Honestly, If My Heart Had Wings was a pleasant surprise. I didn’t really have any expectations and I kind of went blind but at the end it was a joyful and relaxing ride.

I'm a newcomer to visual novels, this one happened to be my first. I wasn't really expecting the erotic stuff, but after all it's an Eroge novel (something I've only found out later, didn't even know what it meant before). I did cringe a considerable amount of times while reading but I'm most certain that's related to the way I am, and not the novel itself. Still, the character development along with the plot were really enjoyable.

In terms of translation, well I don't speak Japanese but it isn't uncommon to find phrases which don't make any sense - not that the story becomes unreadable but I'm pretty sure there were details I've missed. Also censorship, which on this case it solely bothers me for the accuracy to the source material - sometimes it's simply terrible to read what they came up with to dodge the somewhat obvious "obscenity". I intend on reading the uncensored version in a foreseeable future (restoration patch), so I don't have an exact clue of what was removed and what wasn't.

It's a very wholesome novel, watching this group of friends doing their thing is satisfying and it kind of threw me back to my high-school days. I didn't really get to build a glider there though, but still the end of this novel did hit me home: Time is always on the move.

Honestly, [i] If My Heart Had Wings [/i] was a pleasant surprise. I didn’t really have any expectations and I kind of went blind but at the end it was a joyful and relaxing ride. I'm a newcomer to visual novels, this one happened to be my first. I wasn't really expecting the erotic stuff, but after all it's an Eroge novel (something I've only found out later, didn't even know what it meant before). I did cringe a considerable amount of times while reading but I'm most certain that's related to the way I am, and not the novel itself. Still, the character development along with the plot were really enjoyable. In terms of translation, well I don't speak Japanese but it isn't uncommon to find phrases which don't make any sense - not that the story becomes unreadable but I'm pretty sure there were details I've missed. Also censorship, which on this case it solely bothers me for the accuracy to the source material - sometimes it's simply terrible to read what they came up with to dodge the somewhat obvious "obscenity". I intend on reading the uncensored version in a foreseeable future (restoration patch), so I don't have an exact clue of what was removed and what wasn't. It's a very wholesome novel, watching this group of friends doing their thing is satisfying and it kind of threw me back to my high-school days. I didn't really get to build a glider there though, but still the end of this novel did hit me home: Time is always on the move.