Private Nurse: Mysterious and Enchanting

How much do you value your health? Is it worth living if you have health that is so poor, you spend the day striving to stay awake?
The main character in this game is a sickly boy who often spends the day lying in his bed, he is afflicted with a unknown and mysterious disease; no physicians can diagnose or treat him because of his mysterious sickness. He is unable to enjoy his life like a normal, health person would. He spends his life living in a fragile body, easy to pass out and easily fatigued. He is nearly to the point of giving up on hoping for a cure for his sickness but something out of the ordinary happened to his life and changed him forever.

When I played the game, I stopped for a moment and thought about my own body, am I treating it right? Am   I abusing what I have? I feel grateful and lucky for having a body that is complete and without any illness. I think about what would my life be like if I had a serious illness or disability, that makes me appreciate what I have and I am going to use what I have to reach my goals.

Story
The story revolves around Hiroki the sickly boy and Maria the private nurse, the childhood friend; Ayano is also an important part of the story. The progression of the story involves how Hiroki treats Ayano or Maria, leading to his improvement of health and the development of their relationship. The way the story is presented is on a day to day basis, a total of 30 days is the time frame for each of the paths in the story.

The theme of health is the main core of the story, because most of Hiroki's problem revolves around his poor health, and how Maria and Ayano help him recover his health and develop each other's feelings. The main point that I got from the story is that we should be thankful for our health and be thankful for the people who help us get to where we are now.

The relationship between the characters is a little bit off maturity, but due to their ages, it fits them completely.  They help each other in facing their problems and through this, they develop their love for each other even further. As for Maria's Path, it really is mysterious and when you finish the game, you are going to be in a state of awe because of what just happened, the ending is totally different from what you expected, leaving you to be curious and wanting for a better ending. Ayano's path is about reviving their old relationship, dealing through the problems of a normal highschool couple. (Have not finished ayano path completely)

The last remark about the story is how bad the placement of the sex scenes are. I mean seriously, 7 sex scenes in a row without and substantial story in between really gets boring, unless you are the person who plays visual novels for sex, well be my guest.
7/10

Music
The music the plays throughout the game has a very calming tone, giving the aura of health, regeneration, home, rest. The tempo is slow and the beats are soft, giving the game the subtle feeling while being played. The music is all instrumental and the music it self is very beautiful. The combination of the music with the scene will give you the complete set of emotions while reading. But sadly, due to the same tempo and patterns of the music, the music itself is not easily remembered, it does not cut into the memory and easily forgotten.
7/10

Artwork
The soft and pastel colors combine to give calm visuals, the colors are not dull nor is too bright, it is just right for the emotion of softness. The sketches of nature that are seen in between the changing of days are very beautiful, I can appreciate the artist's work of presenting small bits of nature through the art.

The characters are not drawn sharply, meaning they have round edges, giving a sort of chibi appearance. In my opinion the way the characters that are drawn in the game is childish, and giving me the impression of immaturity. But none the less the characters are detailed, and in each CG the details remain, I give plus points for the amount of CG and the different emotions that the characters are able to express through the art.

The best part of the artwork in the game is in the parts where only one color is used to draw the whole scene, the parts where you can really see the handiwork of the artist. Matching with the scene, the art will make the scene come alive.
8/10

Replayablity and Length
The game has around 4 paths, each path will consist of about 3 hours, and the replayability is high because of the totally different story in each path. In my personal experience I played about 5 times just to get the right path for Ayano, so good luck in completing the story. Also there is the After Diary part of the game, its just tidbits of additional scenes for Ayano and Maria.

Overall
The theme of the game already makes it a must read, and the art and music although not excellent, has good synergy with the story making for a good game overall. This is the first visual novel I ever played, and I had a great experience reading this novel so I hope you will too.

8/10