Aki's Summer with Family kinda feels like when you're at a party and someone shows up in sweatpants but somehow they're still the most interesting person there. The Koikatsu models have that plastic sheen, stiff as hell, but then Sora pins you down with this look and suddenly the jank doesn't matter anymore. The whole thing runs on Ren'Py so you know the drill, click click click, but the choices actually branch somewhere which is more than I expected from a game where the aunt character's tits are basically their own character slot.

Speaking of Aunt Yuko. That scene where she catches you peeking and instead of the usual tsundere slap she just... leans into it. Her hand guiding yours while she whispers about how she's noticed you staring at dinner. The corruption doesn't creep, it sprints. One minute you're helping with groceries, next thing Mary's sweaty from basketball practice asking if you wanna "help her stretch." The futa content with Kate comes out of nowhere too, like the game forgets it's supposed to be a slow burn and just throws the whole spice rack at you.

The ambient music tries so hard to keep things chill while the dialogue goes absolutely unhinged. Sora's whole dominatrix cousin bit gets repetitive honestly, like we get it you're in charge. But then there's this tiny moment where she breaks character for half a second and you see something vulnerable and I don't know why I'm still thinking about it. The Spanish translation is apparently a thing now too, which is cool I guess. The game knows exactly what it is and doesn't pretend otherwise, even when the writing swings between surprisingly sharp and "did a bot write this?" territory. Mary's route is the best one btw don't @ me.