👍 More drama, more waifus, and finally a version of Gu-Yi that isn’t a total disaster (unless you mess it up).
This is a prequel to Love is All Around, and while it stars the same MC, Gu-Yi, the writing is a big step up. The story follows his final year of university, with flashbacks to high school—including the real reason he got into art.

He still has his signature talent for ruining his life, but this time the choices actually matter. If you don’t screw up, he won’t either. That’s progress!

🧑‍🎓 The Girls (aka tragic backstories and emotional damage):

🟡 Yun Qi – Your junior and secret guardian angel. She’s been crushing on you since you helped her on day one. Bright, cheerful, pure—but also jealous, worried, and way too good for you. She’s the reason you graduated. Seriously.

🔴 Qingqing – Rich, sexy, and dangerous. Your childhood friend’s bestie who tried to keep you away at first, but ended up falling for you instead. Flaunts her wealth and curves, but will ride or die once she commits. Femme fatale energy with a surprisingly wholesome core.

🟣 Wanqiu – The part-time stewardess, full-time mature queen. Street food? Granny aerobics? She’s down. Least fleshed-out story-wise, but she’s cute, kind, and totally unfazed by chaos.

🟤 Zhiyao – Your temporary boss at the supermarket. Mature widow and peak Asian mom energy. She nags, she flirts, she wants you to reach your potential. Not a full heroine—her ending comes early, and it’s not happy.

🔵 Yanyu – The high school regret. Bullied for no clear reason, but she stayed kind, hardworking, and deeply into art. She's literally the reason Gu-Yi pursued art at all. Only appears for two days in flashbacks, yet her impact is massive. You even get a dream route with her… but then you wake up. Pain.

🟢 Liu – The bro. Still an agent of chaos. Still the MVP. More screen time this round.Including a hidden path where he single-handedly ruins your relationship by calling too much. Classic Liu.

🧠 Bias Ranking:
Yanyu > Qingqing > Yun Qi > Wanqiu > Zhiyao > (bonus mention: Bai Bai)

🕹️ Gameplay
Your standard FMV visual novel format with some additions:

Time-limited choices

Explore scenes and phone scenes

New mechanics:

Rhythm minigame (harder than it looks)

Tap/drag-based actions (functionally just regular choices)

Hidden “waits” that can flip good endings into bad ones if you made just one wrong choice across all six chapters.
(I hated this. Seriously. One wrong flag = sad montage of abandonment and debt.)

💻 Performance
No crashes. Runs smooth.

🈶 Translation
Solid and natural. No major issues.

⏱️ Runtime
Took me 15 hours to see all endings and get 100% achievements.

🎯 Final Thoughts
This is an upgrade in almost every way:
✅ Better character writing
✅ Stronger MC personality
✅ Deeper emotional stakes
✅ Real consequences to your choices

...but man, that shared hidden bad ending? Absolutely cursed. It’s technically optional, but still a gut-punch if you trigger it.

If you liked Love is All Around, this one’s a must-play. A great prequel with better writing, better girls, and a bittersweet edge that hits harder than expected.

Recommended for visual novel fans, emotional masochists, and collectors of waifus.

Verily, this cursed game hath unqueered mine soul.
-Shakespeare, probably

i like the story, the quality also great