The end of this story develops strangely almost exactly the same as Cyanotype Daydream. Of course, I loved Cyanotype's ending so I approve of Eustia's too. I do think the story is a little unfair, though, creating such wildly abnormal circumstances where torturing girls you love is the right thing to do. (The exact same thing happened in Cyanotype and it was also the right decision, because of the abnormal setting.) The situation was so hopeless and grim there really wasn't any other solution but a miracle, but luckily a miracle occurred, so at least everyone but Eustia gets to live happily ever after. Actually this reminds me a bit of FF 16's ending where everyone but Clive gets to live happily ever after due to a miraculous healing of a totally fucked up world.
In general I would say authors shouldn't be so pitiless and unfair to their characters, and create a society where happiness and success are possible if you live well, I think that's better for writers and readers alike. Stuff like Cyanotype, Aiyoku and FF 16 are just too grim and dark compared to Clannad or SAO. It's okay to have some trauma, but don't make it entirely traumatic.
Eustia with full blazing brilliant angel wings is exactly what a demigoddess should look like, I'm glad she's part of the pantheon in '100 Waifus,' she earned it. Overall I feel a great relief that one of the pillars of '100 Waifus,' with 4 fictional character hall of famers and one of them a child of Cute herself, is now completely translated and available to the whole world, and that it lived up to the hype and serves as a faithful pillar to the overall quality of my story.
It is not strange to worship Eustia for thousands of years to come, which is what the people of '100 Waifus' will be doing.
How many years has it been since this game came out in Japan? April of 2011 over there, and now we're all the way to December of 2023. Thirteen years of suffering and anticipation. I'm so glad it's over, I was worried I'd never get to see the ending. First I was worried the translation would never be released, then I was worried that for whatever reason my computer couldn't play the game, lastly I was worried the game wouldn't be as good as I had hoped, but all my worries were laid to rest. From a value added perspective, given that there's no anime adaption, Aiyoku is the 6th best visual novel ever. Better than Cyanotype Daydream mainly because it's bigger and has more interesting characters, both male and female. Actually the male characters of Aiyoku no Eustia are really what set it apart. It's unusual for a story designed around romancing girls to have so many admirable and memorable men. It reminds me a lot of Little Busters! on that front.
The released game isn't finished -- some of the text is lost due to the text box not being big enough to contain the full paragraph, some stuff isn't translated at all, and there are some annoying bugs you can run into along the way. But none of that matters, Cyanotype Daydream was also bugged for that matter, and it was still worth reading immediately. After waiting 13 years no one should wait another day for some dream better version that will never come out.
This also means all 25 of the visual novels in my hall of fame are fully translated and available in English, which is also a relief. Generally speaking I would prefer if all my fictional character hall of fame characters were approachable to an English audience, so there's a point to me referring people to go check them out.
Meanwhile, Vinland Saga S2 is out in bluray over at nyaa.si. I've already rewatched it, but I'm sure a master copy for my archives will come in handy someday.
I've also leveled up a Kyrian covenant character sufficiently that they should be able to proceed with the solo dungeon dive and the rest of the campaign. At least you would assume level 69 should be enough for a level 60 dungeon. . . here's hoping. . .
Between Aiyoku, Majikoi A-5 and Cyanotype Daydream, this year ended up being a really stellar one in visual novels. I won't be forgetting any of them. This is what I mean by eternalized experiences -- ones that will always be important to me, and should always be important to everyone for however long humanity survives. They're generally rare, but not this year, this year has been chock full of them.
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