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This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Microraptor
In 1999 a fossil that had been illegally removed from China was revealed to the world in a press conference held by National Geographic. This fossil was named Archaeoraptor.
6 months later, in 2000, National Geographics revealed it might be a composite. It was found to be a composite of three fossils, the tail of Microraptor, the body of Yanornis. Some elements might belong to a third species as well.
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O Sul/Sudeste levando genocídio ao Norte...
A PF realizou dois mandados de prisão e seis de busca e apreensão em várias cidades, incluindo Boa Vista, Mucajaí, São Paulo, Santos, Santarém, Uberlândia e Itapema.
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Inside Zakk Wylde's heartfelt celebration of Pantera's Dimebag Darrell – only in the new Guitar World
Plus! Neil Giraldo, the history of Aria Guitars, why Joe Bonamassa loves '54 Strats, Jesus Piece, Ally Venable, the life and times of Zal Yanovsky, a fuzz fiesta and morehttps://www.guitarworld.com/news/guitar-world-zakk-wylde-july-2023
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Inside Zakk Wylde's heartfelt celebration of Pantera's Dimebag Darrell – only in the new Guitar World
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Inside Zakk Wylde's heartfelt celebration of Pantera's Dimebag Darrell – only in the new Guitar World
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Inside Zakk Wylde's heartfelt celebration of Pantera's Dimebag Darrell – only in the new Guitar World
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Good morning, jazz & jazz-curious people, particularly Mastodionians @grbenny & @jrosen707
11 am Alberta time, bigeradio.com
The second half of today's Fuse 'n Flow features an album in its entirety; originally recorded as a bootleg in 1968, the reels stayed hidden in an attic for more than 50 years before receiving a proper release in 2020 - Thelonious Monk's Palo AltoAlso featured are Kurt Elling, Gabor Azabo, Dana Lauren, and some more Juno nominees and winners, including Ernesto Cervini, Renee Rosnes, Nikki Yanofsky, and Caity Gyorgy
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Good morning, jazz & jazz-curious people, particularly Mastodionians @grbenny & @jrosen707
11 am Alberta time, bigeradio.com
The second half of today's Fuse 'n Flow features an album in its entirety; originally recorded as a bootleg in 1968, the reels stayed hidden in an attic for more than 50 years before receiving a proper release in 2020 - Thelonious Monk's Palo AltoAlso featured are Kurt Elling, Gabor Azabo, Dana Lauren, and some more Juno nominees and winners, including Ernesto Cervini, Renee Rosnes, Nikki Yanofsky, and Caity Gyorgy
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Good morning, jazz & jazz-curious people, particularly Mastodionians @grbenny & @jrosen707
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The second half of today's Fuse 'n Flow features an album in its entirety; originally recorded as a bootleg in 1968, the reels stayed hidden in an attic for more than 50 years before receiving a proper release in 2020 - Thelonious Monk's Palo AltoAlso featured are Kurt Elling, Gabor Azabo, Dana Lauren, and some more Juno nominees and winners, including Ernesto Cervini, Renee Rosnes, Nikki Yanofsky, and Caity Gyorgy
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Good morning, jazz & jazz-curious people, particularly Mastodionians @grbenny & @jrosen707
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The second half of today's Fuse 'n Flow features an album in its entirety; originally recorded as a bootleg in 1968, the reels stayed hidden in an attic for more than 50 years before receiving a proper release in 2020 - Thelonious Monk's Palo AltoAlso featured are Kurt Elling, Gabor Azabo, Dana Lauren, and some more Juno nominees and winners, including Ernesto Cervini, Renee Rosnes, Nikki Yanofsky, and Caity Gyorgy
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Good morning, jazz & jazz-curious people, particularly Mastodionians @grbenny & @jrosen707
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The second half of today's Fuse 'n Flow features an album in its entirety; originally recorded as a bootleg in 1968, the reels stayed hidden in an attic for more than 50 years before receiving a proper release in 2020 - Thelonious Monk's Palo AltoAlso featured are Kurt Elling, Gabor Azabo, Dana Lauren, and some more Juno nominees and winners, including Ernesto Cervini, Renee Rosnes, Nikki Yanofsky, and Caity Gyorgy
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Missões evangelizadoras têm que entrar no rol de investigados pelo #GenocidioYanomami.
As agências missionárias estavam lá quando a tragédia começou. Mas, confortáveis sob a proteção do governo Bols0naro, não denunciaram e não agiram.Artigo de Ronilso Pacheco.
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“I've escaped death a lot. We get tired but keep resisting.” Maria Leusa Kaba Munduruku, one of the main Brazilian leaders against illegal mining in the Upper Rio Tapajós, in Pará, is attentive and concerned about the Yanomami people.
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“I've escaped death a lot. We get tired but keep resisting.” Maria Leusa Kaba Munduruku, one of the main Brazilian leaders against illegal mining in the Upper Rio Tapajós, in Pará, is attentive and concerned about the Yanomami people.
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“I've escaped death a lot. We get tired but keep resisting.” Maria Leusa Kaba Munduruku, one of the main Brazilian leaders against illegal mining in the Upper Rio Tapajós, in Pará, is attentive and concerned about the Yanomami people.
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“I've escaped death a lot. We get tired but keep resisting.” Maria Leusa Kaba Munduruku, one of the main Brazilian leaders against illegal mining in the Upper Rio Tapajós, in Pará, is attentive and concerned about the Yanomami people.
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“I've escaped death a lot. We get tired but keep resisting.” Maria Leusa Kaba Munduruku, one of the main Brazilian leaders against illegal mining in the Upper Rio Tapajós, in Pará, is attentive and concerned about the Yanomami people.
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Artist and Indigenous Rights Advocate Barbara Crane Navarro
Barbara Crane Navarro: In Her Own Words
Artist, Writer, Environmental & Indigenous Rights Activist
Bio: Barbara Crane Navarro
Barbara Crane Navarro is a French-American artist, writer, Indigenous and animal activist who lives near Paris. From 1968 to 1973 she studied at Rhode Island School of Design, then she went on to study at the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California, for a BFA.
Her work over many decades has been informed and inspired by time spent with indigenous communities. She took various study trips devoted to the exploration of techniques and natural pigments of different indigenous communities including the Dogon of Mali, West Africa, and the Yanomami communities in Venezuela and Brazil.
Over many years, during the winters, she studied the techniques of traditional Bogolan painting. Hand woven fabric is dyed with boiled bark from the Wolo tree or crushed leaves from other trees, then painted with mud from the Niger river which oxidizes in contact with the dye. Through the Dogon and the Yanomami, her interest in the multiplicity of techniques and supports for aesthetic expression influenced her artistic practice.
Her voyages to the Amazon Rainforest have informed several series of paintings created while living among the Yanomami. The support used is roughly woven canvas prepared with acrylic medium then textured with a mixture of sand from the river bank and lava. This supple canvas is then rolled and transported on expeditions into the forest. These are then painted using a mixture of acrylic colors and Achiote and Genipap, the vegetal pigments used by the Yanomami for their ritual body paintings and on practical and shamanic implements. Barbara is deeply concerned about the ongoing devastation of the Amazon Rainforest and this has inspired many of her films, installation projects and children’s books.
Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguusPalm Oil Detectives is honoured to interview to Barbara Crane Navarro about her fascinating work, indigenous activism, the devastation of deforestation and land-grabbing from gold mining on the Indigenous Yanomami people
Behind the insatiable appetite for buying #gold is a dark secret of money laundering, illegal #mining, #ecocide, sex #slavery and human misery for the #Yanomami people of #Venezuela & #Brazil. @BarbaraNavarro #BoycottGold4Yanomami
Read more: Illegal gold mining and the Yanomami’s fight for their land
‘Illegal mining in the Amazon hits record high amid Indigenous protests’, Jeff Tollerson, Nature 2021.
FinCEN Files investigations into the gold trade from around the world. Kyra Guerny, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, 2020.
Five Golden Rings and an Environmental Dilemma, Wake Forest University, 2018.
‘Gold mining leaves deforested Amazon land barren for years, find scientists’ The Conversation, July 1, 2020.
Mercury: Chasing the Quicksilver by InfoAmazonia
‘Pictures from outer space reveal the extent of illegal gold mining in Peru’, The Conversation, May 7, 2021.
‘Sex trafficking ‘staggering’ in illegal Latin American gold mines: researchers’, Reuters, 2016.
Yanomami: Povos Indigenas Brasil
Help Barbara’s movement to #BoycottGold4Yanomami
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2. By following the #BoycottGold4Yanomami hashtag on Twitter and share out other people’s tweets
“I wrote Rainforest Magic, children’s stories about Yanomami children Namowë and Meromi to honour the Yanomami families I love and to raise awareness of the disappearing Amazon” #BoycottGold4Yanomami @BarbaraNavarro
It’s important that consumers know – every item we buy affects the lives of people and animals. #Gold #mining and #palmoil directly impacts Indigenous peoples. #Boycottpalmoil #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife @BarbaraNavarro
#Yanomami children as young as 12 are forced into prostitution for illegal miners that take over their rainforest home for gold mining. Fight back against this with your wallet and refuse to buy gold! #BoycottGold4Yanomami @BarbaraNavarro
Top Brazil gold exporter leaves a trail of criminal probes and illegal mines! Please #Boycott4Wildlife #BoycottGold4Yanomami! @ScarpullaA @barbaranavarro https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/top-brazil-gold-exporter-leaves-a-trail-of-criminal-probes-and-illegal-mines/ via @Mongabay
Tweet thisL’amico a sorpresa del ragazzo Yanomami nella giungla! #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife @ScarpullaA @barbaranavarro https://barbara-navarro.com/2021/12/24/ital-dec-24-lamico-a-sorpresa-del-ragazzo-yanomami-nella-giungla/
Tweet thisAmigo surpresa do menino Yanomami na selva! #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife @barbaranavarro @ScarpullaA https://barbara-navarro.com/2021/12/23/amigo-surpresa-do-menino-yanomami-na-selva/
Tweet thisThe Art of #Greenwashing by Luxury Merchants of the Death #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife @barbaranavarro @ScarpullaA https://barbara-navarro.com/2020/12/07/the-art-of-greenwashing-by-the-luxury-merchants-of-the-death-of-nature-and-indigenous-peoples-in-their-own-words-the-people-of-gold-and/
Tweet this#Indigenous knowledge could be the answer to stopping #Climate Change! #ClimateEmergency @ScarpullaA @barbaranavarro #Boycott4Wildlife and #BoycottGold4Yanomami and save the forests, animals and indigenous peoples of South America! https://barbara-navarro.com/2021/12/25/indigenous-knowledge-could-be-the-answer-to-climate-change-the-st-andrews-economist/
Tweet thisAmigo surpresa do menino Yanomami na selva! Boicote todos os produtos resultantes do desmatamento; ouro, óleo de palma, carne, soja, madeiras exóticas, pedras preciosas #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @BarbaraNavarro @ScarpullaA https://barbara-navarro.com/2021/12/23/amigo-surpresa-do-menino-yanomami-na-selva/
Tweet this@Cartier Foundation uses #greenwashing “art” to sell their business model as eco-friendly. This is #greenwashing! #Yanomami people and #animals are dying for #gold! @BarbaraNavarro @ScarpullaA #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife https://barbara-navarro.com/2020/10/11/the-cartier-foundation-epitomizes-the-insidious-practice-of-using-an-art-foundation-to-seduce-the-public-into-believing-that-its-merchandise-and-business-model-is-actually-the-opposite-of-its-true/
Tweet thisMy Exhibition “Pas de Cartier: Yanomami and Trees” Gold mining by @Cartier @Bulgariofficial and COVID-19 are killing the #Yanomami people. This is why we #BoycottGold4Yanomami @BarbaraNavarro @ScarpullaA https://barbara-navarro.com/2020/08/04/exhibition-pas-de-cartier-yanomami-and-trees-gold-mining-and-gold-luxury-items-covid-19-propagated-by-gold-miners/
Tweet this“When you cut down the trees, you assault the spirits of our ancestors. When you dig for minerals you impale the heart of the Earth” Cacique Raoni Metuktire Illegal gold mining is why we #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife @BarbaraNavarro @ScarpullaA https://barbara-navarro.com/2020/06/27/gold-fever-covid-19-and-the-genocide-of-the-yanomami-update/
Tweet this“In the Venezuelan and Brazilian Amazon, I witnessed the destruction of nature from deforestation and gold mining worsen as I returned year after year”
Barbara Crane Navarro
The Yanomami communities I spent time with were very worried about this situation and the shamans worked to fight against it, but this has been in vain so far.
Since my birth, I was always an artist and spent my childhood drawing and painting
I want to understand why people in indigenous societies spend so much time and effort creating art and with such an incredible variety of supports and substances.
“Since 2005, I’ve created a performance and film project: Fire Sculpture, to bring urgent attention to rainforest destruction. And to protest against the continuing destruction of the Yanomami’s territory. I’ve publicly set fire to my totemic sculptures. These burning sculptures symbolise the degradation of nature and the annihilation of indigenous cultures that depend on the forest for their survival.”
~ Barbara Crane Navarro
The idea of burning the sculptures was to make a symbolic point about how Yanomami and other indigenous communities are endangered by our consumerism which creates chaos and destruction where they live, in their ancestral home.
I wrote Amazon Rainforest Magic, two stories of Yanomami children Namowë, a Yanomami boy and Meromi, a Yanomami girl in honour of the families I know and love
Several of the Yanomami children and their families I know well are among the characters in the two books of the series.
I self-published my books with CreateSpace years ago which was subsequently bought by Amazon’s KDP. Now my books are only available on Amazon or here at my gallery near Paris, where my artwork is also available.
The two books are available from Barbara Crane Navarro’s Amazon page in English, Spanish and French.
Buy Vol. 1 Buy Vol. 2
Illustration by Barbara Crane Navarro from her book “Amazon Rainforest Magic – The adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami girl“Amazon Rainforest Magic” presents a world that at first might seem whimsical, where people, animals, and plants joke, conspire, and argue with each other. The serious point is that humans are no more important than any of the other creatures – all are mutually dependent, some are just more aware of it than others.
The plants and the animals, each with special knowledge, accompany the hero, Namowë, as he embarks on a life-saving quest for a cure for his ailing youngest sister. When he embarks on this exciting journey through the jungle, he has already taken a big step toward maturity.
Behind the charming artwork and story is a clear message that we humans are not separate from our environment and that to put ourselves above nature is arbitrary and ultimately counter-productive.
All of the various indigenous communities along the rivers in the Amazon are very alarmed at the acceleration of the devastation of the forests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd3GoL5MeAg
“I discovered that much of the Yanomami’s art is about venerating nature and the spirits of the forests, sky, water and the animals.”
~ Barbara Crane-Navarro
Tundra project/Nature Morte
The repercussions of the 2019 fires in the Amazon and Arctic regions continue to impact forests, water, the atmosphere and indigenous communities. This art is an artistic dialogue between two territories and two geomorphologies. Each have a planetary resonance.
It’s important consumers know that every shopping choice we make has repercussions on the lives of people in other parts of the world
I try to eat only local and in-season vegetables grown nearby. What I grow myself I keep as jam and conserve to eat in the winter months.
Amazonian gold mineMany different indigenous communities in the nine countries of the Amazon region are devastated by gold mining with its resulting deforestation, violence against indigenous peoples, mercury poisoning and Covid-19 propagated by gold miners.
https://twitter.com/PersonalEscrito/status/1432750926004170755?s=20
https://twitter.com/BarbaraNavarro/status/1350098960954892288?s=20
https://twitter.com/PattyLaya/status/1161291783084621827?s=20
Merchants of Gold, Greed and Genocide
Hunger for Gold in the Global North is fuelling a living hell in the Global South
Here are 13 reasons why you should #BoycottGold4Yanomami
Image: ‘llegal gold that undermines forests and lives in the Amazon’ by Igarapé Institute
Behind the insatiable appetite for #gold is a dark secret of money laundering, illegal #mining, environmental damage and human misery. #BoycottGold4Yanomami @BarbaraNavarro
1. Gold mining = greenwashing of crime and corruption
2. Even the world’s biggest gold-importing nations don’t properly monitor the origins of their gold
3. Laundering crimes using gold is easy
4. Gold is a legal version of cocaine
5. Gold mining causes massive deforestation
6. Indigenous people have no rights
7. Brazil’s racist President, Bolsonaro allows land-grabbing to continue
8. Indigenous women and children are forced into sex slavery
9. Violence and murder in gold mining is common
10. Mercury kills ecosystems, people and animals
11. Ecosystems rarely recover from the damage – they are dead
12. Jewellery and electronics companies and criminals are the only ones who benefit from gold
13. Over a million children are forced to work in gold mines
Forests and rivers are a spiritual and practical necessity for Indigenous people
However their access to food and water is removed by palm oil and soy plantations, cattle grazing and gold mining, which contaminates the water and kills the fish. Forest wildfires are happening in the Amazon due to degraded and destroyed forests and rivers.
Deforestation by fire for palm oilDeforestation by Sean Weston https://seanweston.co.ukDirty Gold War: A documentary about gold mining
The gold industry is overflowing with corruption:
If there’s a crackdown in Peru, you just smuggle the gold across the border to Chile. Or if there’s a crackdown all across Latin America, then you can simply sell your gold through the Emirates, where there are very few controls. It’s a very difficult industry to completely eliminate the opportunities for money laundering, because it’s so global and you can just keep shifting your business.
‘‘Dirty Gold’ chases ‘three amigos’ from Miami to Peru and beyond’:
International Consortium of Investigative JournalistsNobody needs to use gold jewelry or watches to decorate themselves. There are so many less destructive and non-destructive options. Small elements of gold are in phones and other electronic items. We should replace them as seldom as possible.
Barbara Crane Navarro
We all need to boycott palm oil, soy, meat, exotic wood, gold and any other product of deforestation.
The #Boycott4Wildlife movement has the same goals as the #BoycottGold4Yanomami movement
Mining incursions in the Amazon jungle. Maned Three-toed Sloth Bradypus torquatusThe Dolphin and the gold miners’ boat at twilight, from my children’s book series- Amazon Rainforest Magic, the adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami girlIndigenous peoples know that their well-being depends on healthy forests and ecosystems. They see the evidence of that truth around them every day.
The future well-being of people in the West will be determined by how soon we realise that we must respect nature and not take more than we need, just as indigenous peoples do.
“If we continue to treat nature as a commodity, all the living world, including us, will suffer”
~ Barbara Crane Navarro
Every effort, even the smallest effort, is important
I can’t predict the outcome, but I believe that we have to fight every day in order to mitigate the damage we’re doing.
Did you know that #gold #mining #palmoil and cattle grazing is destroying the last great swathes of the Amazon jungle? This land belongs to #Indigenous people! So #BoycottGold4Yanomami and #Boycottpalmoil @BarbaraNavarro
“I was born in 1950 and we are no longer living in the world that I knew when I was young”
I was 20 when humans began using more resources every year than the earth could replenish.
~ Barbara Crane Navarro
“It has been heart wrenching to witness the decline of nature
and to grieve for what has disappeared.”Barbara Crane Navarro
[Before] The pristine Amazon rainforest. [After] Absolute devastation following gold mining in the Yanomami territory at the border of Venezuela and Brazil.
There are many rainforest animals that I love that make the Amazon rainforest absolutely enchanting. The monkeys, pink river dolphins, giant river otters, capybaras, tapirs, macaws and so many birds and butterflies are some of my favourites.
Here are a few of the 1000’s of animals disappearing forever due to out-of-control extractive mining, palm oil and meat deforestation in the Amazon jungle
Blonde Capuchin Sapajus flavius
Savage’s Glass Frog Centrolene savagei
Brazilian three-banded armadillo Tolypeutes tricinctus
Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus
Glaucous Macaw Anodorhynchus glaucus
Nancy Ma’s Night Monkey Aotus nancymaae
Maned Wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus
Andean Mountain Cat Leopardus jacobita
Marsh Deer Blastocerus dichotomus
Alta Floresta titi monkey Plecturocebus grovesi
Colombian Red Howler Monkey Alouatta seniculus
Northern Muriqui Brachyteles hypoxanthus
Brown Howler Monkey Alouatta guariba
Andean Night Monkey Aotus miconax
Spiny-headed Tree Frog Triprion spinosus
White-Nosed Saki Chiropotes albinasus
Amazon River Dolphin Inia geoffrensis
Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset Callithrix aurita
Spectacled Bear Tremarctos ornatus
If you want to make a difference to the lives of Indigenous people in the Amazon, there are some NGOs to avoid, and others that are really making a difference…
Some NGOS such as Survival claim to be helping indigenous people are great pretenders. They spread awareness but don’t offer practical on the ground support for people like the Yanomami.
These NGOS that allegedly work for Indigenous Rights simply lobby to governments to recognise indigenous land rights. They write and talk about issues affecting Indigenous peoples without having any real, tangible impact.
I donate as often as possible to a Brazilian NGO, APIB: The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil.
APIB on the other hand are taking the Brazilian government to court! They have an emergency campaign now concerning gold mining, deforestation and Covid.
Please donate to APIB:
With the funds they will take the Brazilian government to court for this disgraceful ecocide and genocide!
Donate Help the Yanomami
Photography, Art: Barbara Crane Navarro, PxFuel, Creative Commons, Wikipedia, Greenpeace, Sean Weston, Igarapé Institute.
Words: Barbara Crane Navarro
I welcome you to connect with me, you can find me here on Twitter @BarbaraNavarro
https://twitter.com/BarbaraNavarro/status/1457330048181186564?s=20
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Buy vintage jewellery instead
Find out moreImage: ‘llegal gold that undermines forests and lives in the Amazon’ by Igarapé Institute
#Amazon #animals #art #BarbaraCraneNavarro #Boycott4wildlife #BoycottGold4Yanomami #BoycottPalmOil #Brazil #Christmas #Climate #ClimateEmergency #corruption #CreativesForCoolCreatures #deforestation #ecocide #gold #goldMining #greenwashing #indigenous #IndigenousActivism #indigenousRights #investigativeJournalism #jewellery #mining #palmoil #rainforestConservation #slavery #Valentine #Venezuela #Yanomami
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Our (#Kamizdat) new release.
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"By way of a biofeedback method, Luznar very precisely and in real time adds effects to the sounds of the heart, thus manipulating their intensity and taking the listeners on a journey through a variety of emotional states."
Our (#Kamizdat) new release.
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Trash into Treasure: Turning E-Waste and CO2 into Gold
Trash into Treasure: Turning E-Waste and CO2 into Gold | Researchers at Cornell University have developed a sustainable technique to extract gold from electronic waste and repurpose it as a catalyst to convert carbon dioxide (CO₂) into valuable organic compounds. This method addresses e-waste challenges and contributes to CO₂ reduction efforts. Help with the transition when you #BoycottGold #BoycottGold4Yanomami
#News: Cornell researchers have developed a viable method to extract #gold from #ewaste. They can convert #CO2 into #gold, tackling both electronic waste and #GHG emissions. #BoycottGold @palmoildetect #BoycottGold4Yanomami https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9PR
Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterCornell University. (2025, January 2). New method turns e-waste to gold. ScienceDaily. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250102162300.htm
In a groundbreaking study, Cornell University researchers have introduced an eco-friendly method to extract gold from electronic waste (e-waste) and utilize it as a catalyst for converting carbon dioxide (CO₂) into useful organic materials. This dual-purpose approach offers a sustainable solution to two pressing environmental issues: e-waste accumulation and CO₂ emissions.
E-waste, comprising discarded electronic devices, is a rapidly growing environmental concern, with approximately 50 million tons generated annually worldwide. Notably, a ton of e-waste contains significantly more gold than a ton of mined ore, highlighting the potential for resource recovery. Traditional gold extraction methods involve hazardous chemicals like cyanide, posing environmental and health risks. The Cornell team’s method employs chemical adsorption using vinyl-linked covalent organic frameworks (VCOFs) to selectively capture 99.9% of gold ions and nanoparticles from e-waste without harmful substances.
Once recovered, the gold-loaded VCOFs serve as catalysts to transform CO₂—a major greenhouse gas contributing to climate change—into valuable organic compounds. This process not only mitigates CO₂ levels but also produces materials beneficial for various industrial applications. Lead researcher Amin Zadehnazari emphasised the environmental and practical benefits of this approach, stating, “By transforming CO₂ into value-added materials, we not only reduce waste disposal demands, we also provide both environmental and practical benefits. It’s kind of a win-win for the environment.”
This innovative method represents a significant advancement in technology, offering a promising avenue for addressing electronic waste and carbon emissions simultaneously. The research underscores the potential of integrating waste management with environmental remediation strategies to develop comprehensive solutions for global ecological challenges.
Cornell University. (2025, January 2). New method turns e-waste to gold. ScienceDaily. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250102162300.htm
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Vragen rond de jaarwisseling (3)
De ark van Noach (Gevelsteen op de Schreierstoren, Amsterdam)Een kleine drie weken geleden nodigde ik u uit om de inmiddels traditionele vragen rond de jaarwisseling te stellen. Ik ontving er vrij veel en zal vandaag de vragen beantwoorden over de joodse wereld. Dat waren er opvallend veel.
Het verhaal van de “zondvloed” komt in uiteenlopende versies voor in zowat elke cultuur. Is er ooit een universele ramp gebeurd en wanneer zouden we deze kunnen situeren ?
Voor zover ik weet zijn de meeste verhalen over een grote overstroming en een kleine groep mensen die de beschaving (plus veestapel) redt, te herleiden tot een beperkt aantal originelen. De bekendste stamt uit Mesopotamië, met als varianten het Bijbelverhaal en een versie uit India en Perzië. De “Noach” in deze verhalen verneemt van de godheid waaronder de oerwateren ressorteren over de naderende ramp en bouwt een schip. Een ander origineel is dat van de vroege bewoners van de Amerika’s. Hierin dankt de mensheid haar redding aan een bergtop. Een derde verhaal komt uit China, waar archeologen op zoek zijn naar een historische gebeurtenis.
Zoals de vragensteller al aangeeft, zijn de verhalen bekend uit “zowat” alle culturen. Uit bijvoorbeeld Japan en Egypte, waar toch ook oude beschavingen waren, kennen we zo’n verhaal niet. Afrikaanse verhalen schijnen ook te ontbreken of zijn via de monotheïstische godsdiensten geïnspireerd door Mesopotamië.
Is er een universele ramp geweest? Nee. Voor Mesopotamië is wel gewezen op de door dikke kleipakketten gedocumenteerde watersnoodrampen uit het vroege derde millennium v.Chr. In de stad Ur ligt zo’n kleilaag rond 3100 v.Chr.; dit is een van de beroemdste archeologische vondsten aller tijden. In Uruk en Kish ligt zo’n laag rond 2900 v.Chr., in Šuruppak rond 2750 en uit Kish dateert een tweede kleilaag van rond 2500. Dit is zo inconsistent dat je mag aannemen dat de mythe wél verwijst naar traumatische gebeurtenissen maar niet naar één universele traumatische gebeurtenis.
Kanaänitische stele (Israel Museum, Jeruzalem)Wat weten we over het voor-Bijbelse Israël?
De kwestie is de definitie van Israël. Als is bedoeld: wat gebeurde in het gebied van het latere koninkrijk van David en Salomo, dan valt te wijzen op een aantal stadstaten, die deels bekend zijn uit opgravingen en deels uit bijvoorbeeld de Amarna-brieven. Die steden waren niet heel anders dan die in Syrië. In de Late Bronstijd zijn ze sterk verkleind, waarna we in de Vroege IJzertijd allerlei dorpjes vinden in het hoogland.
Als is bedoeld of er al iets heeft bestaan dat de naam “Israël” droeg, dan is het antwoord dat een inscriptie uit Thebe vermeldt dat de Egyptische koning Merenptah in Kanaän de legers van de steden Ashkelon, Gezer en Yanoam heeft verslagen en dat Israël niet langer bestaat (“zijn zaad is niet langer”). De naam is geschreven met een teken dat duidt op een nomadisch volk, wat wel is opgevat als verwijzing naar de jaren waarin de Hebreeën door de woestijn zwierven.
Ik wijs verder op de Apiru. Dit waren mensen die de belastingen niet meer konden betalen, hun land verlieten en zonder veel bestaanszekerheid leefden in afgelegen gebieden. Ze legden zich toe op banditisme en verhuurden zich als soldaten of dagloners. De mensen die woonden in de dorpjes in het hoogland zullen door de laatste bewoners van de leeglopende steden wel als Apiru zijn beschouwd, net als nomaden zoals “Israël” die naar Kanaän trokken. In elk geval waren de mensen uit de bergdorpjes de voorouders van de groepen die zich in de tiende eeuw onder koning David verenigden. Maar veel is onzeker.
Grafsteen van een zwaardsmid (Nationaal Museum, Beiroet)Iedereen kent de uitdrukking “zwaarden omsmeden tot ploegscharen”, maar de profeet Joël noemt ook ploegscharen die tot zwaarden worden omgesmeed.noot Joël 4.10. Kan het zijn dat ijzer zo schaars was dat het werd gerecycled?
Ja, want ijzer was kostbaar. Op een slagveld werden de gesneuvelden beroofd van hun wapenrustingen en een verslagen aanvoerder kon alleen de naakte lichamen van zijn manschappen terugvragen. Ik meen te weten dat er ook chemisch onderzoek is gedaan waaruit blijkt dat ijzer herhaaldelijk werd omgesmolten: van zwaarden naar ploegscharen en weer terug. We moeten opmerkingen over het omsmeden van zwaarden tot ploegscharen en vice versa dus serieus nemen, hoewel ze natuurlijk tegelijk symbolisch zijn.
In de christelijke uitleg verwijst het meervoud Elohim naar de Drie-eenheid (OLV van Qannoubine)Was/is Elohim een meervoudsvorm of een uiting van eerbied en machtserkenning?
Elohim, een van de namen van God, is van oorsprong inderdaad een meervoud en betekent zoiets als “de goden”, maar wordt consequent verbonden met werkwoorden in het enkelvoud. Deftig gezegd: morfologisch meervoud, syntactisch enkelvoud. Of mensen destijds het meervoud hebben herkend, is maar de vraag; ons woord “schoen” was ook ooit een meervoud maar niemand herkent dat nog.
Is het meervoud een uiting van eerbied? Ik vroeg het Gert Knepper, die weleens schrijft voor deze blog.
Kleitablet met een Mesopotamische scheppingsmythe (Louvre, Parijs)Dichter in de buurt komen als we ook kijken naar andere oude Semitische talen, zoals het Phoenicisch en het Akkadisch. Net als in het Hebreeuws kun je daar een meervoud gebruiken om abstractie uit te drukken. Zo drukt het Hebreeuws het abstracte begrip ‘vaderschap’ uit door het meervoud ‘vaders’. En zowel het Phoenicisch, het Akkadisch als het Hebreeuws kunnen het meervoudige ‘goden’ gebruiken om naar één persoon te verwijzen, waarbij de abstractie die het meervoud uitdrukte (‘goddelijkheid’) waarschijnlijk de functie had om uitnemendheid weer te geven: ‘de god par excellence’. ‘Elohim’ is dus Semitisch idioom, het meervoud heeft in eerste instantie een abstraherende functie (‘god[delijk]heid)’, en die functie dient om aan te geven dat het gaat om een ‘godheid bij uitstek
Hoe kwam het scheppingsverhaal in de Bijbel terecht?
De Bijbel bevat diverse verhalen over het ontstaan van de wereld. In Psalm 102 lezen we dat God vóór het ontstaan van de tijd – hoe dit mogelijk is, weet ik niet – de hemel schiep en de fundamenten legde van de aarde. In Job 26 heeft God de aardschijf opgehangen boven het niets.
Het bekendst zijn de verhalen uit Genesis. In Genesis 2 schept Jahweh de mens en geeft hem een tuin in Eden. Dit verhaal moet vrij oud zijn, al weet niemand precies hoe oud. Tot slot is er het scheppingsverhaal uit Genesis 1-2.4, waarin Elohim de wereld schept in zes dagen en de sabbat als kroon plaatst op het werk. Hier wordt het voorgelezen:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njpWalYduU4?feature=oembed&w=640&h=480]
Al deze verhalen bevatten beelden en ideeën die gangbaar waren in de oude wereld. Eigenlijk hebben alle volken wel een verhaal over de twee eerste mensen en over een paradijselijke oertoestand die om een of andere reden ten einde is gekomen. Het feit dat de Bijbelse beelden elkaar tegenspreken, bewijst dat de Joden geen behoefte hadden aan één bindend verhaal.
Er is echter wel iets bijzonders aan de hand in Genesis 1.2-4. Antieke scheppingsverhalen eindigden nogal eens met de schepping van het koningschap. Je zou in het zevendagenverhaal verwachten dat God na de schepping van de mens ook de monarchie zou hebben geschapen – maar daar doorbreekt de auteur de verwachting: zoals gezegd is de sabbat het summum. Meer daarover hier.
Christus (in een Romeinse catacombe, ik weet niet meer welke)Ik las eens dat Jezus mogelijk ooit in India is geweest. Zou dat waar kunnen zijn?
Nee.
Deze blog, die u ook via het Whatsapp-kanaal kunt volgen, is niet mijn enige activiteit. In het voorjaar organiseer ik een reis naar Bulgarije en een andere reis langs Keltische locaties.
Deel dit: #AmarnaBrieven #Apiru #Elohim #Genesis #ijzer #IJzertijd #IsraëlEnJuda #Jahweh #LateBronstijd #Merenptah #Scheppingsverhaal #vragenRondDeJaarwisseling #Zondvloed -
Vragen rond de jaarwisseling (3)
De ark van Noach (Gevelsteen op de Schreierstoren, Amsterdam)Een kleine drie weken geleden nodigde ik u uit om de inmiddels traditionele vragen rond de jaarwisseling te stellen. Ik ontving er vrij veel en zal vandaag de vragen beantwoorden over de joodse wereld. Dat waren er opvallend veel.
Het verhaal van de “zondvloed” komt in uiteenlopende versies voor in zowat elke cultuur. Is er ooit een universele ramp gebeurd en wanneer zouden we deze kunnen situeren ?
Voor zover ik weet zijn de meeste verhalen over een grote overstroming en een kleine groep mensen die de beschaving (plus veestapel) redt, te herleiden tot een beperkt aantal originelen. De bekendste stamt uit Mesopotamië, met als varianten het Bijbelverhaal en een versie uit India en Perzië. De “Noach” in deze verhalen verneemt van de godheid waaronder de oerwateren ressorteren over de naderende ramp en bouwt een schip. Een ander origineel is dat van de vroege bewoners van de Amerika’s. Hierin dankt de mensheid haar redding aan een bergtop. Een derde verhaal komt uit China, waar archeologen op zoek zijn naar een historische gebeurtenis.
Zoals de vragensteller al aangeeft, zijn de verhalen bekend uit “zowat” alle culturen. Uit bijvoorbeeld Japan en Egypte, waar toch ook oude beschavingen waren, kennen we zo’n verhaal niet. Afrikaanse verhalen schijnen ook te ontbreken of zijn via de monotheïstische godsdiensten geïnspireerd door Mesopotamië.
Is er een universele ramp geweest? Nee. Voor Mesopotamië is wel gewezen op de door dikke kleipakketten gedocumenteerde watersnoodrampen uit het vroege derde millennium v.Chr. In de stad Ur ligt zo’n kleilaag rond 3100 v.Chr.; dit is een van de beroemdste archeologische vondsten aller tijden. In Uruk en Kish ligt zo’n laag rond 2900 v.Chr., in Šuruppak rond 2750 en uit Kish dateert een tweede kleilaag van rond 2500. Dit is zo inconsistent dat je mag aannemen dat de mythe wél verwijst naar traumatische gebeurtenissen maar niet naar één universele traumatische gebeurtenis.
Kanaänitische stele (Israel Museum, Jeruzalem)Wat weten we over het voor-Bijbelse Israël?
De kwestie is de definitie van Israël. Als is bedoeld: wat gebeurde in het gebied van het latere koninkrijk van David en Salomo, dan valt te wijzen op een aantal stadstaten, die deels bekend zijn uit opgravingen en deels uit bijvoorbeeld de Amarna-brieven. Die steden waren niet heel anders dan die in Syrië. In de Late Bronstijd zijn ze sterk verkleind, waarna we in de Vroege IJzertijd allerlei dorpjes vinden in het hoogland.
Als is bedoeld of er al iets heeft bestaan dat de naam “Israël” droeg, dan is het antwoord dat een inscriptie uit Thebe vermeldt dat de Egyptische koning Merenptah in Kanaän de legers van de steden Ashkelon, Gezer en Yanoam heeft verslagen en dat Israël niet langer bestaat (“zijn zaad is niet langer”). De naam is geschreven met een teken dat duidt op een nomadisch volk, wat wel is opgevat als verwijzing naar de jaren waarin de Hebreeën door de woestijn zwierven.
Ik wijs verder op de Apiru. Dit waren mensen die de belastingen niet meer konden betalen, hun land verlieten en zonder veel bestaanszekerheid leefden in afgelegen gebieden. Ze legden zich toe op banditisme en verhuurden zich als soldaten of dagloners. De mensen die woonden in de dorpjes in het hoogland zullen door de laatste bewoners van de leeglopende steden wel als Apiru zijn beschouwd, net als nomaden zoals “Israël” die naar Kanaän trokken. In elk geval waren de mensen uit de bergdorpjes de voorouders van de groepen die zich in de tiende eeuw onder koning David verenigden. Maar veel is onzeker.
Grafsteen van een zwaardsmid (Nationaal Museum, Beiroet)Iedereen kent de uitdrukking “zwaarden omsmeden tot ploegscharen”, maar de profeet Joël noemt ook ploegscharen die tot zwaarden worden omgesmeed.noot Joël 4.10. Kan het zijn dat ijzer zo schaars was dat het werd gerecycled?
Ja, want ijzer was kostbaar. Op een slagveld werden de gesneuvelden beroofd van hun wapenrustingen en een verslagen aanvoerder kon alleen de naakte lichamen van zijn manschappen terugvragen. Ik meen te weten dat er ook chemisch onderzoek is gedaan waaruit blijkt dat ijzer herhaaldelijk werd omgesmolten: van zwaarden naar ploegscharen en weer terug. We moeten opmerkingen over het omsmeden van zwaarden tot ploegscharen en vice versa dus serieus nemen, hoewel ze natuurlijk tegelijk symbolisch zijn.
In de christelijke uitleg verwijst het meervoud Elohim naar de Drie-eenheid (OLV van Qannoubine)Was/is Elohim een meervoudsvorm of een uiting van eerbied en machtserkenning?
Elohim, een van de namen van God, is van oorsprong inderdaad een meervoud en betekent zoiets als “de goden”, maar wordt consequent verbonden met werkwoorden in het enkelvoud. Deftig gezegd: morfologisch meervoud, syntactisch enkelvoud. Of mensen destijds het meervoud hebben herkend, is maar de vraag; ons woord “schoen” was ook ooit een meervoud maar niemand herkent dat nog.
Is het meervoud een uiting van eerbied? Ik vroeg het Gert Knepper, die weleens schrijft voor deze blog.
Kleitablet met een Mesopotamische scheppingsmythe (Louvre, Parijs)Dichter in de buurt komen als we ook kijken naar andere oude Semitische talen, zoals het Phoenicisch en het Akkadisch. Net als in het Hebreeuws kun je daar een meervoud gebruiken om abstractie uit te drukken. Zo drukt het Hebreeuws het abstracte begrip ‘vaderschap’ uit door het meervoud ‘vaders’. En zowel het Phoenicisch, het Akkadisch als het Hebreeuws kunnen het meervoudige ‘goden’ gebruiken om naar één persoon te verwijzen, waarbij de abstractie die het meervoud uitdrukte (‘goddelijkheid’) waarschijnlijk de functie had om uitnemendheid weer te geven: ‘de god par excellence’. ‘Elohim’ is dus Semitisch idioom, het meervoud heeft in eerste instantie een abstraherende functie (‘god[delijk]heid)’, en die functie dient om aan te geven dat het gaat om een ‘godheid bij uitstek
Hoe kwam het scheppingsverhaal in de Bijbel terecht?
De Bijbel bevat diverse verhalen over het ontstaan van de wereld. In Psalm 102 lezen we dat God vóór het ontstaan van de tijd – hoe dit mogelijk is, weet ik niet – de hemel schiep en de fundamenten legde van de aarde. In Job 26 heeft God de aardschijf opgehangen boven het niets.
Het bekendst zijn de verhalen uit Genesis. In Genesis 2 schept Jahweh de mens en geeft hem een tuin in Eden. Dit verhaal moet vrij oud zijn, al weet niemand precies hoe oud. Tot slot is er het scheppingsverhaal uit Genesis 1-2.4, waarin Elohim de wereld schept in zes dagen en de sabbat als kroon plaatst op het werk. Hier wordt het voorgelezen:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njpWalYduU4?feature=oembed&w=640&h=480]
Al deze verhalen bevatten beelden en ideeën die gangbaar waren in de oude wereld. Eigenlijk hebben alle volken wel een verhaal over de twee eerste mensen en over een paradijselijke oertoestand die om een of andere reden ten einde is gekomen. Het feit dat de Bijbelse beelden elkaar tegenspreken, bewijst dat de Joden geen behoefte hadden aan één bindend verhaal.
Er is echter wel iets bijzonders aan de hand in Genesis 1.2-4. Antieke scheppingsverhalen eindigden nogal eens met de schepping van het koningschap. Je zou in het zevendagenverhaal verwachten dat God na de schepping van de mens ook de monarchie zou hebben geschapen – maar daar doorbreekt de auteur de verwachting: zoals gezegd is de sabbat het summum. Meer daarover hier.
Christus (in een Romeinse catacombe, ik weet niet meer welke)Ik las eens dat Jezus mogelijk ooit in India is geweest. Zou dat waar kunnen zijn?
Nee.
Deze blog, die u ook via het Whatsapp-kanaal kunt volgen, is niet mijn enige activiteit. In het voorjaar organiseer ik een reis naar Bulgarije en een andere reis langs Keltische locaties.
Deel dit: #AmarnaBrieven #Apiru #Elohim #Genesis #ijzer #IJzertijd #IsraëlEnJuda #Jahweh #LateBronstijd #Merenptah #Scheppingsverhaal #vragenRondDeJaarwisseling #Zondvloed -
Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- Review (Nintendo Switch)
Release Date: November 13, 2025 (North America)
Developers: Otomate
Publishers: Aksys Games
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)SYNOPSIS
A fairy-tale filled with love and fixation, woven together by those who carry the blood of the fairies. The story takes place in Grand Albion, a kingdom thriving under the rule of the fairy queen. It is toward the end of the 19th century, an era where light and shadow coexist.
Our heroine Aprose, having lost everything eight years ago, swore to take revenge on those responsible.
Now, 8 years have passed. Whilst hiding her identity, she begins her search for the truth as she works at a mansion belonging to a potential target for her vengeance. What secrets will she unearth upon her chance encounters with the distinguished noblemen who protect the kingdom? What path will she choose…?
And so begins the revenge tragedy of a girl bound by a hapless fate.
ART AND MUSIC
Director: Mao SekiScenario: Satomi Nakayama, Izumi Koizumi, Akira Natsuno, YuzukiArtist: Karin SuzushiroBGM: Jun Ichikawa (Main Composer), Yoshitake Wada (Sub), Hiroshi Akechi (Sub), Kaito Furukawa (Sub)OP Theme: Tastuya Yano (Composer), Tak Miyazawa (Arrangement), FRAM (Artist)ED Theme: Asaka (Artisit & Lyrics), Hiraoki Suzuki (Composer)Mistonia’s character designs were done by Japanese artist/illustrator Karin Suzuhiro, known for their work on otome games such as Cendrillon palikA and Meiji Haikara. They also previously worked as assisting-artist for titles like Norn9 and Charade Maniacs.
The chara-designs for Mistonia were stunning btw! Heck, I looooved them! There were so many different outfit variations too!🤩 Plus, I feel like the CGs really convey the characters’ emotions so well! I am beyond pleased! I also have a soft spot for this game’s OST, especially the BGMs. No surprise there, since it’s by the same studio behind Virche’s soundtrack! If you’re someone who’s also an otoge OST-enthusiast, Aksys Games offers a bundle that includes both the game and the soundtrack, so definitely grab that if you’re interested!
Voice Acting
Yuichiro Umehara as “Alfred Creswell” – Paschalia (Radiant Tale), Serge (Genso Manege), Kohei Minato (Sympathy Kiss), Benkei (Birushana), Canus Espada (Café Enchanté), Enishi (Jack Jeanne), Demento (Period Cube), Shingen Takeda (IkeSen), Sage (Nekopara Catboys Paradise), Rain (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Oochidori (Touken Ranbu)
Ryota Suzuki as “Lucas Sullivan” – Ash (Desperadrops), Koyo (9RIP), Ginnosuke (Him, the Smile and bloom), Yona (Tengoku Struggle), Kiito Minorikawa (Jack Jeanne), Trey Clover (TWST), Ink (Gunka Haita Neko), Caster (FGO), Mizuro Tamaki (Tokyo Ghoul)
Shuichiro Umeda as “Linus Ward” – Haiji Yu (Kazura Uta), Akira Tendou (Zoom100), Kanato Kamio (Star Melody), Hikaru (The Summer Hikaru Died), Jougorou Kobato (Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary), Sable (The Dawn of the Witch), Koga (9RIP Sequel), Mitsuki Oshino (UN:LOGICAL)
Atsushi Tamaru as “Edward Bernstein” – Ichigo Hitofuri (Touken Ranbu), Tenya Minami (Him, the Smile and bloom), Kasuga (Variable Barricade), Tsukioka Tsumugi (A3!), Kohei Natsume (Kitty Love), Semi Tokitaka (Dairoku), Azul Ashengrotto (TWST)
Jun Fukuyama as “Ascot Lindell” – Karatachi (Illusion of Itehari), Mizuchi (Hana Awase), Tomomori (Birushana), Vyn Richter (Tears of Themis), Mozu (BUSTFELLOWS), Goro Fujita (Meiji Tokyo Renka), Liberta (Arcana Famiglia), Rin (Togainu no Chi), Aido (Vampire Knight), Tokiwa Etsuya (Dairoku), Goke Kanimitsu (Touken Ranbu)
Shirai Yusuke as “John” – Scarecrow (BUSTAFELLOWS), Luciole (Genso Manege), Eltcreed Valentine (Steam Prison), Watson (London Detective Mysteria), Amemura Ramuda (Hypnosis Mic), Garu (NU:Carnival), Ars (Period Cube), Usui Masumi (A3!), Miki Hiraizumi (Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome), Tsuzumi (Ken ga Kimi)
Natsumi Fujiwara as “Oberon“ – Shiki Toono (Tsukihime), Matsushita Outa (AI Somnium Files), Soga Asuma (ANONYMOUS:CODE), Glinda (OVER REQUIEMZ)
Saki Fujita as “Tia” – Hibari Tojo (Variable Barricade), Hatsune Miku (Hatsune Miku: Project Diva), Ymir (Attack on Titan), Seiko Kimura (Danganropa 3), Ruri Hijiribe (Durarara!!), Basho (Senran Kagura Peach Ball)
Naomi Iida as “Goneril“ – Queen Victoria (Code Realize), Evelina (Even if Tempest), Tara (Haruka 7), Sakai Tadatsugu (Sengoku Hime), Miwa Asahina (Brothers Conflict), Renoman (Desert Kingdom) Otoha Amamiya (Hiiro no Kakera – Shin Tamayorihime Denshou)
Ikumi Hasegawa as “Lily Bernstein” – Erica (EPHEMERAL), Setsu (GNOSIA), Riho (Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage), Ulrica (The Legend of Heroes), Ciaccona (Wuthering Waves), Arcueid Brunestud (Tsukihime), Tsumugi Hibiki (Ready or Not!), Subaru (LACKGIRL), Ginka Shinomiya (GINKA)
CHARACTERS AND ROUTES
Mistonia has seven routes total: 6 LI routes and 1 Truth Route. The game lets you start with Alfred, Lucas, and Linus. After clearing two of the three starter routes, Edward and Ascot’s routes will unlock. Once you finish either Edward or Ascot’s, John’s route becomes available. And finally, after clearing John’s route, the truth route unlocks as the game’s finale.
A key aspect of Mistonia’s story is how it gradually unveils major plot points that shape the overarching “who’s who” mystery of the game when you play in a certain order. So, if you want to experience the game with its revelations unfolding from the lightest to the heaviest spoilers, I highly recommend following this route order: Alfred → Lucas → Linus → Edward → Ascot → John → Truth.
This play-order allows the story’s twists and (at the same time), mystery-building flow smoothly all the way to the finale. On a side note, the devs have also shared their own soft recommended route order, which is quite similar to the one above. If you decide to follow their version, I’d definitely advise caution, as Ascot’s route contains some of the biggest spoilers in the game leading up to John’s. So if you’re someone who prefers to save the major reveals for later, it’s worth keeping that in mind.
That said, if you don’t mind spoilers early on, feel free to play whichever routes you prefer, just remember that the game does have certain route restrictions, so some paths won’t be available right away.
Walkthroughs:
Note: The CGs shown below are promotional images for the game, Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- . All spoiler-related content in this review will be hidden behind a spoiler drop-down, that you can choose to view at your own discretion.
⬇️ Click to view Content Warnings Violence, murder, mass murder, village destruction, death, blood, classism, discrimination against poor people, sexual manipulation, manipulation, gaslighting, multiple sexual partners, NTR/partner being stolen.ALFRED CRESWELL
- workaholic, hot & 30 🤭
Alfred is one of the heads of the Five Houses of Grand Albion, specifically the Creswell House, and a descendant of Spriggan. He is serious, strict, and stoic. Always thinking one step ahead, he approaches every situation, and decision logically.
Alfred is probably the route you’ll want to start first in the game, as the core of his story focuses on the political tension between the Queen and the country’s citizens. In a way, it’s a good route that expands on the Common route’s world-building, as well as familiarizing you with the different issues at hand in Grand Albion and how they are addressed or well… ignored by their grand ruler, the Queen.
Depending on how invested you are in the game’s *political* plot here, you may or may not find this route a drag. Personally, though, I quite liked it! (And that’s coming from someone who usually hates political palavers in otome games). It’s probably because I enjoyed the romance and the back-and-forth between Alfred and Aprose, the heroine.
Alfred is extremely pragmatic and logical in everything he does (and he stays consistent like this throughout the game). He’s always the one with a contingency plan for every single thing, and this route really highlights that trait of his. It’s kind of amusing how this mirrors Aprose, who also sort of tends to make backup plans for everything. Their personalities really complement each other (me thinks), and it’s fun watching them constantly try to one-up each other (at least in Aprose’s POV).😆 On a side note, this is also a decent route that highlights the heroine’s drive for revenge.
⬇️ SpoilersMy high spot of this route was definitely how likable Aprose is as MC. This is probably the route where she comes across as rather snappish or brusque toward her LI. I mean, she still has her fiery moments in other routes and with other guys, but she really embodies being ‘rough around the edges’ here, with Alfred. Perhaps this dynamic comes from both of them having reserved personalities, which sometimes makes them struggle to express what they truly feel? Idk, but it’s cute! I like that their chemistry sometimes is like:
Alfred: You.. like me..?
Aprose: Ew, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but yes. I like you! 😠I esp love how Aprose whacks Alfred to sleep because the dude insists on working even though he’s sick and overfatigued, lol.😭 I also loved the bonding moments between Aprose, Evelyn, and Charlotte here! 🥺 it’s nice seeing Aprose find girlfriends she can chit-chat with about matters of the heart!🥺
This route can go from interesting to cliche, but I didn’t hate it. It’s a decent route for starters!
LUCAS SULLIVAN
- tsundere 🥺
- best boi!🤧
Lucas is the expected head of the Sullivan House and a descendant of the Will-o’-Wisp.
He’s a peculiar pessimist who shows little interest in the political affairs of the Five Houses, and his desire is to only to become a purefae. Though he’s a noble, he detests political strife and speaks to others with a cold, detached tone. He does, however, show a kinder side to those he’s close to although he can also become quite belligerent.I freaking love this route! 😭 First of, tsun tsun Ryota Suzuki, is an auto-biased-by-default! (cackles) But I was really floored by how this one even surpassed my expectations. The romance was so stinking good! The way the scenario in this route naturally set up and built the relationship between Lucas and Aprose was so perfect. I think it’s also probably one of the few routes in this title where the MC and LI’s bond just naturally developed organically, instead of the story enforcing it.🥹
Lucas was also a really endearing character.🥺🤲 You can tell he’s always thinking of Aprose’s best interests. He’s sincere and kind, and even outside his route, he continues to support the heroine, even if he doesn’t always explicitly show it. His “Astray” End was also one of my favorite endings in this game for reasons! 🤭Definitely a great LI and a great route all around! 10/10 would replay it again!
⬇️ SpoilersI am in the clouds! Lucas is such an amazing LI! But the route itself was also pretty good, albeit predictable, but very enjoyable nonetheless! I loved the little story nuance where each of the servants at Bernstein Mansion were dispatched to the Sullivans one by one, only to come back either fired or they personally quit after 24 hours. 😂(laughs) Poor little Charlotte! It also made me cackle how Evelyn and Charlotte described Lucas to Aprose as some sort of deranged weirdo who yells and throws things at the wall in his lonesome. Like, damn, that’s a wild piece of work right there! Lmao.😂 (Not knowing that the real reason he does this is actually kind of heartbreaking.)🥲
Contrary to Alfred’s route, Aprose was also very different here with Lucas. Both men contributed to the murder of her family and the burning of her village. The only key difference is that Lucas was unconsciously manipulated by the Queen, while Alfred was fully aware of what he was doing when he cast the barrier that prevented the villagers from escaping. However, Alfred did it because it was the Queen’s direct order and he wanted to protect his house, showing his logical yet passive nature, willing to yield to a threat he had no leverage over. It makes sense, then, that Aprose was more lenient toward Lucas, who was essentially a puppet during the Eltbeak disaster, while Alfred had a choice but was forced to participate.
On the plus side, this route probably has one of the best romances in the game. I adore the little gestures of love, like Lucas giving her hand cream because he feels guilty about the housework she has to do in his mansion, or giving her leeway and free time under the guise of instructing her to “only do certain chores during the day,” awkwardly having her make tea for his “flighty visitors” (read: he doesn’t really have any), only for Aprose to stand in and drink the tea with him. It’s also hilarious how Aprose caught on to his little BS early on but decides to go with the flow anyway, because she enjoys his company too! Oh…my heart is full!😭
His bad ending, where he becomes a bit OOC and takes on the role of being Aprose’s wannabe lover while she’s married to Alfred, definitely clicked all my guilty pleasure 3P boxes! Like, what the heck, yes please!!🤤
P.S. The paint splatters on his sprite hands was such a nice detail!
LINUS WARD
- sunshine boy but….👀
- not a genki
- my actual stance on Linus
Linus is the next head of House Ward, descendants of the Cu Sith. He has such a bright and friendly personality that even his childhood friend, Edward describes him as someone who’s like a ray of sunshine. He’s deeply loyal to his clan and also devoted to the Queen, a trait inherited from his Cu Sith blood. Once he immerses himself with work, he tends to forget to sleep or eat. He still can’t seem to let go of his first love, and romance plays a passive role in his life.
Linus is another character who, by chance, I ended up really loving (to the point of brainrotting).😂 I honestly didn’t think I’d enjoy this LI as much, but here we are. It’s kind of interesting because, on the surface, Linus seems like your typical vibrant LI (cute, sweet, cheerful… you know the type!) But dont be fooled! His route brings a lot more to the table than you’d expect. Personally, this worked really well for me (hence my brainrotting lol), but I can definitely see how it might not land the same way for others. 👀 Also, Umeda, his VA was unbelievable! I hope we get to hear him voicing more otome LIs in the future!
⬇️ SpoilersLinus is…….. QUITE SCARY, ISN’T HE??? This route kind of lowkey bordered a bit on red flag territory. At first, you’d think he’s harmless with his labrador retriever energy, but nope! fake genki alert! He’s actually one of the most dangerous targets for Aprose because of his Cu Sith blood. Aprose even recognizes how sharp Linus is as a tactician. Even when she tried to play innocent after getting caught red-handed, he was still on to her like a hawk. And was never dissuaded on her feigning ignorance. What an interesting character! Tbh its his terrifying side that made me love him more.
I also really like that Aprose isn’t an airhead about the obvious things. Like the fact that she realizes she was Linus’s childhood friend right away, instead of the story dragging it out. She was also such a good critical thinker here, because after realizing how dangerous it was to deal with Linus and the Ward lackeys, she treads back for the time being and carefully rethinks her actions, and later on decided that the only way to get the upper hand on Linus was to use lust. OOOH SNAP! YES QUEEN GO SEDUCE YOUR MAN! The woman has balls of steel honestly!
I also didn’t think lovers-to-enemies was even a thing but I’VE COME TO LOVE THIS TROPE. I thought Linus’s route utilizes the trope pretty well that I was living for every heated exchange between Aprose and Linus all the way to the end.😂 This route just kept me awake! Ha!
My only complaint was that I don’t think they really banked on the tension between Aprose and Linus’s dynamic enough? I feel like they could’ve gotten away with it being more dramatic than it is, maybe commit to Linus’s red flag tendencies, cause his route had so much potential to go all the way. I just think this route needed a bit more oomph or a little more push on the angsty side to make it really satisfying, in my opinion. Still, I definitely enjoyed it more than most of the others!
Lastly, Linus totally pissed me off in other routes. Like, come on, my dude, get off the Queen’s ass! I get that it’s your Cu Sith blood talking, but gosh, don’t make me hate you man!😩
EDWARD BERNSTEIN
- soft
- daddy issues
Edward is the next head of House Bernstein, descendants of the Sylph. He’s honest and fair, refuses to conform to Grand Albion’s classist ideals, and always treats everyone as an equal. He believes that those with power should help those who lack the same privileges. Polite to everyone regardless of status, Edward also has a strong dislike for conflict.
This route was… maybe a little too all over the place, if I’m being honest. I didn’t dislike it, but at the same time, it wasn’t one of the stronger ones in terms of plot and narrative pacing. Aprose, wasn’t at her best here either. Unlike in previous routes, her drive for revenge was more toned down, and perhaps it’s influenced by Edward’s kind-hearted nature?
Speaking of which, what really redeems this route for me is Edward himself. What a soft and genuinely kind-hearted guy! I could never bring myself to dislike him. Plus, his VA is one of my comfort seiyuus!🥺 Some might find him too vanilla or boring, but I just love how level-headed and consistently kind he is (maybe even a little too kind). Edward’s story also unravels some key pieces of the game, so I appreciated the reveals thrown in here as well. I’d definitely do this route first before Ascot’s, otherwise, Edward’s plot-revelations won’t have as much impact.
⬇️ SpoilersUnlike the previous routes, where there’s a thread of tension stemming from Aprose’s drive for revenge against her LI, Edward’s route feels kind of different, in a sense that he actively tries to prevent Aprose from being consumed by her revenge, sharing her burden in a positive way and helping her heal. I liked this approach actually and I thought it was very true to Edward’s character. I just wished this theme had been executed a bit better. The last chapters of Ed’s route just had a lot of things happening that its easy to miss important details due to that. The story however, does give you enough space to process each plot point before the next twist or reveal happen so I guess there’s also that.
GOOD ENDING: I cackled when Aprose called out her son, but also said she’s preggy with another baby! Like DAYUMMM BRO! It’s only been 3 years (?) BUT EDWARD SURE GOT TO BUSINESS RIGHT AWAY! LOL
As for Aprose getting her revenge, it’s actually in Edward’s bad end that things get juicy! Idk about you, but as a Linus enjoyer, I looooove Edward’s ‘astray’ end (bad end). It’s Linus who helps Aprose exact her revenge on Edward and eventually the Queen. Thinking back, it was also Linus who helps Aprose execute her revenge in HIS OWN bad end too! Now, isnt he just perfectly consistent with his role as a “hound”? Ha!
For Edmund and his backstory… Look, I can admit the dude’s a hot DILF, okay! I even liked how deranged and delulu he is with his obsession over Aprose’s mom. But man, he’s such a classist and a bootlicker to the Queen, which is definitely a turn-off. I didnt liked him at all. The way he treats Edward, his own son, is completely reprehensible! What an absolute trash.
ASCOT LINDELL
- “i can fix him”
- Ascot McRaunchy Lindell
- literally puts the ass in Ascot
Ascot is the representative head of House Lindell, descendants of the Puca. A handsome young man with a reputation as a womanizer in high society. A lot of women flock to him and want his company. Despite his responsibilities as head of his house, he does as he pleases and, most of the time, comes across as unserious.
I… don’t know how I feel about Ascot, tbh. He is an a$$cot for sure! Admittedly, I started this route with a grin on my face. Like dead serious, who could resist Fukujun’s eccentric teasings, hmm? But that grin almost instantly turned into furrowed brows because this route was an absolute hot mess!🔥🗑️👌
For one, (after clearing his story) I could kind of see what the writers were going for here (read spoilers to expound this point). But something about how the route was written, paced, and pieced together just completely threw me off. By the end, I couldn’t take Ascot’s route seriously. I mean, I didn’t hate it, and I still enjoyed all its absurdities if anything. I guess it’s one of those routes that’s so bad, it’s actually good!🤣
⬇️ SpoilersSo I think the devs really took the “Puca” reference from Shakespearean literature to heart when they wrote Ascot’s character. The Puca, a mythical creature known for being whimsical, a trickster, and having a flip-floppy attitude, certainly reflects Ascot’s personality down to a T, no? It’s exactly how his route plays out too. One moment, he toys with the heroine’s feelings, and the next, he’s moving mountains for her. Since he’s also a purefae, it explains why he’s pretty selfish and only thinks of himself, just like the other purefaes in the game, Oberon and Tia.
Aprose kind of annoyed me in this route too. She wasn’t as sharp and thorough as she was in Alfred, Lucas, or Linus’s routes. It felt like she lost the fire in her, and has completely let Ascot run her around his fingertips! But what I really could not get behind though was the fact that Ascot was just nonchalantly galivanting around, draining Aprose’s life force, AND KNOWING ABOUT IT, but didn’t give two shits because she “seemed fine”. Like, what the hell dude? What do you take Aprose for? Free life support?! 😡 It’s such a dick move honestly! Then again, the story kind of gets away with it by going, “He’s a purefae, he’ll say things that are downright heartless, with zero consideration for others, not even the heroine.” So…. yeah… I’m not sure if I’m liking this route at all.😒
It didn’t help that this route dragged out so many plot points for no reason, like for example: the changelings. I also thought Riley’s subplot would be a major twist in this route, but it mostly felt like it fell into the background. And don’t get me started on the scene at the Queen’s tomb with Alsie’s body. All the dilly-dallying in the previous chapters just to get to this scene was such a mess! But hey, the route seems to get away with it by throwing in spicy scenes out of nowhere, so I guess it’s forgiven!😜
Lastly, the bad ends were so raunchy. It’s funny that I can’t even hate it!🙈
JOHN
- the goat
- wears Burberry and designer perfume
John is Aprose’s attendant and childhood friend who diligently accomplishes any task without error. He is very skilled in both literary arts and combat, and was the one who taught Aprose basic self-defense when she was younger. He’s very cautious and studies his surroundings as he aids Aprose in her quest for revenge.
John is definitely a goated character… too bad his route is not! It was however, a very interesting run because it didn’t follow the structure of the previous LI routes, Ascot’s aside. I’m a huge fan of Shiraimu, so maybe this is my biased brain talking, but I love John.🥺 He’s a great character, in fact! Smart, capable, badass in combat, and always able to accomplish whatever tasks Aprose asks of him with ease, no questions asked. He’s always there for the heroine, come hell or high water, and I think he had a really solid character development arc in this game. I can’t really fault him for the fact that his story’s pacing completely took a nosedive.
⬇️ SpoilersI can’t believe we’ve reached an era where an otome LI is actually named John Doe. 😭
Anyway, I actually really loved this route, mostly because I liked John’s character, so I didn’t care that the pacing was off. It was kind of nice how the game added that eerie prenotion where the heroine would feel a chill run down her spine every time John looked at her. It was an obvious hint that it had to do with Oberon. There was so much foreshadowing in the earlier routes that you could pretty much connect the dots and realize John was part of Oberon. I mean, they pretty much looked the same from the start, right? That was already a big giveaway right from the get-go!
John was also one of the strongest characters in the game, though his powers seem to vary depending on how much Oberon allows him to use. He is technically, a purefae just like Ascot, Oberon, and Tia, so he wields the same strength that purefaes do. I kind of got the sense he was someone not to be messed with when he defeated old Nick, Edmund’s butler, who was also known to be the goat back in the day!🤣
I did feel that John was kind of shafted in the game though. IDK, the writers must’ve hated him or something because he really went through so much suffering for having to conceal his identity for so long and probably would’ve taken it to his grave in the other routes. I just feel bad for him. Poor Guy.😞 Clearly, he didn’t want to betray Aprose, but in his case, it was the nature of his existence as Oberon’s avatar, a literal NOBODY created to aid the heroine, and in the long run, betray her in the process. This route was kind of angsty, though I think they could’ve executed the angst better, which is pretty much a common problem that I have with the game.
On a different note, I can’t believe the other LIs get so many sprite variations with elaborate outfits, and then you have John with his sprite variation of: a waiter outfit, 1 black dress shirt, 1 dirty rag shirt.😭 Like, damn, give the man some fancy fits too! Well, at least he’s rocking Burberry in his regular sprite!
APROSE E. RANDOLPH
- cant cook 😭
- Aprose to the haters
After dealing with a few disappointing MCs this year, playing Aprose was such a delight! I love this heroine. She’s always guarded, highly proactive, and very efficient. I can’t really stress enough how efficient this MC is. She really be doing A LOT! -like, finishing an all-day chore in just an hour, running around spying on LIs, chasing pick-pocketers, fighting bad guys, climbing trees, doing embroidery…among many, many other tasks, all while sporting her infamous poker face!
She’s also a really good critical thinker and 99% of the time has predominantly navigated the story on her own, with very little help (maybe a bit from John and Goneril). She has a backup plan for everything and can think on her feet in perilous situations.
I guess the only thing she can’t do, and is terrible at, is cooking! The girl can’t season food to save her life! 😭But she’s so oblivious to how bad her dishes are that it’s actually hilarious. We love an overconfident queen who thinks she’s Gordon Ramsay!😂
I also really loved how stern and uptight Aprose is at first, but as the story progresses, you can slowly see her walls coming down. What’s great is that she reflects on all her experiences, both old and new, which makes her growth very satisfying, to me. I also really appreciated her bonding moments with the girlies Evelyn and Charlotte. 🥺 It’s really nice to see this more human side of her when she’s with them, the part that isn’t too focused on revenge. I think Aprose really needed this type of connection, girlfriends she could confide in, and let her guard down so she can be more of herself. The friendship she has with the girls is such a lovely, heartwarming layer to her character.🥹
Perhaps my little quibble with the entire game is that Aprose’s drive and motivation for revenge greatly vary in every route. She sort of lost her fire in the last three routes (me thinks). In contrast, she was much more on top of things and determined with the first three LI routes, and was completely dead set on what she wanted/ willing to do anything to achieve her goals. I guess I could chalk this up to inconsistent writing rather than paint it as a flaw of the heroine.🤷♀️
SYSTEM AND LOCALIZATION
The shard exploration can be a mixed bag. Initially, I did like how it lets you roam around the Bernstein mansion, investigate different areas, collect clues, and eavesdrop on conversations between characters and other NPCs. But the repetition of these segments quickly became tiring for me. Especially the last exploration. I think the fourth one took forever to finish. It wouldn’t have hurt to cut the exploration segments in half, as I feel it was the only thing dragging the common route for hours.
PROS:
- Mouth movements, blinking sprites
- Heroine’s Name Customization
- Chapter Select
- Flowchart
- DICTIONARY section
- Scrapbook – (these are short stories that unlock after finishing certain endings)
- Love Catch and Status Bar
- SKIP to the Next Choice function
- Skip READ function
- Quick Save/Quick Load
- CG Gallery
- Music Library
- Movie Library
- Backlog and Rewind function
CONS:
- Heroine not voiced
- The 2nd – 4th exploration segments cannot be skipped.
- Localization has a lot of typos.
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAjx7WoCrM0
OVERALL THOUGHTS
Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- took me around 60–65 hours to finish. The common route, with all its exploration segments, took roughly 3–4 hours, while each love interest route ran about 5–6 hours to reach an ending, give or take. I also played mostly in docked mode for the majority of my playthroughs and had it on auto-play most of the time.
Aprose’s Journey: Came for Revenge, Stayed for Love
While the story introduces the theme “revenge”, what makes it interesting to me is how the heroine actually navigates her own desires and emotions for revenge. You see, not all revenge is cold; it can take many forms, whether grandiose or subtle. And its kinda interesting that the game explores those nuances through Aprose’s journey.
It’s also curious, because as Aprose grows as a person, makes friends, spends time with her LI, and develops her feelings for them, she will also start to question herself. Is this really what I want? There’s that constant push and pull within her, so in turn, sometimes she’s determined to see her plans through, and other times her resolve wavers. I think I really enjoyed this part of the protagonist actually, because it makes her feel so human. Sometimes we think revenge will give us closure, but when we’re finally facing it, we realize it’s not what we truly want.
The sentiment I take from all of this is that Aprose’s pursuit of revenge is closely tied to her path of healing…and I think this reinforces the game’s underlying message “that love can heal even the most painful scars.” After finding and accepting love, Aprose gradually lets go of the hatred in her heart, allowing herself to slowly heal and move forward.
Tangy Bad Ends
That’s not to say our girl doesn’t get her cold revenge served in the game, because oh, they definitely happen! And you’ll find them all in these juicy BAD ENDINGS. It’s funny how the game is cloaked in shiny glittery fairy dust, but the bad ends can really hit hard with some seriously dark stuff when you least expect it!
It surprised me even by how much I enjoyed all of them. I’m normally someone who only does bad ends out of due diligence of being a completionist 😂(hey, can’t be the only one!). Maybe curiosity got the better of me, because I’ve seemingly picked up the habit of looking forward to unlocking the “Astray” and “Clown” endings in this game.🙈These endings can spiral into something that’ll get you clutching your pearls to scenes that are just outrageously raunchy. The raunchy endings were a hoot ngl! Admittedly, I enjoyed every single one of them.🤭
I love Aprose! What a QUEEN~💅Shakespearean References and Celtic Myth Inspired Characters
Another aspect of Mistonia that also caught my curiosity was its rich Shakespearean influence. So many of the characters feel directly drawn from Elizabethan culture, like say, Oberon and Titania (Tia), the regal king and queen of fairies, while others are heavily inspired by Celtic myths like the mischievous Púca, the ethereal sylphs, the Cu Sith, Will-o’-Wisp, etc. I like and appreciate this because, in a way, the writers didn’t just pull these ideas out of their a**es. LOL. They were clearly working within a theme. And I think there was even a sense of intent behind how they wrote the characters according to their original references, which, after I looked into them, made me go: “Ahh, so that’s why…” (cough cough Ascot cough)
Below, I’ve listed some of the references I’ve compiled and compared them to how the developers adapted their characters based on these myths. Keep in mind, these contain spoilers for the game, so click at your own risk!
⬇️ Shakespearean Characters in Mistonia (Spoilers!!)Oberon – King of the fairies, oversees the fairy realm.
Tia (Queen Titania) – queen of the fairy realm.
Also, probably the most common name for the ‘Queen of fairies’ in any fantasy lore. We also see a different version of her in Cafe Enchante.lol 🤭
The Púca – A mischievous, shape-shifting creature from Celtic folklore. A trickster and unpredictable spirit, known to tempt and play tricks on humans. Often takes the form of a horse with glowing eyes, but can also appear as a goat, dog, or cat.
As much as this annoyed me, this is probably the reason why Ascot was so flip-floppy in his route and was so unpredictable all the way to the very end.
Cu Sith A massive, mystical hound known for its otherworldly strength. The most loyal among the fae servants. Rarely acts independently and follows the orders of the fae or their rulers.
Will-o’Wisp – A ghostly light from that leads travelers astray. In another folklore, Will-o’-the-Wisps are believed to be the souls of the dead who cannot find eternal rest because of evil deeds they committed while alive.
Sylph – An ethereal spirit of air, generally depicted as beautiful and graceful.
Spriggan – small, supernaturally strong fairy-goblins that guard treasures (hidden gold, jewels, ancient relics). They also protect mines from greedy humans, and can grow huge when defending their territory.
Alfred probably has the loosest connection to the actual Spriggan of folklore. The game takes creative liberty by portraying the Spriggan House as skilled in crafting weapons and able to manifest magical barriers using the power of stones.Perhaps this barrier ability is inspired by the way traditional Spriggans were said to grow to enormous size when defending their territory.Aprose| Tamora, the Queen of Goths – Aprose is likely inspired by Tamora, the Queen of the Goths in Titus Andronicus. Tamora is one of the fiercest, most vengeful, and ruthless she-villains in English Literature. Her method was visceral, and gruesome, cementing her status as one of Shakespeare’s most horrifying villains.
Of course, this isn’t a 1:1 comparison. Otherwise, Mistonia might end up with an M rating on the ESRB.Lily Bernstein| Regan (King Lear) – Lily or the “White Lily” in Mistonia is likely inspired by Regan in King Lear, another viscous she-villain in the Shakespearean lore. She lacks compassion entirely and shows no remorse of her actions. She was killed by Goneril (King Lear) at the end.
Just like Lily, Regan was also willing to betray and use her husband to achieve her goals.Goneril | Goneril (King Lear) lol you cant name your character “Goneril” and expect people not to get SUS! 😂 The Goneril in Mistonia is probably loosely based on the real Goneril from King Lear.
In Shakespeare, Goneril was also the one who killed Regan (the character I compared to Lily).NOTE: I’ll probably add more examples to this later, as the game clearly takes heavy inspiration from many of Shakespeare’s works. If you have suggestions for other character references, feel free to drop them in the comments, and I’ll try to add them here as well.
As for the overall story, I actually like that the game has a plot structure where each LI has, in one way or another, a connection to the heroine’s tragedy. And if you play the routes in a certain order, the story kind of just unpacks little by little on its own. Each route also contributes something that shapes the overarching plot in the game. Highlight for minor spoilers >>> I‘d say Alfred, Lucas, Linus and Edward’s routes give you more insights on the Eltbeak incident, while Ascot and John’s routes explore more of the game’s fantasy setting.<<<
This title, to me, was pretty solid, thematically. It stayed true to what it initially set out to be and didn’t try to become something it wasn’t. Although, I do have to say that the execution of some routes and certain storylines fell a bit short of my expectations. The routes definitely vary from being great, to mediocre, to “what the heck is even going on?” 😭 There were also plenty of plot inconsistencies that, at one point, I just kind of gave up, turned off my brain, and went “well, okay, fine...”😅 So yeah, if you’re very particular about plot consistencies and a stickler for pacing, some of these routes will tick you off for sure!
I’d say the characters were definitely the heart of this game and what kept me invested all the way to the very end of the finale. I loved the main cast, and I thought the side characters played important roles in the story as well. Aprose, the MC, was astounding and quickly earned a spot in my fav MC shrine‘!
As for the LIs, Lucas snatches “best boi” title in my book! I also thought his route was among the best-written in the game. Linus came barreling in second place, and this actually surprised me! To tell you the truth, I brainrotted on Linus for a few days before moving on…🫠 Idk, something about the “wolf in sheep’s clothing” trope always gets my knees buckled. I’m such a sucker for this trope it’s not even funny!😭 John was an amazing LI as well, though I wish his route could’ve been paced better. On the other hand, I had a love-hate relationship with Ascot and his route, but by the end of the game, my opinion of his character hopped onto the more favorable side.🙂↕️ (thankfully!)
💖LI RANKING: Lucas > Linus > John > Edward = Alfred > Ascot
📝ROUTE RANKING: Lucas > Linus > Alfred >>>> John > Edward > Ascot
For the romance, I found the game decently romantic. I was smitten by Aprose’s chemistry with her guys.🥺 The sweet, sugary moments between them were also woven naturally into the plot, which kept me glued to the story the whole time. I also loved that this title utilizes LI rivalries in every single route! It really cranks up my love-triangle guilty pleasures, which is also why I couldn’t bring myself to skip a single bad ending. (cackles)🫣😂 And as for the spice, there are a couple of suggestive scenes, some even with accompanying CGs. So I think anyone who loves a little extra heat will definitely get their fix in this game.
Yes, I shall pour all my *HONEST FEELINGS* in your room, my prince… 👅🤭Do I recommend this game? YES.
I was actually very taken and fully immersed throughout my entire playthrough of this title. The plot wasn’t grand, and it certainly had its share of glaring flaws at times, but Aprose, the LIs, and the rest of the cast made this game truly a worthwhile experience. I’m also a fantasy-girlie, so this was an easy read for me.I definitely think you will enjoy Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- if you: love fantasy/dark-fantasy settings, mysteries and revenge plots, a capable MC who’s determined to achieve her goals, a mixed cast of lovable and *twisted* love interests you’ll want to add to your collection, Shakespearean nods scattered throughout the game, and some really (emotionally) beautiful art that hits you right in the feels! If you tick all these boxes above, you’re in for a real treat with this otome title! Definitely don’t even think about passing this game up!
***That said, I will actually be partaking in Otomate’s Winter Market merch war this year. Gotta get my hands on those new Mistonia merch! All import tariffs be damned! 😤
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Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- Review (Nintendo Switch)
Release Date: November 13, 2025 (North America)
Developers: Otomate
Publishers: Aksys Games
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)SYNOPSIS
A fairy-tale filled with love and fixation, woven together by those who carry the blood of the fairies. The story takes place in Grand Albion, a kingdom thriving under the rule of the fairy queen. It is toward the end of the 19th century, an era where light and shadow coexist.
Our heroine Aprose, having lost everything eight years ago, swore to take revenge on those responsible.
Now, 8 years have passed. Whilst hiding her identity, she begins her search for the truth as she works at a mansion belonging to a potential target for her vengeance. What secrets will she unearth upon her chance encounters with the distinguished noblemen who protect the kingdom? What path will she choose…?
And so begins the revenge tragedy of a girl bound by a hapless fate.
ART AND MUSIC
Director: Mao SekiScenario: Satomi Nakayama, Izumi Koizumi, Akira Natsuno, YuzukiArtist: Karin SuzushiroBGM: Jun Ichikawa (Main Composer), Yoshitake Wada (Sub), Hiroshi Akechi (Sub), Kaito Furukawa (Sub)OP Theme: Tastuya Yano (Composer), Tak Miyazawa (Arrangement), FRAM (Artist)ED Theme: Asaka (Artisit & Lyrics), Hiraoki Suzuki (Composer)Mistonia’s character designs were done by Japanese artist/illustrator Karin Suzuhiro, known for their work on otome games such as Cendrillon palikA and Meiji Haikara. They also previously worked as assisting-artist for titles like Norn9 and Charade Maniacs.
The chara-designs for Mistonia were stunning btw! Heck, I looooved them! There were so many different outfit variations too!🤩 Plus, I feel like the CGs really convey the characters’ emotions so well! I am beyond pleased! I also have a soft spot for this game’s OST, especially the BGMs. No surprise there, since it’s by the same studio behind Virche’s soundtrack! If you’re someone who’s also an otoge OST-enthusiast, Aksys Games offers a bundle that includes both the game and the soundtrack, so definitely grab that if you’re interested!
Voice Acting
Yuichiro Umehara as “Alfred Creswell” – Paschalia (Radiant Tale), Serge (Genso Manege), Kohei Minato (Sympathy Kiss), Benkei (Birushana), Canus Espada (Café Enchanté), Enishi (Jack Jeanne), Demento (Period Cube), Shingen Takeda (IkeSen), Sage (Nekopara Catboys Paradise), Rain (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Oochidori (Touken Ranbu)
Ryota Suzuki as “Lucas Sullivan” – Ash (Desperadrops), Koyo (9RIP), Ginnosuke (Him, the Smile and bloom), Yona (Tengoku Struggle), Kiito Minorikawa (Jack Jeanne), Trey Clover (TWST), Ink (Gunka Haita Neko), Caster (FGO), Mizuro Tamaki (Tokyo Ghoul)
Shuichiro Umeda as “Linus Ward” – Haiji Yu (Kazura Uta), Akira Tendou (Zoom100), Kanato Kamio (Star Melody), Hikaru (The Summer Hikaru Died), Jougorou Kobato (Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary), Sable (The Dawn of the Witch), Koga (9RIP Sequel), Mitsuki Oshino (UN:LOGICAL)
Atsushi Tamaru as “Edward Bernstein” – Ichigo Hitofuri (Touken Ranbu), Tenya Minami (Him, the Smile and bloom), Kasuga (Variable Barricade), Tsukioka Tsumugi (A3!), Kohei Natsume (Kitty Love), Semi Tokitaka (Dairoku), Azul Ashengrotto (TWST)
Jun Fukuyama as “Ascot Lindell” – Karatachi (Illusion of Itehari), Mizuchi (Hana Awase), Tomomori (Birushana), Vyn Richter (Tears of Themis), Mozu (BUSTFELLOWS), Goro Fujita (Meiji Tokyo Renka), Liberta (Arcana Famiglia), Rin (Togainu no Chi), Aido (Vampire Knight), Tokiwa Etsuya (Dairoku), Goke Kanimitsu (Touken Ranbu)
Shirai Yusuke as “John” – Scarecrow (BUSTAFELLOWS), Luciole (Genso Manege), Eltcreed Valentine (Steam Prison), Watson (London Detective Mysteria), Amemura Ramuda (Hypnosis Mic), Garu (NU:Carnival), Ars (Period Cube), Usui Masumi (A3!), Miki Hiraizumi (Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome), Tsuzumi (Ken ga Kimi)
Natsumi Fujiwara as “Oberon“ – Shiki Toono (Tsukihime), Matsushita Outa (AI Somnium Files), Soga Asuma (ANONYMOUS:CODE), Glinda (OVER REQUIEMZ)
Saki Fujita as “Tia” – Hibari Tojo (Variable Barricade), Hatsune Miku (Hatsune Miku: Project Diva), Ymir (Attack on Titan), Seiko Kimura (Danganropa 3), Ruri Hijiribe (Durarara!!), Basho (Senran Kagura Peach Ball)
Naomi Iida as “Goneril“ – Queen Victoria (Code Realize), Evelina (Even if Tempest), Tara (Haruka 7), Sakai Tadatsugu (Sengoku Hime), Miwa Asahina (Brothers Conflict), Renoman (Desert Kingdom) Otoha Amamiya (Hiiro no Kakera – Shin Tamayorihime Denshou)
Ikumi Hasegawa as “Lily Bernstein” – Erica (EPHEMERAL), Setsu (GNOSIA), Riho (Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage), Ulrica (The Legend of Heroes), Ciaccona (Wuthering Waves), Arcueid Brunestud (Tsukihime), Tsumugi Hibiki (Ready or Not!), Subaru (LACKGIRL), Ginka Shinomiya (GINKA)
CHARACTERS AND ROUTES
Mistonia has seven routes total: 6 LI routes and 1 Truth Route. The game lets you start with Alfred, Lucas, and Linus. After clearing two of the three starter routes, Edward and Ascot’s routes will unlock. Once you finish either Edward or Ascot’s, John’s route becomes available. And finally, after clearing John’s route, the truth route unlocks as the game’s finale.
A key aspect of Mistonia’s story is how it gradually unveils major plot points that shape the overarching “who’s who” mystery of the game when you play in a certain order. So, if you want to experience the game with its revelations unfolding from the lightest to the heaviest spoilers, I highly recommend following this route order: Alfred → Lucas → Linus → Edward → Ascot → John → Truth.
This play-order allows the story’s twists and (at the same time), mystery-building flow smoothly all the way to the finale. On a side note, the devs have also shared their own soft recommended route order, which is quite similar to the one above. If you decide to follow their version, I’d definitely advise caution, as Ascot’s route contains some of the biggest spoilers in the game leading up to John’s. So if you’re someone who prefers to save the major reveals for later, it’s worth keeping that in mind.
That said, if you don’t mind spoilers early on, feel free to play whichever routes you prefer, just remember that the game does have certain route restrictions, so some paths won’t be available right away.
Walkthroughs:
Note: The CGs shown below are promotional images for the game, Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- . All spoiler-related content in this review will be hidden behind a spoiler drop-down, that you can choose to view at your own discretion.
⬇️ Click to view Content Warnings Violence, murder, mass murder, village destruction, death, blood, classism, discrimination against poor people, sexual manipulation, manipulation, gaslighting, multiple sexual partners, NTR/partner being stolen.ALFRED CRESWELL
- workaholic, hot & 30 🤭
Alfred is one of the heads of the Five Houses of Grand Albion, specifically the Creswell House, and a descendant of Spriggan. He is serious, strict, and stoic. Always thinking one step ahead, he approaches every situation, and decision logically.
Alfred is probably the route you’ll want to start first in the game, as the core of his story focuses on the political tension between the Queen and the country’s citizens. In a way, it’s a good route that expands on the Common route’s world-building, as well as familiarizing you with the different issues at hand in Grand Albion and how they are addressed or well… ignored by their grand ruler, the Queen.
Depending on how invested you are in the game’s *political* plot here, you may or may not find this route a drag. Personally, though, I quite liked it! (And that’s coming from someone who usually hates political palavers in otome games). It’s probably because I enjoyed the romance and the back-and-forth between Alfred and Aprose, the heroine.
Alfred is extremely pragmatic and logical in everything he does (and he stays consistent like this throughout the game). He’s always the one with a contingency plan for every single thing, and this route really highlights that trait of his. It’s kind of amusing how this mirrors Aprose, who also sort of tends to make backup plans for everything. Their personalities really complement each other (me thinks), and it’s fun watching them constantly try to one-up each other (at least in Aprose’s POV).😆 On a side note, this is also a decent route that highlights the heroine’s drive for revenge.
⬇️ SpoilersMy high spot of this route was definitely how likable Aprose is as MC. This is probably the route where she comes across as rather snappish or brusque toward her LI. I mean, she still has her fiery moments in other routes and with other guys, but she really embodies being ‘rough around the edges’ here, with Alfred. Perhaps this dynamic comes from both of them having reserved personalities, which sometimes makes them struggle to express what they truly feel? Idk, but it’s cute! I like that their chemistry sometimes is like:
Alfred: You.. like me..?
Aprose: Ew, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but yes. I like you! 😠I esp love how Aprose whacks Alfred to sleep because the dude insists on working even though he’s sick and overfatigued, lol.😭 I also loved the bonding moments between Aprose, Evelyn, and Charlotte here! 🥺 it’s nice seeing Aprose find girlfriends she can chit-chat with about matters of the heart!🥺
This route can go from interesting to cliche, but I didn’t hate it. It’s a decent route for starters!
LUCAS SULLIVAN
- tsundere 🥺
- best boi!🤧
Lucas is the expected head of the Sullivan House and a descendant of the Will-o’-Wisp.
He’s a peculiar pessimist who shows little interest in the political affairs of the Five Houses, and his desire is to only to become a purefae. Though he’s a noble, he detests political strife and speaks to others with a cold, detached tone. He does, however, show a kinder side to those he’s close to although he can also become quite belligerent.I freaking love this route! 😭 First of, tsun tsun Ryota Suzuki, is an auto-biased-by-default! (cackles) But I was really floored by how this one even surpassed my expectations. The romance was so stinking good! The way the scenario in this route naturally set up and built the relationship between Lucas and Aprose was so perfect. I think it’s also probably one of the few routes in this title where the MC and LI’s bond just naturally developed organically, instead of the story enforcing it.🥹
Lucas was also a really endearing character.🥺🤲 You can tell he’s always thinking of Aprose’s best interests. He’s sincere and kind, and even outside his route, he continues to support the heroine, even if he doesn’t always explicitly show it. His “Astray” End was also one of my favorite endings in this game for reasons! 🤭Definitely a great LI and a great route all around! 10/10 would replay it again!
⬇️ SpoilersI am in the clouds! Lucas is such an amazing LI! But the route itself was also pretty good, albeit predictable, but very enjoyable nonetheless! I loved the little story nuance where each of the servants at Bernstein Mansion were dispatched to the Sullivans one by one, only to come back either fired or they personally quit after 24 hours. 😂(laughs) Poor little Charlotte! It also made me cackle how Evelyn and Charlotte described Lucas to Aprose as some sort of deranged weirdo who yells and throws things at the wall in his lonesome. Like, damn, that’s a wild piece of work right there! Lmao.😂 (Not knowing that the real reason he does this is actually kind of heartbreaking.)🥲
Contrary to Alfred’s route, Aprose was also very different here with Lucas. Both men contributed to the murder of her family and the burning of her village. The only key difference is that Lucas was unconsciously manipulated by the Queen, while Alfred was fully aware of what he was doing when he cast the barrier that prevented the villagers from escaping. However, Alfred did it because it was the Queen’s direct order and he wanted to protect his house, showing his logical yet passive nature, willing to yield to a threat he had no leverage over. It makes sense, then, that Aprose was more lenient toward Lucas, who was essentially a puppet during the Eltbeak disaster, while Alfred had a choice but was forced to participate.
On the plus side, this route probably has one of the best romances in the game. I adore the little gestures of love, like Lucas giving her hand cream because he feels guilty about the housework she has to do in his mansion, or giving her leeway and free time under the guise of instructing her to “only do certain chores during the day,” awkwardly having her make tea for his “flighty visitors” (read: he doesn’t really have any), only for Aprose to stand in and drink the tea with him. It’s also hilarious how Aprose caught on to his little BS early on but decides to go with the flow anyway, because she enjoys his company too! Oh…my heart is full!😭
His bad ending, where he becomes a bit OOC and takes on the role of being Aprose’s wannabe lover while she’s married to Alfred, definitely clicked all my guilty pleasure 3P boxes! Like, what the heck, yes please!!🤤
P.S. The paint splatters on his sprite hands was such a nice detail!
LINUS WARD
- sunshine boy but….👀
- not a genki
- my actual stance on Linus
Linus is the next head of House Ward, descendants of the Cu Sith. He has such a bright and friendly personality that even his childhood friend, Edward describes him as someone who’s like a ray of sunshine. He’s deeply loyal to his clan and also devoted to the Queen, a trait inherited from his Cu Sith blood. Once he immerses himself with work, he tends to forget to sleep or eat. He still can’t seem to let go of his first love, and romance plays a passive role in his life.
Linus is another character who, by chance, I ended up really loving (to the point of brainrotting).😂 I honestly didn’t think I’d enjoy this LI as much, but here we are. It’s kind of interesting because, on the surface, Linus seems like your typical vibrant LI (cute, sweet, cheerful… you know the type!) But dont be fooled! His route brings a lot more to the table than you’d expect. Personally, this worked really well for me (hence my brainrotting lol), but I can definitely see how it might not land the same way for others. 👀 Also, Umeda, his VA was unbelievable! I hope we get to hear him voicing more otome LIs in the future!
⬇️ SpoilersLinus is…….. QUITE SCARY, ISN’T HE??? This route kind of lowkey bordered a bit on red flag territory. At first, you’d think he’s harmless with his labrador retriever energy, but nope! fake genki alert! He’s actually one of the most dangerous targets for Aprose because of his Cu Sith blood. Aprose even recognizes how sharp Linus is as a tactician. Even when she tried to play innocent after getting caught red-handed, he was still on to her like a hawk. And was never dissuaded on her feigning ignorance. What an interesting character! Tbh its his terrifying side that made me love him more.
I also really like that Aprose isn’t an airhead about the obvious things. Like the fact that she realizes she was Linus’s childhood friend right away, instead of the story dragging it out. She was also such a good critical thinker here, because after realizing how dangerous it was to deal with Linus and the Ward lackeys, she treads back for the time being and carefully rethinks her actions, and later on decided that the only way to get the upper hand on Linus was to use lust. OOOH SNAP! YES QUEEN GO SEDUCE YOUR MAN! The woman has balls of steel honestly!
I also didn’t think lovers-to-enemies was even a thing but I’VE COME TO LOVE THIS TROPE. I thought Linus’s route utilizes the trope pretty well that I was living for every heated exchange between Aprose and Linus all the way to the end.😂 This route just kept me awake! Ha!
My only complaint was that I don’t think they really banked on the tension between Aprose and Linus’s dynamic enough? I feel like they could’ve gotten away with it being more dramatic than it is, maybe commit to Linus’s red flag tendencies, cause his route had so much potential to go all the way. I just think this route needed a bit more oomph or a little more push on the angsty side to make it really satisfying, in my opinion. Still, I definitely enjoyed it more than most of the others!
Lastly, Linus totally pissed me off in other routes. Like, come on, my dude, get off the Queen’s ass! I get that it’s your Cu Sith blood talking, but gosh, don’t make me hate you man!😩
EDWARD BERNSTEIN
- soft
- daddy issues
Edward is the next head of House Bernstein, descendants of the Sylph. He’s honest and fair, refuses to conform to Grand Albion’s classist ideals, and always treats everyone as an equal. He believes that those with power should help those who lack the same privileges. Polite to everyone regardless of status, Edward also has a strong dislike for conflict.
This route was… maybe a little too all over the place, if I’m being honest. I didn’t dislike it, but at the same time, it wasn’t one of the stronger ones in terms of plot and narrative pacing. Aprose, wasn’t at her best here either. Unlike in previous routes, her drive for revenge was more toned down, and perhaps it’s influenced by Edward’s kind-hearted nature?
Speaking of which, what really redeems this route for me is Edward himself. What a soft and genuinely kind-hearted guy! I could never bring myself to dislike him. Plus, his VA is one of my comfort seiyuus!🥺 Some might find him too vanilla or boring, but I just love how level-headed and consistently kind he is (maybe even a little too kind). Edward’s story also unravels some key pieces of the game, so I appreciated the reveals thrown in here as well. I’d definitely do this route first before Ascot’s, otherwise, Edward’s plot-revelations won’t have as much impact.
⬇️ SpoilersUnlike the previous routes, where there’s a thread of tension stemming from Aprose’s drive for revenge against her LI, Edward’s route feels kind of different, in a sense that he actively tries to prevent Aprose from being consumed by her revenge, sharing her burden in a positive way and helping her heal. I liked this approach actually and I thought it was very true to Edward’s character. I just wished this theme had been executed a bit better. The last chapters of Ed’s route just had a lot of things happening that its easy to miss important details due to that. The story however, does give you enough space to process each plot point before the next twist or reveal happen so I guess there’s also that.
GOOD ENDING: I cackled when Aprose called out her son, but also said she’s preggy with another baby! Like DAYUMMM BRO! It’s only been 3 years (?) BUT EDWARD SURE GOT TO BUSINESS RIGHT AWAY! LOL
As for Aprose getting her revenge, it’s actually in Edward’s bad end that things get juicy! Idk about you, but as a Linus enjoyer, I looooove Edward’s ‘astray’ end (bad end). It’s Linus who helps Aprose exact her revenge on Edward and eventually the Queen. Thinking back, it was also Linus who helps Aprose execute her revenge in HIS OWN bad end too! Now, isnt he just perfectly consistent with his role as a “hound”? Ha!
For Edmund and his backstory… Look, I can admit the dude’s a hot DILF, okay! I even liked how deranged and delulu he is with his obsession over Aprose’s mom. But man, he’s such a classist and a bootlicker to the Queen, which is definitely a turn-off. I didnt liked him at all. The way he treats Edward, his own son, is completely reprehensible! What an absolute trash.
ASCOT LINDELL
- “i can fix him”
- Ascot McRaunchy Lindell
- literally puts the ass in Ascot
Ascot is the representative head of House Lindell, descendants of the Puca. A handsome young man with a reputation as a womanizer in high society. A lot of women flock to him and want his company. Despite his responsibilities as head of his house, he does as he pleases and, most of the time, comes across as unserious.
I… don’t know how I feel about Ascot, tbh. He is an a$$cot for sure! Admittedly, I started this route with a grin on my face. Like dead serious, who could resist Fukujun’s eccentric teasings, hmm? But that grin almost instantly turned into furrowed brows because this route was an absolute hot mess!🔥🗑️👌
For one, (after clearing his story) I could kind of see what the writers were going for here (read spoilers to expound this point). But something about how the route was written, paced, and pieced together just completely threw me off. By the end, I couldn’t take Ascot’s route seriously. I mean, I didn’t hate it, and I still enjoyed all its absurdities if anything. I guess it’s one of those routes that’s so bad, it’s actually good!🤣
⬇️ SpoilersSo I think the devs really took the “Puca” reference from Shakespearean literature to heart when they wrote Ascot’s character. The Puca, a mythical creature known for being whimsical, a trickster, and having a flip-floppy attitude, certainly reflects Ascot’s personality down to a T, no? It’s exactly how his route plays out too. One moment, he toys with the heroine’s feelings, and the next, he’s moving mountains for her. Since he’s also a purefae, it explains why he’s pretty selfish and only thinks of himself, just like the other purefaes in the game, Oberon and Tia.
Aprose kind of annoyed me in this route too. She wasn’t as sharp and thorough as she was in Alfred, Lucas, or Linus’s routes. It felt like she lost the fire in her, and has completely let Ascot run her around his fingertips! But what I really could not get behind though was the fact that Ascot was just nonchalantly galivanting around, draining Aprose’s life force, AND KNOWING ABOUT IT, but didn’t give two shits because she “seemed fine”. Like, what the hell dude? What do you take Aprose for? Free life support?! 😡 It’s such a dick move honestly! Then again, the story kind of gets away with it by going, “He’s a purefae, he’ll say things that are downright heartless, with zero consideration for others, not even the heroine.” So…. yeah… I’m not sure if I’m liking this route at all.😒
It didn’t help that this route dragged out so many plot points for no reason, like for example: the changelings. I also thought Riley’s subplot would be a major twist in this route, but it mostly felt like it fell into the background. And don’t get me started on the scene at the Queen’s tomb with Alsie’s body. All the dilly-dallying in the previous chapters just to get to this scene was such a mess! But hey, the route seems to get away with it by throwing in spicy scenes out of nowhere, so I guess it’s forgiven!😜
Lastly, the bad ends were so raunchy. It’s funny that I can’t even hate it!🙈
JOHN
- the goat
- wears Burberry and designer perfume
John is Aprose’s attendant and childhood friend who diligently accomplishes any task without error. He is very skilled in both literary arts and combat, and was the one who taught Aprose basic self-defense when she was younger. He’s very cautious and studies his surroundings as he aids Aprose in her quest for revenge.
John is definitely a goated character… too bad his route is not! It was however, a very interesting run because it didn’t follow the structure of the previous LI routes, Ascot’s aside. I’m a huge fan of Shiraimu, so maybe this is my biased brain talking, but I love John.🥺 He’s a great character, in fact! Smart, capable, badass in combat, and always able to accomplish whatever tasks Aprose asks of him with ease, no questions asked. He’s always there for the heroine, come hell or high water, and I think he had a really solid character development arc in this game. I can’t really fault him for the fact that his story’s pacing completely took a nosedive.
⬇️ SpoilersI can’t believe we’ve reached an era where an otome LI is actually named John Doe. 😭
Anyway, I actually really loved this route, mostly because I liked John’s character, so I didn’t care that the pacing was off. It was kind of nice how the game added that eerie prenotion where the heroine would feel a chill run down her spine every time John looked at her. It was an obvious hint that it had to do with Oberon. There was so much foreshadowing in the earlier routes that you could pretty much connect the dots and realize John was part of Oberon. I mean, they pretty much looked the same from the start, right? That was already a big giveaway right from the get-go!
John was also one of the strongest characters in the game, though his powers seem to vary depending on how much Oberon allows him to use. He is technically, a purefae just like Ascot, Oberon, and Tia, so he wields the same strength that purefaes do. I kind of got the sense he was someone not to be messed with when he defeated old Nick, Edmund’s butler, who was also known to be the goat back in the day!🤣
I did feel that John was kind of shafted in the game though. IDK, the writers must’ve hated him or something because he really went through so much suffering for having to conceal his identity for so long and probably would’ve taken it to his grave in the other routes. I just feel bad for him. Poor Guy.😞 Clearly, he didn’t want to betray Aprose, but in his case, it was the nature of his existence as Oberon’s avatar, a literal NOBODY created to aid the heroine, and in the long run, betray her in the process. This route was kind of angsty, though I think they could’ve executed the angst better, which is pretty much a common problem that I have with the game.
On a different note, I can’t believe the other LIs get so many sprite variations with elaborate outfits, and then you have John with his sprite variation of: a waiter outfit, 1 black dress shirt, 1 dirty rag shirt.😭 Like, damn, give the man some fancy fits too! Well, at least he’s rocking Burberry in his regular sprite!
APROSE E. RANDOLPH
- cant cook 😭
- Aprose to the haters
After dealing with a few disappointing MCs this year, playing Aprose was such a delight! I love this heroine. She’s always guarded, highly proactive, and very efficient. I can’t really stress enough how efficient this MC is. She really be doing A LOT! -like, finishing an all-day chore in just an hour, running around spying on LIs, chasing pick-pocketers, fighting bad guys, climbing trees, doing embroidery…among many, many other tasks, all while sporting her infamous poker face!
She’s also a really good critical thinker and 99% of the time has predominantly navigated the story on her own, with very little help (maybe a bit from John and Goneril). She has a backup plan for everything and can think on her feet in perilous situations.
I guess the only thing she can’t do, and is terrible at, is cooking! The girl can’t season food to save her life! 😭But she’s so oblivious to how bad her dishes are that it’s actually hilarious. We love an overconfident queen who thinks she’s Gordon Ramsay!😂
I also really loved how stern and uptight Aprose is at first, but as the story progresses, you can slowly see her walls coming down. What’s great is that she reflects on all her experiences, both old and new, which makes her growth very satisfying, to me. I also really appreciated her bonding moments with the girlies Evelyn and Charlotte. 🥺 It’s really nice to see this more human side of her when she’s with them, the part that isn’t too focused on revenge. I think Aprose really needed this type of connection, girlfriends she could confide in, and let her guard down so she can be more of herself. The friendship she has with the girls is such a lovely, heartwarming layer to her character.🥹
Perhaps my little quibble with the entire game is that Aprose’s drive and motivation for revenge greatly vary in every route. She sort of lost her fire in the last three routes (me thinks). In contrast, she was much more on top of things and determined with the first three LI routes, and was completely dead set on what she wanted/ willing to do anything to achieve her goals. I guess I could chalk this up to inconsistent writing rather than paint it as a flaw of the heroine.🤷♀️
SYSTEM AND LOCALIZATION
The shard exploration can be a mixed bag. Initially, I did like how it lets you roam around the Bernstein mansion, investigate different areas, collect clues, and eavesdrop on conversations between characters and other NPCs. But the repetition of these segments quickly became tiring for me. Especially the last exploration. I think the fourth one took forever to finish. It wouldn’t have hurt to cut the exploration segments in half, as I feel it was the only thing dragging the common route for hours.
PROS:
- Mouth movements, blinking sprites
- Heroine’s Name Customization
- Chapter Select
- Flowchart
- DICTIONARY section
- Scrapbook – (these are short stories that unlock after finishing certain endings)
- Love Catch and Status Bar
- SKIP to the Next Choice function
- Skip READ function
- Quick Save/Quick Load
- CG Gallery
- Music Library
- Movie Library
- Backlog and Rewind function
CONS:
- Heroine not voiced
- The 2nd – 4th exploration segments cannot be skipped.
- Localization has a lot of typos.
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAjx7WoCrM0
OVERALL THOUGHTS
Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- took me around 60–65 hours to finish. The common route, with all its exploration segments, took roughly 3–4 hours, while each love interest route ran about 5–6 hours to reach an ending, give or take. I also played mostly in docked mode for the majority of my playthroughs and had it on auto-play most of the time.
Aprose’s Journey: Came for Revenge, Stayed for Love
While the story introduces the theme “revenge”, what makes it interesting to me is how the heroine actually navigates her own desires and emotions for revenge. You see, not all revenge is cold; it can take many forms, whether grandiose or subtle. And its kinda interesting that the game explores those nuances through Aprose’s journey.
It’s also curious, because as Aprose grows as a person, makes friends, spends time with her LI, and develops her feelings for them, she will also start to question herself. Is this really what I want? There’s that constant push and pull within her, so in turn, sometimes she’s determined to see her plans through, and other times her resolve wavers. I think I really enjoyed this part of the protagonist actually, because it makes her feel so human. Sometimes we think revenge will give us closure, but when we’re finally facing it, we realize it’s not what we truly want.
The sentiment I take from all of this is that Aprose’s pursuit of revenge is closely tied to her path of healing…and I think this reinforces the game’s underlying message “that love can heal even the most painful scars.” After finding and accepting love, Aprose gradually lets go of the hatred in her heart, allowing herself to slowly heal and move forward.
Tangy Bad Ends
That’s not to say our girl doesn’t get her cold revenge served in the game, because oh, they definitely happen! And you’ll find them all in these juicy BAD ENDINGS. It’s funny how the game is cloaked in shiny glittery fairy dust, but the bad ends can really hit hard with some seriously dark stuff when you least expect it!
It surprised me even by how much I enjoyed all of them. I’m normally someone who only does bad ends out of due diligence of being a completionist 😂(hey, can’t be the only one!). Maybe curiosity got the better of me, because I’ve seemingly picked up the habit of looking forward to unlocking the “Astray” and “Clown” endings in this game.🙈These endings can spiral into something that’ll get you clutching your pearls to scenes that are just outrageously raunchy. The raunchy endings were a hoot ngl! Admittedly, I enjoyed every single one of them.🤭
I love Aprose! What a QUEEN~💅Shakespearean References and Celtic Myth Inspired Characters
Another aspect of Mistonia that also caught my curiosity was its rich Shakespearean influence. So many of the characters feel directly drawn from Elizabethan culture, like say, Oberon and Titania (Tia), the regal king and queen of fairies, while others are heavily inspired by Celtic myths like the mischievous Púca, the ethereal sylphs, the Cu Sith, Will-o’-Wisp, etc. I like and appreciate this because, in a way, the writers didn’t just pull these ideas out of their a**es. LOL. They were clearly working within a theme. And I think there was even a sense of intent behind how they wrote the characters according to their original references, which, after I looked into them, made me go: “Ahh, so that’s why…” (cough cough Ascot cough)
Below, I’ve listed some of the references I’ve compiled and compared them to how the developers adapted their characters based on these myths. Keep in mind, these contain spoilers for the game, so click at your own risk!
⬇️ Shakespearean Characters in Mistonia (Spoilers!!)Oberon – King of the fairies, oversees the fairy realm.
Tia (Queen Titania) – queen of the fairy realm.
Also, probably the most common name for the ‘Queen of fairies’ in any fantasy lore. We also see a different version of her in Cafe Enchante.lol 🤭
The Púca – A mischievous, shape-shifting creature from Celtic folklore. A trickster and unpredictable spirit, known to tempt and play tricks on humans. Often takes the form of a horse with glowing eyes, but can also appear as a goat, dog, or cat.
As much as this annoyed me, this is probably the reason why Ascot was so flip-floppy in his route and was so unpredictable all the way to the very end.
Cu Sith A massive, mystical hound known for its otherworldly strength. The most loyal among the fae servants. Rarely acts independently and follows the orders of the fae or their rulers.
Will-o’Wisp – A ghostly light from that leads travelers astray. In another folklore, Will-o’-the-Wisps are believed to be the souls of the dead who cannot find eternal rest because of evil deeds they committed while alive.
Sylph – An ethereal spirit of air, generally depicted as beautiful and graceful.
Spriggan – small, supernaturally strong fairy-goblins that guard treasures (hidden gold, jewels, ancient relics). They also protect mines from greedy humans, and can grow huge when defending their territory.
Alfred probably has the loosest connection to the actual Spriggan of folklore. The game takes creative liberty by portraying the Spriggan House as skilled in crafting weapons and able to manifest magical barriers using the power of stones.Perhaps this barrier ability is inspired by the way traditional Spriggans were said to grow to enormous size when defending their territory.Aprose| Tamora, the Queen of Goths – Aprose is likely inspired by Tamora, the Queen of the Goths in Titus Andronicus. Tamora is one of the fiercest, most vengeful, and ruthless she-villains in English Literature. Her method was visceral, and gruesome, cementing her status as one of Shakespeare’s most horrifying villains.
Of course, this isn’t a 1:1 comparison. Otherwise, Mistonia might end up with an M rating on the ESRB.Lily Bernstein| Regan (King Lear) – Lily or the “White Lily” in Mistonia is likely inspired by Regan in King Lear, another viscous she-villain in the Shakespearean lore. She lacks compassion entirely and shows no remorse of her actions. She was killed by Goneril (King Lear) at the end.
Just like Lily, Regan was also willing to betray and use her husband to achieve her goals.Goneril | Goneril (King Lear) lol you cant name your character “Goneril” and expect people not to get SUS! 😂 The Goneril in Mistonia is probably loosely based on the real Goneril from King Lear.
In Shakespeare, Goneril was also the one who killed Regan (the character I compared to Lily).NOTE: I’ll probably add more examples to this later, as the game clearly takes heavy inspiration from many of Shakespeare’s works. If you have suggestions for other character references, feel free to drop them in the comments, and I’ll try to add them here as well.
As for the overall story, I actually like that the game has a plot structure where each LI has, in one way or another, a connection to the heroine’s tragedy. And if you play the routes in a certain order, the story kind of just unpacks little by little on its own. Each route also contributes something that shapes the overarching plot in the game. Highlight for minor spoilers >>> I‘d say Alfred, Lucas, Linus and Edward’s routes give you more insights on the Eltbeak incident, while Ascot and John’s routes explore more of the game’s fantasy setting.<<<
This title, to me, was pretty solid, thematically. It stayed true to what it initially set out to be and didn’t try to become something it wasn’t. Although, I do have to say that the execution of some routes and certain storylines fell a bit short of my expectations. The routes definitely vary from being great, to mediocre, to “what the heck is even going on?” 😭 There were also plenty of plot inconsistencies that, at one point, I just kind of gave up, turned off my brain, and went “well, okay, fine...”😅 So yeah, if you’re very particular about plot consistencies and a stickler for pacing, some of these routes will tick you off for sure!
I’d say the characters were definitely the heart of this game and what kept me invested all the way to the very end of the finale. I loved the main cast, and I thought the side characters played important roles in the story as well. Aprose, the MC, was astounding and quickly earned a spot in my fav MC shrine‘!
As for the LIs, Lucas snatches “best boi” title in my book! I also thought his route was among the best-written in the game. Linus came barreling in second place, and this actually surprised me! To tell you the truth, I brainrotted on Linus for a few days before moving on…🫠 Idk, something about the “wolf in sheep’s clothing” trope always gets my knees buckled. I’m such a sucker for this trope it’s not even funny!😭 John was an amazing LI as well, though I wish his route could’ve been paced better. On the other hand, I had a love-hate relationship with Ascot and his route, but by the end of the game, my opinion of his character hopped onto the more favorable side.🙂↕️ (thankfully!)
💖LI RANKING: Lucas > Linus > John > Edward = Alfred > Ascot
📝ROUTE RANKING: Lucas > Linus > Alfred >>>> John > Edward > Ascot
For the romance, I found the game decently romantic. I was smitten by Aprose’s chemistry with her guys.🥺 The sweet, sugary moments between them were also woven naturally into the plot, which kept me glued to the story the whole time. I also loved that this title utilizes LI rivalries in every single route! It really cranks up my love-triangle guilty pleasures, which is also why I couldn’t bring myself to skip a single bad ending. (cackles)🫣😂 And as for the spice, there are a couple of suggestive scenes, some even with accompanying CGs. So I think anyone who loves a little extra heat will definitely get their fix in this game.
Yes, I shall pour all my *HONEST FEELINGS* in your room, my prince… 👅🤭Do I recommend this game? YES.
I was actually very taken and fully immersed throughout my entire playthrough of this title. The plot wasn’t grand, and it certainly had its share of glaring flaws at times, but Aprose, the LIs, and the rest of the cast made this game truly a worthwhile experience. I’m also a fantasy-girlie, so this was an easy read for me.I definitely think you will enjoy Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- if you: love fantasy/dark-fantasy settings, mysteries and revenge plots, a capable MC who’s determined to achieve her goals, a mixed cast of lovable and *twisted* love interests you’ll want to add to your collection, Shakespearean nods scattered throughout the game, and some really (emotionally) beautiful art that hits you right in the feels! If you tick all these boxes above, you’re in for a real treat with this otome title! Definitely don’t even think about passing this game up!
***That said, I will actually be partaking in Otomate’s Winter Market merch war this year. Gotta get my hands on those new Mistonia merch! All import tariffs be damned! 😤
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Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- Review (Nintendo Switch)
Release Date: November 13, 2025 (North America)
Developers: Otomate
Publishers: Aksys Games
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)SYNOPSIS
A fairy-tale filled with love and fixation, woven together by those who carry the blood of the fairies. The story takes place in Grand Albion, a kingdom thriving under the rule of the fairy queen. It is toward the end of the 19th century, an era where light and shadow coexist.
Our heroine Aprose, having lost everything eight years ago, swore to take revenge on those responsible.
Now, 8 years have passed. Whilst hiding her identity, she begins her search for the truth as she works at a mansion belonging to a potential target for her vengeance. What secrets will she unearth upon her chance encounters with the distinguished noblemen who protect the kingdom? What path will she choose…?
And so begins the revenge tragedy of a girl bound by a hapless fate.
ART AND MUSIC
Director: Mao SekiScenario: Satomi Nakayama, Izumi Koizumi, Akira Natsuno, YuzukiArtist: Karin SuzushiroBGM: Jun Ichikawa (Main Composer), Yoshitake Wada (Sub), Hiroshi Akechi (Sub), Kaito Furukawa (Sub)OP Theme: Tastuya Yano (Composer), Tak Miyazawa (Arrangement), FRAM (Artist)ED Theme: Asaka (Artisit & Lyrics), Hiraoki Suzuki (Composer)Mistonia’s character designs were done by Japanese artist/illustrator Karin Suzuhiro, known for their work on otome games such as Cendrillon palikA and Meiji Haikara. They also previously worked as assisting-artist for titles like Norn9 and Charade Maniacs.
The chara-designs for Mistonia were stunning btw! Heck, I looooved them! There were so many different outfit variations too!🤩 Plus, I feel like the CGs really convey the characters’ emotions so well! I am beyond pleased! I also have a soft spot for this game’s OST, especially the BGMs. No surprise there, since it’s by the same studio behind Virche’s soundtrack! If you’re someone who’s also an otoge OST-enthusiast, Aksys Games offers a bundle that includes both the game and the soundtrack, so definitely grab that if you’re interested!
Voice Acting
Yuichiro Umehara as “Alfred Creswell” – Paschalia (Radiant Tale), Serge (Genso Manege), Kohei Minato (Sympathy Kiss), Benkei (Birushana), Canus Espada (Café Enchanté), Enishi (Jack Jeanne), Demento (Period Cube), Shingen Takeda (IkeSen), Sage (Nekopara Catboys Paradise), Rain (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Oochidori (Touken Ranbu)
Ryota Suzuki as “Lucas Sullivan” – Ash (Desperadrops), Koyo (9RIP), Ginnosuke (Him, the Smile and bloom), Yona (Tengoku Struggle), Kiito Minorikawa (Jack Jeanne), Trey Clover (TWST), Ink (Gunka Haita Neko), Caster (FGO), Mizuro Tamaki (Tokyo Ghoul)
Shuichiro Umeda as “Linus Ward” – Haiji Yu (Kazura Uta), Akira Tendou (Zoom100), Kanato Kamio (Star Melody), Hikaru (The Summer Hikaru Died), Jougorou Kobato (Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary), Sable (The Dawn of the Witch), Koga (9RIP Sequel), Mitsuki Oshino (UN:LOGICAL)
Atsushi Tamaru as “Edward Bernstein” – Ichigo Hitofuri (Touken Ranbu), Tenya Minami (Him, the Smile and bloom), Kasuga (Variable Barricade), Tsukioka Tsumugi (A3!), Kohei Natsume (Kitty Love), Semi Tokitaka (Dairoku), Azul Ashengrotto (TWST)
Jun Fukuyama as “Ascot Lindell” – Karatachi (Illusion of Itehari), Mizuchi (Hana Awase), Tomomori (Birushana), Vyn Richter (Tears of Themis), Mozu (BUSTFELLOWS), Goro Fujita (Meiji Tokyo Renka), Liberta (Arcana Famiglia), Rin (Togainu no Chi), Aido (Vampire Knight), Tokiwa Etsuya (Dairoku), Goke Kanimitsu (Touken Ranbu)
Shirai Yusuke as “John” – Scarecrow (BUSTAFELLOWS), Luciole (Genso Manege), Eltcreed Valentine (Steam Prison), Watson (London Detective Mysteria), Amemura Ramuda (Hypnosis Mic), Garu (NU:Carnival), Ars (Period Cube), Usui Masumi (A3!), Miki Hiraizumi (Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome), Tsuzumi (Ken ga Kimi)
Natsumi Fujiwara as “Oberon“ – Shiki Toono (Tsukihime), Matsushita Outa (AI Somnium Files), Soga Asuma (ANONYMOUS:CODE), Glinda (OVER REQUIEMZ)
Saki Fujita as “Tia” – Hibari Tojo (Variable Barricade), Hatsune Miku (Hatsune Miku: Project Diva), Ymir (Attack on Titan), Seiko Kimura (Danganropa 3), Ruri Hijiribe (Durarara!!), Basho (Senran Kagura Peach Ball)
Naomi Iida as “Goneril“ – Queen Victoria (Code Realize), Evelina (Even if Tempest), Tara (Haruka 7), Sakai Tadatsugu (Sengoku Hime), Miwa Asahina (Brothers Conflict), Renoman (Desert Kingdom) Otoha Amamiya (Hiiro no Kakera – Shin Tamayorihime Denshou)
Ikumi Hasegawa as “Lily Bernstein” – Erica (EPHEMERAL), Setsu (GNOSIA), Riho (Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage), Ulrica (The Legend of Heroes), Ciaccona (Wuthering Waves), Arcueid Brunestud (Tsukihime), Tsumugi Hibiki (Ready or Not!), Subaru (LACKGIRL), Ginka Shinomiya (GINKA)
CHARACTERS AND ROUTES
Mistonia has seven routes total: 6 LI routes and 1 Truth Route. The game lets you start with Alfred, Lucas, and Linus. After clearing two of the three starter routes, Edward and Ascot’s routes will unlock. Once you finish either Edward or Ascot’s, John’s route becomes available. And finally, after clearing John’s route, the truth route unlocks as the game’s finale.
A key aspect of Mistonia’s story is how it gradually unveils major plot points that shape the overarching “who’s who” mystery of the game when you play in a certain order. So, if you want to experience the game with its revelations unfolding from the lightest to the heaviest spoilers, I highly recommend following this route order: Alfred → Lucas → Linus → Edward → Ascot → John → Truth.
This play-order allows the story’s twists and (at the same time), mystery-building flow smoothly all the way to the finale. On a side note, the devs have also shared their own soft recommended route order, which is quite similar to the one above. If you decide to follow their version, I’d definitely advise caution, as Ascot’s route contains some of the biggest spoilers in the game leading up to John’s. So if you’re someone who prefers to save the major reveals for later, it’s worth keeping that in mind.
That said, if you don’t mind spoilers early on, feel free to play whichever routes you prefer, just remember that the game does have certain route restrictions, so some paths won’t be available right away.
Walkthroughs:
Note: The CGs shown below are promotional images for the game, Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- . All spoiler-related content in this review will be hidden behind a spoiler drop-down, that you can choose to view at your own discretion.
⬇️ Click to view Content Warnings Violence, murder, mass murder, village destruction, death, blood, classism, discrimination against poor people, sexual manipulation, manipulation, gaslighting, multiple sexual partners, NTR/partner being stolen.ALFRED CRESWELL
- workaholic, hot & 30 🤭
Alfred is one of the heads of the Five Houses of Grand Albion, specifically the Creswell House, and a descendant of Spriggan. He is serious, strict, and stoic. Always thinking one step ahead, he approaches every situation, and decision logically.
Alfred is probably the route you’ll want to start first in the game, as the core of his story focuses on the political tension between the Queen and the country’s citizens. In a way, it’s a good route that expands on the Common route’s world-building, as well as familiarizing you with the different issues at hand in Grand Albion and how they are addressed or well… ignored by their grand ruler, the Queen.
Depending on how invested you are in the game’s *political* plot here, you may or may not find this route a drag. Personally, though, I quite liked it! (And that’s coming from someone who usually hates political palavers in otome games). It’s probably because I enjoyed the romance and the back-and-forth between Alfred and Aprose, the heroine.
Alfred is extremely pragmatic and logical in everything he does (and he stays consistent like this throughout the game). He’s always the one with a contingency plan for every single thing, and this route really highlights that trait of his. It’s kind of amusing how this mirrors Aprose, who also sort of tends to make backup plans for everything. Their personalities really complement each other (me thinks), and it’s fun watching them constantly try to one-up each other (at least in Aprose’s POV).😆 On a side note, this is also a decent route that highlights the heroine’s drive for revenge.
⬇️ SpoilersMy high spot of this route was definitely how likable Aprose is as MC. This is probably the route where she comes across as rather snappish or brusque toward her LI. I mean, she still has her fiery moments in other routes and with other guys, but she really embodies being ‘rough around the edges’ here, with Alfred. Perhaps this dynamic comes from both of them having reserved personalities, which sometimes makes them struggle to express what they truly feel? Idk, but it’s cute! I like that their chemistry sometimes is like:
Alfred: You.. like me..?
Aprose: Ew, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but yes. I like you! 😠I esp love how Aprose whacks Alfred to sleep because the dude insists on working even though he’s sick and overfatigued, lol.😭 I also loved the bonding moments between Aprose, Evelyn, and Charlotte here! 🥺 it’s nice seeing Aprose find girlfriends she can chit-chat with about matters of the heart!🥺
This route can go from interesting to cliche, but I didn’t hate it. It’s a decent route for starters!
LUCAS SULLIVAN
- tsundere 🥺
- best boi!🤧
Lucas is the expected head of the Sullivan House and a descendant of the Will-o’-Wisp.
He’s a peculiar pessimist who shows little interest in the political affairs of the Five Houses, and his desire is to only to become a purefae. Though he’s a noble, he detests political strife and speaks to others with a cold, detached tone. He does, however, show a kinder side to those he’s close to although he can also become quite belligerent.I freaking love this route! 😭 First of, tsun tsun Ryota Suzuki, is an auto-biased-by-default! (cackles) But I was really floored by how this one even surpassed my expectations. The romance was so stinking good! The way the scenario in this route naturally set up and built the relationship between Lucas and Aprose was so perfect. I think it’s also probably one of the few routes in this title where the MC and LI’s bond just naturally developed organically, instead of the story enforcing it.🥹
Lucas was also a really endearing character.🥺🤲 You can tell he’s always thinking of Aprose’s best interests. He’s sincere and kind, and even outside his route, he continues to support the heroine, even if he doesn’t always explicitly show it. His “Astray” End was also one of my favorite endings in this game for reasons! 🤭Definitely a great LI and a great route all around! 10/10 would replay it again!
⬇️ SpoilersI am in the clouds! Lucas is such an amazing LI! But the route itself was also pretty good, albeit predictable, but very enjoyable nonetheless! I loved the little story nuance where each of the servants at Bernstein Mansion were dispatched to the Sullivans one by one, only to come back either fired or they personally quit after 24 hours. 😂(laughs) Poor little Charlotte! It also made me cackle how Evelyn and Charlotte described Lucas to Aprose as some sort of deranged weirdo who yells and throws things at the wall in his lonesome. Like, damn, that’s a wild piece of work right there! Lmao.😂 (Not knowing that the real reason he does this is actually kind of heartbreaking.)🥲
Contrary to Alfred’s route, Aprose was also very different here with Lucas. Both men contributed to the murder of her family and the burning of her village. The only key difference is that Lucas was unconsciously manipulated by the Queen, while Alfred was fully aware of what he was doing when he cast the barrier that prevented the villagers from escaping. However, Alfred did it because it was the Queen’s direct order and he wanted to protect his house, showing his logical yet passive nature, willing to yield to a threat he had no leverage over. It makes sense, then, that Aprose was more lenient toward Lucas, who was essentially a puppet during the Eltbeak disaster, while Alfred had a choice but was forced to participate.
On the plus side, this route probably has one of the best romances in the game. I adore the little gestures of love, like Lucas giving her hand cream because he feels guilty about the housework she has to do in his mansion, or giving her leeway and free time under the guise of instructing her to “only do certain chores during the day,” awkwardly having her make tea for his “flighty visitors” (read: he doesn’t really have any), only for Aprose to stand in and drink the tea with him. It’s also hilarious how Aprose caught on to his little BS early on but decides to go with the flow anyway, because she enjoys his company too! Oh…my heart is full!😭
His bad ending, where he becomes a bit OOC and takes on the role of being Aprose’s wannabe lover while she’s married to Alfred, definitely clicked all my guilty pleasure 3P boxes! Like, what the heck, yes please!!🤤
P.S. The paint splatters on his sprite hands was such a nice detail!
LINUS WARD
- sunshine boy but….👀
- not a genki
- my actual stance on Linus
Linus is the next head of House Ward, descendants of the Cu Sith. He has such a bright and friendly personality that even his childhood friend, Edward describes him as someone who’s like a ray of sunshine. He’s deeply loyal to his clan and also devoted to the Queen, a trait inherited from his Cu Sith blood. Once he immerses himself with work, he tends to forget to sleep or eat. He still can’t seem to let go of his first love, and romance plays a passive role in his life.
Linus is another character who, by chance, I ended up really loving (to the point of brainrotting).😂 I honestly didn’t think I’d enjoy this LI as much, but here we are. It’s kind of interesting because, on the surface, Linus seems like your typical vibrant LI (cute, sweet, cheerful… you know the type!) But dont be fooled! His route brings a lot more to the table than you’d expect. Personally, this worked really well for me (hence my brainrotting lol), but I can definitely see how it might not land the same way for others. 👀 Also, Umeda, his VA was unbelievable! I hope we get to hear him voicing more otome LIs in the future!
⬇️ SpoilersLinus is…….. QUITE SCARY, ISN’T HE??? This route kind of lowkey bordered a bit on red flag territory. At first, you’d think he’s harmless with his labrador retriever energy, but nope! fake genki alert! He’s actually one of the most dangerous targets for Aprose because of his Cu Sith blood. Aprose even recognizes how sharp Linus is as a tactician. Even when she tried to play innocent after getting caught red-handed, he was still on to her like a hawk. And was never dissuaded on her feigning ignorance. What an interesting character! Tbh its his terrifying side that made me love him more.
I also really like that Aprose isn’t an airhead about the obvious things. Like the fact that she realizes she was Linus’s childhood friend right away, instead of the story dragging it out. She was also such a good critical thinker here, because after realizing how dangerous it was to deal with Linus and the Ward lackeys, she treads back for the time being and carefully rethinks her actions, and later on decided that the only way to get the upper hand on Linus was to use lust. OOOH SNAP! YES QUEEN GO SEDUCE YOUR MAN! The woman has balls of steel honestly!
I also didn’t think lovers-to-enemies was even a thing but I’VE COME TO LOVE THIS TROPE. I thought Linus’s route utilizes the trope pretty well that I was living for every heated exchange between Aprose and Linus all the way to the end.😂 This route just kept me awake! Ha!
My only complaint was that I don’t think they really banked on the tension between Aprose and Linus’s dynamic enough? I feel like they could’ve gotten away with it being more dramatic than it is, maybe commit to Linus’s red flag tendencies, cause his route had so much potential to go all the way. I just think this route needed a bit more oomph or a little more push on the angsty side to make it really satisfying, in my opinion. Still, I definitely enjoyed it more than most of the others!
Lastly, Linus totally pissed me off in other routes. Like, come on, my dude, get off the Queen’s ass! I get that it’s your Cu Sith blood talking, but gosh, don’t make me hate you man!😩
EDWARD BERNSTEIN
- soft
- daddy issues
Edward is the next head of House Bernstein, descendants of the Sylph. He’s honest and fair, refuses to conform to Grand Albion’s classist ideals, and always treats everyone as an equal. He believes that those with power should help those who lack the same privileges. Polite to everyone regardless of status, Edward also has a strong dislike for conflict.
This route was… maybe a little too all over the place, if I’m being honest. I didn’t dislike it, but at the same time, it wasn’t one of the stronger ones in terms of plot and narrative pacing. Aprose, wasn’t at her best here either. Unlike in previous routes, her drive for revenge was more toned down, and perhaps it’s influenced by Edward’s kind-hearted nature?
Speaking of which, what really redeems this route for me is Edward himself. What a soft and genuinely kind-hearted guy! I could never bring myself to dislike him. Plus, his VA is one of my comfort seiyuus!🥺 Some might find him too vanilla or boring, but I just love how level-headed and consistently kind he is (maybe even a little too kind). Edward’s story also unravels some key pieces of the game, so I appreciated the reveals thrown in here as well. I’d definitely do this route first before Ascot’s, otherwise, Edward’s plot-revelations won’t have as much impact.
⬇️ SpoilersUnlike the previous routes, where there’s a thread of tension stemming from Aprose’s drive for revenge against her LI, Edward’s route feels kind of different, in a sense that he actively tries to prevent Aprose from being consumed by her revenge, sharing her burden in a positive way and helping her heal. I liked this approach actually and I thought it was very true to Edward’s character. I just wished this theme had been executed a bit better. The last chapters of Ed’s route just had a lot of things happening that its easy to miss important details due to that. The story however, does give you enough space to process each plot point before the next twist or reveal happen so I guess there’s also that.
GOOD ENDING: I cackled when Aprose called out her son, but also said she’s preggy with another baby! Like DAYUMMM BRO! It’s only been 3 years (?) BUT EDWARD SURE GOT TO BUSINESS RIGHT AWAY! LOL
As for Aprose getting her revenge, it’s actually in Edward’s bad end that things get juicy! Idk about you, but as a Linus enjoyer, I looooove Edward’s ‘astray’ end (bad end). It’s Linus who helps Aprose exact her revenge on Edward and eventually the Queen. Thinking back, it was also Linus who helps Aprose execute her revenge in HIS OWN bad end too! Now, isnt he just perfectly consistent with his role as a “hound”? Ha!
For Edmund and his backstory… Look, I can admit the dude’s a hot DILF, okay! I even liked how deranged and delulu he is with his obsession over Aprose’s mom. But man, he’s such a classist and a bootlicker to the Queen, which is definitely a turn-off. I didnt liked him at all. The way he treats Edward, his own son, is completely reprehensible! What an absolute trash.
ASCOT LINDELL
- “i can fix him”
- Ascot McRaunchy Lindell
- literally puts the ass in Ascot
Ascot is the representative head of House Lindell, descendants of the Puca. A handsome young man with a reputation as a womanizer in high society. A lot of women flock to him and want his company. Despite his responsibilities as head of his house, he does as he pleases and, most of the time, comes across as unserious.
I… don’t know how I feel about Ascot, tbh. He is an a$$cot for sure! Admittedly, I started this route with a grin on my face. Like dead serious, who could resist Fukujun’s eccentric teasings, hmm? But that grin almost instantly turned into furrowed brows because this route was an absolute hot mess!🔥🗑️👌
For one, (after clearing his story) I could kind of see what the writers were going for here (read spoilers to expound this point). But something about how the route was written, paced, and pieced together just completely threw me off. By the end, I couldn’t take Ascot’s route seriously. I mean, I didn’t hate it, and I still enjoyed all its absurdities if anything. I guess it’s one of those routes that’s so bad, it’s actually good!🤣
⬇️ SpoilersSo I think the devs really took the “Puca” reference from Shakespearean literature to heart when they wrote Ascot’s character. The Puca, a mythical creature known for being whimsical, a trickster, and having a flip-floppy attitude, certainly reflects Ascot’s personality down to a T, no? It’s exactly how his route plays out too. One moment, he toys with the heroine’s feelings, and the next, he’s moving mountains for her. Since he’s also a purefae, it explains why he’s pretty selfish and only thinks of himself, just like the other purefaes in the game, Oberon and Tia.
Aprose kind of annoyed me in this route too. She wasn’t as sharp and thorough as she was in Alfred, Lucas, or Linus’s routes. It felt like she lost the fire in her, and has completely let Ascot run her around his fingertips! But what I really could not get behind though was the fact that Ascot was just nonchalantly galivanting around, draining Aprose’s life force, AND KNOWING ABOUT IT, but didn’t give two shits because she “seemed fine”. Like, what the hell dude? What do you take Aprose for? Free life support?! 😡 It’s such a dick move honestly! Then again, the story kind of gets away with it by going, “He’s a purefae, he’ll say things that are downright heartless, with zero consideration for others, not even the heroine.” So…. yeah… I’m not sure if I’m liking this route at all.😒
It didn’t help that this route dragged out so many plot points for no reason, like for example: the changelings. I also thought Riley’s subplot would be a major twist in this route, but it mostly felt like it fell into the background. And don’t get me started on the scene at the Queen’s tomb with Alsie’s body. All the dilly-dallying in the previous chapters just to get to this scene was such a mess! But hey, the route seems to get away with it by throwing in spicy scenes out of nowhere, so I guess it’s forgiven!😜
Lastly, the bad ends were so raunchy. It’s funny that I can’t even hate it!🙈
JOHN
- the goat
- wears Burberry and designer perfume
John is Aprose’s attendant and childhood friend who diligently accomplishes any task without error. He is very skilled in both literary arts and combat, and was the one who taught Aprose basic self-defense when she was younger. He’s very cautious and studies his surroundings as he aids Aprose in her quest for revenge.
John is definitely a goated character… too bad his route is not! It was however, a very interesting run because it didn’t follow the structure of the previous LI routes, Ascot’s aside. I’m a huge fan of Shiraimu, so maybe this is my biased brain talking, but I love John.🥺 He’s a great character, in fact! Smart, capable, badass in combat, and always able to accomplish whatever tasks Aprose asks of him with ease, no questions asked. He’s always there for the heroine, come hell or high water, and I think he had a really solid character development arc in this game. I can’t really fault him for the fact that his story’s pacing completely took a nosedive.
⬇️ SpoilersI can’t believe we’ve reached an era where an otome LI is actually named John Doe. 😭
Anyway, I actually really loved this route, mostly because I liked John’s character, so I didn’t care that the pacing was off. It was kind of nice how the game added that eerie prenotion where the heroine would feel a chill run down her spine every time John looked at her. It was an obvious hint that it had to do with Oberon. There was so much foreshadowing in the earlier routes that you could pretty much connect the dots and realize John was part of Oberon. I mean, they pretty much looked the same from the start, right? That was already a big giveaway right from the get-go!
John was also one of the strongest characters in the game, though his powers seem to vary depending on how much Oberon allows him to use. He is technically, a purefae just like Ascot, Oberon, and Tia, so he wields the same strength that purefaes do. I kind of got the sense he was someone not to be messed with when he defeated old Nick, Edmund’s butler, who was also known to be the goat back in the day!🤣
I did feel that John was kind of shafted in the game though. IDK, the writers must’ve hated him or something because he really went through so much suffering for having to conceal his identity for so long and probably would’ve taken it to his grave in the other routes. I just feel bad for him. Poor Guy.😞 Clearly, he didn’t want to betray Aprose, but in his case, it was the nature of his existence as Oberon’s avatar, a literal NOBODY created to aid the heroine, and in the long run, betray her in the process. This route was kind of angsty, though I think they could’ve executed the angst better, which is pretty much a common problem that I have with the game.
On a different note, I can’t believe the other LIs get so many sprite variations with elaborate outfits, and then you have John with his sprite variation of: a waiter outfit, 1 black dress shirt, 1 dirty rag shirt.😭 Like, damn, give the man some fancy fits too! Well, at least he’s rocking Burberry in his regular sprite!
APROSE E. RANDOLPH
- cant cook 😭
- Aprose to the haters
After dealing with a few disappointing MCs this year, playing Aprose was such a delight! I love this heroine. She’s always guarded, highly proactive, and very efficient. I can’t really stress enough how efficient this MC is. She really be doing A LOT! -like, finishing an all-day chore in just an hour, running around spying on LIs, chasing pick-pocketers, fighting bad guys, climbing trees, doing embroidery…among many, many other tasks, all while sporting her infamous poker face!
She’s also a really good critical thinker and 99% of the time has predominantly navigated the story on her own, with very little help (maybe a bit from John and Goneril). She has a backup plan for everything and can think on her feet in perilous situations.
I guess the only thing she can’t do, and is terrible at, is cooking! The girl can’t season food to save her life! 😭But she’s so oblivious to how bad her dishes are that it’s actually hilarious. We love an overconfident queen who thinks she’s Gordon Ramsay!😂
I also really loved how stern and uptight Aprose is at first, but as the story progresses, you can slowly see her walls coming down. What’s great is that she reflects on all her experiences, both old and new, which makes her growth very satisfying, to me. I also really appreciated her bonding moments with the girlies Evelyn and Charlotte. 🥺 It’s really nice to see this more human side of her when she’s with them, the part that isn’t too focused on revenge. I think Aprose really needed this type of connection, girlfriends she could confide in, and let her guard down so she can be more of herself. The friendship she has with the girls is such a lovely, heartwarming layer to her character.🥹
Perhaps my little quibble with the entire game is that Aprose’s drive and motivation for revenge greatly vary in every route. She sort of lost her fire in the last three routes (me thinks). In contrast, she was much more on top of things and determined with the first three LI routes, and was completely dead set on what she wanted/ willing to do anything to achieve her goals. I guess I could chalk this up to inconsistent writing rather than paint it as a flaw of the heroine.🤷♀️
SYSTEM AND LOCALIZATION
The shard exploration can be a mixed bag. Initially, I did like how it lets you roam around the Bernstein mansion, investigate different areas, collect clues, and eavesdrop on conversations between characters and other NPCs. But the repetition of these segments quickly became tiring for me. Especially the last exploration. I think the fourth one took forever to finish. It wouldn’t have hurt to cut the exploration segments in half, as I feel it was the only thing dragging the common route for hours.
PROS:
- Mouth movements, blinking sprites
- Heroine’s Name Customization
- Chapter Select
- Flowchart
- DICTIONARY section
- Scrapbook – (these are short stories that unlock after finishing certain endings)
- Love Catch and Status Bar
- SKIP to the Next Choice function
- Skip READ function
- Quick Save/Quick Load
- CG Gallery
- Music Library
- Movie Library
- Backlog and Rewind function
CONS:
- Heroine not voiced
- The 2nd – 4th exploration segments cannot be skipped.
- Localization has a lot of typos.
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAjx7WoCrM0
OVERALL THOUGHTS
Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- took me around 60–65 hours to finish. The common route, with all its exploration segments, took roughly 3–4 hours, while each love interest route ran about 5–6 hours to reach an ending, give or take. I also played mostly in docked mode for the majority of my playthroughs and had it on auto-play most of the time.
Aprose’s Journey: Came for Revenge, Stayed for Love
While the story introduces the theme “revenge”, what makes it interesting to me is how the heroine actually navigates her own desires and emotions for revenge. You see, not all revenge is cold; it can take many forms, whether grandiose or subtle. And its kinda interesting that the game explores those nuances through Aprose’s journey.
It’s also curious, because as Aprose grows as a person, makes friends, spends time with her LI, and develops her feelings for them, she will also start to question herself. Is this really what I want? There’s that constant push and pull within her, so in turn, sometimes she’s determined to see her plans through, and other times her resolve wavers. I think I really enjoyed this part of the protagonist actually, because it makes her feel so human. Sometimes we think revenge will give us closure, but when we’re finally facing it, we realize it’s not what we truly want.
The sentiment I take from all of this is that Aprose’s pursuit of revenge is closely tied to her path of healing…and I think this reinforces the game’s underlying message “that love can heal even the most painful scars.” After finding and accepting love, Aprose gradually lets go of the hatred in her heart, allowing herself to slowly heal and move forward.
Tangy Bad Ends
That’s not to say our girl doesn’t get her cold revenge served in the game, because oh, they definitely happen! And you’ll find them all in these juicy BAD ENDINGS. It’s funny how the game is cloaked in shiny glittery fairy dust, but the bad ends can really hit hard with some seriously dark stuff when you least expect it!
It surprised me even by how much I enjoyed all of them. I’m normally someone who only does bad ends out of due diligence of being a completionist 😂(hey, can’t be the only one!). Maybe curiosity got the better of me, because I’ve seemingly picked up the habit of looking forward to unlocking the “Astray” and “Clown” endings in this game.🙈These endings can spiral into something that’ll get you clutching your pearls to scenes that are just outrageously raunchy. The raunchy endings were a hoot ngl! Admittedly, I enjoyed every single one of them.🤭
I love Aprose! What a QUEEN~💅Shakespearean References and Celtic Myth Inspired Characters
Another aspect of Mistonia that also caught my curiosity was its rich Shakespearean influence. So many of the characters feel directly drawn from Elizabethan culture, like say, Oberon and Titania (Tia), the regal king and queen of fairies, while others are heavily inspired by Celtic myths like the mischievous Púca, the ethereal sylphs, the Cu Sith, Will-o’-Wisp, etc. I like and appreciate this because, in a way, the writers didn’t just pull these ideas out of their a**es. LOL. They were clearly working within a theme. And I think there was even a sense of intent behind how they wrote the characters according to their original references, which, after I looked into them, made me go: “Ahh, so that’s why…” (cough cough Ascot cough)
Below, I’ve listed some of the references I’ve compiled and compared them to how the developers adapted their characters based on these myths. Keep in mind, these contain spoilers for the game, so click at your own risk!
⬇️ Shakespearean Characters in Mistonia (Spoilers!!)Oberon – King of the fairies, oversees the fairy realm.
Tia (Queen Titania) – queen of the fairy realm.
Also, probably the most common name for the ‘Queen of fairies’ in any fantasy lore. We also see a different version of her in Cafe Enchante.lol 🤭
The Púca – A mischievous, shape-shifting creature from Celtic folklore. A trickster and unpredictable spirit, known to tempt and play tricks on humans. Often takes the form of a horse with glowing eyes, but can also appear as a goat, dog, or cat.
As much as this annoyed me, this is probably the reason why Ascot was so flip-floppy in his route and was so unpredictable all the way to the very end.
Cu Sith A massive, mystical hound known for its otherworldly strength. The most loyal among the fae servants. Rarely acts independently and follows the orders of the fae or their rulers.
Will-o’Wisp – A ghostly light from that leads travelers astray. In another folklore, Will-o’-the-Wisps are believed to be the souls of the dead who cannot find eternal rest because of evil deeds they committed while alive.
Sylph – An ethereal spirit of air, generally depicted as beautiful and graceful.
Spriggan – small, supernaturally strong fairy-goblins that guard treasures (hidden gold, jewels, ancient relics). They also protect mines from greedy humans, and can grow huge when defending their territory.
Alfred probably has the loosest connection to the actual Spriggan of folklore. The game takes creative liberty by portraying the Spriggan House as skilled in crafting weapons and able to manifest magical barriers using the power of stones.Perhaps this barrier ability is inspired by the way traditional Spriggans were said to grow to enormous size when defending their territory.Aprose| Tamora, the Queen of Goths – Aprose is likely inspired by Tamora, the Queen of the Goths in Titus Andronicus. Tamora is one of the fiercest, most vengeful, and ruthless she-villains in English Literature. Her method was visceral, and gruesome, cementing her status as one of Shakespeare’s most horrifying villains.
Of course, this isn’t a 1:1 comparison. Otherwise, Mistonia might end up with an M rating on the ESRB.Lily Bernstein| Regan (King Lear) – Lily or the “White Lily” in Mistonia is likely inspired by Regan in King Lear, another viscous she-villain in the Shakespearean lore. She lacks compassion entirely and shows no remorse of her actions. She was killed by Goneril (King Lear) at the end.
Just like Lily, Regan was also willing to betray and use her husband to achieve her goals.Goneril | Goneril (King Lear) lol you cant name your character “Goneril” and expect people not to get SUS! 😂 The Goneril in Mistonia is probably loosely based on the real Goneril from King Lear.
In Shakespeare, Goneril was also the one who killed Regan (the character I compared to Lily).NOTE: I’ll probably add more examples to this later, as the game clearly takes heavy inspiration from many of Shakespeare’s works. If you have suggestions for other character references, feel free to drop them in the comments, and I’ll try to add them here as well.
As for the overall story, I actually like that the game has a plot structure where each LI has, in one way or another, a connection to the heroine’s tragedy. And if you play the routes in a certain order, the story kind of just unpacks little by little on its own. Each route also contributes something that shapes the overarching plot in the game. Highlight for minor spoilers >>> I‘d say Alfred, Lucas, Linus and Edward’s routes give you more insights on the Eltbeak incident, while Ascot and John’s routes explore more of the game’s fantasy setting.<<<
This title, to me, was pretty solid, thematically. It stayed true to what it initially set out to be and didn’t try to become something it wasn’t. Although, I do have to say that the execution of some routes and certain storylines fell a bit short of my expectations. The routes definitely vary from being great, to mediocre, to “what the heck is even going on?” 😭 There were also plenty of plot inconsistencies that, at one point, I just kind of gave up, turned off my brain, and went “well, okay, fine...”😅 So yeah, if you’re very particular about plot consistencies and a stickler for pacing, some of these routes will tick you off for sure!
I’d say the characters were definitely the heart of this game and what kept me invested all the way to the very end of the finale. I loved the main cast, and I thought the side characters played important roles in the story as well. Aprose, the MC, was astounding and quickly earned a spot in my fav MC shrine‘!
As for the LIs, Lucas snatches “best boi” title in my book! I also thought his route was among the best-written in the game. Linus came barreling in second place, and this actually surprised me! To tell you the truth, I brainrotted on Linus for a few days before moving on…🫠 Idk, something about the “wolf in sheep’s clothing” trope always gets my knees buckled. I’m such a sucker for this trope it’s not even funny!😭 John was an amazing LI as well, though I wish his route could’ve been paced better. On the other hand, I had a love-hate relationship with Ascot and his route, but by the end of the game, my opinion of his character hopped onto the more favorable side.🙂↕️ (thankfully!)
💖LI RANKING: Lucas > Linus > John > Edward = Alfred > Ascot
📝ROUTE RANKING: Lucas > Linus > Alfred >>>> John > Edward > Ascot
For the romance, I found the game decently romantic. I was smitten by Aprose’s chemistry with her guys.🥺 The sweet, sugary moments between them were also woven naturally into the plot, which kept me glued to the story the whole time. I also loved that this title utilizes LI rivalries in every single route! It really cranks up my love-triangle guilty pleasures, which is also why I couldn’t bring myself to skip a single bad ending. (cackles)🫣😂 And as for the spice, there are a couple of suggestive scenes, some even with accompanying CGs. So I think anyone who loves a little extra heat will definitely get their fix in this game.
Yes, I shall pour all my *HONEST FEELINGS* in your room, my prince… 👅🤭Do I recommend this game? YES.
I was actually very taken and fully immersed throughout my entire playthrough of this title. The plot wasn’t grand, and it certainly had its share of glaring flaws at times, but Aprose, the LIs, and the rest of the cast made this game truly a worthwhile experience. I’m also a fantasy-girlie, so this was an easy read for me.I definitely think you will enjoy Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- if you: love fantasy/dark-fantasy settings, mysteries and revenge plots, a capable MC who’s determined to achieve her goals, a mixed cast of lovable and *twisted* love interests you’ll want to add to your collection, Shakespearean nods scattered throughout the game, and some really (emotionally) beautiful art that hits you right in the feels! If you tick all these boxes above, you’re in for a real treat with this otome title! Definitely don’t even think about passing this game up!
***That said, I will actually be partaking in Otomate’s Winter Market merch war this year. Gotta get my hands on those new Mistonia merch! All import tariffs be damned! 😤
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Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- Review (Nintendo Switch)
Release Date: November 13, 2025 (North America)
Developers: Otomate
Publishers: Aksys Games
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)SYNOPSIS
A fairy-tale filled with love and fixation, woven together by those who carry the blood of the fairies. The story takes place in Grand Albion, a kingdom thriving under the rule of the fairy queen. It is toward the end of the 19th century, an era where light and shadow coexist.
Our heroine Aprose, having lost everything eight years ago, swore to take revenge on those responsible.
Now, 8 years have passed. Whilst hiding her identity, she begins her search for the truth as she works at a mansion belonging to a potential target for her vengeance. What secrets will she unearth upon her chance encounters with the distinguished noblemen who protect the kingdom? What path will she choose…?
And so begins the revenge tragedy of a girl bound by a hapless fate.
ART AND MUSIC
Director: Mao SekiScenario: Satomi Nakayama, Izumi Koizumi, Akira Natsuno, YuzukiArtist: Karin SuzushiroBGM: Jun Ichikawa (Main Composer), Yoshitake Wada (Sub), Hiroshi Akechi (Sub), Kaito Furukawa (Sub)OP Theme: Tastuya Yano (Composer), Tak Miyazawa (Arrangement), FRAM (Artist)ED Theme: Asaka (Artisit & Lyrics), Hiraoki Suzuki (Composer)Mistonia’s character designs were done by Japanese artist/illustrator Karin Suzuhiro, known for their work on otome games such as Cendrillon palikA and Meiji Haikara. They also previously worked as assisting-artist for titles like Norn9 and Charade Maniacs.
The chara-designs for Mistonia were stunning btw! Heck, I looooved them! There were so many different outfit variations too!🤩 Plus, I feel like the CGs really convey the characters’ emotions so well! I am beyond pleased! I also have a soft spot for this game’s OST, especially the BGMs. No surprise there, since it’s by the same studio behind Virche’s soundtrack! If you’re someone who’s also an otoge OST-enthusiast, Aksys Games offers a bundle that includes both the game and the soundtrack, so definitely grab that if you’re interested!
Voice Acting
Yuichiro Umehara as “Alfred Creswell” – Paschalia (Radiant Tale), Serge (Genso Manege), Kohei Minato (Sympathy Kiss), Benkei (Birushana), Canus Espada (Café Enchanté), Enishi (Jack Jeanne), Demento (Period Cube), Shingen Takeda (IkeSen), Sage (Nekopara Catboys Paradise), Rain (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Oochidori (Touken Ranbu)
Ryota Suzuki as “Lucas Sullivan” – Ash (Desperadrops), Koyo (9RIP), Ginnosuke (Him, the Smile and bloom), Yona (Tengoku Struggle), Kiito Minorikawa (Jack Jeanne), Trey Clover (TWST), Ink (Gunka Haita Neko), Caster (FGO), Mizuro Tamaki (Tokyo Ghoul)
Shuichiro Umeda as “Linus Ward” – Haiji Yu (Kazura Uta), Akira Tendou (Zoom100), Kanato Kamio (Star Melody), Hikaru (The Summer Hikaru Died), Jougorou Kobato (Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary), Sable (The Dawn of the Witch), Koga (9RIP Sequel), Mitsuki Oshino (UN:LOGICAL)
Atsushi Tamaru as “Edward Bernstein” – Ichigo Hitofuri (Touken Ranbu), Tenya Minami (Him, the Smile and bloom), Kasuga (Variable Barricade), Tsukioka Tsumugi (A3!), Kohei Natsume (Kitty Love), Semi Tokitaka (Dairoku), Azul Ashengrotto (TWST)
Jun Fukuyama as “Ascot Lindell” – Karatachi (Illusion of Itehari), Mizuchi (Hana Awase), Tomomori (Birushana), Vyn Richter (Tears of Themis), Mozu (BUSTFELLOWS), Goro Fujita (Meiji Tokyo Renka), Liberta (Arcana Famiglia), Rin (Togainu no Chi), Aido (Vampire Knight), Tokiwa Etsuya (Dairoku), Goke Kanimitsu (Touken Ranbu)
Shirai Yusuke as “John” – Scarecrow (BUSTAFELLOWS), Luciole (Genso Manege), Eltcreed Valentine (Steam Prison), Watson (London Detective Mysteria), Amemura Ramuda (Hypnosis Mic), Garu (NU:Carnival), Ars (Period Cube), Usui Masumi (A3!), Miki Hiraizumi (Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome), Tsuzumi (Ken ga Kimi)
Natsumi Fujiwara as “Oberon“ – Shiki Toono (Tsukihime), Matsushita Outa (AI Somnium Files), Soga Asuma (ANONYMOUS:CODE), Glinda (OVER REQUIEMZ)
Saki Fujita as “Tia” – Hibari Tojo (Variable Barricade), Hatsune Miku (Hatsune Miku: Project Diva), Ymir (Attack on Titan), Seiko Kimura (Danganropa 3), Ruri Hijiribe (Durarara!!), Basho (Senran Kagura Peach Ball)
Naomi Iida as “Goneril“ – Queen Victoria (Code Realize), Evelina (Even if Tempest), Tara (Haruka 7), Sakai Tadatsugu (Sengoku Hime), Miwa Asahina (Brothers Conflict), Renoman (Desert Kingdom) Otoha Amamiya (Hiiro no Kakera – Shin Tamayorihime Denshou)
Ikumi Hasegawa as “Lily Bernstein” – Erica (EPHEMERAL), Setsu (GNOSIA), Riho (Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage), Ulrica (The Legend of Heroes), Ciaccona (Wuthering Waves), Arcueid Brunestud (Tsukihime), Tsumugi Hibiki (Ready or Not!), Subaru (LACKGIRL), Ginka Shinomiya (GINKA)
CHARACTERS AND ROUTES
Mistonia has seven routes total: 6 LI routes and 1 Truth Route. The game lets you start with Alfred, Lucas, and Linus. After clearing two of the three starter routes, Edward and Ascot’s routes will unlock. Once you finish either Edward or Ascot’s, John’s route becomes available. And finally, after clearing John’s route, the truth route unlocks as the game’s finale.
A key aspect of Mistonia’s story is how it gradually unveils major plot points that shape the overarching “who’s who” mystery of the game when you play in a certain order. So, if you want to experience the game with its revelations unfolding from the lightest to the heaviest spoilers, I highly recommend following this route order: Alfred → Lucas → Linus → Edward → Ascot → John → Truth.
This play-order allows the story’s twists and (at the same time), mystery-building flow smoothly all the way to the finale. On a side note, the devs have also shared their own soft recommended route order, which is quite similar to the one above. If you decide to follow their version, I’d definitely advise caution, as Ascot’s route contains some of the biggest spoilers in the game leading up to John’s. So if you’re someone who prefers to save the major reveals for later, it’s worth keeping that in mind.
That said, if you don’t mind spoilers early on, feel free to play whichever routes you prefer, just remember that the game does have certain route restrictions, so some paths won’t be available right away.
Walkthroughs:
Note: The CGs shown below are promotional images for the game, Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- . All spoiler-related content in this review will be hidden behind a spoiler drop-down, that you can choose to view at your own discretion.
⬇️ Click to view Content Warnings Violence, murder, mass murder, village destruction, death, blood, classism, discrimination against poor people, sexual manipulation, manipulation, gaslighting, multiple sexual partners, NTR/partner being stolen.ALFRED CRESWELL
- workaholic, hot & 30 🤭
Alfred is one of the heads of the Five Houses of Grand Albion, specifically the Creswell House, and a descendant of Spriggan. He is serious, strict, and stoic. Always thinking one step ahead, he approaches every situation, and decision logically.
Alfred is probably the route you’ll want to start first in the game, as the core of his story focuses on the political tension between the Queen and the country’s citizens. In a way, it’s a good route that expands on the Common route’s world-building, as well as familiarizing you with the different issues at hand in Grand Albion and how they are addressed or well… ignored by their grand ruler, the Queen.
Depending on how invested you are in the game’s *political* plot here, you may or may not find this route a drag. Personally, though, I quite liked it! (And that’s coming from someone who usually hates political palavers in otome games). It’s probably because I enjoyed the romance and the back-and-forth between Alfred and Aprose, the heroine.
Alfred is extremely pragmatic and logical in everything he does (and he stays consistent like this throughout the game). He’s always the one with a contingency plan for every single thing, and this route really highlights that trait of his. It’s kind of amusing how this mirrors Aprose, who also sort of tends to make backup plans for everything. Their personalities really complement each other (me thinks), and it’s fun watching them constantly try to one-up each other (at least in Aprose’s POV).😆 On a side note, this is also a decent route that highlights the heroine’s drive for revenge.
⬇️ SpoilersMy high spot of this route was definitely how likable Aprose is as MC. This is probably the route where she comes across as rather snappish or brusque toward her LI. I mean, she still has her fiery moments in other routes and with other guys, but she really embodies being ‘rough around the edges’ here, with Alfred. Perhaps this dynamic comes from both of them having reserved personalities, which sometimes makes them struggle to express what they truly feel? Idk, but it’s cute! I like that their chemistry sometimes is like:
Alfred: You.. like me..?
Aprose: Ew, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but yes. I like you! 😠I esp love how Aprose whacks Alfred to sleep because the dude insists on working even though he’s sick and overfatigued, lol.😭 I also loved the bonding moments between Aprose, Evelyn, and Charlotte here! 🥺 it’s nice seeing Aprose find girlfriends she can chit-chat with about matters of the heart!🥺
This route can go from interesting to cliche, but I didn’t hate it. It’s a decent route for starters!
LUCAS SULLIVAN
- tsundere 🥺
- best boi!🤧
Lucas is the expected head of the Sullivan House and a descendant of the Will-o’-Wisp.
He’s a peculiar pessimist who shows little interest in the political affairs of the Five Houses, and his desire is to only to become a purefae. Though he’s a noble, he detests political strife and speaks to others with a cold, detached tone. He does, however, show a kinder side to those he’s close to although he can also become quite belligerent.I freaking love this route! 😭 First of, tsun tsun Ryota Suzuki, is an auto-biased-by-default! (cackles) But I was really floored by how this one even surpassed my expectations. The romance was so stinking good! The way the scenario in this route naturally set up and built the relationship between Lucas and Aprose was so perfect. I think it’s also probably one of the few routes in this title where the MC and LI’s bond just naturally developed organically, instead of the story enforcing it.🥹
Lucas was also a really endearing character.🥺🤲 You can tell he’s always thinking of Aprose’s best interests. He’s sincere and kind, and even outside his route, he continues to support the heroine, even if he doesn’t always explicitly show it. His “Astray” End was also one of my favorite endings in this game for reasons! 🤭Definitely a great LI and a great route all around! 10/10 would replay it again!
⬇️ SpoilersI am in the clouds! Lucas is such an amazing LI! But the route itself was also pretty good, albeit predictable, but very enjoyable nonetheless! I loved the little story nuance where each of the servants at Bernstein Mansion were dispatched to the Sullivans one by one, only to come back either fired or they personally quit after 24 hours. 😂(laughs) Poor little Charlotte! It also made me cackle how Evelyn and Charlotte described Lucas to Aprose as some sort of deranged weirdo who yells and throws things at the wall in his lonesome. Like, damn, that’s a wild piece of work right there! Lmao.😂 (Not knowing that the real reason he does this is actually kind of heartbreaking.)🥲
Contrary to Alfred’s route, Aprose was also very different here with Lucas. Both men contributed to the murder of her family and the burning of her village. The only key difference is that Lucas was unconsciously manipulated by the Queen, while Alfred was fully aware of what he was doing when he cast the barrier that prevented the villagers from escaping. However, Alfred did it because it was the Queen’s direct order and he wanted to protect his house, showing his logical yet passive nature, willing to yield to a threat he had no leverage over. It makes sense, then, that Aprose was more lenient toward Lucas, who was essentially a puppet during the Eltbeak disaster, while Alfred had a choice but was forced to participate.
On the plus side, this route probably has one of the best romances in the game. I adore the little gestures of love, like Lucas giving her hand cream because he feels guilty about the housework she has to do in his mansion, or giving her leeway and free time under the guise of instructing her to “only do certain chores during the day,” awkwardly having her make tea for his “flighty visitors” (read: he doesn’t really have any), only for Aprose to stand in and drink the tea with him. It’s also hilarious how Aprose caught on to his little BS early on but decides to go with the flow anyway, because she enjoys his company too! Oh…my heart is full!😭
His bad ending, where he becomes a bit OOC and takes on the role of being Aprose’s wannabe lover while she’s married to Alfred, definitely clicked all my guilty pleasure 3P boxes! Like, what the heck, yes please!!🤤
P.S. The paint splatters on his sprite hands was such a nice detail!
LINUS WARD
- sunshine boy but….👀
- not a genki
- my actual stance on Linus
Linus is the next head of House Ward, descendants of the Cu Sith. He has such a bright and friendly personality that even his childhood friend, Edward describes him as someone who’s like a ray of sunshine. He’s deeply loyal to his clan and also devoted to the Queen, a trait inherited from his Cu Sith blood. Once he immerses himself with work, he tends to forget to sleep or eat. He still can’t seem to let go of his first love, and romance plays a passive role in his life.
Linus is another character who, by chance, I ended up really loving (to the point of brainrotting).😂 I honestly didn’t think I’d enjoy this LI as much, but here we are. It’s kind of interesting because, on the surface, Linus seems like your typical vibrant LI (cute, sweet, cheerful… you know the type!) But dont be fooled! His route brings a lot more to the table than you’d expect. Personally, this worked really well for me (hence my brainrotting lol), but I can definitely see how it might not land the same way for others. 👀 Also, Umeda, his VA was unbelievable! I hope we get to hear him voicing more otome LIs in the future!
⬇️ SpoilersLinus is…….. QUITE SCARY, ISN’T HE??? This route kind of lowkey bordered a bit on red flag territory. At first, you’d think he’s harmless with his labrador retriever energy, but nope! fake genki alert! He’s actually one of the most dangerous targets for Aprose because of his Cu Sith blood. Aprose even recognizes how sharp Linus is as a tactician. Even when she tried to play innocent after getting caught red-handed, he was still on to her like a hawk. And was never dissuaded on her feigning ignorance. What an interesting character! Tbh its his terrifying side that made me love him more.
I also really like that Aprose isn’t an airhead about the obvious things. Like the fact that she realizes she was Linus’s childhood friend right away, instead of the story dragging it out. She was also such a good critical thinker here, because after realizing how dangerous it was to deal with Linus and the Ward lackeys, she treads back for the time being and carefully rethinks her actions, and later on decided that the only way to get the upper hand on Linus was to use lust. OOOH SNAP! YES QUEEN GO SEDUCE YOUR MAN! The woman has balls of steel honestly!
I also didn’t think lovers-to-enemies was even a thing but I’VE COME TO LOVE THIS TROPE. I thought Linus’s route utilizes the trope pretty well that I was living for every heated exchange between Aprose and Linus all the way to the end.😂 This route just kept me awake! Ha!
My only complaint was that I don’t think they really banked on the tension between Aprose and Linus’s dynamic enough? I feel like they could’ve gotten away with it being more dramatic than it is, maybe commit to Linus’s red flag tendencies, cause his route had so much potential to go all the way. I just think this route needed a bit more oomph or a little more push on the angsty side to make it really satisfying, in my opinion. Still, I definitely enjoyed it more than most of the others!
Lastly, Linus totally pissed me off in other routes. Like, come on, my dude, get off the Queen’s ass! I get that it’s your Cu Sith blood talking, but gosh, don’t make me hate you man!😩
EDWARD BERNSTEIN
- soft
- daddy issues
Edward is the next head of House Bernstein, descendants of the Sylph. He’s honest and fair, refuses to conform to Grand Albion’s classist ideals, and always treats everyone as an equal. He believes that those with power should help those who lack the same privileges. Polite to everyone regardless of status, Edward also has a strong dislike for conflict.
This route was… maybe a little too all over the place, if I’m being honest. I didn’t dislike it, but at the same time, it wasn’t one of the stronger ones in terms of plot and narrative pacing. Aprose, wasn’t at her best here either. Unlike in previous routes, her drive for revenge was more toned down, and perhaps it’s influenced by Edward’s kind-hearted nature?
Speaking of which, what really redeems this route for me is Edward himself. What a soft and genuinely kind-hearted guy! I could never bring myself to dislike him. Plus, his VA is one of my comfort seiyuus!🥺 Some might find him too vanilla or boring, but I just love how level-headed and consistently kind he is (maybe even a little too kind). Edward’s story also unravels some key pieces of the game, so I appreciated the reveals thrown in here as well. I’d definitely do this route first before Ascot’s, otherwise, Edward’s plot-revelations won’t have as much impact.
⬇️ SpoilersUnlike the previous routes, where there’s a thread of tension stemming from Aprose’s drive for revenge against her LI, Edward’s route feels kind of different, in a sense that he actively tries to prevent Aprose from being consumed by her revenge, sharing her burden in a positive way and helping her heal. I liked this approach actually and I thought it was very true to Edward’s character. I just wished this theme had been executed a bit better. The last chapters of Ed’s route just had a lot of things happening that its easy to miss important details due to that. The story however, does give you enough space to process each plot point before the next twist or reveal happen so I guess there’s also that.
GOOD ENDING: I cackled when Aprose called out her son, but also said she’s preggy with another baby! Like DAYUMMM BRO! It’s only been 3 years (?) BUT EDWARD SURE GOT TO BUSINESS RIGHT AWAY! LOL
As for Aprose getting her revenge, it’s actually in Edward’s bad end that things get juicy! Idk about you, but as a Linus enjoyer, I looooove Edward’s ‘astray’ end (bad end). It’s Linus who helps Aprose exact her revenge on Edward and eventually the Queen. Thinking back, it was also Linus who helps Aprose execute her revenge in HIS OWN bad end too! Now, isnt he just perfectly consistent with his role as a “hound”? Ha!
For Edmund and his backstory… Look, I can admit the dude’s a hot DILF, okay! I even liked how deranged and delulu he is with his obsession over Aprose’s mom. But man, he’s such a classist and a bootlicker to the Queen, which is definitely a turn-off. I didnt liked him at all. The way he treats Edward, his own son, is completely reprehensible! What an absolute trash.
ASCOT LINDELL
- “i can fix him”
- Ascot McRaunchy Lindell
- literally puts the ass in Ascot
Ascot is the representative head of House Lindell, descendants of the Puca. A handsome young man with a reputation as a womanizer in high society. A lot of women flock to him and want his company. Despite his responsibilities as head of his house, he does as he pleases and, most of the time, comes across as unserious.
I… don’t know how I feel about Ascot, tbh. He is an a$$cot for sure! Admittedly, I started this route with a grin on my face. Like dead serious, who could resist Fukujun’s eccentric teasings, hmm? But that grin almost instantly turned into furrowed brows because this route was an absolute hot mess!🔥🗑️👌
For one, (after clearing his story) I could kind of see what the writers were going for here (read spoilers to expound this point). But something about how the route was written, paced, and pieced together just completely threw me off. By the end, I couldn’t take Ascot’s route seriously. I mean, I didn’t hate it, and I still enjoyed all its absurdities if anything. I guess it’s one of those routes that’s so bad, it’s actually good!🤣
⬇️ SpoilersSo I think the devs really took the “Puca” reference from Shakespearean literature to heart when they wrote Ascot’s character. The Puca, a mythical creature known for being whimsical, a trickster, and having a flip-floppy attitude, certainly reflects Ascot’s personality down to a T, no? It’s exactly how his route plays out too. One moment, he toys with the heroine’s feelings, and the next, he’s moving mountains for her. Since he’s also a purefae, it explains why he’s pretty selfish and only thinks of himself, just like the other purefaes in the game, Oberon and Tia.
Aprose kind of annoyed me in this route too. She wasn’t as sharp and thorough as she was in Alfred, Lucas, or Linus’s routes. It felt like she lost the fire in her, and has completely let Ascot run her around his fingertips! But what I really could not get behind though was the fact that Ascot was just nonchalantly galivanting around, draining Aprose’s life force, AND KNOWING ABOUT IT, but didn’t give two shits because she “seemed fine”. Like, what the hell dude? What do you take Aprose for? Free life support?! 😡 It’s such a dick move honestly! Then again, the story kind of gets away with it by going, “He’s a purefae, he’ll say things that are downright heartless, with zero consideration for others, not even the heroine.” So…. yeah… I’m not sure if I’m liking this route at all.😒
It didn’t help that this route dragged out so many plot points for no reason, like for example: the changelings. I also thought Riley’s subplot would be a major twist in this route, but it mostly felt like it fell into the background. And don’t get me started on the scene at the Queen’s tomb with Alsie’s body. All the dilly-dallying in the previous chapters just to get to this scene was such a mess! But hey, the route seems to get away with it by throwing in spicy scenes out of nowhere, so I guess it’s forgiven!😜
Lastly, the bad ends were so raunchy. It’s funny that I can’t even hate it!🙈
JOHN
- the goat
- wears Burberry and designer perfume
John is Aprose’s attendant and childhood friend who diligently accomplishes any task without error. He is very skilled in both literary arts and combat, and was the one who taught Aprose basic self-defense when she was younger. He’s very cautious and studies his surroundings as he aids Aprose in her quest for revenge.
John is definitely a goated character… too bad his route is not! It was however, a very interesting run because it didn’t follow the structure of the previous LI routes, Ascot’s aside. I’m a huge fan of Shiraimu, so maybe this is my biased brain talking, but I love John.🥺 He’s a great character, in fact! Smart, capable, badass in combat, and always able to accomplish whatever tasks Aprose asks of him with ease, no questions asked. He’s always there for the heroine, come hell or high water, and I think he had a really solid character development arc in this game. I can’t really fault him for the fact that his story’s pacing completely took a nosedive.
⬇️ SpoilersI can’t believe we’ve reached an era where an otome LI is actually named John Doe. 😭
Anyway, I actually really loved this route, mostly because I liked John’s character, so I didn’t care that the pacing was off. It was kind of nice how the game added that eerie prenotion where the heroine would feel a chill run down her spine every time John looked at her. It was an obvious hint that it had to do with Oberon. There was so much foreshadowing in the earlier routes that you could pretty much connect the dots and realize John was part of Oberon. I mean, they pretty much looked the same from the start, right? That was already a big giveaway right from the get-go!
John was also one of the strongest characters in the game, though his powers seem to vary depending on how much Oberon allows him to use. He is technically, a purefae just like Ascot, Oberon, and Tia, so he wields the same strength that purefaes do. I kind of got the sense he was someone not to be messed with when he defeated old Nick, Edmund’s butler, who was also known to be the goat back in the day!🤣
I did feel that John was kind of shafted in the game though. IDK, the writers must’ve hated him or something because he really went through so much suffering for having to conceal his identity for so long and probably would’ve taken it to his grave in the other routes. I just feel bad for him. Poor Guy.😞 Clearly, he didn’t want to betray Aprose, but in his case, it was the nature of his existence as Oberon’s avatar, a literal NOBODY created to aid the heroine, and in the long run, betray her in the process. This route was kind of angsty, though I think they could’ve executed the angst better, which is pretty much a common problem that I have with the game.
On a different note, I can’t believe the other LIs get so many sprite variations with elaborate outfits, and then you have John with his sprite variation of: a waiter outfit, 1 black dress shirt, 1 dirty rag shirt.😭 Like, damn, give the man some fancy fits too! Well, at least he’s rocking Burberry in his regular sprite!
APROSE E. RANDOLPH
- cant cook 😭
- Aprose to the haters
After dealing with a few disappointing MCs this year, playing Aprose was such a delight! I love this heroine. She’s always guarded, highly proactive, and very efficient. I can’t really stress enough how efficient this MC is. She really be doing A LOT! -like, finishing an all-day chore in just an hour, running around spying on LIs, chasing pick-pocketers, fighting bad guys, climbing trees, doing embroidery…among many, many other tasks, all while sporting her infamous poker face!
She’s also a really good critical thinker and 99% of the time has predominantly navigated the story on her own, with very little help (maybe a bit from John and Goneril). She has a backup plan for everything and can think on her feet in perilous situations.
I guess the only thing she can’t do, and is terrible at, is cooking! The girl can’t season food to save her life! 😭But she’s so oblivious to how bad her dishes are that it’s actually hilarious. We love an overconfident queen who thinks she’s Gordon Ramsay!😂
I also really loved how stern and uptight Aprose is at first, but as the story progresses, you can slowly see her walls coming down. What’s great is that she reflects on all her experiences, both old and new, which makes her growth very satisfying, to me. I also really appreciated her bonding moments with the girlies Evelyn and Charlotte. 🥺 It’s really nice to see this more human side of her when she’s with them, the part that isn’t too focused on revenge. I think Aprose really needed this type of connection, girlfriends she could confide in, and let her guard down so she can be more of herself. The friendship she has with the girls is such a lovely, heartwarming layer to her character.🥹
Perhaps my little quibble with the entire game is that Aprose’s drive and motivation for revenge greatly vary in every route. She sort of lost her fire in the last three routes (me thinks). In contrast, she was much more on top of things and determined with the first three LI routes, and was completely dead set on what she wanted/ willing to do anything to achieve her goals. I guess I could chalk this up to inconsistent writing rather than paint it as a flaw of the heroine.🤷♀️
SYSTEM AND LOCALIZATION
The shard exploration can be a mixed bag. Initially, I did like how it lets you roam around the Bernstein mansion, investigate different areas, collect clues, and eavesdrop on conversations between characters and other NPCs. But the repetition of these segments quickly became tiring for me. Especially the last exploration. I think the fourth one took forever to finish. It wouldn’t have hurt to cut the exploration segments in half, as I feel it was the only thing dragging the common route for hours.
PROS:
- Mouth movements, blinking sprites
- Heroine’s Name Customization
- Chapter Select
- Flowchart
- DICTIONARY section
- Scrapbook – (these are short stories that unlock after finishing certain endings)
- Love Catch and Status Bar
- SKIP to the Next Choice function
- Skip READ function
- Quick Save/Quick Load
- CG Gallery
- Music Library
- Movie Library
- Backlog and Rewind function
CONS:
- Heroine not voiced
- The 2nd – 4th exploration segments cannot be skipped.
- Localization has a lot of typos.
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAjx7WoCrM0
OVERALL THOUGHTS
Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- took me around 60–65 hours to finish. The common route, with all its exploration segments, took roughly 3–4 hours, while each love interest route ran about 5–6 hours to reach an ending, give or take. I also played mostly in docked mode for the majority of my playthroughs and had it on auto-play most of the time.
Aprose’s Journey: Came for Revenge, Stayed for Love
While the story introduces the theme “revenge”, what makes it interesting to me is how the heroine actually navigates her own desires and emotions for revenge. You see, not all revenge is cold; it can take many forms, whether grandiose or subtle. And its kinda interesting that the game explores those nuances through Aprose’s journey.
It’s also curious, because as Aprose grows as a person, makes friends, spends time with her LI, and develops her feelings for them, she will also start to question herself. Is this really what I want? There’s that constant push and pull within her, so in turn, sometimes she’s determined to see her plans through, and other times her resolve wavers. I think I really enjoyed this part of the protagonist actually, because it makes her feel so human. Sometimes we think revenge will give us closure, but when we’re finally facing it, we realize it’s not what we truly want.
The sentiment I take from all of this is that Aprose’s pursuit of revenge is closely tied to her path of healing…and I think this reinforces the game’s underlying message “that love can heal even the most painful scars.” After finding and accepting love, Aprose gradually lets go of the hatred in her heart, allowing herself to slowly heal and move forward.
Tangy Bad Ends
That’s not to say our girl doesn’t get her cold revenge served in the game, because oh, they definitely happen! And you’ll find them all in these juicy BAD ENDINGS. It’s funny how the game is cloaked in shiny glittery fairy dust, but the bad ends can really hit hard with some seriously dark stuff when you least expect it!
It surprised me even by how much I enjoyed all of them. I’m normally someone who only does bad ends out of due diligence of being a completionist 😂(hey, can’t be the only one!). Maybe curiosity got the better of me, because I’ve seemingly picked up the habit of looking forward to unlocking the “Astray” and “Clown” endings in this game.🙈These endings can spiral into something that’ll get you clutching your pearls to scenes that are just outrageously raunchy. The raunchy endings were a hoot ngl! Admittedly, I enjoyed every single one of them.🤭
I love Aprose! What a QUEEN~💅Shakespearean References and Celtic Myth Inspired Characters
Another aspect of Mistonia that also caught my curiosity was its rich Shakespearean influence. So many of the characters feel directly drawn from Elizabethan culture, like say, Oberon and Titania (Tia), the regal king and queen of fairies, while others are heavily inspired by Celtic myths like the mischievous Púca, the ethereal sylphs, the Cu Sith, Will-o’-Wisp, etc. I like and appreciate this because, in a way, the writers didn’t just pull these ideas out of their a**es. LOL. They were clearly working within a theme. And I think there was even a sense of intent behind how they wrote the characters according to their original references, which, after I looked into them, made me go: “Ahh, so that’s why…” (cough cough Ascot cough)
Below, I’ve listed some of the references I’ve compiled and compared them to how the developers adapted their characters based on these myths. Keep in mind, these contain spoilers for the game, so click at your own risk!
⬇️ Shakespearean Characters in Mistonia (Spoilers!!)Oberon – King of the fairies, oversees the fairy realm.
Tia (Queen Titania) – queen of the fairy realm.
Also, probably the most common name for the ‘Queen of fairies’ in any fantasy lore. We also see a different version of her in Cafe Enchante.lol 🤭
The Púca – A mischievous, shape-shifting creature from Celtic folklore. A trickster and unpredictable spirit, known to tempt and play tricks on humans. Often takes the form of a horse with glowing eyes, but can also appear as a goat, dog, or cat.
As much as this annoyed me, this is probably the reason why Ascot was so flip-floppy in his route and was so unpredictable all the way to the very end.
Cu Sith A massive, mystical hound known for its otherworldly strength. The most loyal among the fae servants. Rarely acts independently and follows the orders of the fae or their rulers.
Will-o’Wisp – A ghostly light from that leads travelers astray. In another folklore, Will-o’-the-Wisps are believed to be the souls of the dead who cannot find eternal rest because of evil deeds they committed while alive.
Sylph – An ethereal spirit of air, generally depicted as beautiful and graceful.
Spriggan – small, supernaturally strong fairy-goblins that guard treasures (hidden gold, jewels, ancient relics). They also protect mines from greedy humans, and can grow huge when defending their territory.
Alfred probably has the loosest connection to the actual Spriggan of folklore. The game takes creative liberty by portraying the Spriggan House as skilled in crafting weapons and able to manifest magical barriers using the power of stones.Perhaps this barrier ability is inspired by the way traditional Spriggans were said to grow to enormous size when defending their territory.Aprose| Tamora, the Queen of Goths – Aprose is likely inspired by Tamora, the Queen of the Goths in Titus Andronicus. Tamora is one of the fiercest, most vengeful, and ruthless she-villains in English Literature. Her method was visceral, and gruesome, cementing her status as one of Shakespeare’s most horrifying villains.
Of course, this isn’t a 1:1 comparison. Otherwise, Mistonia might end up with an M rating on the ESRB.Lily Bernstein| Regan (King Lear) – Lily or the “White Lily” in Mistonia is likely inspired by Regan in King Lear, another viscous she-villain in the Shakespearean lore. She lacks compassion entirely and shows no remorse of her actions. She was killed by Goneril (King Lear) at the end.
Just like Lily, Regan was also willing to betray and use her husband to achieve her goals.Goneril | Goneril (King Lear) lol you cant name your character “Goneril” and expect people not to get SUS! 😂 The Goneril in Mistonia is probably loosely based on the real Goneril from King Lear.
In Shakespeare, Goneril was also the one who killed Regan (the character I compared to Lily).NOTE: I’ll probably add more examples to this later, as the game clearly takes heavy inspiration from many of Shakespeare’s works. If you have suggestions for other character references, feel free to drop them in the comments, and I’ll try to add them here as well.
As for the overall story, I actually like that the game has a plot structure where each LI has, in one way or another, a connection to the heroine’s tragedy. And if you play the routes in a certain order, the story kind of just unpacks little by little on its own. Each route also contributes something that shapes the overarching plot in the game. Highlight for minor spoilers >>> I‘d say Alfred, Lucas, Linus and Edward’s routes give you more insights on the Eltbeak incident, while Ascot and John’s routes explore more of the game’s fantasy setting.<<<
This title, to me, was pretty solid, thematically. It stayed true to what it initially set out to be and didn’t try to become something it wasn’t. Although, I do have to say that the execution of some routes and certain storylines fell a bit short of my expectations. The routes definitely vary from being great, to mediocre, to “what the heck is even going on?” 😭 There were also plenty of plot inconsistencies that, at one point, I just kind of gave up, turned off my brain, and went “well, okay, fine...”😅 So yeah, if you’re very particular about plot consistencies and a stickler for pacing, some of these routes will tick you off for sure!
I’d say the characters were definitely the heart of this game and what kept me invested all the way to the very end of the finale. I loved the main cast, and I thought the side characters played important roles in the story as well. Aprose, the MC, was astounding and quickly earned a spot in my fav MC shrine‘!
As for the LIs, Lucas snatches “best boi” title in my book! I also thought his route was among the best-written in the game. Linus came barreling in second place, and this actually surprised me! To tell you the truth, I brainrotted on Linus for a few days before moving on…🫠 Idk, something about the “wolf in sheep’s clothing” trope always gets my knees buckled. I’m such a sucker for this trope it’s not even funny!😭 John was an amazing LI as well, though I wish his route could’ve been paced better. On the other hand, I had a love-hate relationship with Ascot and his route, but by the end of the game, my opinion of his character hopped onto the more favorable side.🙂↕️ (thankfully!)
💖LI RANKING: Lucas > Linus > John > Edward = Alfred > Ascot
📝ROUTE RANKING: Lucas > Linus > Alfred >>>> John > Edward > Ascot
For the romance, I found the game decently romantic. I was smitten by Aprose’s chemistry with her guys.🥺 The sweet, sugary moments between them were also woven naturally into the plot, which kept me glued to the story the whole time. I also loved that this title utilizes LI rivalries in every single route! It really cranks up my love-triangle guilty pleasures, which is also why I couldn’t bring myself to skip a single bad ending. (cackles)🫣😂 And as for the spice, there are a couple of suggestive scenes, some even with accompanying CGs. So I think anyone who loves a little extra heat will definitely get their fix in this game.
Yes, I shall pour all my *HONEST FEELINGS* in your room, my prince… 👅🤭Do I recommend this game? YES.
I was actually very taken and fully immersed throughout my entire playthrough of this title. The plot wasn’t grand, and it certainly had its share of glaring flaws at times, but Aprose, the LIs, and the rest of the cast made this game truly a worthwhile experience. I’m also a fantasy-girlie, so this was an easy read for me.I definitely think you will enjoy Mistonia’s Hope -The Lost Delight- if you: love fantasy/dark-fantasy settings, mysteries and revenge plots, a capable MC who’s determined to achieve her goals, a mixed cast of lovable and *twisted* love interests you’ll want to add to your collection, Shakespearean nods scattered throughout the game, and some really (emotionally) beautiful art that hits you right in the feels! If you tick all these boxes above, you’re in for a real treat with this otome title! Definitely don’t even think about passing this game up!
***That said, I will actually be partaking in Otomate’s Winter Market merch war this year. Gotta get my hands on those new Mistonia merch! All import tariffs be damned! 😤
#aksysGames #MistoniaReview #MistoniaTheLostDelight #MistoniaSHopeReview #MistoniaSHopeTheLostDelight #MistoniaSHopeTheLostDelightReview #nintendoSwitch #otomate #OtomeGameReview
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#GRK0006 #ACRACY #ACRATIE #MULTILANG #PierreCLASTRES
La société contre l'État: Recherches d’anthropologie politique (1974)
Pierre Clastres (Ed. de Minuit, 2011)
FRE
https://mega.nz/file/gQYxlabY#oyll7LD8E6QgTPnJMREZCpm5HL__E4C9XmLzowUOkLc
Si t'as les moyens:
https://www.leseditionsdeminuit.fr/livre-La_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_contre_l_%C3%89tat%C2%A0-2693-1-1-0-1.htmlPierre Clastres - Society Against the State Essays in Political Anthropology (1989, Zone Books)
ENG
https://mega.nz/file/1dwimR6D#HpYKuN3rM4gBYaAC5SWGFdRPTYw4PIB0xhxGn0iPlaoPierre Clastres - La sociedad contra el estado (1978, Monte Avila)
SPA
https://mega.nz/file/kYYQ0QCb#BqQlhaUQaostPRLi-fC4qw2WYVhzqLNFlz4xfXiSXjgPierre Clastres - Vahşi Savaşçının Mutsuzluğu Siyasal Antropoloji Araştırmaları (1992, Ayrıntı Yayınları)
TUR
https://mega.nz/file/MYhghK6Y#Bsr9gu8spZ8IZTonwuEIArXVWyUGq1SV3BzQ2SAbLzMPierre Clastres - Staatsfeinde (2019, Konstanz University Press)
GER
https://mega.nz/file/NJhzwI5J#jD2kQVkNvUKVIgcdFgos8FUojzFdFC70TBACJ0EaNUIPierre Clastres - Η κοινωνία ενάντια στο κράτος (1992, Αλεξάνδρεια)
GRE
https://mega.nz/file/UJZERQiY#Wknefvv4lBwF_MntmI0zdS-Pawbyfa5W9Ohcu8WnTlwPierre Clastres - La società contro lo Stato. Ricerche di antropologia politica (1977, Feltrinelli)
ITA
https://mega.nz/file/NFgUBLbD#6BE1AlJA5AJniehSoOEub7pCXTBXIVwB39et7yzD2UMPierre Clastres - A Sociedade contra o Estado (1978, F. Alves)
POR
https://mega.nz/file/kJRWWC4S#ITTByBn5trd_vCVWev1E_9Zglv9V2XdlB0he5R5C96EPrésentation:
"Quand, dans la société primitive, l'économique se laisse repérer comme champ autonome et défini, quand l’activité de production devient travail aliéné, comptabilisé et imposé par ceux qui vont jouir des fruits de ce travail, c’est que la société n’est plus primitive, c’est qu’elle est devenue une société divisée en dominants et dominés, en maîtres et sujets, c’est qu’elle a cessé d’exorciser ce qui est destiné à la tuer : le pouvoir et le respect du pouvoir. La division majeure de la société, celle qui fonde toutes les autres, y compris sans doute la division du travail, c’est la nouvelle disposition verticale entre la base et le sommet, c’est la grande coupure politique entre détenteurs de la force, qu’elle soit guerrière ou religieuse, et assujettis à cette force. La relation politique de pouvoir précède et fonde la relation économique d’exploitation. Avant d’être économique, l’aliénation est politique, le pouvoir est avant le travail, l’économique est une dérive du politique, l’émergence de l’État détermine l’apparition des classes." P. C.Résumé:
L'existence de sociétés sans État est établie depuis les récits des premiers explorateurs du Nouveau Monde. On a cru reconnaître dans ces sociétés une organisation "non" ou "pré"-politique. Dans La Société contre l'État, Pierre Clastres conteste cette assimilation du politique à l'étatique : il montre que le pouvoir politique ne revêt pas nécessairement la forme coercitive de l'État et il se propose d'en redéfinir le champ.Comment naît l'État? En s'appuyant sur sa connaissance des Indiens d'Amérique, Clastres avance l'hypothèse que la dérive d'une société vers la hiérarchisation étatique suscite une réaction défensive de nature religieuse. Paradoxalement, le pouvoir étatique serait établi par la parole des prophètes qui s'élèvent contre la montée des chefs. Ainsi s'expliquerait l'origine religieuse de la plupart des grands États.
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Pierre Clastres (1934-1977)
est un anthropologue et ethnologue français.Philosophe de formation, il s'est intéressé à l'anthropologie américaniste sous l'influence de Claude Lévi-Strauss et d'Alfred Métraux. Il place d'emblée son œuvre dans le sillage du Discours de la servitude volontaire d'Étienne de La Boétie dont il se réclame.
Pierre Clastres a effectué de nombreux travaux de terrain. Il passe l'année 1963 auprès des indiens Guayaki au Paraguay. En 1965, il est en mission chez les Guarani, de nouveau au Paraguay. Il se rend à deux reprise chez les Chulupi en 1966 puis 1968. Il effectue en 1970 un court séjour chez les Yanomami avec son collègue Jacques Lizot. Enfin, il séjourne brièvement en 1974 chez les Guarani du Brésil.
En 1974, il est chercheur au CNRS, et publie le recueil d'articles La société contre l'État.
En 1975, il est directeur d'études à la cinquième section de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes.
En 1977, il meurt prématurément dans un accident de la route laissant son œuvre inachevée et éparpillée.
[source:babelio]=====================================
Presentation:
"When, in primitive society, economics can be identified as an autonomous and defined field, when productive activity becomes alienated labor, accounted for and imposed by those who will enjoy the fruits of that labor, it is because society is no longer primitive, it is because it has become a society divided into rulers and ruled, masters and subjects, it is because it has ceased to exorcise that which is destined to kill it: power and respect for power. The major division in society, the one that underpins all others, including undoubtedly the division of labor, is the new vertical arrangement between the base and the summit, the great political divide between those who wield power, whether military or religious, and those who are subject to that power. The political relationship of power precedes and underpins the economic relationship of exploitation. Before being economic, alienation is political; power comes before work; the economic is a derivative of the political; the emergence of the state determines the appearance of classes." P. C.Summary:
The existence of stateless societies has been established since the accounts of the first explorers of the New World. These societies were believed to be "non-political" or "pre-political" in nature. In Society Against the State, Pierre Clastres challenges this assimilation of the political with the state: he shows that political power does not necessarily take the coercive form of the state and proposes to redefine its scope.How does the state come into being? Drawing on his knowledge of Native Americans, Clastres puts forward the hypothesis that a society's drift toward state hierarchy provokes a defensive reaction of a religious nature. Paradoxically, state power is established by the words of prophets who rise up against the rise of leaders. This would explain the religious origins of most large states.
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Pierre Clastres (1934-1977)
was a French anthropologist and ethnologist.Trained as a philosopher, he became interested in American anthropology under the influence of Claude Lévi-Strauss and Alfred Métraux. He placed his work in the wake of Étienne de La Boétie's Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, to which he referred.
Pierre Clastres carried out extensive fieldwork. He spent 1963 with the Guayaki Indians in Paraguay. In 1965, he was on a mission with the Guarani, again in Paraguay. He visited the Chulupi twice, in 1966 and 1968. In 1970, he spent a short time with the Yanomami with his colleague Jacques Lizot. Finally, in 1974, he stayed briefly with the Guarani of Brazil.
In 1974, he was a researcher at the CNRS and published a collection of articles entitled La société contre l'État (Society Against the State).
In 1975, he was director of studies in the fifth section of the École Pratique des Hautes Études.
In 1977, he died prematurely in a car accident, leaving his work unfinished and scattered. -
#GRK0006 #ACRACY #ACRATIE #MULTILANG #PierreCLASTRES
La société contre l'État: Recherches d’anthropologie politique (1974)
Pierre Clastres (Ed. de Minuit, 2011)
FRE
https://mega.nz/file/gQYxlabY#oyll7LD8E6QgTPnJMREZCpm5HL__E4C9XmLzowUOkLc
Si t'as les moyens:
https://www.leseditionsdeminuit.fr/livre-La_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_contre_l_%C3%89tat%C2%A0-2693-1-1-0-1.htmlPierre Clastres - Society Against the State Essays in Political Anthropology (1989, Zone Books)
ENG
https://mega.nz/file/1dwimR6D#HpYKuN3rM4gBYaAC5SWGFdRPTYw4PIB0xhxGn0iPlaoPierre Clastres - La sociedad contra el estado (1978, Monte Avila)
SPA
https://mega.nz/file/kYYQ0QCb#BqQlhaUQaostPRLi-fC4qw2WYVhzqLNFlz4xfXiSXjgPierre Clastres - Vahşi Savaşçının Mutsuzluğu Siyasal Antropoloji Araştırmaları (1992, Ayrıntı Yayınları)
TUR
https://mega.nz/file/MYhghK6Y#Bsr9gu8spZ8IZTonwuEIArXVWyUGq1SV3BzQ2SAbLzMPierre Clastres - Staatsfeinde (2019, Konstanz University Press)
GER
https://mega.nz/file/NJhzwI5J#jD2kQVkNvUKVIgcdFgos8FUojzFdFC70TBACJ0EaNUIPierre Clastres - Η κοινωνία ενάντια στο κράτος (1992, Αλεξάνδρεια)
GRE
https://mega.nz/file/UJZERQiY#Wknefvv4lBwF_MntmI0zdS-Pawbyfa5W9Ohcu8WnTlwPierre Clastres - La società contro lo Stato. Ricerche di antropologia politica (1977, Feltrinelli)
ITA
https://mega.nz/file/NFgUBLbD#6BE1AlJA5AJniehSoOEub7pCXTBXIVwB39et7yzD2UMPierre Clastres - A Sociedade contra o Estado (1978, F. Alves)
POR
https://mega.nz/file/kJRWWC4S#ITTByBn5trd_vCVWev1E_9Zglv9V2XdlB0he5R5C96EPrésentation:
"Quand, dans la société primitive, l'économique se laisse repérer comme champ autonome et défini, quand l’activité de production devient travail aliéné, comptabilisé et imposé par ceux qui vont jouir des fruits de ce travail, c’est que la société n’est plus primitive, c’est qu’elle est devenue une société divisée en dominants et dominés, en maîtres et sujets, c’est qu’elle a cessé d’exorciser ce qui est destiné à la tuer : le pouvoir et le respect du pouvoir. La division majeure de la société, celle qui fonde toutes les autres, y compris sans doute la division du travail, c’est la nouvelle disposition verticale entre la base et le sommet, c’est la grande coupure politique entre détenteurs de la force, qu’elle soit guerrière ou religieuse, et assujettis à cette force. La relation politique de pouvoir précède et fonde la relation économique d’exploitation. Avant d’être économique, l’aliénation est politique, le pouvoir est avant le travail, l’économique est une dérive du politique, l’émergence de l’État détermine l’apparition des classes." P. C.Résumé:
L'existence de sociétés sans État est établie depuis les récits des premiers explorateurs du Nouveau Monde. On a cru reconnaître dans ces sociétés une organisation "non" ou "pré"-politique. Dans La Société contre l'État, Pierre Clastres conteste cette assimilation du politique à l'étatique : il montre que le pouvoir politique ne revêt pas nécessairement la forme coercitive de l'État et il se propose d'en redéfinir le champ.Comment naît l'État? En s'appuyant sur sa connaissance des Indiens d'Amérique, Clastres avance l'hypothèse que la dérive d'une société vers la hiérarchisation étatique suscite une réaction défensive de nature religieuse. Paradoxalement, le pouvoir étatique serait établi par la parole des prophètes qui s'élèvent contre la montée des chefs. Ainsi s'expliquerait l'origine religieuse de la plupart des grands États.
--------------------------------------------
Pierre Clastres (1934-1977)
est un anthropologue et ethnologue français.Philosophe de formation, il s'est intéressé à l'anthropologie américaniste sous l'influence de Claude Lévi-Strauss et d'Alfred Métraux. Il place d'emblée son œuvre dans le sillage du Discours de la servitude volontaire d'Étienne de La Boétie dont il se réclame.
Pierre Clastres a effectué de nombreux travaux de terrain. Il passe l'année 1963 auprès des indiens Guayaki au Paraguay. En 1965, il est en mission chez les Guarani, de nouveau au Paraguay. Il se rend à deux reprise chez les Chulupi en 1966 puis 1968. Il effectue en 1970 un court séjour chez les Yanomami avec son collègue Jacques Lizot. Enfin, il séjourne brièvement en 1974 chez les Guarani du Brésil.
En 1974, il est chercheur au CNRS, et publie le recueil d'articles La société contre l'État.
En 1975, il est directeur d'études à la cinquième section de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes.
En 1977, il meurt prématurément dans un accident de la route laissant son œuvre inachevée et éparpillée.
[source:babelio]=====================================
Presentation:
"When, in primitive society, economics can be identified as an autonomous and defined field, when productive activity becomes alienated labor, accounted for and imposed by those who will enjoy the fruits of that labor, it is because society is no longer primitive, it is because it has become a society divided into rulers and ruled, masters and subjects, it is because it has ceased to exorcise that which is destined to kill it: power and respect for power. The major division in society, the one that underpins all others, including undoubtedly the division of labor, is the new vertical arrangement between the base and the summit, the great political divide between those who wield power, whether military or religious, and those who are subject to that power. The political relationship of power precedes and underpins the economic relationship of exploitation. Before being economic, alienation is political; power comes before work; the economic is a derivative of the political; the emergence of the state determines the appearance of classes." P. C.Summary:
The existence of stateless societies has been established since the accounts of the first explorers of the New World. These societies were believed to be "non-political" or "pre-political" in nature. In Society Against the State, Pierre Clastres challenges this assimilation of the political with the state: he shows that political power does not necessarily take the coercive form of the state and proposes to redefine its scope.How does the state come into being? Drawing on his knowledge of Native Americans, Clastres puts forward the hypothesis that a society's drift toward state hierarchy provokes a defensive reaction of a religious nature. Paradoxically, state power is established by the words of prophets who rise up against the rise of leaders. This would explain the religious origins of most large states.
---------------------------------
Pierre Clastres (1934-1977)
was a French anthropologist and ethnologist.Trained as a philosopher, he became interested in American anthropology under the influence of Claude Lévi-Strauss and Alfred Métraux. He placed his work in the wake of Étienne de La Boétie's Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, to which he referred.
Pierre Clastres carried out extensive fieldwork. He spent 1963 with the Guayaki Indians in Paraguay. In 1965, he was on a mission with the Guarani, again in Paraguay. He visited the Chulupi twice, in 1966 and 1968. In 1970, he spent a short time with the Yanomami with his colleague Jacques Lizot. Finally, in 1974, he stayed briefly with the Guarani of Brazil.
In 1974, he was a researcher at the CNRS and published a collection of articles entitled La société contre l'État (Society Against the State).
In 1975, he was director of studies in the fifth section of the École Pratique des Hautes Études.
In 1977, he died prematurely in a car accident, leaving his work unfinished and scattered.