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I’m just happy that my appreciation and support has gone through to you. Your love and passion for it really shines through to me. It was important for me to tell you that the most. And I'm very serious about how much the world hooked me! I really love how it's been built up and written about. I also look forward to seeing more of Dianthus’s mystery, and I definitely can’t give up on Zinnia when he’s in a story made with such caring hands! I will trust you on that.

And it really is. Honestly seeing Rosea’s hair, skin, and even stuff like her having a bonnet be touched upon and highlighted was really nice to see. It has been pretty alienating and definitely immersion breaking when the protag you’re playing, especially if you have the choice to make them black, still gets described or talked about in text in ways that completely ignore it in favor of something more “default” (still using hair as an example bc there’s so many times I have to ignore or mentally re-write my hair being described as something like “long and smooth” or a character easily touching/petting it, especially without asking first @_@). I’m glad that that isn’t the case here like I said, but it’s also a little bit sad that seeing these things actually included is still infrequent enough that it makes me do a double take when I do see it. But that’s just another reason I wanted to make sure to show my support!

And it’s all good! There’s seriously so much more I can say as well (though I really should finish the other routes first at the very least), but like I said, these were the ones I wanted to tell you the most for now. I really am cheering you on with this, I really look forward to it all!

(Also, I forgot to say that I love Poppy. Poppy is very good!!)

I've only been able to play one route so far but I was absolutely captivated by the world the moment I started! I learned of this game through Naja's blog by chance and very simply put, if someone is out there trying to add more soft black girl characters in the world, especially in the world of otome games, I have to at least also give it a try and support their efforts if possible. And I have to say, I'm very happy so far that I did. There's a lot of heart in this story and I feel the love and care you're putting into it strongly.  Rosea is such a sweetheart and I love reading her thoughts and seeing how you convey certain tones and moods with text getting bigger or smaller. Dianthus is the most my type in this game and so of course I'm already extremely captivated by him and finished his route first in the prologue, but Glady and Clem are very enjoyable too! Zinnia admittedly isn't the type of character I usually go for in otomes but I can't help but want to grow to like him more with the love and care put into all that I've seen like I've said (and also he must be your fav for a reason right? xD). Not to mention that design wise everyone is great in general! I appreciate Rosea having afro puffs and actually did a double take when it was mentioned in text since I'm just not used to seeing hair be described in a manner I can relate to as another black woman.

There's so much more I could say even though I still have 3 other routes to get around playing but it was important to at least say this much right now. Thank you (and everyone else who contributed to it!) for all your hard work so far in making this game; I look forward to seeing future developments and hope you take the best of care!