$6.99错过的暑假可以放第二次吗？ A second summer for a lost love
A painting-themed, pure visual novel about a 25-year-old tabby-cat beastman named Qicheng who loses his job and returns home. With childhood friend Weiqian, friends Xihe and Wangshu, and art-studio junior Lielie, he looks back at the art exam he failed and the summer he lost. Sweet, sad, and romantic, it is worth reading for that slow return to drawing and to the person he was meant to meet.
Is 错过的暑假可以放第二次吗？ worth it?
错过的暑假可以放第二次吗？ is worth it if…
- you like slow, story-first visual novels about romance and growing up
- you want a sweet male romance centered on childhood friends
- you care about art, failed exams, and starting over in your twenties
- you like cute beastman characters and a warm, emotional tone
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A lost summer found through painting
You follow Qicheng after he is fired and moves back to his hometown, carrying the memory of failing the art entrance exam. Reading through illustrated scenes, you watch him reconnect with Weiqian and spend time with Xihe, Wangshu, and Lielie around the art studio.
Painting holds the story together. Old sketches, studio days, and talks about giving up or starting again bring back the summer he missed. The look is cute, cartoony, and hand-drawn, and the tone moves between comedy and tender romance. It reads as one continuous story about adults making peace with missed people and missed chances.
What should you know before reading?
What do you actually do in the game?
You read. This is a pure visual novel, so you move through dialogue and narration over illustrated scenes and character sprites, following Qicheng from his return home through studio life and old memories. The pleasure is in the writing, the art, and watching five linked lives settle into place.
Who is the story about?
Qicheng, a 25-year-old tabby-cat beastman and former art student, and his childhood friend Weiqian. Around them are good friends Xihe and Wangshu, plus Lielie, a younger student from the art studio. No one stays in the background for long, and the later chapters give the group and their families room to change.
What kind of romance is it?
A gentle male romance about two people who have known each other since childhood and take a long time to say what they mean. Expect missed timing, quiet care, jealousy, and soft domestic moments, with an ending that ties the loose threads together and a later epilogue that shows where the characters land.
