![]() Each of the three games make clever use of choices to show that it’s often all too easy to hurt people with the wrong choices. If not for rigid laws, then its well-meaning people doing more damage than fixing problems. The games do a surprisingly good job of reflecting issues LGBT folks face in their daily lives. The third game, spring leaves no flowers, has Manami spend a day with her friends, noticing that Haru and Erika have been acting weird ever since she had them meet her boyfriend. Unfortunately for her, she promises her a day at the spa, but her plan goes downhill pretty quickly once she learns all resorts won’t accommodate Haru in the women’s spa. The second game, last day of spring, sees Erika trying to arrange a birthday for her new friend, Haru. This game delves with the difficulties transgender people have to deal in Japan, such as its conservative laws that force her to undergo sex reassignment and sterilization to change her legal gender and name. Reluctantly, she goes and meets up with Manami along with Erika, another friend of Manami’s. ![]() Although Haru wishes to experience the hot springs, she is self-conscious of her body and doesn’t want to go, afraid that she would be bothering other people. Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo SwitchĪvailable on: GOG, itch.io, Steam, Google Play, PS Store, Microsoft Store, eShopĮngine: ren’py one night, hot springs The Three SpringsĪ YEAR OF SPRINGS begins with the first game, one night, hot springs, which tells the story of Haru, a transgender woman who is invited by her friend, Manami, to a night at a hot springs resort.
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