'It Could Be' feels like a non-linear autobiography, mixed with memories of an 'how did we get here' of a gay romance story. The non-linear aspect is the most intriguing part of this narrative, since we start at the end of the story when the main character is happily married to his husband, and then jumping around at different mile-stones in his life, when he made his first friend who ended up being his first crush, getting outed in the religious south, starting a new life in the north, and meeting his then husband. The dialog feels grounded and the scenarios are extremely relatable, almost as if this could've been someone's actual life story.
The art is really well done, and the color grading is done so well to give a vibe to this story, is almost dream like. Something that I think could be improved was the use of menus to present dialog choices. I imagine they were put there to feel more immersed by choosing how to proceed in a conversation, but they lead the reader to think that there might be some kind of route structure or a way to shape how the main character acts. I feel like this VN either didn't need them, or they should've had more impact on what information was presented to the reader.
The organization of the scenes also leaves me wondering what was the goal of starting the story at the highest point of this character's life, and ending at what could be considered one of his lowest. Perhaps another way to structure the scenes would be to show a personality quirk or flaw in one scene, and then the next scene would show where it originated from. Something like, the scene where he's hesitant to hold the wolf's hand, followed by the scene where he's shunned by his friend for being gay, thus he learns to not express it. As a result, I feel there's missing scenes between that one where the main character has his falling out with his friend and when he finally moves to Seattle.
While the story is personal and intimate, it doesn't really seem to fit the theme of "light in the dark". I could stretch it to mean that meeting the second wolf when the main character was at his lowest is the theme, but the story doesn't focus on that so much. The theme that seems to be, that despite all the events that the main character goes through, he's always been the same person. He's always been someone to stick his neck out for others, and that's the quality that he should be valued for, not which gender he's attracted to. In that sense, it's a very pleasant experience and a lovely story.