You can tell the games used to come with a manual because… well, obviously, the game assumes you know how to control the game beforehand... which was not the case.

So half a day has been spent just getting to grips with the controls and exploring a bit (aunt said not to swim but my role-playing of the mc is that he's a free spirit, so and I swam).

Now that I've gotten the hang of the controls, things are going more smoothly.

I've caught TREMENDOUS “big mormon” butterfly that goes hard and caught a fish that literally is 👁️^👁️

I mentioned Yoh the day before and BAM, I ran into him. Yoshika, he's an ENGINEER, be careful, friend...

Anyway, they sent me to name a random river, but they clipped my wings and asked me to seek the opinion of others to come up with a name. I wanted to call it Losdel Rio.

Censorship.

Today Enanabe took me to the secret beach... which I saw on the first day while exploring lol

Also, I almost drowned the protagonist while checking if there was anything in a hole in the sea. Safety first and all that.

And I'm going to STOP talking to Grandpa. It's too sad and it makes me tear up, but I understand him.

Lovely, the father's solution to the bridge was to splice two logs together. Totally safe, complies with OHS regulations and everything.

At least I got a bunch of new bugs, used my aerospace engineering knowledge to identify the valve (and my ability to read that it said “valve”), and gave it to Yoh. Hopefully, this will lead to him and Yasuko reuniting.

It's normal that Yasuko is ignoring Yoh; the guy has no heart.

I arrived at the clinic in the afternoon and found a nameless girl in the patient room (which was empty this morning). When I asked the old man, he said that room hadn't been used in a while...

GHOSTS, just the touch of FLAVOR I was missing in the game, a slightly spooky element. I LOVE IT.

Incredible GOSSIP today with the tremendous push the protagonist gave Yoh for Yasuko. With teenagers, “i dare you” works wonders.

However, I made a mistake today... I guess. I accidentally let Yasuko's dog loose, and it took me to a random grave. It felt important, and I felt sorry for him. I hope he knows how to find his way back.

Finally, I think the storyline about the old man and the sick girl has come to an end... it was beautiful and sad at the same time... I really liked the supernatural yet nostalgic tone that colored this series of events.

Anyway, I got part A of Yoh's rocket. I don't know if that will really send him into space, but it will do something, I guess.

I finally got to give him the key, and although nothing spectacular happened, it was quite emotional... The idea of an absent father/mother who is actually caring for their child in their own way from a distance fits well into this plot, although I wish they had talked...

Also, I'm finding out TODAY that there's a bike and it's great... Welp, better late than never, lol.

A day of emotions.

A lovely conversation between Yoh and Yasuko, Hikari feeding the cats, and Grandpa once again feeling down, wondering how long his granddaughter will live as he watches her sleep...

I have no predictions for tomorrow. It's time to be a free spirit and investigate!

Today, a grumpy old man arrived on the island, and Yashiko acted strangely after receiving a phone call... Could there be a secret between the two of them?

Anyway, I hope I can enter the cave tomorrow...

Not satisfied with yesterday's accident, I went exploring the cave today and... I found gold bars!

What's more, Yoshika has been talking on the phone suspiciously again, and it looks like someone new is coming tomorrow... I can't wait!

A chill day where the biggest event was setting off the last fireworks of the summer...

We're in the last week of the game and, in general, of the summer. It makes you think about what you've done during the month, and I'm very happy with how the summer has gone (especially not dying of heat).

Well, it was a bit of a letdown despite the fact that I gave it all I had and put my name on the rocket... I might even get a fine because the rocket went over the hill.

Of course, it looks like Yoshika and her partner have something up their sleeves for tomorrow... We'll see.

Today, the protagonist's brother was born in the evening! You can tell that the end of August is approaching, and with it, the adventure...

Everyone is already getting ready to say goodbye to Boku (myself included).

I am sure that the summers I have experienced, as a kid from southern Spain, are nothing like those of a city boy in the Japanese countryside.

And yet, these 31 days with Boku have made me appreciate small parallels that have brought me closer to or even reminded me of my first summers, as well as my memories of the birth of my own younger brother.