While it's easy to say the story is meant to be a heartwarming romance that shouldn't be taken too seriously, absurd plot points like Aoi being hired as the caretaker for an all-girl's dorm make it difficult to appreciate some of the more poignant moments. With a team of ragtag girls, he turns his sights on his school's Soaring Club and finds a newfound love for gliders, as well as one of his club mates. After injuring himself in an accident that renders him unable to continue his dream of racing, protagonist Aoi Minase returns to his hometown to attend the local school and find a new calling in life. The premise of If My Heart Had Wings starts out as an anime cliché. But was removing content that appealed to its core audience the right move? On paper the decision makes sense, as story-heavy text-based games that rely on extensive amounts of voiced dialogue, static illustrations, and occasional narrative choices have traditionally been viewed by Western publishers as cost-heavy investments with little reward due to their niche audience. But, in a controversial move, all erotic content was removed for its English release in order to appeal to as many people as possible. Visual novels are often stereotyped in the West as being sex-heavy clickfests, even though there have been numerous entries released in English that eschew the steamy stuff.Īs the first release from Tokyo-based localization company MoeNovel, If My Heart Had Wings originally fell into the ‘sexy' demographic. WTF The top hat-wearing duck that steals panties. LOW: The translation is in serious need of an editor.

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