This was amazing, it really made my week, wish there was a way to give a super like beyond just 5 stars (though sharing it with friends does it)! Art is great, music fits, writing is awesome, worldbuilding’s interesting! Wish there was a reddit or something to share discussion and memes in.
My favorite chapters were 1, 2, and mochi in frosting, the later having my favorite single short part of the game in thrill;
Spoilers for the whole game
I LOVED the tension and foreshadowing when going into that witch's house, my blood actually ran cold when i saw the rooms with all the stuff about forcing animal folks to animal forms; since juju (if i got the name right, i'm terrible with names) only suggested going to their house after mochi told her about her relationship, i really thought it was foreshadowing that she was going to pull a Just Girly Things and get the witch to force either her or Treat into animal forms. The note on the house with Mochi not there was a right fright too!The lore is also very interesting, i love that there are more games in the universe! While i expected the witches to look more nonhuman like the lore book says, the bit about their conspiracy to create “ethical” meat that is actually still made of sapients that are just locked to animal form was great, and the power imbalance it creates sets the stage for a lot of tension when interacting with even seemingly benevolent ones, i love how paying attention to the lore allows you to see scenes in a new light like that! Like even genoise had me on edge with her remarks about pets with the fact she could make them real whenever she wanted, with the added risk of developing dementia making her do it even if she normally wouldnt. I love how the meat thing is brought up again at the store too!
I kinda wish there could’ve been more focus on the town past chapter 2, as it does kinda feel like it becomes closed off and then there’s no effort against it despite mochi’s earlier wishes, but the powerlessness felt by the characters is kinda the point, and the slice of life narrative it goes with is just as good. It’s funny to think that if they let salt and pepper make filet out of that reincarnation of the racist sheep from zootopia, things might’ve actually went better than otherwise, as it would’ve just been a dissapearance with no confirmation of ill intent (and it could’ve been said that she ran away because she couldnt bare what the town was becoming, etc).