Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish Upon a Shooting Star- is a Visual Novel originally released in 2009 by Favorite. After eight years of only being available in moon runes, it's now available for us common weebs as well.

Starting off, this is not a dating sim. If you want a dating sim, go jerk off to Huniepop for the thousandth time, because, if you're looking at this game, you probably already have it installed on your computer. This game will take several hours (20+) to completely finish, and that's conservative. My first route took around 7 hours to complete in its entirety, but if you can't read at a decent clip, expect it to take more. There are seven routes in total, so expect to be reading for a while.

tl;dr - Don't expect to finish this quickly

The plot of this story is, you are You. Yes. You read that right. You used to have this girl that he met with, even though he was a loner. You's mother had to leave for work, so he left the girl, promising to come back. Seven years later, he does come back, and he sets off to find this girl, while trying to get re-accustomed to the town he left.

tl;dr - You liked girl, You left girl, You comes back to find girl

, you have your choice of seven routes (girls). When you first get the game, you have three options available: Asuho, Komomo, and Isuzu. The others (Kosame, Mare, Chinomi, and Yume) will be unlocked by completing those routes.
One complaint I've heard about many VNs is that the choices you make seem to not make a difference.
For this game, that premise is thrown out the window
By playing each role, you will learn about the girl you choose, their backstory, and numerous other things about them. Including what they feel like :3 Each route completely changes the story line, with the exception of one thing: this game has parts that will make you cry. So have a box of tissues ready.

tl;dr - You got the childhood friend route, the shrine maiden route, the shine maiden's slightly lesbian sister route, the "Loli Next Door" route, the "Incest is Wincest" route, the "She's technically legal" route, and the "She was a loli, but she's not now" route. And bring tissues if you get emotional.


In all, this is a good game. The characters are well thought out and develop nicely through the story. The music is alright. It's on par with most other VNs (the OP movie is pretty lit though). The story is good and heartfelt. It draws the reader in and keeps them there.

The stars shine brightly on this game (9/10)

I hope you enjoy this game as much as I did, and I hope to see you looking at the stars sometime soon.