Jurou’s (spider girl) and Lisha’s (elf) routes, on the other hand, are very dark, featuring some highly disturbing dead ends and exploring the most unsettling parts of the game’s lore. Rei’s and Etch’s (rokurokubi and mandragora) joined route is mostly comedic and lighthearted, organized around the theme of friendship and has no bad endings. While the game has some overarching themes, such as racism and violent discrimination of non-humans, the actual story arcs differ significantly when it goes to their climate and the conclusions they lead to. The pretty great cast translates into some very enjoyable and varied routes. And while Tix seems to be a prime candidate on receiving her own route in the upcoming update, a few other “secondary” girls are also fleshed out well-enough to feel like appealing romance options, giving quite a lot of space for expanding the game and maybe even creating some spin-off titles. A good example of that is Sable’s roommate, a pixie named Tix, who might even leave the Amadronia altogether depending his choices – it signalizes to player the weight of his decisions and the fact that every path they take have its upsides and downsides, influencing protagonist’s relationships and his position in the Academy in various, significant ways. While the main cast of Sable's Grimoire is developed in a rather praiseworthy manner, both Sable and the heroines being multi-dimensional and consistent through the story, the supporting cast also proves to be quite impressive – it’s filled with memorable characters, who not only have an important role in building the fantasy setting, but also influence the story in various ways and react to player’s actions. The fact that they don’t disappear after their introduction sequences does a lot to build a strong climate for the whole story and make all the possible paths cohesive – I couldn’t catch any obvious inconsistencies when it goes to the setting and personal stories of the heroines between routes.

They also have a constant presence in the story – unlike in many other multi-route VNs, the heroines are all Sable’s friends and even after you choose one of them as your main point of interest, other ones stay as a part of his everyday life in the Academy and even get interesting episodes outside of their main story-arcs. All the girls are well-fleshed out, with interesting traits and backstories explored in their respective routes. Similar things can be said about the five heroines – obviously, all of them monster girls, although it’s important to point out that the game has no erotic content whatsoever and is one of the very few, if not the only example of this theme being used for something that isn’t a nukige, or borderline nukige. Does Zetsubou's largest project to date hav e other merits beyond its impressive word-count and interesting premise, and does its overall quality justify the 25+ hours time investment that is required to fully read through it? In my opinion, answer to all these questions is: yes. Of course, scale by itself does not have to be a positive, just as unusual story elements don't automatically make a VN interesting to read. However, there are many reasons to consider this project as a particularly notable one – the 350k-words-long, modern-fantasy tale about a young mage entering an academy filled with demi-humans is rather far-detached from the usual EVN formula, both by its scale and its dominant themes. For this reason, among others, there was relatively little fanfare around the release of his latest project, Sable’s Grimoire, in May this year. While have made a few relatively successful projects of his own, such as Sickness or Tomboys Need Love Too!, many of his commissioned works, such as Razzart’s Love Ribbon gained even mo re recognition.

Zetsubou, a developer and writer involved in many popular EVN titles is someone whose work many fans of the genre might be very familiar with, but not necessarily even knowing about it.

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