If My Heart Had Wings (video game)

Having lost his direction in life, Aoi returns to his hometown of Kazegaura. With his childhood friend Ageha, super-repeat student Amane, and wheelchair-using Kotori, they restore the school gliding club. The central themes of the story are loss and the overcoming of limits, both physical and emotional. ==Characters==

Main characters ; : (drama CD only) :Aoi Minase is the main protagonist. Following a cycling accident, he moves back to his home town of Kazegaura, where his mother has arranged for him to become the manager of Flying Fish Manor, a girls' dormitory. ; : :Kotori is the main heroine of the visual novel. She has long, dark hair, and is considered to be beautiful, despite her somewhat childish personality. Following an accident that left her paralysed from the waist down, she transferred to Keifuu Academy. At the beginning of the story, she is on the verge of quitting school. ; : :Isuka is Amane Mochizuki's best friend. She was the one who originally proposed the idea of flying over the Morning Glory, but she never managed to do so due to an accident. ; : :A teacher at Keifuu Academy, and the adviser to the Robotics Club. He is extremely strict, and seems determined to stop the Soaring Club from continuing its activities. ; : :A duck who lives at Flying Fish Manor. As he has been there longer than anyone else, the residents of the dormitory refer to him as senpai. ==Release==

Pulltop officially released an adult trial version on 6 April 2012 followed by the full, limited-edition version released on 25 May 2012. The visual novel received its English release on 28 June 2013, with its age rating lowered to "all-ages": all sexual content was cut or edited. Fan disc A fan disc, entitled If My Heart Had Wings -Flight Diary- was released on 25 January 2013, featuring a collection of additional stories: both a prologue and an epilogue to the main story are included, and Kotori, Kanako and Hotaru received individual side stories. Furthermore, there are two additional routes for the Himegi sisters and the Kazato twins respectively. On 31 March 2016, Pulltop released Cruise Sign, a collection including both If My Heart Had Wings and Flight Diary, as well as an additional scenario for Akari Kumoi. MoeNovel released an all-ages international version of Flight Diary on 27 February 2019. This version, as with If My Heart Had Wings, replaces all 18+ content with alternative scenes, or cuts them entirely. This release omits the Himegi sisters scenario, by virtue of it being composed almost entirely of erotic content. On 23 April of the same year, Akari's scenario was released as downloadable content for Flight Diary under the title New Wings: Akari. Music The opening theme for the visual novel is "Precious Wing" by Chata and the ending song is "Perfect Sky" by Haruka Shimotsuki. In its soundtrack, there are 29 songs in total. ==Reception==

If My Heart Had Wings achieved an OpenCritic rating of Strong. Kotaku praised the game's story, as well as the background art and sprite design, but criticised its use of 3D models. ==Notes==