Ah Blue Archive, how curious I was when I first saw you on the Google Play app store when it comes to the setting of school girls possessing their own firearms while living their everyday lives. I will never forget the times when Hoshino, Eimi and Karin were my first 3* Students and I already knew, Hoshino and Eimi were to become one of my all time favorites (Even further down the line, Hina as well)

Seriously, this game has a lot of heart and soul put into it that makes some people wish that they were as charming and understanding (And sometimes even...weird) as the main protagonist - Sensei. Hell, some people's lives were changed for the better because of this game and it's thanks to one of the core themes this game makes you understand, and that is the "Responsibility of an Adult" and the "Beauty of Youth"

When it comes to the story, it starts off slow (I don't understand why people think Volume 1 Chapter 1-2 was boring, I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love the Abydos chapter) but it builds up to a fantastic and climactic finale that it really grips and tugs at your heatstrings (I sobbed like a ♥♥♥♥♥ reading Volume F) and even after that, there's still more stories to tell. The ending of one story leads to the beginning of a new one. The world building in this game is different that what you would expect compared to some mainstream gacha games like Star Rail/Genshin/WuWa etc... You don't NEED a long-winded narrative to explain how the world was created and how it works in that system. The interaction with the students, the opposition with Gematria, the nature/property/mystery of a student's halo and even the mystics surrounding Kivotos does the whole world building for you. Everything doesn't need to be spoon fed to you right away, because what's most important to Sensei and by some extension - YOU , is to guide these students and solve their everyday life struggles, big or small so that they don't end up on the wrong path.

Despite the memes, fanservice, cliches, so on and so forth, they somehow managed to make some of these simple character tropes in these simple character designs and make them stick to you like glue, like a lot if not, ALL these characters are charming in their own unique way that it caters to all sorts of people and how could I not mention bangers after bangers of music made by wonderful artists like NOR, KARUT and the godly music director, Mitsukiyo because let's face it, some of you normies might have heard the music "Unwelcome School" far more times than any other Blue Archive music out there at some point since it became a meme machine that just screams "Mischief" and "Whacky Shenanigans"

I cannot recommend this game enough for those who want to try it out or are curious with it. Please do try it, it might just surprise you. I promise you, even if you are uncomfortable with some of the weirder stuff you've seen surrounding this game, the story is worth reading.

[h1] I'm only writing this review mostly for the story aspect because the gameplay is a different can of worms [/h1] Ah Blue Archive, how curious I was when I first saw you on the Google Play app store when it comes to the setting of school girls possessing their own firearms while living their everyday lives. I will never forget the times when Hoshino, Eimi and Karin were my first 3* Students and I already knew, Hoshino and Eimi were to become one of my all time favorites (Even further down the line, Hina as well) Seriously, this game has a lot of heart and soul put into it that makes some people wish that they were as charming and understanding [spoiler] (And sometimes even...weird) [/spoiler] as the main protagonist - Sensei. Hell, some people's lives were changed for the better because of this game and it's thanks to one of the core themes this game makes you understand, and that is the [u]"Responsibility of an Adult"[/u] and the [u]"Beauty of Youth"[/u] When it comes to the story, it starts off slow (I don't understand why people think Volume 1 Chapter 1-2 was boring, I fucking love the Abydos chapter) but it builds up to a fantastic and climactic finale that it really grips and tugs at your heatstrings (I sobbed like a bitch reading Volume F) and even after that, there's still more stories to tell. The ending of one story leads to the beginning of a new one. The world building in this game is different that what you would expect compared to some mainstream gacha games like Star Rail/Genshin/WuWa etc... You don't NEED a long-winded narrative to explain how the world was created and how it works in that system. The interaction with the students, the opposition with Gematria, the nature/property/mystery of a student's halo and even the mystics surrounding Kivotos does the whole world building for you. Everything doesn't need to be spoon fed to you right away, because what's most important to Sensei and by some extension - [b] YOU [/b], is to guide these students and solve their everyday life struggles, big or small so that they don't end up on the wrong path. Despite the memes, fanservice, cliches, so on and so forth, they somehow managed to make some of these simple character tropes in these simple character designs and make them stick to you like glue, like a lot if not, ALL these characters are charming in their own unique way that it caters to all sorts of people and how could I not mention bangers after bangers of music made by wonderful artists like NOR, KARUT and the godly music director, Mitsukiyo because let's face it, some of you normies might have heard the music "Unwelcome School" far more times than any other Blue Archive music out there at some point since it became a meme machine that just screams "Mischief" and "Whacky Shenanigans" I cannot recommend this game enough for those who want to try it out or are curious with it. Please do try it, it might just surprise you. I promise you, even if you are uncomfortable with some of the weirder stuff you've seen surrounding this game, the story is worth reading.