The Rainy Port Keelung 雨港基隆

A game from 2015! It has been TEN YEARS and the English subtitles are nowhere to be found. "English subtitles are still being processed,we hope to complete as soon as possible." I bought it because subtitles take 6 to 9 months ... but after 10 years i am very dissapointed. This was a nice opportunity to deliver Taiwanese history to the western public. since it clearly states {...It is a story about what Japan have left for Taiwan. It is also story about the very land of Formosa. It is also a story about the relationship between the Taiwanese residents, and those who have come from China...}

Who am I - A question left for all Taiwanese tl;dr: An ADV which digs into the problem of identity of Taiwanese through 228 Massacre. Even not perfect but still sending out a clear message. Introduction In 2014, Sunflower Movement happened for rejecting pro-China trade deal made by Kuomintang (KMT) government. Students have been succeeded. Several months later, The Rainy Port Keelung has been released - an ADV which tried to memorize 228 Massacre done by KMT in 1947, at the same time kept questioning who Taiwanese are. By chance or by destiny, the game appeared in the year of turning point for Taiwan. Heronies To push Taiwanese to think about their identities, 3 heroines with different backgrounds have been made. Hayashi/Lin - TW-JP mixed. Self identified as Japanese. Ojousama. Though never gone to Japan, unlike you who has been sponsored to go to there due to good academic results. Being left in Taiwan by her father and owns Asuka House where you are living in. Hates KMT government and loves Japanese government in Taiwan even after WWII. Chang - Local Taiwanese. Childhood friend. Yandere. Being jealous to every women who try to get close with you. Runs a tea shop. Hates both KMT and Japanese government due to damage done to tea business. Chen - Republic of China (RoC) Chinese under KMT. Jaja Uma. Daughter of Officer of Keelung. Always thinks that Chinese culture is better than Taiwanese's. Even she follows her father to go Taiwan due to interest on puppet show. Even they have different backgrounds, they finally have their own feelings of Taiwan. Plot Mainly the story could be divided into three parts. Part 1 is 1945 after WWII . You would meet and separate with Chen who steps into your life which already having Hayashi and Chang. 3 heroines have their own stances which relate to their backgrounds. Hayashi hates unruled RoC soldiers and compares them with Japanese ones. She loves Japan even more due to how you benefited from Japanese education system, even she also knows that Taiwanese could not enjoy everything. Chen looks down of Taiwanese cultures and praises those from China. Same viewpoint on Taiwanese puppet show which she regards as messy. This comparison also makes her father separated she and you. Chang pouts about how both Chinese and Japanese limit tea business. Even with jealousy, Hayashi and Chen are also reasons for her hating Japanese and Chinese more. Part 2 is 1947 before 228 Massacre . You change heroines' mind and your own life. In Hayashi's route, she has PTSD due to lost of who is taking care of her. She somehow behaves more childish than part 1 and starts to forget things easily. Since you try to protect her house with local Taiwanese, and Chen makes friend with her, she starts to understand everyone in Taiwan. She surprisingly speaks the most complete sentences in local Taiwanese among 3 heroines. In Chen's route, she accepts Taiwanese puppet show and rearranges her performance into local ones. She protects Chang when Chang has been under attack and pays for Hayashi's house. She even speaks as a Taiwanese to protect you from her father who still could not accept Taiwanese. In Chang's route, she trades her own body with KMT cops at first to protect you away from them. Later on she revenges by killing them. This route relates fewer to other heroines and you and Chang finally know that you two should stay with each other. Part 3 is 228 Massacre . Due to civil war between KMT and Chinese Communist Party (CCP), even there are spies of CCP, many Taiwanese only want to protest against KMT taking away their properties and super inflation. It starts from Taipei and spreads to the whole country including Keelung. As a reference to history, this ADV provides none of good endings, not even a CG of kissing . The best ending is you escape from 228 with all your most important ones , but the story just ends there without too much follow up details. If you choose any of the heroines,…

16 hours of additional play The game still isn't my fav ever but apparently the slow middle was the worst part. I still would have made it shorter and cut some of the conflicts but I did like it in the beginning and I am liking it now. I still haven't reached a single ending but i think I'm getting close. For now I intend to go for every single ending. My reading speed is still slow but has picked up somewhat, not anywhere close to that of a native speaker though. My original review I'm sure there is a public for this game, it is not terrible by any means. I'll write the review I wish *I* saw before buying. For context, I play VNs to learn Chinese and otherwise I'm not deep in the genre. This game is the first time I'm reading traditional, I went in without any prep. I'm picking it up by using the pop-up dictionary a lot and my reading speed currently is 60% of the one for simplified, which is already much slower than that of a native. Keep that in mind as this means the story is progressing slower for me than for someone who can read it fast. The characters and setting are kind of interesting. The beginning, when we get to know all of the characters and MC is going through an emotional roller-coaster living through an important societal transition he barely understands, amidst different cultures, and getting to know a mysterious, fascinating girl. Then it gets boring. The story is too slow, the political conflicts involve characters with no voice acting and often not even a name. They just come across as generic Evil People from The Party. I'm yawning and waiting for it to get better. After the captivating beginning, even the romance and SoL elements became boring. MC is just living his life clueless about the gazillion girls who like him and waiting for the plot to happen. There is no intrigue, no progression, no nothing. We're just given hints that the evil guys are in the works and something will happen. I intend to keep playing for now. I won't let this become another Tricolour Lovestory. If it continues to be boring and long, I'll drop it. But otherwise I'm still a little curious about the different endings. Specially the girls, who are kind of interesting.