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Hello! I would like to preface that I only completed the demo so I am unsure on if this is a very real plot-point in Kalei's story but I would like to share a concern I have of him. 

First of all I would like to say that the other routes were very fun, the character's designs are cute (though I have preference towards DJ Roadkill) and I do enjoy the worldbuilding you have done to take the concept of 'Heaven and Hell' to fit an idealization, albeit still with their own problems and issues. 

Onto my issue with Kalei, I would like to first say that half of my family been born and raised (and even more have lived) in Hawaii. And to be a bit blunt, his script is inaccurate at best. Now that being said I do not call for complete accuracy. I understand that Hawaiian Pidgin is a hard language to write and even harder to read, so I get that it likely would never be 100% accurate. But his portrayal is so watered down and in some instances (can't remember exactly) plain wrong it doesn't feel Hawaiian. It feels like the middle ground between tourist Hawaiian and real Hawaiian, and no one talks like that.  

Please next time you create a Hawaiian character that exclusively speaks Hawaiian Pidgin, do more research on basic slang and grammar. And maybe get a VA that knows Hawaiian Pidgin (I love the VA's range don't get me wrong but the accent was unfortunately very inaccurate.) For ideas if you ever decide to do a DLC for the game, I would have loved in the demo to see more slang beyond "Aloha cousins" and maybe even adding more words/slang to his vocabulary that's nonexistent in current Hawaiian Pidgin since he's going to be around more that can't speak English! 

This is just my thoughts though, please don't feel defeated by this. You and your team worked hard on this game and you all should be proud of the final product! Just please keep this in mind next time you create characters like him, it'll make the game go from a silver to gold in no time. :) 

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So I can't add anything regarding the Hawaiian part but on the devs Tumblr (@residentialrabbit)  they did mention that Kalei was mixed Hawaiian and Jamaican so that's probably why the accent was off. Not that I can attest for the accuracy of the Jamaican accent though, I just thought I'd add this for clarification. 

Oh I see! I had no idea, but that makes much more sense for the accent. Ty for the clarification :)