Yandere Heaven ~Makoto Gakuen go Katei Hen~
Company: Holic Works
Based On: Original
Release Date: 2010.12.29
Official Site: www.hobirecords.com/yandere/index.html
Yandere Heaven is back, and better. This time the main character is loved a bit too much by her foster father (CV: Yusa Kouji) and her twin brother (CV: Matsubara Daisuke).
< insert obligatory warning about Yandere only being for those who know what they are dealing with here >
This volume was heavy. Like in the previous installments 'you' (the listener) become the object of affection of two rather dangerous characters. However, this time both characters are your family which made the setting somewhat hard to accept for me (Kakeru from the first volume was only adopted, somehow softening the setting). While technically nothing that can be labeled as incest happens, it is still your family that loves you to bits.
This probably made for a far stronger emotional impact, and you should have seen me listening to this. It probably looked very comical, but I was actually cowering at some points. Especially the scene where you have locked yourself in your room and both Naohiro and Hajime are yelling at you made me flinch. In the second volume I was too busy fangirling over Hirakawa-san his voice, but this volume really made me feel uncomfortable at times.
Luckily, the cast talk does away with all that, with Yusa and Matsubara Daisuke happily chatting about the recording, that it was impossible to identify with the characters, that Yusa has no 'dere', and puns. So as chilling as the drama can be, you'll end with a smile on your face.
A small detail I liked was that the characters from previous volumes are mentioned again. (Naohiro mentions Kakeru and Atsushi-senpai, Hajime somehow obtained stuff from Sakae, and even though Takaaki is not mentioned by name (I think) you just KNOW that the doctor they are talking about is him).
Conclusion:
The fact that this volume actually scared me at some points must mean that it was emotionally very affective. Maybe even more than before I should warn that you should only listen to this if you can stomach it. Or when you don't get as emotionally involved as myself (I was talking back to the CD, especially to Naohiro). Oh, and in case this review made you wonder whether I liked it or not: YES I LIKED IT.
You're not the only twisted one xD~ I always thought I'd try my hand at yandere and this pretty much settles it, I'm too curious to pass it up. Thanks so much for these reviews <333
ReplyDeleteThis is probably the only Yandere Heaven volume where I actually felt scared just listening to. The Beach scene especially... Sadly, I think I did prefer the step-father. He seemed a little less... well, whiny to be perfectly honest. Still terrifying, especially his ending, but I felt more towards him then Naohiro.
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