#i love kasen's sprite especially; so far she's like probably my favorite of the ones i've seen

[ilaiyayaya]

Mystia's Izakaya is like, so fun. Like I've never played Papa's Pizzeria but I imagine this is the feeling 8 year old me would've gotten had she played Papa's Freezeria in 2010. I did play other similar games but I don't remember the name of literally any of them but I think there was a spongebob one? maybe? but like, it's like that, and it's fun, and i like it :)

I'm surprised I haven't really played a ton of these types of games since I was really young, like when I think about it I really probably should've? Like, I love games with these type of vibes, like one of my favourite game series is Rune Factory (rare capitalization of a series name that's how much I love it) and while that is a different genre of game, that's more of a farming simulation/dating sim, it's still got like, a similar feeling to this. Like it's mostly very relaxing, but it also can and sometimes does get pretty stressful and tense, even if it's not actually that difficult at all. And I've come to realize I really enjoy that type of game, where it's a generally lax atmosphere, but if I really want to take it seriously and min-max I can absolutely make it as stressful as I want lol. I don't know a ton of other games like Mystia's Izakaya aside from old flash games, like I know a ton of them absolutely exist, they're just so out of my normal scope of search that I just haven't really heard about many, so I may look into some more now, this has opened a whole new world to me, and those are always my favorite games, I love expanding my horizons! I LOVE COLLECTING KNOWLEDGE I LOVE GATHERING INFORMATION I LOVE OBSESSING OVER NEW AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT MYSELF AND MY INTERESTS AND GAINING A DEEPER APPRECIATION OF THE WORLD!!!

I'm still not anywhere near the end either, so definitely looking forward to slowly making my way through the game, hopefully I don't start getting tired of it and hating it by the end, that unfortunately happens with far too many games... I have like, about 10 hours of actual gameplay put in so far tho, and according to howlongtobeat it's around like 40 hours, and while I do play games exceptionally slowly, it usually takes a lot more than 40 hours to get to the point of exhaustion for me, especially if I pace myself, so I'm confident I can get to the end while still loving the game! AND ONE OF THE DLC ADDS A BUNCH OF PC-98 CHARACTERS I LOVE TOUHOU PC-98 ERA I LOVE SHINKI!!!!! they probably don't add Yuugen-Magan and Sariel my beloveds though :c sigh the coolest weird freak characters never get any good representation kicks a rock, or possibly even a small stone sadly

I DIDN'T EVEN MENTION HOW GOOD THE GAME LOOKS AAAAAAAAA I LOVE THE CHARACTER SPRITE ART IT LOOKS SO FRICKING GOOD THEY'RE ALL SO CUTE!!! I LOVE TOUHOU CHARACTER DESIGNS I LOVE HIGHLY DETAILED PIXEL ART CHARACTER PORTRAITS!!!!!!!!!