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Bad medicine got me interested even before the release, because… well, do-s teachers, plus the dummy head mic, are something that I can easily enjoy.

Unfortunately, this game had a few lacking points that made it quite disappointing for me.

First of all, the length: it was very short, I think it took me about 4 hours to complete each route, even if I unlocked all the endings. I usually don’t like when routes are too long, because I get bored, but I can’t fully appreciate a character if everything ends so fast! Obviously, the shortness also leaded to plotholes and random endings.

I’ve started with the english teacher, because he looked like the creepiest to me: his eyes felt so cold, I was really afraid that he could actually do something really bad…. and I wasn’t that wrong, even if it could be worse. (it’s Rejet after all).

I didn’t expect the first do-s moment to happen so soon, I wasn’t mentally prepared and it scared the hell out of me! But in this game, everyone seems to hide a double personality, and that confused me a lot: one day, he was psychologically abusive for no real reason, the day after he was smiling like nothing happened. And it’s the same in every route!

I think the theme was supposed to be something like “he’s usually nice with his students, but he actually hides his true twisted personality”, but after the first shock, everything just seemed random and confusing.

When the first route ended, I still had so many questions left: did he act like that only with the heroine? Or he randomly abused many students, but everyone was too afraid to talk about it?

Also, some of the dummy head mic moments were a little awkward, because he was even too gentle… still, in a creepy way.

I liked the bad endings more than the good one, they are more original and they fit better the theme of the game and the relationship between the characters. They seemed more natural, than the forced “they lived together even after” trope.

The math teacher looked like a yandere when I first saw him, but he was actually not that bad. His obsession with perfect scores made me anxious, I understand that his past was quite traumatizing, but…. you can’t insult me like that, leave me alone please!

At least, the explanation about his dark side made sense somehow, so I can’t complain about the bad writing this time. The bad endings were really well done, I loved how crazy the heroine became after failing her test… she really lost her mind, it was amazing to see how it was perfectly portrayed.

The chemistry teacher was a shota, so I was sure he would end up screaming at me and crying like Dialover’s Kanato. He was actually less annoying than I imagined, his route didn’t even feel that creepy or scary…. but his bad endings are something I won’t forget easily. I think he got the worst ones, and believe me, even the others are really creepy!

The history teacher was probably the most normal of the bunch, and it felt a bit disappointing. He looked like my type, so I had great expectations, but he never scared me at all… his route was also quite boring, and even the endings were not memorable.

I wasn’t very interested in the civics teacher too, but I appreciated his honesty when he told the heroine that his nice attitude was fake: in fact, he just despised everyone in that school. He was very cynical and he loved to see people crying, but at least he admitted it.

The arts teacher must be played last, because he hides all the secrets in that school. He loves perfection, and wants everything around him to be perfect too; that’s why he decided that the heroine must take lessons and be closer to reach his ideal.

I sincerely hoped to know more about that punishment system, but I guess this game couldn’t be longer that this and explain further, so I won’t ask for more.

Do I recommend this game?

It depends. I think it deserves to be played just for the terrible bad endings, but there’s nothing more than that: the routes are too short, there are many plotholes and not all the characters are well developed… even the dummy head mic was quite wasted. The art is nice, but the CGs are not many, unfortunately.

But if you just want to play something short and without a deep plot, that allows you to enjoy some Rejet’s creepiness, this may be good for you!

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2 Comments

  1. Annesthesya

    LOL I’m glad I stayed away from this one, ALICE=ALICE alone was enough. Too many plotholes and guys with a weird obsession with heroine, no thank you XD
    I still liked some characters/routes in A=A but none was THAT good. I really liked the art, heroine, music and voice-acting though so it was somewhat enjoyable. Sorry, I just can’t help but compare both games!

    • otomeland

      Many people compare them since they were released on the same day, but I’ve never actually paid attention to Alice=alice because the reviews are quite bad… I might try it in the future just to know how terrible it is! (my do-m side is coming out)

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