now THIS is a JRPG

Honestly don’t think I’ve seen anything else that’s as sympathetic to sex workers and the unhoused as this, which is both surprising and unsurprising

Ichiban is The Best Boy

i enjoyed my time playing, but i couldn't help but keep calling it "the stardew valley we have at home" (or, perhaps more derisively, "stardew valley with a nicer art style but worse writing" there was a cutscene that was just the "pivot" scene from Friends. I do not care enough about Friends to think it was funny.)

there are also some things (frankly too many for a 1.0 release) that are obviously unfinished. i will probably pick it up again later at some point, but i'm content with just one in game year with it for now.