VN - Ren'Py - New Beginnings in Japan [Ch.2 v.0.8.1] [Shikharsfree]

In this game we follow the story of Kiara, who moves to Japan to start a new life. But there's also the stories of numerous other people, that are in some way intertwined with the main protagonist.

This makes for a very interesting albeit somewhat confusing start. New characters are introduced without much background information.
If you read carefully you can put some pieces together and follow the story without much trouble. However it can be confusing anc chaotic to some.

At one point I confused Veronica and Valentina with each other (similar names) and I kept wondering why her hair changed color every time

A good idea would be to add a compendium of all the characters and their relationship to each other and Kiara. The compendium could be updated with the choices these characters make (or rather the choices you make for them).

As for the story, despite the confusing start I think it's very well written and executed. Some clever humor as well, which I greatly appreciate.

I don't know which direction this will game go, but assuming from what I played it seems there's different LI's for Kiara (both male and female) as well as a corruption system. The LI's look all very interesting, so that's a big plus.

There's also a bunch of (storywise less important) bad guys, mainly perverts who grope the main characters, which then leads to a choice (endure it/tell him off). I think this is in the game to appeal to certain players, and/or to to be able to rise the corruption meter.
However I think these bad guys are too cliche and cardboard characters. Given how well the 'decent' males are written and fleshed out, I'm sure the writer(s) should be able to make these bad guys more interesting than the usual pervert trope.

My biggest gripe with this game is the language. Wrong and missing punctuation, wrong use of capital and lower case letters, a lot of spelling mistakes and the use of sms language (ikr, btw, ffs, idk, sup, ...). It feels like it's hastely and sloppy written. This is in stark contrast with the good quality of the other aspects of the game.

So, to round it up, all in all a very good game so far.
Would love to give it 4,5 stars, but since that's not possible I'll keep it at 4 for now.

Well after play 2 chapter i feel this is like a combine story and maybe in one time they will merge into one crucial path. The story is good the complexity is still make sense to the story itself, and hope more to the characters development because the model is so good. For me personally It's feels like the MC is MIA just because she is more fit to the tragic story of her life. So keep up the good work and thank you for making this.

Lots of really hot characters and there's quite a bit of content for a brand new game. Thus far, this game seems more like a kinetic novel than a traditional game. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it would be good to know going in as I do prefer to play games with some degree of choice. The Chapter 2 preview does seem to suggest that there will be more choices available in the future, though, so that's promising.

Nice render, nice characters, but the story is absolutely chaotic. The change between the places/countries/persons is to much. I expected a story out of the view of a female MC not out the view of x other persons, too. Especially not if they have nothing to do with anything that happens to the MC at that moment. A flashback why they meet when MC and the other char meet the first time is okay, but the story is at the moment really exhausting to read.