This is so boring. It's a wonderful game when I first started playing it, but it got boring. It's just the same thing over and over again. You collect ingredients, talk to people, and serve food. There are fun side quests but they're just side quests. It's a chill and laidback game which makes it more boring. It's also too easy which makes it even more boring.

I may not have many hours in this game but I'm already a BIG fan. I'm not familiar with the characters, I just wanted a food-based game that was both cozy yet interesting. This game fits the bill in a way I've never seen before!

The gameplay: You collect and buy items during the day and cook and serve at night, all to learn new recipes and expand.
- DAYTIME: Simply put, the daytime "timer" is the number of actions you have remaining. One action, like fishing, will progress the day. My favorite part of the day is that you don't actually have to "do" anything: There is no active fishing (YAY!!!) or crop-growing, just clicking once at a fishing spot or at a bush to collect what's inside, and everything respawns over time! You also have shops (which don't use actions) and money is plentiful; truly, what's more relaxing than barely working and spending ez money?
- NIGHTTIME: When it's time to cook and serve at your izakaya, the timer is pleasantly interrupted often so the game doesn't ever get stressful (my easily-tense shoulders love this!). Not only can you pause the game in general, but cooking is often broken up by "singing" (a click-when-told mini game which can give power-ups) and serving gives you time to think. Going to serve a customer? The timer pauses while you make sure you're at the right table and chose the right dish. I wasn't sure about this aspect at first (particularly the singing) but it quickly grew on me.

CONS:
- The only one I have so far is that the game can only save at the end of the izakaya shift. The devs did put a blurb at the beginning of the game acknowledging this for future games but that, at this point, it's impossible to implement into this game. Just be sure to yourself 15-20 minutes per in-game day!

Overall: This is a pretty, chill game with LOTS of fun dishes, a little management, and a bit of running around. The characters and world are cute and I'm excited to play more. :)

i rlly like this game yet i feel like u should get a little bit more intructions or at least more of a guideline what to do