Each episode of the TV
series is about one of 12 girls who, in the game, later all fall
in love with the same boy. They each give him a love letter, and
he has to decide which girl he deeply cares for. However, he can't
be happy when everyone else is sad and hurt. He needs to help the
others find happiness.... perhaps in new loves? An inventive title
in the genre, in that the player is not trying to get a girl to
like him. The visuals and dialogue of the game are
excellent.
The TV episodes vary
greatly. One is about Chie, the lead vocal in a rock band
comprised of her younger brother and a few friends. Her close guy
friend, Ryuu, writes music and records it on mini discs for her to
listen to. One day Chie sees him meeting with a woman. Ryuu gives
the woman a special pink mini disc.
Chie is late to the next
band's rehearsal. When she gets there she tells Ryuu nonchalantly
that she saw him with his girlfriend. Ryuu says that it wasn't his
girlfriend, and runs off.
The next day Chie sees
Ryuu and the woman and decides to follow them. She evesdrops at a
restaurant, and hears that the pink mini disc contains the love
song he's written! It turns out the woman is from a record
company. Ryuu explains that the band wants to perform the song,
but their leader never does love songs. Chie hurries home, unable,
or perhaps unwilling, to sort out her feelings.
At the next band practice
session Chie announces that she's quitting, and rides off
recklessly on her motorcycle. Ryuu chases after her, but doesn't
make it in time to stop Chie from crashing. Chie swerves to avoid
a collision, but she and her bike fly off the road into the
ocean.
When Chie awakes, she's
lying in a hospital bed. Ryuu had saved her from drowning, but he
has broken a finger. Chie rushes to find Ryuu, fearing she has
ruined his career as a musician. She apologizes, but Ryuu
reassures her - it is his pinky, so everything will be alright. He
holds her tightly.
At the band's live
concert, Chie announces they'll be doing a love song, much to the
surprise of the other members. It's the song Chie had written for
her school festival long ago, but never performed because the
drummer, the boy she loved, had left. Now Chie is ready to move on
past the memories of that day, and enjoy the friendships she has
now. The group smiles, and the music begins to play.
Other Sentimental Journey
are stories such as that of Minami, a girl in a hospital for
simple testing, but the stay has gotten longer and she overhears
her doctor tell a nurse that it won't be easy to tell her parents
about her.... In another episode, a girl sets up a date for her
identical twin brother and a shy, quiet girl. Something else comes
up, and she knows that if her brother breaks the date it'll hurt
the girl's feelings - so she dresses as her brother and goes
herself!
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September 29, 1999 by Stephanie
