The writers are taking a gamble by trying out a new genre they’re not known for. If there is indeed a criticism one can give to Eustia, it is the grave mistake of being too inconsistent like its protagonist. This is what survivors, especially in the gaol, do. Caim is inconsistent with his values because he knows when to let go and when to adhere. And this is what makes Caim an interesting protagonist he is a survivor who can grasp to any ideal whenever he needs to. Sometimes, this leads into an inevitable spiral of hypocrisy. He acts differently with each person he hangs out. The interactions Caim has will become a crucial point. This personality of hers will later haunt her in the future.Įach chapter focuses on one female character and each of their stories builds up to the climax and the overall themes of Eustia. Irene refuses to lose to Caim and looks forward to their chess games in this rather droll pious life. She is not as maidenly as previously thought she has an attitude and a yearning to best her opponents. Irene, we see a display of various emotions emerge from the stolid saint. With Eustia‘s leisurely slow pacing, immersion does not stop with setting characters drop their guard and unveil their true selves bit by bit. Time stops whenever I read Eustia, I claimed one day, my clocks are trying to deceive me. Playing video games, yes, but never reading something. I miss Eustia badly after a month or so because I don’t think I have ever lost track of time when reading something. It uses the strengths of the visual novel too well to be real it makes Subarashiki Hibi look like Lego bricks. While I am enjoying the genre, it seems that Eustia is rather unique. I have been looking for works that share this characteristic and started reading fantasy literature for fun, but it seems to be a futile search. It is this immersion that makes Eustia rather special for me. There is not one instance of the art direction that distracts the reader from the experience. And we can hear the denizens talk or the eerie silence at nights. Then, the setting inches you in with its photorealistic backgrounds and the solemn, atmospheric music. The visual novel twines its arms around you slowly with a hefty prologue, introducing the main characters in the gaol setting and how the society work there. And when works do go for that generic fantasy feel, it’s just a way to place well-endowed elven women in armor. Usually, fantasy VNs have high school kids (who are 18 years old) dropped into a fantasy world ala Duel Savior or an urban fantasy work arises in the style of Nasuverse or Persona. Even the well-regarded visual novels don’t go for what looks like a standard fantasy premise. Which is highly unusual in a visual novel. Instead, it resembles more of a low fantasy novel than anything else. You can probably tell Aiyoku no Eustia is not a moege. The princess will do anything to get away from this stifling position. She is more interested in romantic adventure stories, especially ones set in the gaol. The princess has no interest in politics, even though she knows that she will lead the country one day. She dresses up as a maid and wastes her time doing laundry for the nobles. Is she fit to ‘save’ people? And is her power even real?Ī princess wonders why her father, the king of all of Novus Aether, has been ignoring her. And she questions her role as this figure. Irene however finds that her fate is locked as a puppet ever since the church brought her in. The girl is bestowed upon the title of Saint Irene and she is now a respectable messianic figure for. But then, she claimed she can hear the voices of the Maiden, the savior of this city.
She played the harp to soothe their fears. They challenge their destiny.Ī girl was blinded during that tragedy and hugged her friend for warmth and assurance. Despite all the flak, all the shit, and all the prejudices generated by the upper-class, they endure the excruciating pain and humiliation to see one more day. Hopelessness permeates the strata, but the people there desire to survive. Prostitutes and beggars wander in confusion. An unknown endemic has caused the mobilization of one so-called emergency squad. The gaol is divided up by two gangs a drug war ensues in the background. What else can they do? It’s a dog-eat-dog world. Good-natured citizens fall into this ghetto from an unfortunate tragedy and turn into brutish beasts. Separated by a cliff, most people live in the lowest strata of the floating city, nicknamed the gaol. Nobody welcomes their birth in Novus Aether.
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