Let's start with Happy Live Show Up

Happy Live Show Up

The new visual novel I will be discussing in this notes section is Happy Live, Show Up!, which was developed by FAVORITE.

This is a completely new franchise for me, so it will be a fresh experience to go through. I have played the first half hour just to get a feel for the story, and it appears to be set in a post-war fictional Russia where magic is commonplace and treated as a genetic ability. The protagonist, Akito Yukihara, had a bad experience with magic in the past and stopped practicing, but he encounters a girl named Sofia Tulina (the pink-haired girl in the video) who was recently diagnosed with the ability to use magic. She wants to use this gift as a way to change herself.

Naturally, the protagonist gets roped into teaching her temporarily until she can find another teacher, but let’s be honest: he will stick with her, more girls will eventually appear, and the romantic comedy will begin. So far, I have only seen two of the heroines, but there are six in total. That is quite a high number for a visual novel, and each of them has her own route and ending.

It also seems that the school they attend features many art-related classes, which connects to the title of the series regarding "shows". Everything so far points to a club-centered story where the protagonist and the heroines create a group to perform for the public using a combination of art (such as Karentia’s violin skills) and magic.

The premise is solid and the company is a trusted one, but we will have to see how they actually develop the plot to keep it interesting. Hope you stick around, I'll try to post something daily as I go through the story.

Happy Live, Show Up uses the standard style of art that we've gotten used to from the company FAVORITE. Bright pastel colors for all the heroines in this start menu art.
Happy Live, Show Up uses the standard style of art that we've gotten used to from the company FAVORITE. Bright pastel colors for all the heroines in this start menu art.
I'm honestly not a huge fan of Sofia Tulina, the first heroine we encounter. It has that indecisive tone always doubting herself that makes it hard to listen. Not a fault of the voice artist, it's the character itself I guess.
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Karentia Berrybell is the second heroine we encounter and she's really stunning, the blonde color of her hair is further enhanced by the bright colors of the art style.
Karentia Berrybell is the second heroine we encounter and she's really stunning, the blonde color of her hair is further enhanced by the bright colors of the art style.
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