Bokuten: Why I Became an Angel (2019)

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One day while practicing archery, Tomoe shoots an angel out of the sky. While he doesn't believe in love, the angel Aine literally sings its praises. Like it or not, Tomoe will have to help Aine play cupid to bring together all of the distressed couples they encounter.

About the story

Nestled between the mountains and the ocean somewhere sits the harbor town of Inogo City, a prosperous place with an atmosphere of the exotic. It is this city, watched over by the church at the summit of the highest mountain, where a boy and a girl first meet. The boy's name is Kirinokojima Tomoe. A lonely young man, who believes neither in love nor in happiness. The girl's name is Aine. One who sings of love to fill the world with happiness, who was born for that very purpose... an angel. To anyone who saw him, Kirinokojima Tomoe would have seemed to lead a singularly boring life. He didn't even attempt to befriend others, nor did he have a girlfriend, unsurprisingly. He was involved in no hobbies or interests to speak of. Waking in the morning only to go off to school, returning home only to sleep. An utterly ordinary, routine life, each day no different from the day before or after it. But he was not in the least unhappy with his life. For him, a life of "nothing" was also one of "nothing to lose". Wish for something, and you would only end up getting hurt. After all, he'd already sampled enough of the world's bitterness for one lifetime. Until, like a herald of the end of that tranquil existence, an angel appeared. "Angels". The protectors of human loves. The ones who spin the "red thread", and those who play its melody. "Love can never bring people happiness.", said Tomoe. "That's not true at all! Falling in love makes your heart feel all light!", Aine replied. Tomoe, who soon found himself aiding the "acting angel" with whom he couldn't see eye to eye on anything in her work, is is drawn alongside Aine into deep involvement with others' romantic lives... The many shapes of love, and the forms of happiness that pass before our eyes every day. This is their journey to find the true meaning of happiness. And at that journey's end, his own reason for living on...

Platforms

OOParts PC

Genres

Adventure Music Visual Novel

Themes

Drama Romance

Languages: English and 2 more

Interface Audio Subtitles
English
Japanese
Chinese (Simplified)

Media

Critic Reviews

Gaming Professors

By Daniel Červinka
85

Five absolutely atmospheric stories, five love-struck girls and one boy who has to solve everything. Beautiful audio and graphics that complete the atmosphere of the whole game. The only disappointments are the resolution, the mute main character and the far too small stack of drawn character moods. Some may find Bokuten - Why I Became An Angel tedious, but that's up to everyone's preference. For me, however, I can rank it among the best visual novels to hit Steam.

10 Nov, 2021 Read full review

Hardcore Gamer

By Marcus Estrada
80

There's so much to love about Bokuten – Why I Became an Angel that makes the multi-year wait worth it.

14 Feb, 2020 Read full review

NookGaming

By Thomas Knight
90

I would personally recommend Bokuten - Why I Became an Angel, again with the caveat that the reader knows what they are getting themselves into. This is a very sad, emotional experience with some highly disturbing scenes and topics. It is also a very well written visual novel with a great story that I would highly recommend to someone who wants to experience something out of the ordinary.

30 Dec, 2019 Read full review

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