Monstrata Fracture - Chapter I

Visual novels usually revolve around you being a character with unique powers, or you being an average person meeting others with unique abilities. The settings may change, the theme may vary, but usually, the path of a visual novel is often that of a love story where you get the sense that your decisions make a difference. The same principles go for Monstrata Fracture, where you're a regular human student that attends a College filled with mystical creatures, but you're the only one that can see them.

The graphics and art style are wonderful, and the backgrounds which are designed to look like a fading memory emphasize the fact that the story revolves around you and the other characters, and not on where you are. As far as character design goes, the author was pretty thorough regarding how they all looked since your typical bunny girls aren't just an anime girl with some bunny ears attached to the top of her head.  More so, I'm relieved to finally see a visual novel that isn't overrun with vampires or any other mystical creature that has been turned into hotties by Hollywood as of late.

So you start as a college student wondering why a lot of the students from his university look like they have mistaken school for this year's edition of ComiCon. You eventually face reality and accept that everyone around you is as real as you are, while at the same time trying to convince the other humans that you don't deserve to be committed to the looney bin. The dialogue is written in a lighthearted manner, and you can almost feel the things your character is supposed to feel, just as you would if you were to read a well-written fanfic.

Monstrata Fracture may not be the most beautifully drawn visual novel out there, nor the most original, but going through it sure seems like a lot of fun. If you feel like spicing up your day with some magical romance and teen interactions, then you might as well give this little title a try.