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Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love

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61%Game Brain Score
humor, graphics
story, atmosphere
89% User Score Based on 19 reviews

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Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love is a single player action game. It received positive reviews from players.

■ Game Information Welcome back to your childhood town! The FHD Remaster of "Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love" is now officially available! This new 1920x1080 Full HD version enhances the signature cheerful and heartwarming style of ASa Project, bringing a fresh look to this interactive comedy visual novel. Immerse yourself in a comedic story where your choices will shape the…

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89%
Audience ScoreBased on 19 reviews
humor18 positive mentions

  • The game features a unique and amusing rotating house cohabitation premise that generates entertaining family comedy and fresh scenarios.
  • Main heroines have distinct, quirky personalities and strong chemistry with the protagonist, especially Hiyori and Rito, delivering heartfelt and funny romantic routes.
  • High-quality art with expressive character sprites, fully voiced cast with energetic performances, and a good soundtrack enhance the cheerful romcom atmosphere.
  • Some routes and side characters feel underdeveloped or annoying, notably Kyou's route which is criticized for being overly long and lacking character growth.
  • The family members of certain heroines, particularly Ayaka's family and the little sister Maru, rely on repetitive or unpleasant tropes that detract from the enjoyment.
  • The English patch is essential as the unpatched version is very short and incomplete; also, the English adaptation sometimes weakens the comedic impact.
  • humor
    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in this visual novel is characterized by over-the-top, slapstick comedy and quirky, energetic characters, delivering consistent laughs especially through the main heroines and protagonist. While some side characters and repetitive gags can feel hit-or-miss or tiresome, the overall comedic tone is lively and enhances the rom-com experience, making it an enjoyable and funny Asa Project title.

    • “Each household brings its own atmosphere and brand of humor, and the comedy density and energy of the common route consistently runs high.”
    • “It's full of entertaining scenarios with its over-the-top slapstick comedy that had me constantly laughing my ass off.”
    • “Karigurashi Ren’ai is a very comedy-heavy visual novel with over-the-top humor that’s more extreme than typical anime-style comedy.”
  • story
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is primarily comedy-focused with unique and diverse heroine personalities, though some characters, including main and supporting ones, weaken the overall plot. The common route effectively introduces the cast and premise but both it and the individual routes ultimately fall flat due to character issues. Despite this, elements like the soundtrack and certain plot twists add some enjoyment.

    • “While the whole story is more comedy focused than romance focused, I still love the unique personalities of all the heroines, even if some of them are just irredeemable at points.”
    • “The common route does an amazing job at setting up the story and showing off all the heroines as the MC couch surfs his way into everyone's hearts.”
    • “She was also the only one in constant contact with him before the story, making her the secret chess master who came up with the cohabitation-switching idea.”
    • “Both the common route as well as individual heroine routes' storylines fall flat on their face, and that is almost completely because of the characters involved, including both main and sub ones.”
    • “Finishing all the routes just reinforced everything I thought about the story.”
    • “While the whole story is more comedy-focused than romance-focused, I still love the unique personalities of all the heroines even if some of them are just irredeemable at points.”
  • graphics
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics feature high-quality character designs, expressive sprites, and beautifully detailed CGs that complement the game's cheerful tone, though some backgrounds are less impressive. The HD remaster enhances visuals with high-resolution artwork and bright, appealing art style.

    • “The HD remaster renders the CGs in high resolution, and the bright, expressive visuals suit the romcom's cheerful tone well.”
    • “This game features high-quality character designs, expressive sprites, beautifully detailed CGs for each heroine, and cute SD artwork.”
    • “The music is great and the art style is beautiful, but the backgrounds themselves aren't the best.”
  • emotional
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional aspect of the game delivers strong comedic and touching moments, creating a wholesome and memorable experience, especially in the main routes. While some side character stories feel sidelined, the mix of heartfelt scenes and engaging character traits evokes genuine emotional responses, including moments that nearly brought players to tears.

    • “While I am a tad disappointed in how short the actual routes are, they still deliver great comedy and touching moments with the girls, though the side character routes really were just sidelined.”
    • “I almost teared up during the last scene before the credits and after the credits, it was just that wholesome which isn't very common in these games.”
    • “Thankfully she’s otherwise a very fun character: a goofy mix of deredere girl, studious honor student, wholesome family woman, open snarky hater of Hiyori, and most importantly a constant closet pervert.”
  • music
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music is praised for being great and effectively complementing the story, enhancing the overall experience despite some criticism of the backgrounds.

    • “The music is great and the art style is beautiful.”
    • “I also really enjoyed the soundtrack that accompanies the story.”
  • atmosphere
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's atmosphere is characterized by distinct household personalities and humor, creating a consistently energetic and comedic experience throughout the common route.

  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The optimization aspect is not addressed in the provided text, which focuses instead on the game's voice acting and comedic performances.

  • character development
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game boasts high-quality character designs with expressive sprites, beautifully detailed CGs for each heroine, and charming super-deformed artwork, enhancing the overall character development experience.

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Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love is a action game.

Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love is available on PC and Windows.

Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love was developed by ASa Project.

Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love for its humor but disliked it for its story.

Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love is a single player game.

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