This doujin eroge attracted my attention back when it released in 2022 mostly because the premise plus the writer's twitter seemingly having good taste posting about a bunch of cool VNs. It's about a depressed guy being heavy on medication with a bunch of weird things going on, like the title indicates it's heavy on drugs, crime, sex assault, etc.
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The more Ishikawa I read the more I think he's one of the most skillful and interesting writers in the LN sphere, this book is a perfect example of how I feel about him, it's a bit of an oddball since the book kinds of keeps changing genres being all over the place, and also told in a odd way. I had my doubts in the middle but he managed to make it work and hit all the right spots by the end...
The plot follows Hikaru as the protagonist that until now his live has been some kind of hell with his parents dying when he was 5, been bullied in school and by his aunt too until one day she ditches him sending him to a small island in Okinawa with his grandfather who has been missing for god knows when. He finds himself homeless in the island...
Akai ito is one of the most famous yuri VN released in the 00s, probably due to shortage more than anything, but also has some fame by its high quality writing and elaborated 伝奇 setting...
Yuri LN Republished from the defunct Fujimi Mystery Bunko label
