Saya no Uta the Review!

Story:
The gist of the storyline is about a guy named Fuminori who got into a car accident along with his parents. He is the sole survivor of the accident and all of his senses have severely changed. Everything that he see's has been changed in a way so that buildings, floors, walls, etc. are covered in blood/guts/organds/etc. The people are now scene as these monsters that can be described as slimy tentacle monsters with messed up voices. All of these are in his mind and he knows that. Everything in reality is still normal, it's just only he can see those.

The catch to the storyline is that he can see one person normally. That person is "Saya" who he see's as an innocent and glowing young loli. Fuminori then becomes attached to Saya since she is the only person he can see and hear "normally". He let's Saya stay over at his place and she helps him around in the house.

Saya is also on a quest to find her Father named Ougai. Fuminori helps her in exchange for her to keep him company.

Fuminori also has three close friends that try to talk to him but with no avail. Fuminori distances himself from his friends because he sees, hears, and even feels them as monsters.

Well that's all of the storyline that I will uncover, the rest is for you to find out by reading it yourself.

Verdict:
As a visual novel, "Saya No Uta" is pretty short, even when you get all of the different endings, it will take you about 4-5hours to accomplish. There's enough text to fill about a 120-150pg book I believe.

The choices given are pretty sparse and obvious to what will happen when you choose it. It's not really a let down since it doesn't interfere with the storyline that much, even though the choice heavily determines the outcome.

The songs and audio of the game are superb. The messed vocals of the "monsters" that fuminori hears show a good example of the insanity that must be plaguing his mind. The songs of the gore atmosphere is pretty agonizing in a way to show you what kind of pain Fuminori has to live through all the days of his life. It then changes rather well when he see's Saya as the sound changes from irritating to a more soothing song.

There is actual voice acting to complement the dialogue. The voice actors portray their characters in the best way possible. I wouldn't have chosen anyone else.

The art in the game is very gorgeous and detailed. The gore ridden world is shown in explicit detail and gives you a very good idea of what Fuminori has to live through. The CGs showing more of the dramatic parts are wonderfully drawn out as well.

The storyline is fricken mindblowing! I can't believe it doesn't have an anime yet! It's a weird hint of drama/romance/action/psychological all in one. It's amazing. The three endings are all very unique and very memorable on their own!

There isn't much to complain about this beside that it needs an anime! The short/condensed storyline is fine with me. It doesn't drift off and stays on topic! This truly is a classic! That's saying something! This is probably one of my first 5/5 recommendations overall for this year. Fricken find a way to read this! It's just that good! 5/5!