So apparently, I’m late to the Planetarian train. It’s kind of funny because it was only a few months ago that I was lamenting that I would never be able to see what Planetarian was about since there was about a 0% that it’s get an anime adaptation. I don’t know why I didn’t think that there might be a fan translation, but the realization that these things existed didn’t hit me until I finished Umineko.

Planetarian ~ちいさなほしのゆめ~ is a visual novel by the tear harvesters at Key/Visual Arts. The interesting thing about Planetarian is that it’s setting and premise is entirely different from Key’s usual domain. We’re presented with a grimdark world where people just kill each other and search for garbage.

Of course, just because we’re in a different setting doesn’t mean that Key can’t work their usual magic in. There is snarky protagonist and there is some kind of moeblob. There are cute are cute and touching scenes and there are moments to make you BAWWWWW.

Definitely check it out if you’re a fan of Key’s usual fare. It’s short and it’s well worth the look to see how Key can make you weep even when sickly high school students aren’t involved.