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Absolutely loved this game. All the characters were quirky, and there were a lot of hilarious parts. Oh, and second-hand embarrassment from Ginger's attempts at flirting. Hilarious, but made me cringe at times, and I guess that's exactly the point, haha.

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That said, I think my favorite guy might be Radley, since I love the childhood friend trope, and it's sooo obvious that he loves Ginger since Pastry God knows when. Although that doesn't make playing the other guy's route any easier, because it physically hurts me to see Radley heartbroken, especially during Benjamin's 10th day QAQ

It was also hard to watch Ginger being mean to Benjamin, especially after playing his route and understanding him better. And then watching him leaving her store all dejected made me want to cry.

And then Carver. Dear Lord it was difficult to watch Ginger and Carver spout hateful words to each other when Ginger blurted out something mean to him, and he said something meaner back.

Despite being short, it can be funny, sweet, and heartbreaking all in one playthrough, and I think that's a good job.

There was this tiny little scene that I particularly like, and that is during Radley's route, when Ginger is on the stage and Radley cheers her on; depending on the choices, Ginger would yell at Radley "how dare he confess his love for her to everyone when he hasn't told her privately yet", and then someone from the crowd yells "but we already know that!" XDDD And then Radley tries to persuade Ginger to finish her speech first, but another elf tells them to continue their lover's spat, ahh, it was gold XDDD

One thing I do have to mention, I cannot for the life of me get Ending #4 in Radley's route. I even followed the guide, but every time I pick the "help him" option it always continues on, unlike the other bad endings, and I would always end up with Ending #5 instead.

Other than that, this was a great game, and I would definitely love to see more from Gourmet Visual :D

This is a really great game! I can't wait to see what you have in store for the full version!

I don't trust myself to not put any spoilers below, so you are warned.

First off, I've read other players voice their thoughts about the game, and I can say I share their sentiments when it came to Zel's second ending. It just came across as very irresponsible to me, even if Lunar kingdom did have the means to neutralize the uprisings easily. Although I adored his first ending, and I'm glad he managed to break out of his shell all for the sake of Charming. It must not have been easy. Really wished Dragon had more screen time. He's (she??) adorable XD And perhaps the backstory on how and why Zel was captured and imprisoned at the tower. Or was it mentioned in the game and I just wasn't paying attention??

Next I played Snow, and while I don't have a penchant for playboy type characters, his character in general was so sweet and thoughtful it made me love him. For some reason, while I did feel a little bit disappointed at his first ending, I appreciated it at the same time. Not every princess has to choose a prince to marry, and Snow giving Charming the chance to choose for herself made me love him even more. And needless to say I adored his second ending and the things that happened in it. His second ending is definitely my favorite of all endings.

Lastly, Mer. I'm gonna be honest and say it's pretty messed up XDDD As a character Mer is really my type of guy (for the most part, if you know what I mean), and I immensely enjoyed his interactions with Charming (particularly that one scene that involved candy, if you know what I mean ;)) Everything was even going so smoothly, the wedding, etc., then *BAM* attempted murder. That sort of caught me off guard. I half expected something along the lines of Charming and Mer finding out what happened to him when he was little and get that curse off of him, which is what happened, just not what I imagined it would be D: And it also felt that his first ending was abrupt. Some people might disagree with me, but I'm actually okay with Charming not breaking the marriage off. Mer did hesitate when he was about to stab Charming, very much like how the original little mermaid attempted to stab her prince only to stop at the last minute because she loved him. Although I'm not quite okay with the second one, for good reasons, lmao.

Also, I kinda wish Nicholl had a route. I enjoyed Charming's banter with him, however short it may be. Also, snarky childhood friend is a perfect otome game character too XD

There isn't a prince that I overly dislike, but Snow definitely claims the throne of my heart XDD Charming is...charming, too, in her own way. I've played way too many otome games where the heroine is a helpless lass in need of saving, and this game portrays the exact opposite, which is refreshing and fun.

Good job on the art! It was gorgeous (it was the art that drew me to this game in the first place), and I love the music and writing too!!

I rate this game a solid 8/10, and as I said above, can't wait to play the full game ^_^