Dal Segno is a cliched and simple yet sweet story about finding happiness. This novel has a great cast of characters with really developed quirks even if some of them are way out there. The five love interests can be summed up as an Ojou-san, a Demon Lord, an Ai, a schizophrenic, and an Alabama syndrome. Now although every characters besides the PC have really strong personalities, it felt as if that was the extent of who they were which did not make me feel closer to them in the end. Although the main theme of Dal Segno is searching for happiness I only really felt that in the Bonus Ame route while the rest of the routes were more focused on the heroine and a random mental issue that pops up due to a lack of communication. Of course after such random issue happens it gets solved after learning the powers of talking about your problems. Even though the plots were simplified they were all still a good read except for Noeri route which I think was just poorly written and her mental issues just straight made me hate her as a character. The story being the main focus of Dal Segno doesnt take away from the great art work and the nice soundtrack.
I think that for such an old novel it is still a really good read and I could recommend it to people.

Oh great. A government getting involved with happiness levels. Not a good sign.

It has decent writing until it gets to when Atsuya has to select a nominee for the pageant. That is when nearly every other sentence becomes sloppily written. There's (is) birds. Wrong! There are birds. The word 'birds' is plural.

This visual novel has interesting characters and concepts, but the story falls flat.

I couldn't get the patch to work, so no adult scenes for me. A boring 6 out of 10.

It's easy to not like this game because it makes some big mistakes that tank most VN. There is however a good story behind the hurdles, so to keep this simple, I'd advise anyone interested in doing the following; read up to the invitation ceremony, skip the entire pageant arc until you've made your final decision, and then see the worth of the game. For bonus effect, call yourself Alex Mason and get ready to rave about the numbers. Now about those hurdles...

I'll quickly talk about the art first because there isn't much to say. It's not the best, especially for a priced title like this, but the focus seems to have been on quantity rather than quality. I think the quantity more or less makes up for the lack of the other, but that might be a problem for others.

This is a very standard VN in terms of decision-making. You'll almost completely forget you can make decisions in this game, and once you do, all you're doing is visiting someone more often than others, and then getting a route. With the lack of decisions, your character boils down to someone who "makes a mountain out of a molehill", probably to pad out the time. If you have a problem with nervous/shy player characters, you might want to keep this in mind.

On the other hand, (for some reason) you also happen to be a 'charm magnet' because everybody seems to want to open up to you during the first chapters. You're friendly with everyone right away, and for a good chunk of the game, you'll be roped into the lives of others without much effort. Doing this ruins 2 parts of the game quite badly. During the pageant arc, where you're deciding on who you'll pursue, it ruins the pacing. There's no real conflict to be solved here, so instead everything drags out to an unbearable degree for the most minute issue. And then after the arc is over, it ruins the interactions at the start because everybody except for the one you choose vanishes from the story, despite being so involved with you a few chapters earlier.

This could have ruined the game, had it not made the effort to give each romantic option a very good hook during the beginning. The universe it establishes is intriguing, despite not making sense at times (this might be a lingering translation error, as some parts are hard to read). Without getting into spoilers, everyone is given a mystery to solve, and the game respects the traits it establishes. Most VN would have brushed aside these traits for something more common or grounded once it got to the heart of it, but this one sticks to its guns and fully explores them during each route. This here pretty much saves the game, and earns my recommendation. Unfortunately, it takes its time to finally get there, so despite being a good VN, it could have been better.

This is probably a smaller gripe, being that the adult patch is optional, but certain moments don't fit into the story, coming across as a bit too childish for the genre. And luckily there is a post-game wrap-up, otherwise, I would have a huge complaint about the abruptness of the endings. This goes back to how the game could have structured itself better, and given us more, rather than padding out time.

my personal opinion, this VN was good enough to killing ur time or u was seek a light plot with good art
MC isn't outstanding but i appreciate his friend (yamato) he was kind and conversation fun around him (he like suginami if u play D.C).

Dal Segno is a decent moege, a little above 5/10, so, 6. Instead of the non-plot of things like Making*Lovers, we have some drama here.

The common route is articulated around a Christmas beauty pageant (the game is set in December, but in this setting it's summerish thanks to technology and blah blah) that the MC is asked to enter (with a girl). So, we will choose one of the 4 first batch heroines (before the true heroine) as candidate.

If you're thinking this is pretty boring, it's because it is. So, the meat is in the routes themselves. The MC isn't much to write home about, either. He's grumpy even though he's living in supposed paradise, and won't think much of the heroines until, *flip* he falls in love with them with short notice.

Our heroines are:

- Noeri: she's your cousin, so it's inspired in sister routes. She's a deredere and klutzy, but very cute. She and the MC have been together for a long time, and now share their life on Kazana Island, the game's setting.

Since she's his cousin, she has doubts about whether she'll be romantically accepted. The MC also tries to remark their distance time and time again, until he finally falls in love with her.

The drama here is really silly and half-finished. 4/10 at best. The girl is cute but they don't do anything interesting with her. At least it's quick. I'd say, play it first.

- Io: she's a weirdo girl who fancies herself a witch, or demon offspring, or whatever. Her drama is decent but not great, and it gets resolved pretty quickly. But she's a cutie above all.

They still could have done better with her; the drama feels like it could have been more. So, 5 or 6/10. Also, a little warning: her only penetrative H scene has the MC ♥♥♥ outside... She can be considered a tsundere, especially with certain reactions she has.

- Himari: probably the second most important girl after [true heroine]. Again, her drama is very hit-or-miss, but some elements are beautiful. This warranted a longer story though. Again, it appears at the eleventh hour and is cleared quickly, but with a good climax. I'd award it a 6/10 because of the good points.

- Hazuki: she could be a nice mysterious heroine, if her story wasn't that bad. They pull the oldest and lamest trick in the book for the drama. And it's bad. 3/10

- The true heroine: It feels like pursuing a girl way out of your league, except feelings are reciprocated here. It can be beautiful for some people, but it ends badly and unfulfillingly. 5/10

- Extra route: isn't even a route. 2/10

Dal Segno is easy to read, but it brings very little that can be considered special to the table. If you're big on moege, your opinion might be different... or not.

Be warned as this review has spoilers and bias in it.

D.S. or Dal Segno is a visual novel develop by CIRCUS who made the famous Da Capo and other VN like fortissimo//Akkord:Bsusvier, D.S. is set in Kazana island a pseudo paradise where everyone is always happy.

The protagonist itself can be renamed, and like other VN it has its own routes which are not going to let you think too deeply unlike other VN that might need your brain to predict some stuffs, the VN itself is a ball of fluff that each route has its own pursue of happiness, and yes the game itself delves into sci-fi so its not really a pure reality only route so expect some unexplainable things in there.

My verdict is a rating of 8/10 for the VN.
CG - 9.5/10
Presentation - 9.5/10
Narrative - 5/10
Story - 6/10
Sound - 8/10

For the routes, I order them as this :
Ame > Hazuki = Himari > Noeri > Io

Ame - 9/10
Hazuki - 8/10
Himari - 8/10
Noeri - 7/10
Io - 5/10

Ame route :
- The route for Ame was the most memorable one since its quite the quest to understanding true happiness and not just happiness, for an AI like Ame, it was a really good build up for her from how she questions the obvious things that people tend to forget most of the time, the climax part for her route reminded me of Plastic Memories and Isshukan friends Anime.

Hazuki route :
- The route for Hazuki was a bit lackluster at first for me since MC keeps only helping her at the student council room and Hazuki being the oujo-sama character can't show herself to MC, but as the second part came where she shone to be a memorable character seeing that the MC needed to be a detective just to put the puzzle that was happening to them, This route probably tackles if the happiness that happened is true or fake.

Himari route :
- The route for Himari was equal to Hazuki but not lesser, the story seems good since the bantering of the two was like I was reading a Monogatari LN, the turning point of the story came when Himari revealed that she also has the same powers as MC but even higher, so the story tells whether the happiness that was felt is real or not.

Noeri route :
- The route for Noeri was conflicted since she's the MC cousin, most people would be off put about her but the way they handled how MC and Noeri could fall in love is good since it tackled their memories even as children so it wasn't just an instant love, the plot twist in the climax part was a really 180 degree to Noeri's character, this route probably tackled that happiness is what you make.

Io Route :
- The route for Io was rather the most dull among the others and it was quite a disappointment seeing as she can play words and even do lots of stuff, though at least her route is fun to read and MC interaction for her was like having nerves of steel, this route tackled that old happiness vs new happiness.

Last Note : "Happiness comes in many forms, and at times lays dormant in one's subconscious." - Ame

There's nothing I can say, for sure this is very good, in terms of the story and drama presented, If you ask is it worth it?, if you are looking for an interesting and exciting story to follow and don't forget about an attractive character design then the answer is YES!

I will continue reading the fandisc soon...

Ame did nothing wrong

Pretty bad writing. The protagonist goes into giant rabbitholes in his head instead of just asking sensible questions, goes "it must've been my imagination" often, has nonsensical thought patterns, and the story seems full of really cardboard moe hijinks.

Don't recommend.

Dont buy this game if you want +18 scenes, I couldn't find any +18 patch for the game<if you find patch let me know>

other than that the story is literaly, you go to school attempt to save a ai, you are rescued by girl with somewhat red hair, become friends, then your cousing that wants to be your sis or something, you go to school meet the girl with white hair and another one with black hair, you return home all 4 first choices live in the same department, you are selected into a event of choosing a girl?, thats the game, you can skip everything and will not miss that much.