"It’s a game with great characters and a great premise, but it could be better. If you can get over the problems it has, you’ll like it."

"Sharin no Kuni was an absolute pleasure to read; I really can’t express how much I enjoyed it."

"Overall, Sharin no Kuni, while it requires copious amounts of suspension of disbelief, is a good read. It poses some interesting questions about society, crime and punishment, while having some great twists here and there. It is most definitely not a waste of your time."

Early summer.

A society which imposes special "Duties" upon everyone who breaks the law.

The individuals who oversee these criminals' rehabilitation are the "Special Elite"?a rank the protagonist, Kenichi Morita, hopes to attain. To do that, he must pass his final exam, for which he arrives at a certain country town.

At the school Kenichi attends, he encounters girls bound by various “Duties.” Those obligated "to observe a 12-hour day" are forbidden from being awake for more than 12 hours per day, and those obligated "to remain in infancy" cannot grow up. It is meeting Natsumi Hinata, the girl who "cannot fall in love," that throws him out of gear.

Soon, Kenichi makes a series of odd discoveries… his own grave, erected secretly on a clifftop; his patrimony, hidden deep inside a cavern. Kenichi finds that he must search for his own atonement in this dystopian society. What is the truth behind the Land of the Spinning Wheel? Discover for yourself through Kenichi's eyes!

(From VNDB)