Higanbana - 20 Years Celebration Day!
June 6, 2026 - exactly 20 years since the visual story Higanbana was released, created by two independent artists: penguintarou and Hero Pandara.
This is not just another visual novel about love, this is a really heartwarming game with a valuable life lesson inside. And for me, this is a story which changed my views on life.
So, out of my pure respect to this date, I made this awesome website design.
This story gives you only one life lesson - Value the time you have, and enjoy it
. In hard times, there's no better advice to anyone. This is the most simple, but yet powerful rule - out of all "great" books I've ever read, it's hard to find a way to understand this better, than Sakura Ayase explains it to you.
It would be great if Penguin Tarou and Hero Pandara were here, to celebrate with us together! But... I believe we could do this for the 25 years anniversary!
Thanks to a good friend of mine, Diana
for this awesome Sakura Ayase art!
Since The Great is not only about music, we are also trying to popularize unknown masterpieces, so I thought about a few things we could do in the future:
- Improve the VNDB page for Higanbana.
- Create a fan website and a dedicated community.
- Recreate HiganDa! - a browser keyboard typing trainer with quotes from Higanbana!
- Translate story into Russian language.
- Work together with Penguin Tarou and Hero Pandara on their next projects.
From now, I'm going to write this day as "Higanbana day" in the universe of The Great! But, I just cannot describe how beautiful this game is, and I couldn't say some more on it than in my review "Radiata Higanbana (悲願花) - a life changing visual story". And I wish everyone could see the same beauty I've seen in it on the day I discovered this game.
If you got interested in this game, but have never played it - please, use my guide if you get stuck, and love this life!
Happy Birthday, Sakura!
Happy Birthday, Mirai!
Happy Birthday, Nana!
Happy Birthday, Radiata! I wish you all the luck in the world!
