First and foremost! I have played this game entirely utilizing an English auto-translator created by "MiYaku Gaming." It is an on-going project to properly translate the game to English, it's still a long way from there, but at the time of writing, the autonomous translations are good enough to get through all parts of the game just fine. It requires a bit of reading between the lines, but otherwise perfectly sufficient. While the auto-translator works, it is somewhat unstable, as I've experienced some bugs crashes throughout, but that will surely be rectified in the future, no doubt.
I completed this game with a save file of 74 hours, however steam says 95. This is in large part due to lost time via crashes caused by the auto-translator. Now onto the review.
This game is a phenomenal experience for a work in progress JRPG. The estimated playtime of 30-40 hours feels unbelievable, because if you're like me in these kinds of games, you wanna go after EVERYTHING! And it's quite feasible too! And even then, there's still so much beyond what I've done for a technical full completionist experience (Acquiring every item and so on.) So if you plan to play this game, prepare to buckle-up and lock in for a seriously fulfilling session! I had been playing for days on end!
I don't really play many turn-based RPGs much at all, which is why this game has truly impressed me. It has intuitive and difficult combat that forces you to think and strategize heavily, making it feel challenging, but fair. There's quite the variety of recruitable characters that all fulfill different niche potentials and plenty of means to facilitate different kinds of builds and strategies, all of which are non-committal, so it makes for a super flexible and experimental experience.
I personally found the story to be rich, immersive, and gripping. I had been on the edge of my seat for a number of segments, trying to get through optional side content before progressing. The story takes interesting turns in ways that feel unexpected, but really pay off for rich story-telling. I quite enjoy this wonderful cast of characters, all of which feel super unique and provide an interesting dynamic for the group.
Also, perhaps the elephant in the room here, the somewhat lewd aesthetic and revealing nature of character designs is nothing more than just an aesthetic. There are lore implications that help strengthen the world-building and culture, but it's never intrusive beyond conversational gags and a couple of small side quests. This is definitely a game as opposed to a "short-time fun experience," so to speak.
The music is also quite the component too! While you might hear some tracks way more than others due to the nature of combat loops and grinding, it does not take away from just how good they are! There's a number of tracks in here that I wish I could just find online and listen to forever, I seriously love the music of this game, it feels quite serviceable for not only various combat scenarios, but also story-beats and what not.
Seeing as this is a beyond extremely generous demo (basically, half of what the planned full game is to be), I feel it is a must play if you have even an ounce of interest. You can either tediously translate things with a phone, or refer back to what I mentioned at the start! As of the time of writing, the rest of the game, "White Clothes Purify," is slotted to release in 2026, and from how it sounds, it'll be a complete package update.
There are small short-comings of this game, and I really do mean small, and this is likely due to the nature of it being incomplete. Examples such as the map, while simple and effective, showing the layout of chests, floors, and enemies, doesn't really go into detail about other collectables to acquire, such as the star candies that are used for upgrading your passive skills. Also, there's no option to see the map beyond the floor you're currently on, which can make full navigation feel harder if you don't memorize the layout yourself.
Another short-coming is that the beastiary lacks some crucial information that I feel would be important to make some side quests that involve backtracking less painful to do. Such as providing information on what areas that monster may spawn in, along with their percentage chance. Potentially, add more depth to each entry, such as providing what skills they use.
Speaking of skills, "Food Skills" are an important thing to look-out for, as they are the most important mechanic for Poteko, one of the recruitable characters. While most enemies provide a food skill for her to acquire, they almost always appear on enemies that can be farmed. I say almost always, as there are a few enemy/boss encounters that have food skills that you can only encounter the one time. I have missed out on 4 skills across 2 separate encounters, so it would be nice to have a means to remedy that, be it a way to forewarn the player of food skills they don't have, or a means to "refight" one-time story boss encounters to get what you missed. Think trial chambers or boss rushes from other games that are optional side content that allow the ability to refight said encounters. This so far has been my biggest gripe, as food skills are intrinsic to Poteko's kit, and having gone and collected every single one barring those two encounters, it stings a little, especially if they are super useful skills. Hopefully this is something that can be rectified when Purify released.
I think that's all I really have to say about the game in it's current state. I am massively passionate for it and the developer, and I hope they have a great time finishing the game, because I want nothing more but to love and support this creator's passion project.
Hope you find this review helpful, as trying to find any info on this game in English is near impossible!
