*spoilers included
i cannot stress this enough when i say butterfly soup has been one of my favorite visual novels ever but the sequel has officially taken first place. to think i was a freshman when i first discovered BS and now i've graduated and i'm starting college in a few months.. and the characters & their stories still tug at my heart strings just as much as before. especially noelle and diya, i related HEAVY to being out of touch with your culture as an asian american, the pressure of living up to your parents' standards, & the difficulty of forming a happy, healthy relationship with an immigrant mother. the people i've been around growing up always seemed to have happy, functioning families and this visual novel was like a pat on the back and a kiss on the cheek while saying, "you're not alone. you've got this."
PLUSSS akarsha and noelle !!! akarsha and noelle !!! the gays win! we win! i was fr throwing a fit towards the end untilll i saw the post credit scene. ToT screamed into my pillow like an idiot lol
so thank you so, so much, brianna <3 you've made yet another queer asian fall victim to this beautiful piece of art.