after playing the first game two nights ago I found this yesterday and stayed up until 2:30 playing it, I started both games at around 10:00 in the evening (on separate evenings of course). This series is amazing, I love the art, the story, the music, really just everything about it. another 10/10, hopefully we get to see more of these characters in the future (and if we do then I hope my sleep schedule will forgive me for staying up until around 2:00 in the morning again).
guess which characters got too relatable and realistic again? (everyone. especially akarsha. shes literally me irl) absoloutely loved this, i wish i could play both games for the first time again. 11/10 can't wait for the third game
Pretty much everything I could have asked for in a follow-up to the first. I love how it explores a lot of "missing pieces" from the first game and dove much more deeply into a lot of complex themes. Every character is treated with such a high degree of empathy and nuance. I also love how humanized the parents are and that whole aspect is such a brilliant portrayal of how complicated those relationships can be (Diya’s one with her mom hit close to home for me in several ways). Min’s character development is amazing and her positive relationship with Diya makes me melt into a puddle of happy tears (as did the ending, which felt like a beautiful culmination of everything both games stand for). It’s so incredibly difficult to balance being so real and so raucously hilarious but both games pull it off amazingly. Akarsha’s texts never failed to absolutely destroy me lmao Thank-you so much again for making both games! They're both all-timers and I’ll def. be recommending them as much as I can going forward!
I really enjoyed this game and it's predecessor. It's a really beautiful look at queer individuals and the complex ways we are forced to move through the world. These games made me laugh, smile and even cry at points. Some of the parental trauma was especially hard. But I found the characters to be very relatable. Especially Diya, she felt extremely relatable to me multiple times.
I love how honest and authentic this game feels. There's no "sexy filter" or making everyone look too beautiful. None of their problems are, as they even have a conversation about, misunderstandings that wouldn't happen if people just talked.
Love it <3 Thank you so much for making this sequel and I'm looking forward to your next game.
Very excited to read! But one request [possibly for future games, I guess]: I have RSI, so auto-forward is critical for being able to enjoy visual novels! Can you expose the option for that? I know Ren'py has it.
as a teenage questioning desi girl, this hit VERY close to home. I can relate a lot to Diya, Noelle, Akarsha, and Min. Seeing how their relationships with their parents, identity and culture mirrored my own experiences made me cry.
So much goodness. I cried a lot, and utterly love this whole story. It was small, but the trans representation was very nice. Min has such a good arc. For real, all the arcs are amazing. Thanks for sharing this continuation!
i was already replaying the first game when this came out and honestly, it had undoubtably rewired such a massive percentage of 13 year old Me's brain. this game was one of my first experiences learning of LGBTQ+ matters and cultural backgrounds past my own and I'm so glad I had a piece of media like this in my life. At the time I was a heavily closeted teenage girl, and very sheltered on anything gay related, but now, I am an openly transgender man on the verge of starting testosterone with an amazing boyfriend, and I can't help but equate some of that to this game. So, thank you guys for creating something so life altering, I'm so lucky to have stumbled across such good representation in my early years thanks to this game. An absolute masterpiece, put it in the louvre asap.
the first game was my childhood (i admit im litterally still a baby boy) and once i finished it i was so excited for the sequel. but eventually i forgot about it, and just now im returning to it. this game made me realize that theres more to just liking the opposite gender. that theres more to gender itself. i remember staying up late hiding under my blankets replaying this game all night, thinking if my parents saw it they wouldn't understand. the sequel was everything i needed and hoped for. because of this game i am now my true self, and after the second one, i feel like my path could be mine, instead of my fathers. thank you so much Brianna Lei and everyone that helped create this masterpiece of a game.
ayo i got a bug with my copy. chinese, korean, and the 3rd indian language characters dont show up. its just a bunch of hollow boxes. also the english font size is way too big. story is normal though. ive tried deleting and re-installing, but it hasnt worked. it even kept all my save files!
Butterfly Soup 1 & 2 are amazing examples of how to explore the transition between childhood and adulthood, American culture and immigrant culture, expectations vs reality. There's so much duality in these stories that each character feels like a real, distinct person.
It truly captures the confusion of being attracted to your friend in the way that's more than just friendly but denying it because being gay was never an option. I LOVE THESE GAMES!! The humor is so genuine, I laughed out loud multiple times. The heartfelt parts made me cry. The wisdom in seeing these characters grapple with what their parents wanted their life to be compared to what they were figuring out about themselves is so REAL. Plus the romance feels like icing on the cake.
I have such an emotional connection with Min, Diya, Akarsha and Noelle. If we cant get BS3, PLEASE explore their lives as twenty somethings. Like the epilogues of BS1 and BS2 but a complete story would be so incredible. This game deserves all the awards and attention. Thank you Brianna Lei, please continue to create more art like this.
this one hit different in a way the first one didn't. something about playing this in the middle of the night as I'm about to finish my finals and graduate hs when I really should be studying has given me comfort and resolution about some deep shit in my life. thanks for that
I just finished this. When I did, I just laid on my bed and stared at the ceiling wwowww!!!!!!!!!!! I love this game so much. I don't think words can ever express how much this game means to me, and how it just feels so, dear. I played the first game when I was still confused but eager, having only just realized about my sexuality, and it was just so comforting to me, it brought me so much joy. I just love how real the stories are in butterfly soup, and it's like I relate to every character in some way. The characters are super funny, but also so real, the thought process of each character and their struggles was just so deep. and it's just so crazy to see their experiences and growth together. Honestly I just love this game so much I don't think it'll ever leave my mind. Thank you so much for giving us such a special experience. Really thank you !! <33
I recorded this months ago and just now finally finished editing and uploaded it, and I got hit in the feels all over again. I will love my GAYBIES forever, you've made such a truly special experience and I just know this is going to hit home and help so many people feel a little less alone <3
wow. i already loved the first one when playing, but now i just relate to this so much more. i can find a piece in me with all of the characters, even down to mins storyline in leaving cali to florida with family (although i cant move back sadly) this is an amazing game and honestly one of the best things to me especially because im still figuring myself out <333
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I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3
(I also love Noelle :D)Is the bonus art included in buso2 the same as buso1?
edit: i bought both of them anyway lol
after playing the first game two nights ago I found this yesterday and stayed up until 2:30 playing it, I started both games at around 10:00 in the evening (on separate evenings of course). This series is amazing, I love the art, the story, the music, really just everything about it. another 10/10, hopefully we get to see more of these characters in the future (and if we do then I hope my sleep schedule will forgive me for staying up until around 2:00 in the morning again).
I agree.
Will there be gamepad support?
1st game was a masterpiece, as well as the 2nd.
guess which characters got too relatable and realistic again? (everyone. especially akarsha. shes literally me irl) absoloutely loved this, i wish i could play both games for the first time again. 11/10 can't wait for the third game
Pretty much everything I could have asked for in a follow-up to the first. I love how it explores a lot of "missing pieces" from the first game and dove much more deeply into a lot of complex themes. Every character is treated with such a high degree of empathy and nuance. I also love how humanized the parents are and that whole aspect is such a brilliant portrayal of how complicated those relationships can be (Diya’s one with her mom hit close to home for me in several ways). Min’s character development is amazing and her positive relationship with Diya makes me melt into a puddle of happy tears (as did the ending, which felt like a beautiful culmination of everything both games stand for). It’s so incredibly difficult to balance being so real and so raucously hilarious but both games pull it off amazingly. Akarsha’s texts never failed to absolutely destroy me lmao Thank-you so much again for making both games! They're both all-timers and I’ll def. be recommending them as much as I can going forward!
make a third game pleeeeeeeeeease i beg you
Yeah, I wanna also.
I really enjoyed this game and it's predecessor. It's a really beautiful look at queer individuals and the complex ways we are forced to move through the world. These games made me laugh, smile and even cry at points. Some of the parental trauma was especially hard. But I found the characters to be very relatable. Especially Diya, she felt extremely relatable to me multiple times.
I would highly recommend these games!
I love how honest and authentic this game feels. There's no "sexy filter" or making everyone look too beautiful. None of their problems are, as they even have a conversation about, misunderstandings that wouldn't happen if people just talked.
Love it <3 Thank you so much for making this sequel and I'm looking forward to your next game.
I agree infinitely.
I love it
Akarsha made my life easier '-' since Butterfly Soup 1
Yeah.
WHEN I SAW THIS I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT THIS IS LIKE DESPACITO 2 BRO IM PLAUYING THIS A S A P OF MY GOD THIS IS A BLESSING
the windows system doesn't let me play it :(((
made me laugh so much, my friends n i loved going through it tgt!!!! 10/10 would recommend
Very excited to read! But one request [possibly for future games, I guess]: I have RSI, so auto-forward is critical for being able to enjoy visual novels! Can you expose the option for that? I know Ren'py has it.
insanely good game, sobbed
PLEASE MAKE A THIRD
PLSSS AIEFIR
I loved it, mostly because of the gushy idiotic gay love, but still I loved it a lot. Thanks for making it :) [This applies to 1 & 2]
as a teenage questioning desi girl, this hit VERY close to home. I can relate a lot to Diya, Noelle, Akarsha, and Min. Seeing how their relationships with their parents, identity and culture mirrored my own experiences made me cry.
10/10
OMG THE TWEWY REFERENCE AAAAAAAHHH THAT'S MY FAVORITE GAME
2009 good year
These games are so good, the writing is so funny and relatable. I try to understand how to write like this to improve my own writing.
Omg i just finished playing I love this game so muchhh please if you can butterfly soup 3?? but much love <3
So much goodness. I cried a lot, and utterly love this whole story. It was small, but the trans representation was very nice. Min has such a good arc. For real, all the arcs are amazing. Thanks for sharing this continuation!
I am on a journey to play at least 35 LGBTQ+ games, don't ask why.
Played the first game and it made me trans /j
NO in all seriousness this is so lovely <3 /g (I am trans though hiii)
I just finished both game. The story is awesome and I'm so happy everyone got a happy ending!!
i was already replaying the first game when this came out and honestly, it had undoubtably rewired such a massive percentage of 13 year old Me's brain. this game was one of my first experiences learning of LGBTQ+ matters and cultural backgrounds past my own and I'm so glad I had a piece of media like this in my life. At the time I was a heavily closeted teenage girl, and very sheltered on anything gay related, but now, I am an openly transgender man on the verge of starting testosterone with an amazing boyfriend, and I can't help but equate some of that to this game. So, thank you guys for creating something so life altering, I'm so lucky to have stumbled across such good representation in my early years thanks to this game. An absolute masterpiece, put it in the louvre asap.
the first game was my childhood (i admit im litterally still a baby boy) and once i finished it i was so excited for the sequel. but eventually i forgot about it, and just now im returning to it. this game made me realize that theres more to just liking the opposite gender. that theres more to gender itself. i remember staying up late hiding under my blankets replaying this game all night, thinking if my parents saw it they wouldn't understand. the sequel was everything i needed and hoped for. because of this game i am now my true self, and after the second one, i feel like my path could be mine, instead of my fathers. thank you so much Brianna Lei and everyone that helped create this masterpiece of a game.
Fantastic game, I need more of the story between Noelle and Akarsha, they are adorable
I've fully played through both games, and they are just perfect, beautiful, funny and well done. I only wish there were more!
ayo i got a bug with my copy. chinese, korean, and the 3rd indian language characters dont show up. its just a bunch of hollow boxes. also the english font size is way too big. story is normal though. ive tried deleting and re-installing, but it hasnt worked. it even kept all my save files!
BOBMBOCLATT, NO ONE HELP ME! :(
I need Akarsha and Noelle togueter!
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☐ Watch paint dry instead
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☐ Just press 'W'
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I enjoyed this game
Butterfly Soup 1 & 2 are amazing examples of how to explore the transition between childhood and adulthood, American culture and immigrant culture, expectations vs reality. There's so much duality in these stories that each character feels like a real, distinct person.
It truly captures the confusion of being attracted to your friend in the way that's more than just friendly but denying it because being gay was never an option. I LOVE THESE GAMES!! The humor is so genuine, I laughed out loud multiple times. The heartfelt parts made me cry. The wisdom in seeing these characters grapple with what their parents wanted their life to be compared to what they were figuring out about themselves is so REAL. Plus the romance feels like icing on the cake.
I have such an emotional connection with Min, Diya, Akarsha and Noelle. If we cant get BS3, PLEASE explore their lives as twenty somethings. Like the epilogues of BS1 and BS2 but a complete story would be so incredible. This game deserves all the awards and attention. Thank you Brianna Lei, please continue to create more art like this.
this one hit different in a way the first one didn't. something about playing this in the middle of the night as I'm about to finish my finals and graduate hs when I really should be studying has given me comfort and resolution about some deep shit in my life. thanks for that
I just finished this. When I did, I just laid on my bed and stared at the ceiling wwowww!!!!!!!!!!! I love this game so much. I don't think words can ever express how much this game means to me, and how it just feels so, dear. I played the first game when I was still confused but eager, having only just realized about my sexuality, and it was just so comforting to me, it brought me so much joy. I just love how real the stories are in butterfly soup, and it's like I relate to every character in some way. The characters are super funny, but also so real, the thought process of each character and their struggles was just so deep. and it's just so crazy to see their experiences and growth together. Honestly I just love this game so much I don't think it'll ever leave my mind. Thank you so much for giving us such a special experience. Really thank you !! <33
I recorded this months ago and just now finally finished editing and uploaded it, and I got hit in the feels all over again. I will love my GAYBIES forever, you've made such a truly special experience and I just know this is going to hit home and help so many people feel a little less alone <3
wow. i already loved the first one when playing, but now i just relate to this so much more. i can find a piece in me with all of the characters, even down to mins storyline in leaving cali to florida with family (although i cant move back sadly) this is an amazing game and honestly one of the best things to me especially because im still figuring myself out <333