* ClicheStorm: To the point where there are ''three'' terminally ill characters! Well, it is a TropeMaker for this kind of VN.
* OlderThanTheyThink: Think that the BrotherSisterIncest flavor of romance narratives in Japanese media started with the likes of ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'', ''Literature/EroMangaSensei'' and the like? Nope! This is the TropeMaker.
* OnceOriginalNowCommon: While the story is still compelling, but as noted this game popularized many VN tropes that someone playing it now would consider overdone and cliche.
* ShipToShipCombat: Averted. What little fandom exists for this game is surprisingly amiable about the idea of the main character ending up with either Kana or Yumi.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans view the new 2004 edition, which was fully voiced but had the art completely redone by a different artist, this way.
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