He looks outside and finds the entire town lying in ruins and the remains of a giant mecha lying next to his house. One day, Takeru wakes up wondering why neither Meiya nor Sumika woke him up. It’s still nothing special, but I feel that it works enough to keep it from being a totally mediocre work.įinishing the Sumika and Meiya routes of Muv-Luv Extra unlocks Muv-Luv Unlimited, the second part of Muv-Luv. Other than the relatively high-budget production, Extra’s only saving grace from this cliche-storm is the comedy, from Meiya abusing her heiress-to-the-mega-corp status to accomplish mundane tasks (like buying the entire neighborhood so she can live next door to Takeru), to insane driving antics giving Initial D a run for its money, to Kei Ayamine’s deadpan trolling. Nearly everything in Extra is something you’ve seen in other VNs - the patient childhood friend who the protagonist never notices, the teacher who’s overly conscious about her age, the wacky teacher, the overbearing class rep - and it doesn’t do anything with them. His average life gets shaken one day when Sumika comes to wake Takeru up, except an unfamiliar blue-haired girl has already barged in and is sleeping in the same bed as Takeru. They’re basically inseparable friends, but Sumika has been in love with Takeru since forever Takeru’s just too dense to notice.
Takeru Shirogane is your standard harem protagonist living next door to his childhood friend, Sumika Kagami. Muv-Luv Extra is your standard romance VN with over-the-top comedy and harem hijinks. Muv-Luv, the first game, is divided into two parts. Please enjoy my review of one of the most highly-rated * VNs as of this writing. I suggest to everyone who wants to play Muv-Luv Alternative to take the time and sit through both Muv-Luv Extra (even if it’s just the two main routes) and Muv-Luv Unlimited to fully appreciate the series.
MUV LUV ALTERNATIVE SUMIKA DEATH SERIES
"Muv-Luv Alternative" is the third major part of the main story that follows "Extra" and "Unlimited" and fortunately will be receiving an anime adaptation thanks to studios Yumeta Company and Graphinica.I originally planned to write separate reviews for Muv-Luv and Muv-Luv Alternative, but after finishing Muv-Luv Unlimited, it became clear that this series was made to be taken as an entire piece, not as individual works. It's not long before the student is pressed with becoming a mecha pilot to battle evil alien invaders. It's "Unlimited" where the story really takes a unique turn, as Takeru wakes up one day to find his city destroyed and near a giant mech. That's not too shabby for a series that started as a solid romantic game and then splintered into an impressive multimedia franchise that features giant mecha fights.ĭeveloped by âge, the first "Muv-Luv" visual novel, released in 2003, consisted of two parts: "Muv-Luv Extra" and "Muv-Luv Unlimited." As explained in this series breakdown from Twinfinite, "Extra" was rooted in light-hearted romantic comedy shenanigans as high school student Takeru Shirogane navigated his love life. Also, as Anime News Network reported, "Muv-Luv" has sold 500,000 games and more than 3 million figures and models. The current Steam version of the first game in the series is flooded with positive reviews.
For many fans, "Muv-Luv" is a series that is cemented on the top of the visual novel mountain.
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