The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf -A Tale of Cutthroat Lovers-

除了主角之外的人 描写半天的两个黑道头子死得像条蛆一样 一个个做事一点逻辑都没有 杀杀杀就完了 和女主的性交也太多了 还全tm是纯爱 最后大伙人都死完了还tm在那性交 文本时不时换位也很烦人

黑道题材黑色电影，钟表社一如既往的没一个正常人[spoiler] 还有r18g要素 [/spoiler] 对这类题材无感，奔着拔来的，但质量一般+骑兵，中评给个好评骗人进来

玩的第一部钟表社的作品，但是并没有给我带来任何愉悦，玩到最后反而是各种生理不适，包括但不限于莫名其妙的H场面、令人反胃的强迫场面甚至各种虐鯊CG，哪怕是当做一个cult片看也是相当无趣，抛出一大堆黑吃黑的背景，结果剧情发展就跟小儿科一样。里面的所有人物的动机都很莫名其妙，尤其是男女主，前一秒还在试图夺取对方性命，下一秒直接做起来了。能看的恐怕也就是还算不错的画风，当然女主的眼间距非常逆天，属于是可以一只眼睡觉一只眼放哨的级别。

Restless Sheep and the Lone Wolf is a title I'm struggling to say if I overall recommend or not. Overall, I'd slightly lean towards yes, but only if you can accept the occasional extreme content and its somewhat fast (and arguably rushed) storytelling. [h1]Premise, Setting, and Themes[/h1] On paper, I quite like the premise of this visual novel, specifically taking place in Kabukicho (and not a renamed "Kamurocho" like in the Yakuza video game series) with mostly adult-age characters. The darker undertone was pretty nice to have, and the tone was mostly serious to match. The English subtitle is A Tale of Love and Cutthroat, and I think that mostly summarizes the themes of the major characters. Restless Sheep kind of goes into the backstories of why some people are killers in the real world, from more tragic backstories to generic “I am evil because killing is fun” to less-explained but more wholesome “kill to protect” kinds of deals. There is some degree of theming around whether there's actually morality in killing. For me, a good comparison is Muramasa by Nitroplus, which goes into a lot more detail on the subject (arguably too much, and a bit too preachy at times). In contrast, Restless Sheep kind of dips into this topic, but it's mostly just a few characters occasionally repeating some variation of “It doesn't matter who or why you kill. The fact that you kill means you are a killer.” It does make this story a little bit simplistic, but I liked that it still covers the topic with relative maturity without getting too preachy for the most part. [h1]Interesting Ensemble Cast[/h1] For a 15-hour-ish story, there's a surprisingly decently interesting ensemble cast. I'd say the vast majority of supporting characters all have well-thought-out motivations for why they are in the city—why they are killers, or why they are in the yakuza, police force, or just dealing with the underworld in general. While they don't go super deep into the stories and developments, they do show enough to make me at least kind of interested in the characters, which once again helps that most of them are actually adult-aged. A few of the supporting characters are more interesting than the main duo if I had to be honest. Speaking of, the characters that get the most focus by far are the main character (with multiple fake names) and the main heroine Azami, who are fittingly the Restless Sheep and the Lone Wolf in the title, respectively. A lot of the VN works because of the really odd premise and relationship the two have, and how their relationship impacts their role with the many other supporting characters and advancing the story. “The main character not being able to sleep without killing people, but somehow sleeping even better when he has sex with a much more proactively murderous wolf in Azami (which causes her to fall in love with him)” is always an odd sentence to describe or even sell this game to people. But despite the super weird premise, it kind of works, especially considering ClockUp's silly premises in other previous titles like Euphoria, Maggot Baits, and Dead Days. Similar to the rest of the ensemble cast, neither of the main duo is particularly deep per se, but both of them get the most focus on their backstories and how it affects their lives in the present, with even a little bit of irony and humor in how the relationship works. Despite most of the relationship being Azami as a crazy fangirl clearly wanting to marry the MC, and the MC switching between being tsundere to her and legitimately being scared of her, it does make for at least a kind of interesting “love story.” Not super compelling or deep, but fun to watch. At its best, I consider Restless Sheep and the Lone Wolf like a rated-R action thriller movie turned into a visual novel with some of ClockUp's unique edgy flair. AKA just turn off your brain and watch some of the fun events and character interactions play out, and the story accomplishes this type of entertainment decently well. [h1]A Bit Too Much Edge[/h1] Sadly, many flaws prevent me from liking it consistently, and unfortunately a lot comes down to ClockUp's edgy flair. Even excluding the serial killer aspect, some people could be uncomfortable with the main character being almost 40 years old and Azami “probably” (but not guaranteed) 18 years old. But even overlooking the age-gap, ClockUp is a nukige developer at heart, so even in one of their most plot-heavy titles, there are way more H-scenes than necessary. If the H scenes were just occasional reminders of how the MC needs Azami to sleep without killing, it'd be silly but plot-relevant. Unfortunately, ClockUp leans hard into the darker side even in this VN: (g)rape, ugly bastard, PDphillia, violence, scat (with on/off filter), and arguably the worst, dismemberment. There's also a filter for gore, but only tones it down, doesn't fully remove it. I'm all for freedom of expression and explicit sex in VNs, but these forced insertions into serious backstories or plot moments make me facepalm. Maybe showing one or two to prove the darkness of the setting could work, but there are too many, most clearly just for shock value. This is especially true with the true route's villain, who goes from weird but harmless to obnoxiously edgy out of nowhere with barely any explanation. [h1]Structure and Presentation[/h1] I like the route structure in theory, but in practice it's too rushed. The common route does a decent job introducing characters, factions, how the main two meet, and their antagonists. The two non-true routes focus on MC or Azami, focusing on one of their backstories paired with fitting antagonists, but they're short (1-2 hours tops), and have really similar cliffhanger endings. The true route in theory expands on what you learned in the first two routes, attempting a way to have all the supporting characters be relevant. Sadly this attempt just feels forced, and the true route still plays favorites of who gets to be relevant longer. The only real highlight of the true route is the final battle, fitting the themes from the VN, with a kinda interesting final choice. However, I wish they'd committed to one ending. All 3 have their own charms but if they combined aspects of all of them into 1, it could have been a great ending, instead of a choice between 3 short decent ones. One final minor issue is inconsistent visuals, something that seems to be common in Clockup VNs. The grainy redrawn real-life backgrounds are unique, but come at the expense of how often they show sprites or other visuals. Important fight or emotional scenes often lack CGs (mostly saved for the two mains), with most CGs saved for H scenes. [h1]Overall Recommend… But Only For a Specific Target Audience[/h1] This leaves me in a pickle on both how I feel about Restless Sheep and whether to recommend it to people. I only picked it up because it's the only ClockUp title with an interesting-enough premise for me to read despite the unnecessary edgy scenes. And for the most part, it WAS interesting. If you like unique dark stories with interesting morally grey characters to match, and don't mind (or want) dark shock value surprises, I recommend this title. If dark fetishy H-scenes and gore gross you out too much, do NOT pick up this VN. On a personal level, I overall kinda sorta liked Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf but not nearly as I wish I could have.

个人主观评分：8.5/10 前排提醒：游玩之前记得去白舟官网下载补丁以获得完整的游戏体验。 著名的钟表社第一部登上steam平台售卖的作品，那必然要支持一下，也“学习”了那么多部钟表社作品，难得有一个方便我补票的地方，自然是没有不支持的道理（确信）。 ps：虽然钟表社的作品之前也只品鉴过《有爱俱乐部（Fraternite）》《乌有乡（Erewhon）》《DEAD DAYS》以及著名的《乐园（Euphoria）》，也算不上特别资深的钟表社品鉴家，钟表社的作品基本上还是蛮符合我胃口的（当然要是屎尿屁的部分稍微少一点，血腥的部分稍微多一点就更好了） 说回作品本身，作为一款视觉小说来说，本作流程中等不算长，分支较少路线也不多，总体来说是偏向阅读而非游玩的类型。虽然是钟表社的作品，不过本作的屎尿屁占比确实低于血腥暴力的部分（就我个人喜好而言。。。点个赞罢）。选题上来说，什么杀手啦杀人魔啦，社会阴暗面黑帮斗争啦，都是我比较感冒的题材，加之故事节也蛮紧凑的，色色和剧情节奏编排也还算合理，总之没有什么让我打哈欠的尿点和雷点就这么一口气读完了，最后配合着带感的BGM还挺燃的[spoiler]（可惜结局不太燃）[/spoiler]。 全程品鉴下来，我觉得本作确实是值一款得品鉴的佳作。 优秀的美工（视觉效果蛮酷的）、可圈可点的人设（鉴赏模式中附带全身立绘非常好评，很适合画同人时进行参考）、能够满足多种xp的色气的CG（和配音）、带感的BGM、不弯弯绕绕的快节奏叙事以及比较符合我口味的故事选材都吸引着我一直读下去直到结局。最后羊也不失眠了，狼也不孤独了，可喜可贺（）。 但在游玩过程中仍有一些我个人觉得的不足之处（正如开头所说，这是一篇很主观的评测）：女主的立绘眼间距很宽并且眼白占比很小，在立绘上总给人一种很诡异的感觉（不知道是否有意为之，但总之感觉怪怪的，而cg里的女主这个问题就要好很多）、开始菜单里的最初的封面（就是男主抱着女主双双头朝下那一张）女主的左手画的很别扭，感觉大拇指的方向画的不太对、故事有些部分感觉有点仓促，尤其是“另一个结局”中结局决战前的后半段，铺垫了那么久结果给人一种“啊？这就结束了”的感觉，总感觉有点草率，或许如果是动画来表现在观感上会好很多，用视觉小说的方法表现还是总感觉有点单薄了（不过也有可能是有意为之我就不做过多猜测了）、除了女主外的另外几名女角色戏份感觉有点少了有点可惜（当然这个完全能理解，毕竟全程的篇幅也不算长，不太可能做成群像剧，还是主要以女主的描写较多，只是我觉得几位女配的色气程度要比女主高一些，虽然女主色色部分最多，但总感觉色不起来。。。总之是我个人的一点碎碎念罢了）、还有最主观的一点（包含部分剧透），[spoiler] 虽然“另一个结局”的剧本还算精彩，但后半段就我个人而言不是很喜欢，也不是说不能接受全灭，但我还是比较喜欢拥有“多种可能性”走向结局的设定，本篇中给出的最后三个选项结果就感觉上来说都大差不差，那这欠我的后日谈怎么办啊kora（悲）[/spoiler]。 总之，虽然以上吐槽了一大堆，但瑕不掩瑜，总体来说优点＞缺点，我还是很推荐的（钟表社的其它作品也都快端上来罢！我要狠狠的补票口牙！）。对这个题材感兴趣的佬可以入手品鉴，权当看了一部黄暴cult片也是不错的（确信）。

Tras completarla al 100% puedo decir que me ha gustado mucho, en concreto los personajes de Takki y Azami, en cuanto a historia si que esperaba más pero como me han gustado bastante los personajes no tengo mucho en cuenta el que esperase más de la historia. La banda sonora está bien aunque tiene un par de canciones que resalta más que el resto (el opening es genial) y en cuanto al arte es de lo mejor, los CGs son increíbles pero quien sea sensible a ciertos contenidos visuales mejor que no lo juegue porque seguramente no pueda ver muchas cosas de las que salen.

"There is no telling what manner of grotesque darkness brews in the underbelly of the state. After all, authority is, at its essence, violence enacted in the name of the regime."