Criss Cross was released in 94 originally, and rerelased as a Bunko version in 97. It is famous for being the first trapped in a VR RPG, and also winning the gold prize in the first iteration of the Dengeki contest in 95. It starts with a few manga pages of our protagonist ゲイル(Gale?) getting into the world of Dungeon Trial and walking for a bit until he faces a skeleton monster...
Short doujin VN focused around the struggles of facing the exams to enter university. The protagonist doesn't have any dreams about what he wants to do with his life but since everyone says going to college and getting a job is the most likely way to achieve happiness in life, he's determined to follow that path. Close to his house there's a rooftop where he goes on Sundays at sunset (hence the game's name), where he regularly meets two girls that seem the polar opposite of each other, Manami and Ren, both of them are also in his last year of school with the exams coming up soon...
Debut series by Mamizu, he is a highly regarded Light Novel writer from the golden Dengeki era with a few series published...
Released originally in 2002 by Liar-soft it is considered one of the classics of the medium and it is also one of the first eroge to feature time loops. The story starts with Itsuki returning to his home village by his doctor guidance, six months prior he had an incident where he lost all his memories and returning where he grew up could help make him recover his memories. Upon his returnal he meets with Kurame, a mysterious girl on a red kimono, she’s both creepy and kind of cute...
Written by Ao Jyumonji originally released in the Doujin magazine Black Past in 2012, rerelased by Seikaisha in 2013 with illustrations by Nekomegane. This book is very reminiscent from the early 00s Otaku sphere like Last Resort, Iriya, Bokurano and company; Jyumonji wanted to write a book focused on war so it has a lot more action and military elements into the mix too...
Debut novel of Setoguchi under the Karabe pen name. On his second year of highschool Nao is living alone in his family house after being the only survivor from a plane accident. He still can see all the members from his family hanging around the house as ghosts so he still lives his ordinary live going to school, practising his painting hobby, fighting his sister for the shower...
Hateshinaku Aoi, Kono Sora no Shita de…(Hateao) was released originally in the year 2000 by Topcat, with a full voice version a few years later in 2009. It managed to raise some popularity thanks to its 伝奇 elements and the peculiar inaka atmosphere...
Picked this up after I randomly saw a couple of people comparing it to Akiyama… And the comparasion isn’t too far strechted actually. The text is in 3rd person actually reminiscent of iriya and the fact that it is a hardcore セカイ系 work also helps to make the connection...
