The Labyrinth of Grisaia Makina's Afterstory

Makina's Afterstory is the most unique out of all the ones on this Visual Novel. While the others brought some sort of closure (with the exception of Michiru's) this one takes on a life of its own and to be quite honest I could see this being used as a spin-off series. 

Admittedly while I get that the choice was Makina's to make, I also think Yuuji should have done a little bit more to get her to go down a different path. But I guess that wouldn't make as interesting a story. 

Makina's Afterstory takes place a year following the events of the first Visual Novel. Yuuji and Makina had fled from Japan and moved to Florida and had used the money that she had given Yuuji to buy them a home. Eventually, news reached that they had been told that Yuuji was an active agent once again. Due to the injury, he sustained in helping Makina Yuuji now used a prosthetic arm. Makina decided to go into the same program as Yuuji had been in and within a month or so Makina was shipped off to Virginia for training. 

After her training was complete she was given her Licence to apply her trade in the United States. Eventually, things died down in and Yuuji and Makina wanted to return to Japan to see their friends and to have Makina get her Licence in Japan to work there as well.

Upon returning to Japan Yuuji went straight to the companies HQ to present himself to JB who had been waiting to see him again. While there he gave a detailed account of the incident and what he and Makina had been doing since they left the country. While this was going on Makina decided to pay her mother a little visit. Makina setting up her "toys" waited and after taking a 'sense heightening drug' she was able to shoot two rounds, the first created a 9in hole in the wall, the second was able to cause shrapnel to remove her mother's finger.

Using the only two rounds she had she packed her things up and made her way downstairs and waited for Yuuji to show up. Yuuji and Makina decided while they would be there for a week or two they should pay everyone at the school a visit. They hadn't seen any of the other girls in a year and no information had been released about what happened to either of them. Upon returning one by one the two met up with each of the girls and explained the situation with them.

Not long after they had spent a day or two at the dorms per the request of the remaining students Makina was sent to training to obtain her license. During this time Yuuji had a lot of time to spend with the girls and debating over his choices he had made in allowing Makina to follow in his footsteps and become a tool of the Government. Every time he had asked her if she was sure about it she would always respond in kind saying, "I made this decision on my own so only I am responsible for my own actions." and yet he felt the sting of regret. 

The other girls also questioned him about this as well though in their own way. He remembered his own past, his own master, and some of the events that led him to where he was today. These things weigh heavily on his mind and the girls in their own right done what they could to help him through this uncertain time. The day would come when Makina would return announcing proudly she had passed and got her license to work in Japan. 

Yuuji using his position as the 'I-9029' ensured that he would be deployed with Makina whenever she got a job. He used it as a means to stay with her and make sure she was safe. Makina 'V-9029' didn't exactly like it at first but she realized that it was his own way to spend time with her and to make sure that she didn't end up like he did. She had never taken a life and Yuuji wanted to be there should she ever have to. Unlike her, he had taken lives before he had met his Master and those deaths had weighed on him heavily. 

With Makina getting her license Yuuji and Makina were allowed to return to school and go through classes with the rest of the students. It is the first day of school and soon the call is sent via Makina's handler to head to the field. Yuuji and Makina being deployed were a bit of a pain in the ass as Yuuji would say but it was what it was.

Comparably to the other stories, this one was relatively short in duration. While it did hold a great deal of detail it wasn't as long as some of the others. I feel this one stuck out more and tended to be one of the better of the five stories that dealt with the girls themselves. I also like how they left it off where if you did Makina's route in the first game you already have a grasp of how things are and that they end up returning to Florida after a time, but you are pretty much able to imagine yourself what happens after the events. 

As I stated earlier I think this one could easily be used to make a spin-off with Makina as an agent. I also think it should be mentioned that the relationship between Yuuji and Makina is a special case, she still refers to him as 'Papa', and yet they are as mentioned several times in the story having a sexual relationship as well. So the relationship is a bit unique though with learning about Yuuji's past will shed more light on this odd happening as well.