Being a doujin work, this work is already amongst the type I most respect – a canvas to express ideas and feelings rather than trying to make money from them. As you take the short aimless journey through Japan together with the two mortally ill characters, you are both emotionally engrossed in their sad fate and reminded of your own frail mortality. Its short length (only two hours) eliminates all pacing issues with every word actually counting for something, and being just enough to flesh out the characters and convey its simple yet heartfelt message. If that’s not enough to get you interested, let it be known to you that Narcissu also has one of the most amazing soundtracks in the medium, full of melancholic pieces that make it pretty much impossible to resist losing yourself in this gloomy tale.