"Be warned, this VN may not be suitable for certain viewers/players."


While I had followed the VN for a while but didn't purchase during it's launch because I was occupied with other game, so I had completely forgotten what this game's description was about and dived straight in a few months later.. while I expect the story can get dark BUT I never knew it was THAT traumatizing. Oh well, anyway..

Storytelling was amazing, intriguing and it's dark enough to haunt me for a few days. It involves murder, cannibalism and even suicide.. definitely not recommended for the faint of hearts. Experience a world in a long period of time where food and water are so scarce that vast majority of people are struggling with literally nothing, powerless, eventually hunger drives them insane, desperately would do anything to survive even the most unimaginable ones. Artworks are absolutely stunning, often times they are so detailed that may cause some discomfort as well. There is something worth to mention as some viewers would get an ick when seeing the part where an underage girl is being disciplined or misunderstood there'd be some romance development in this.. while I won't really write any in detail here because there's already bunch of other players pointing that out so I'd suggest to either avoid playing this VN or at least skip that one specific part if it's making you truly uncomfortable. I believe there is no romance throughout the whole game because there's nothing indicating the Main Character "Liang" and the little girl "Sui" is interested in each other here unless it says otherwise in sequel (if any). VN completion fell quite short, there are 2 different Real Endings and it can be completed fairly quick if you're fast reader. One of the True Endings have certainly crushed me for days too. The VN is fully voiced except MC and narratives. Great background music, certainly matches each scenarios very well. I find the English Translation were okay, there are very few minor error but it's understandable and much better than the previous VN title they have released.

Overall it's a brilliant VN to experience, in a way it made me realize that I am in fact quite blessed despite I personally still have a lot of disadvantages in some aspects. Thank you ZerocreationGame.
Absolutely worth try playing at least if you're mentally prepared / interested in rather dark Visual Novel.

I honestly can't do this visual novel justice through a review. So my short answer is ]buy it. It is an amazing game and worth more than the listed price, in my opinion.

The storytelling in this visual novel gets you invested in the plot and the characters more than any other visual novel I have played. It does this so well that you feel extremely bad about choosing one of the bad choices because it affects the characters you have become so invested in. Importantly, it doesn't use sexuality to get you invested in the story, unlike many other games in this genre.

Scenes get reused a lot for the travel portion of the game. It more than makes up for this with the other scenes.

The game focuses on very dark topics that can be quite gruesome at times. The main issues the game covers are human trafficking, kidnapping, suicide, starvation, murder, etc, and many of these things happen to children in the game.

Преодолев предубеждение к китайским VNкам, и пройдя игру, могу сказать – действительно стоящая вещь.
Конечно, не лишена негативных моментов, как то:
* недостаточное ветвление сюжета (мало рутов);
* достаточно короткая;
* довольно мало спрайтов второстепенных персонажей;
* характер главного героя раскрыт не так хорошо, как главной героини.

Но позитивные моменты точно перевешивают. Поначалу атмосферой не прониклась, хотя гримдарк одобряю. Но чем дальше, тем больше раскрывается психология как нашего (немного туповатого) главного героя Ляна, так и главной героини, с несколько неблагозвучным для русского уха именем Мань Суй. Предыстория главной героини показана очень хорошо, атмосферно, и, если знать китайскую историю – не просто жизненно, а жизненно почти для каждого исторического периода Китая. При этом к концу новелла набирает обороты – первая из возможных концовок (не считая бэд эндов по ходу игры) довольно раздражающая, хотя по сюжету она и должна такой быть. Зато первая из истинных – ну просто эпична, причем в хорошем смысле. Давно не видела в новеллах хорошего революционного пафоса, и несколько не ожидала от современных китайских товарищей.

Озвучка хорошая, музыка неплохая, текст переведен на английский достаточно хорошо, хотя не хватает ряда исторических справок, но совсем чуть-чуть, это вам не Path of Wuxia, в которой нужно гуглить большую часть китайской поэзии и прочих искусств типа каллиграфии, живописи и прочего.

Рекомендую всем, интересующимся китайской историей, любителем достаточно реалистичного повествования в VNках, а также тем, кому просто нравится гримдарковые сюжеты.