Saya No Uta

• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-12-31 21:23
  Jesus Christ, what the hell. I'm usually not a fan of the visual novel genre, but this one piqued my interests and once I started, I could not stop until I had finished every ending.
  
  An old game, made by Nitro+ in 2003.
  
  Title: Saya No Uta
  Genre: Drama, Horror
  Rating: Adult (violence, gore, sex)
  
  Synopsis:
  
  

  Fuminori Sakisaka is the victim of a near-fatal car crash that killed both his parents. In order to save his life, Fuminori undergoes an experimental brain surgery. To the doctors, it seems like a miracle that he survived. However, the surgery left Fuminori with a terrible side-effect: all of his senses are warped. Everywhere he looks, Fuminori sees the world covered in blood and flesh, and normal humans look like monsters to him. Fuminori’s other senses follow suit. Food that would normally be delicious tastes hideous to him. His senses of hearing, smell, and touch are all affected in the same manner. Fuminori is aware of his condition, and he knows that others still perceive the world as they normally would. However, no one else is aware of this condition.
  
  As he contemplates suicide, he is met by Saya, a girl who he sees, feels, hears, and smells like a normal human being. He desperately falls on to her, and she is quick to accept him, even latch on to him on abnormal levels. However, Saya is a mysterious girl who holds many grim secrets. Why is she the only normal person in Fuminori's hellish nightmare? Why is she so attached to him? WHAT is Saya?

  
  
  

  [Image: http://www.mundotakus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Saya-4.png]

  
  
  Saya No Uta is one of the most twisted and gruesome stories I have ever read. The horror element is executed very nicely, and its difficult to not be intrigued. The whole plot is full of pure insanity, but its insanity you can understand. It strikes tragedy, terror, and affection for the characters.
  
  There are two downsides to this visual novel.
  
  1. Poor interface. You can't freaking go backwards, so you damn better read carefully. Make sure to keep save points, which I also couldn't figure out until I realized that the only way to open the menu was to right click. They also offer a "less violence" version, but that actually censors out significant parts of the story that makes what this awesome game great. So pick no censorship.
  
  2. Gratuitous amount of sex. The novel is about a 5 hour read. Around an hour of it will be sex. Now don't get me wrong, some of the sex was really necessary to explain the plot. It was an important development and even did a good job of showing character. But there was probably twice as much sex as there should've been.
  
  Overall this is a fantastic VN, and its actually making me interested in other potential VNs (though I don't know if there are too many that can top this jewel). Get it. Read it. Blow your mind.
  
  

  [Image: http://janaiblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/world1.jpg]
• Tatsu wrote on 2010-12-31 22:02
  Gore Screaming Show sounds interesting.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-12-31 22:06
  [video=youtube;tDHJ05TbDxU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDHJ05TbDxU[/video]
  
  You COULD watch the youtube version, but it'd be censored as hell.
• Lan wrote on 2010-12-31 22:28
  This creeps me the hell out.
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-12-31 22:29
  Sounds interesting.
  Wonder if I have enough patience to read it though :/.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-12-31 22:30

  Quote from Chockeh;271307:

  Sounds interesting.
  Wonder if I have enough patience to read it though :/.

  
  
  Its very interesting so I don't see why not. It plays the mystery very nicely so you'll always want to know what happens next.
  
  Visual novels are basically books. Cept with visuals and sounds and music. So its like a movie.
  
  Like an in between. That its only 5 hours isn't so bad.
  
  

  Quote from Lan;271306:

  This creeps me the hell out.

  
  
  Its not so scary as much as its tragic. And you're constantly trying to figure out what Saya is and what she wants.
• Tatsu wrote on 2010-12-31 22:41

  Quote from Cucurbita;271310:

  
  Visual novels are basically books. Cept with visuals and sounds and music. So its like a movie.
  
  Like an in between. That its only 5 hours isn't so bad.

  
  
  It also helps that Saya no Uta supposedly has a very good soundtrack.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-12-31 22:43

  Quote from Tatsu;271325:

  It also helps that Saya no Uta supposedly has a very good soundtrack.

  
  
  Eerie, but excellent overall.
  
  Beautiful.
  
  [video=youtube;lMktFQhBMTg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMktFQhBMTg[/video]
  [video=youtube;AsbzP1AVS4k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsbzP1AVS4k[/video]
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-12-31 22:43
  So does this mean sex with the girl is a hallucination? owo
• Tatsu wrote on 2010-12-31 22:47

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;271331:

  So does this mean sex with the girl is a hallucination? owo

  
  
  Nope. It makes it that more terrifying.
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-12-31 22:48

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;271331:

  So does this mean sex with the girl is a hallucination? owo

  
  ...At lest he gets some :/.
• Navy wrote on 2010-12-31 22:58
  ....
  what is this I don't even.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-12-31 23:03

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;271331:

  So does this mean sex with the girl is a hallucination? owo

  
  
  Spoilers:
  
  Her instincts demand that she reproduce. She's created for the sole purpose of using the genetic make up of the most primary species in her given dimension and use it as a base to mass produce her own kind. But she also ends up not being able to follow this instinct properly because of a few circumstances
  
  

  Quote from Tatsu;271338:

  Nope. It makes it that more terrifying.

  
  
  Would you rather sleep with a girl who is actually a disgusting, smelly, flesh eating tentacle monster, but you can't tell because your sense of sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste are all distorted?
  
  Or would you rather sleep with a girl who is normal but looks and feels like a disgusting, smelly, flesh eating tentacle monster?
  
  Well, the MC never even knew what Saya's true form looked like.
• Lan wrote on 2010-12-31 23:25

  Quote from Cucurbita;271310:

  Its very interesting so I don't see why not. It plays the mystery very nicely so you'll always want to know what happens next.
  
  Visual novels are basically books. Cept with visuals and sounds and music. So its like a movie.
  
  Like an in between. That its only 5 hours isn't so bad.
  
  
  
  Its not so scary as much as its tragic. And you're constantly trying to figure out what Saya is and what she wants.

  
  
  Kita, the guy got into the accident and sees normal things as horrifying nightmarish creatures, Saya is the only one who appears normal to him meaning she must be a horrible nightmarish creature. She makes him eat PEOPLE.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-12-31 23:30

  Quote from Lan;271390:

  Kita, the guy got into the accident and sees normal things as horrifying nightmarish creatures, Saya is the only one who appears normal to him meaning she must be a horrible nightmarish creature. She makes him eat PEOPLE.

  
  
  She doesn't make him eat people.
  She tried to hide him from all that but he one day comes home to find a dead body, recognizes it only as sweet fruits, and eats it.
  
  If anything Saya tried to keep him oblivious for his own protection.
  
  Of course I know she's a horrifying monster. I read the whole thing.