As a male gamer, I grew up in a world of fan service. The same holds true today. Video game or anime, there’s always a chance a female character will don revealing armor or get interrupted while changing. Depending on your values, these little bits of fan service are often an enjoyable experience. Enter Punch Line, a visual novel for the PS4.
Based on the anime that shares its name, Punch Line mixes the fan service formula up quite a bit. The main protagonist, Yuta Iridatsu, gains superhuman abilities when he sees a girl’s panties. If he gets too excited, however, his body can’t handle it. Continuing to stare at panties while supercharged will cause the world to end! But more on that later, because Yuta has to die first.
Getting an (After)life
Sticking true to its bizarre nature, Punch Line’s main character dies in one of the opening cutscenes. Kind of. Yuta blacks out after an intense panty-fueled power-up session. When he comes to, he’s a ghost. Well, technically he’s an “astral body” as the screenshot states above, but that’s still pretty much a ghost. It’s here where the game begins to take-off.
Told through various cutscenes, animated shorts and conversations, Punch Line’s story centers around six unique characters.
Yuta Iridatsu is very much your atypical anime protagonist. Not the coolest or brightest character around, but courageous and determined accomplish his goals no matter what. He’s imm...