Content Warnings (major spoilers): Death, Grief and Suicide

Floral Aroma in the Shrine is a doomed yuri visual novel set in the Touhou Project universe featuring Marisa Kirisame and Reimu Hakurei. The plot revolves Marisa as she tries to take care of a slowly dying Reimu.

The visuals are nice, the music is lovely and the story is well written. Also, the game is very affordable and available in multiple languages, making it easily accessible.

The English translation is not particularly high quality, though it's not in a way that dramatically impacts the experience and has a charm. (MAJOR ENDING SPOILERS) I'll be entirely honest; I don't know how I feel about this game ends. In short, Marisa's grief reaches a point where she believes that she cannot live in a world without Reimu, and she takes her own life. In fairness, this is a fairly common theme in doomed yuri and it's executed fairly well here, but it feels somewhat sudden. I wouldn't go as far as to say it was done purely for shock value, but I think there was more natural ways for the game to resolve that could have explored Marisa's grief in more interesting ways.

I think the game is flawed but still a recommended pickup if you're a fan of yuri and the Touhou Project series of works, especially considering the game's low price and relative accessibility.