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Assessment:

A really harrowing visual novel that feels like a deconstruction of yaoi. Usually I'd be annoyed at the lengths this story goes to make sure you know its characters aren't actually gay, but here that's part of the horror. In a way the reader takes on the role of the platonic ideal fujoshi, forcing two pretty straight boys to kiss for your own amusement.
The premise is that two best friends get trapped in a fake hotel room, and can only leave after completing 10 daily tasks which are always a choice between bodily harm or increasingly degrading sexual acts. It doesn't quite live up to this premise, being primarily a porn game, but if you take it for what it is there's some really good stuff. Two lovable fleshed out characters, good art, really well written sex scenes, and at least a few moments that will gross out or disturb just about any reader. There also isn't any happy ending, just one that feels less bad than the others.
I would suggest, if you play this, turning off the music and uh, mouth noises, during the sex scenes. There's a toggle specifically for these and it does improve the tone of them considerably.

Art:

I love the art in this game, it's very expressive and technically impressive. The colours are soft and the lighting uses a weird technique where it looks like they made lineart for the shadows and highlights, which I don't think I've seen before. There's a really strong understanding of shape, anatomy, and perspective on display here, which makes the art feel very grounded and three-dimensional. It's just another thing adding to the at times uncomfortable realism. I'll also say that both characters look super cute (especially Daichi, he's so... uuugh), which kind of conflicts with the grim premise but I don't really care.