i loved the art, and i really liked how edmund was potrayed- usually when i see the "person from another century" or like, an animal becoming human it feels like they always play into the embarassment humor and they loose alot of their character, but i didn't feel that way AT ALL with edmund! he was obviously from a diffrent time, it always felt like his speech patterns and knowlege of the word stayed consistent with where he came from and where he is now- and also consitently grew throughout!
i always noticed the speech patterns and habits with both of them and they felt very human! i could tell throughout the story how able was influenced by his "old friends" and acted like them despite resenting them. i like how you could tell what ables rude moments were based on, and how some of them felt so baseless until you think about what he's been going through. (Able: its been five months since my sister died! i should be over it already! me, who grew up with a grief counseler: oh, honey.)
i love exploring grief through characters, and found it very interesting from a narritive perspective on how able and edmund's sisters haunted the narritive. able talks about how his mom brings up kea constantly, and i feel like the narritive does a good job at making the reader feel that way too- exept a lot more satifying. and edmunds sister feels alot more distant, like how edmund is trying to make her feel. they are both trying to do the same thing in diffrent situations and i find that very interesting.
their diffrent experinces i feel meshes together quite nicely- edmund loved his sister so much she felt over beared, but she loved and understood him enough that she wanted him to live now that she was gone- she might even describe him as "free" from her. kea loved her brother, but they started to not get along not because of them, but because of the people who were comparing them. Able wanted to be free from his sister, but realized that wasnt what he actually wanted when it happened. able never got to say goodbye to his sister, edmund did, and neither of them are satified.
they both feel like such individual people, that complement eachother well, able needed someone to show him uncondicinal love, and edmund needed someone to show him how to love himself- or perhaps undersand himself is the right word. maybe those two things are synonomus?
i really enjoyed this story, it felt really nice to read and i like the dynamic of these two! and the other charcaters of course (who could forget about ms L!!! iconic!!!) very nice!!! thank you for sharing and i will DEFINITETLY check out the other stories in this series!!!
(also THE LAST PART OF THE LAST SECNE??? WAS THAT WHAT I THINK IT WAS???????????????????)
aaa thank you so much!!! i'm glad that you enjoyed it, and i'm glad you found it sweet! abel is a pretty prickly character and i know one steam reviewer at least disliked him immensely lmao so i'm glad some people appreciate him <3
and yeah, ed is from another time but he's already been living in the modern day for over a year when in fair spirits starts, so he has a handle on a lot of stuff already... i also thought it would be funny if he was a more reliable/responsible driver than abel despite him being born in an era when cars don't exist lmao
i think i naturally tend to be a bit wordy when i write (+ i've read a lot of classic novels) so ed's more old-fashioned first person narration also came easy to me haha ;;
i had fun writing the parallels between ed and abel and how they both cope with grief (+ their relationships with their sisters), so i'm glad it was fun to read and think about! i thought their own past traumas would give ed and abel some nice common ground too, even if their personalities are pretty different and they both come from different time periods.
thank you so much for the long comment! it was really nice to read through it haha, i'm very fond of ed and abel so it's nice that you liked reading about them! thank you!!! <3
This VN really gave me a lot to think about. I've always been conflicted about what it means to be selfless: is it selfless if you get satisfaction from helping people? do you need to be on equal footing with someone to love them? is it wrong to want something in return?
I've never read a story that addresses these ideas so directly. And that's not even the half of it: there were a ton of thought-provoking dialogues (I won't list them because I don't want to spoil it for anyone reading) that got me thinking about things like self-esteem, sexuality and validation, and how respect plays into romantic relationships. I actually got so engrossed in it that I stayed up reading until 4 AM when I had work the next day lol.
Aa thank you so much for your comment! It really is appreciated! I'm glad that the story was able to resonate with you! 🙏 I received some negative feedback from people because they thought Abel was too unlikeable as a character haha, but people aren't always 100% likeable: especially if they're going through difficult times. Writing a character with so many Issues was also quite a challenge, but hopefully he feels realistic because of it!
In any case, thank you so much for the feedback! I hope you were alright at work the next day too haha ;;
This is a lovely VN! Adorable people who are slowly growing tender feelings to each other. The dramas and resolutions were enjoyable, it was a nice experience! The art is so beautiful and the bgm is also very relaxing. Very nicely done! Now I want to read the other Fairy stories. ^~^
The Fairy's Song/Secret are both summarised at the start of In Fair Spirits, so you should be able to understand the plot without any problems. It might be a bit overwhelming to get infodumped for like 5 mins at the start of the VN, but the rest of the story is a pretty fluffy slice of life thing, so it's not too complicated.
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this was really sweet!!!!
i loved the art, and i really liked how edmund was potrayed- usually when i see the "person from another century" or like, an animal becoming human it feels like they always play into the embarassment humor and they loose alot of their character, but i didn't feel that way AT ALL with edmund! he was obviously from a diffrent time, it always felt like his speech patterns and knowlege of the word stayed consistent with where he came from and where he is now- and also consitently grew throughout!
i always noticed the speech patterns and habits with both of them and they felt very human! i could tell throughout the story how able was influenced by his "old friends" and acted like them despite resenting them. i like how you could tell what ables rude moments were based on, and how some of them felt so baseless until you think about what he's been going through. (Able: its been five months since my sister died! i should be over it already! me, who grew up with a grief counseler: oh, honey.)
i love exploring grief through characters, and found it very interesting from a narritive perspective on how able and edmund's sisters haunted the narritive. able talks about how his mom brings up kea constantly, and i feel like the narritive does a good job at making the reader feel that way too- exept a lot more satifying. and edmunds sister feels alot more distant, like how edmund is trying to make her feel. they are both trying to do the same thing in diffrent situations and i find that very interesting.
their diffrent experinces i feel meshes together quite nicely- edmund loved his sister so much she felt over beared, but she loved and understood him enough that she wanted him to live now that she was gone- she might even describe him as "free" from her. kea loved her brother, but they started to not get along not because of them, but because of the people who were comparing them. Able wanted to be free from his sister, but realized that wasnt what he actually wanted when it happened. able never got to say goodbye to his sister, edmund did, and neither of them are satified.
they both feel like such individual people, that complement eachother well, able needed someone to show him uncondicinal love, and edmund needed someone to show him how to love himself- or perhaps undersand himself is the right word. maybe those two things are synonomus?
i really enjoyed this story, it felt really nice to read and i like the dynamic of these two! and the other charcaters of course (who could forget about ms L!!! iconic!!!) very nice!!! thank you for sharing and i will DEFINITETLY check out the other stories in this series!!!
(also THE LAST PART OF THE LAST SECNE??? WAS THAT WHAT I THINK IT WAS???????????????????)
aaa thank you so much!!! i'm glad that you enjoyed it, and i'm glad you found it sweet! abel is a pretty prickly character and i know one steam reviewer at least disliked him immensely lmao so i'm glad some people appreciate him <3
and yeah, ed is from another time but he's already been living in the modern day for over a year when in fair spirits starts, so he has a handle on a lot of stuff already... i also thought it would be funny if he was a more reliable/responsible driver than abel despite him being born in an era when cars don't exist lmao
i think i naturally tend to be a bit wordy when i write (+ i've read a lot of classic novels) so ed's more old-fashioned first person narration also came easy to me haha ;;
i had fun writing the parallels between ed and abel and how they both cope with grief (+ their relationships with their sisters), so i'm glad it was fun to read and think about! i thought their own past traumas would give ed and abel some nice common ground too, even if their personalities are pretty different and they both come from different time periods.
thank you so much for the long comment! it was really nice to read through it haha, i'm very fond of ed and abel so it's nice that you liked reading about them! thank you!!! <3
Great artworks! This art style looks very sweet and romantic!
This VN really gave me a lot to think about. I've always been conflicted about what it means to be selfless: is it selfless if you get satisfaction from helping people? do you need to be on equal footing with someone to love them? is it wrong to want something in return?
I've never read a story that addresses these ideas so directly. And that's not even the half of it: there were a ton of thought-provoking dialogues (I won't list them because I don't want to spoil it for anyone reading) that got me thinking about things like self-esteem, sexuality and validation, and how respect plays into romantic relationships. I actually got so engrossed in it that I stayed up reading until 4 AM when I had work the next day lol.
Really great story. So real.
Aa thank you so much for your comment! It really is appreciated! I'm glad that the story was able to resonate with you! 🙏
I received some negative feedback from people because they thought Abel was too unlikeable as a character haha, but people aren't always 100% likeable: especially if they're going through difficult times. Writing a character with so many Issues was also quite a challenge, but hopefully he feels realistic because of it!
In any case, thank you so much for the feedback! I hope you were alright at work the next day too haha ;;
This is a lovely VN! Adorable people who are slowly growing tender feelings to each other. The dramas and resolutions were enjoyable, it was a nice experience! The art is so beautiful and the bgm is also very relaxing. Very nicely done! Now I want to read the other Fairy stories. ^~^
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it \o/
Will I understand the story if I play this one first?
The Fairy's Song/Secret are both summarised at the start of In Fair Spirits, so you should be able to understand the plot without any problems. It might be a bit overwhelming to get infodumped for like 5 mins at the start of the VN, but the rest of the story is a pretty fluffy slice of life thing, so it's not too complicated.
I saw, I bought. Very cute.
10/10 would buy again.
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I'm glad that my boys were sufficiently cute! ♡