise that Fuminori would do anything for Saya. Later on Fuminori becomes aware that Saya isn't exactly "human". Saya's true form isn't really shown in pictures or described elaborately. We are only given vague descriptions so her "true" appearance is really left up to how you would perceive her.

I love how the game shows what Fuminori see's versus what other's actually see. We can see how it would affect Fuminori's mental state or rather I suppose it is already the conclusion of Fuminori's mental state. He has gone insane but not insane in a way that he is delirious. Fuminori is still conscious of his action's but has lost his moral sense.


this is how Fuminori views the landscape

I usually don't play eroge game's and I wish I could say the sex scene's in Song of Saya are unnecessary but it's really the opposite. I don't think this is a game where you beat your meat around (unless you're into the stuff in this game...) since it is really uncomfortable to see Saya, who looks like a child or at least has an underage appearance, getting fucked by Fuminori (who is an adult btw). Saya is also very sexually active for someone with such a young appearance. Fuminori actually mentions that in the game lol. You can't skip the porn scene's or else you compromise the whole game (cue me switching the tab and playing it in the lowest possible volume because someone might walk in on me especially if I can't lock the door all the time-)

There's lots of messed up theme's here for one there's Saya turning Yoh, who has feelings for Fuminori, into their sex slave. Apart from that there's cannibalism and rape.. Basically most things you can think of and Fuminori think's nothing of it because all he wants to do is make Saya happy. Although of course Saya's rape triggered something in Fuminori that makes him kill Saya's rapist.. Then they fucking eat him because apparently Fuminori likes the taste of human meat since his senses make it seem like human meat is delicious and shit.

The game has 3 endings but despite that it's a quick and short game. Definitely something you can finish within the day (if you.. you know. Binge read it). All the character's have their own motives to which you might sympathize with. Also dunno if it's just me but the "true" ending of this game seem's ambiguous? My friend told me the "true" ending of the game was Saya made children and the whole world is basically how Fuminori see's shit but somehow I thought the "true" ending was when Fuminori and Saya die and the world is saved? I have no idea lol but either way I suppose there wasn't really a "happy" ending in this game either. Just lot's of despair