A Maiden's Serenade

If I were to review this using 2026 standards, then this would be a 2.5/5 simply because it does the job in template. it's a VN and an eroge and it does what it says on the package. but the same sentiment cannot be said when this was made in 2013. I think it's unfair to write this using 2026 standards, where moege/eroge has flooded since then to the point they have shifted to isekai. this was the time when people had fantasies on how a girl should treat the average incel (god I hate using this word, but its the most apt), or how they should approach a girl since they never encountered these mystical creatures, or how nice it would be to hang out with such bombshell beauties. from that standpoint, I think the VN still does what it sets out to do, and its been 13 years since then. genres have shifted, but it has definitely did its supposed job, and yet somehow it manages to differ itself from the rest. the one main "unique" aspect the VN has is how both characters is talking the same thing and yet their context totally differs. I have to give praise on Shione's route (girl in the middle) where despite the very theme the VN has set itself out, I never noticed at all that she was Spoiler: route specific spoiler already subtly confessing to the mc until it replayed itself, and the VN smacked to me that tidbit.