I used AI to translate it, and here is the English version：
A great game.
I am a Chinese student, and I can empathize with Noelle in some ways. One thing that deeply resonated with me was when she was young, her family asked her to study Chinese, but because she found it difficult and didn't understand why she had to learn it, she gave up. After returning to Taiwan, she regretted it and hoped that her parents could have explained things clearly so she would have persisted. I also went through a very similar experience. In fact, parents are people who have been there before, and they truly want the best for you, but as a child, without a clear understanding or foresight of the future, it's hard to comprehend their intentions, leading to conflicts. As a result, we may end up becoming the parents we didn't understand when we were young, which is quite helpless and sad.
Regarding the Taiwan issue, whether it be the historical factors involved over time, or the current international situation, for an ordinary middle school student, it is too heavy and complex. All I can do is trust my country.
As for the two aspects of gender bias against females and the emphasis on science studies among Chinese people, at least from my childhood to now, I, as a girl, have never been looked down upon by elders due to my gender. Even if it happened, it doesn't matter to me since only those lacking in ability resort to talking about innate conditions. The gentlemen around me with good manners treat women well, and the few without manners don't attack others based on gender either. Their rudeness isn't because of gender but because they are simply rude (hhh). The same applies when roles are reversed between men and women. Personally, I'm interested in math, a female friend is interested in physics (we're both within the education system), and there are two others who hate science subjects (one plans to go to America, and another is already there). So not everyone is obsessed with science.
Butterfly Soup is fantastic in terms of art, music, plot, and rhythm! It's the most comfortable and favorite game I've played on itch.io. Keep it up, author!
There's a lot more I wanted to say, but I'll stop here because I'm lazy to write more (By the way, Akasha is really hot when she grows up, completely my ideal type,Noelle please don't hit me www).
The Noelle segment of Butterfly Soup 2 alone makes it one of its favourite games ever made. It is sweet, both beautifully and painfully honest, and girls play baseball in it. It makes it so happy, and few things can do that for it. Below is it commenting on the critiques the person below gave, which is fine - you don't have to like everything - but it has been dissuaded by critical comments before. Keep in mind there are spoilers.
[SPOILERS BELOW IF YOU WANNA PLAY COMPLETELY BLIND]
The person below it is probably a lovely person, but they are also wrong. Butterfly Soup 2 continues beautifully from the original, and it fleshes out the girls' central personalities. In the focus on Min and Diya in the first, Noelle and Akarsha's contrasting anxieties and personalities - Akarsha burying her despair behind a layer of humour and Noelle feeling lost in a world she has the awareness to understand but no ability to change.
The "inclusion crisis" being described as shoehorned feels ignorant of the nature of the plot. For one thing, it's a coming-of-age story. There needs to be coincidence and messiness following the path of life. Min's greatest strength and flaw is her confidence, so throwing a wrench into that is an important theme for her character. Secondly, Bigotry is a constant, and the way Min's biases were handled felt true to her character, as well as the burying of her guilt.
Describing the main pairing as forced is... odd. First of all, romance story, What did you expect? Noelle and Akarsha constantly lived rent free in eachother's minds throughout the first game, they wouldn't shut up about eachother, and also they are teenagers. The idea that there is some kind of inconsistency here feels at odds with the genre conventions. They don't have years of history together, but that's why their relationship is less solid than Min and Diya's in the first game. This is new to both of them, and is a story about their developing emotional honesty between eachother and with their own sexuality.
As for how the game handled sex, it thought it did it fine. The game handled sex with the strange twisted eye a certain kind of teenager does - this omnipresent idea that is attractive but intimidating. It thinks it reflects the characters - and specifically Noelle, excellently. This is why the epilogue scene is so important - they handled the situation with real frankness.
It writes all of this because it feels very close to this game and close to its earnestness and sincerity. No story about teenagers should be a tight series of Chekov's Guns going off - it should be messy! It should be chaotic and stupid and weird!
I will say: Still a good game. But it feels like it lost quite a bit of direction, compared to the first. Which, feels weird to say but: The second one has a bit of a shoehorned inclusion issue. As it has things, kinda just to have them. Moving on before they can even be explored. And then never mention them again.
Still: Plenty of good scenes. And addressing a lot of things back from that era. And, honestly: Still today. But I feel some of the cursing doesn't align with the characters. (Such as calling someone a prostitute) Similarly: There were several moments that should have gotten terrible puns or innuendos. Like using "Walls" instead. Or at the "pitch a tent". As, like... that's pretty spot on for an erectile tissue and/or "out of the hood" joke.
So, it does feel needlessly censored at times. Like, there's not even a master debate reference. Or a single mention of "Did you do it yet?" which, having once been a child myself: You couldn't walk two steps at that time without running into. And then it casually mentions doing it in the bathroom... or being paid for "services" in the bathroom. It does approach the topic in a oddly stilted manner.
It's a good series regardless. Though I have to admit the pairing felt very shoehorned. And kinda rushed last minute. Which, is ironically fitting for something from that era. But it feels more done because fans asked. As to me at least, it didn't feel overly organic.
This is actually the best game ever. It's a beautiful story. This is my comfort game and I have so many parts saved to look back on when I need it and I always make references to this game around my friends. (I've also always trying to show Butterfly Soup to my friends and have them play it.)
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I used AI to translate it, and here is the English version：
A great game.
I am a Chinese student, and I can empathize with Noelle in some ways. One thing that deeply resonated with me was when she was young, her family asked her to study Chinese, but because she found it difficult and didn't understand why she had to learn it, she gave up. After returning to Taiwan, she regretted it and hoped that her parents could have explained things clearly so she would have persisted. I also went through a very similar experience. In fact, parents are people who have been there before, and they truly want the best for you, but as a child, without a clear understanding or foresight of the future, it's hard to comprehend their intentions, leading to conflicts. As a result, we may end up becoming the parents we didn't understand when we were young, which is quite helpless and sad.
Regarding the Taiwan issue, whether it be the historical factors involved over time, or the current international situation, for an ordinary middle school student, it is too heavy and complex. All I can do is trust my country.
As for the two aspects of gender bias against females and the emphasis on science studies among Chinese people, at least from my childhood to now, I, as a girl, have never been looked down upon by elders due to my gender. Even if it happened, it doesn't matter to me since only those lacking in ability resort to talking about innate conditions. The gentlemen around me with good manners treat women well, and the few without manners don't attack others based on gender either. Their rudeness isn't because of gender but because they are simply rude (hhh). The same applies when roles are reversed between men and women. Personally, I'm interested in math, a female friend is interested in physics (we're both within the education system), and there are two others who hate science subjects (one plans to go to America, and another is already there). So not everyone is obsessed with science.
Butterfly Soup is fantastic in terms of art, music, plot, and rhythm! It's the most comfortable and favorite game I've played on itch.io. Keep it up, author!
There's a lot more I wanted to say, but I'll stop here because I'm lazy to write more (By the way, Akasha is really hot when she grows up, completely my ideal type,Noelle please don't hit me www).
不过男女不平等当然还是存在的，不可否认。如同社会书上写的：“实现妇女和男性的完全平等，还需要人类社会不断努力。”
还有就是，愿台湾早日回归！
I played the first game years ago and I finally got around to playing the sequel. It was incredible. I'm so happy. Thank you.
Incredible game. Please make more <3
finally playing this game soon and i am just so excited thank you for making it :)
Q_Q This is fucking beautiful
It's all amazing but I didn't expect Noelle's language barrier stuff to really get to me like that, god
One of the most beautiful games I've played, thank you, never stop making art
THERE WAS A SEQUEL THİS WHOLE TİME THİS İS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LFİE
NVEONS??? what are you doing here lmao
LULU GRANDE IS THAT YOU???? i could never miss a sapphic indie game with stressed asian teenagers 😼
yes, IT IS ME!! also, MITSUKI TGSWIIWAGAA PFP!?!?! (i just noticed)
YOU KNOW HER?? ANOTHER OLNF BUTTERFLY SOUP GREEN YURI ENJOYER I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE 😭😭😭
there is no yuri media that i do not know !!
The Noelle segment of Butterfly Soup 2 alone makes it one of its favourite games ever made. It is sweet, both beautifully and painfully honest, and girls play baseball in it. It makes it so happy, and few things can do that for it. Below is it commenting on the critiques the person below gave, which is fine - you don't have to like everything - but it has been dissuaded by critical comments before. Keep in mind there are spoilers.
[SPOILERS BELOW IF YOU WANNA PLAY COMPLETELY BLIND]The person below it is probably a lovely person, but they are also wrong.
Butterfly Soup 2 continues beautifully from the original, and it fleshes out the girls' central personalities. In the focus on Min and Diya in the first, Noelle and Akarsha's contrasting anxieties and personalities - Akarsha burying her despair behind a layer of humour and Noelle feeling lost in a world she has the awareness to understand but no ability to change.
The "inclusion crisis" being described as shoehorned feels ignorant of the nature of the plot. For one thing, it's a coming-of-age story. There needs to be coincidence and messiness following the path of life. Min's greatest strength and flaw is her confidence, so throwing a wrench into that is an important theme for her character. Secondly, Bigotry is a constant, and the way Min's biases were handled felt true to her character, as well as the burying of her guilt.
Describing the main pairing as forced is... odd. First of all, romance story, What did you expect? Noelle and Akarsha constantly lived rent free in eachother's minds throughout the first game, they wouldn't shut up about eachother, and also they are teenagers. The idea that there is some kind of inconsistency here feels at odds with the genre conventions. They don't have years of history together, but that's why their relationship is less solid than Min and Diya's in the first game. This is new to both of them, and is a story about their developing emotional honesty between eachother and with their own sexuality.
As for how the game handled sex, it thought it did it fine. The game handled sex with the strange twisted eye a certain kind of teenager does - this omnipresent idea that is attractive but intimidating. It thinks it reflects the characters - and specifically Noelle, excellently. This is why the epilogue scene is so important - they handled the situation with real frankness.
It writes all of this because it feels very close to this game and close to its earnestness and sincerity. No story about teenagers should be a tight series of Chekov's Guns going off - it should be messy! It should be chaotic and stupid and weird!
I will say: Still a good game. But it feels like it lost quite a bit of direction, compared to the first. Which, feels weird to say but: The second one has a bit of a shoehorned inclusion issue. As it has things, kinda just to have them. Moving on before they can even be explored. And then never mention them again.
Still: Plenty of good scenes. And addressing a lot of things back from that era. And, honestly: Still today. But I feel some of the cursing doesn't align with the characters. (Such as calling someone a prostitute) Similarly: There were several moments that should have gotten terrible puns or innuendos. Like using "Walls" instead. Or at the "pitch a tent". As, like... that's pretty spot on for an erectile tissue and/or "out of the hood" joke.
So, it does feel needlessly censored at times. Like, there's not even a master debate reference. Or a single mention of "Did you do it yet?" which, having once been a child myself: You couldn't walk two steps at that time without running into. And then it casually mentions doing it in the bathroom... or being paid for "services" in the bathroom. It does approach the topic in a oddly stilted manner.
It's a good series regardless. Though I have to admit the pairing felt very shoehorned. And kinda rushed last minute. Which, is ironically fitting for something from that era. But it feels more done because fans asked. As to me at least, it didn't feel overly organic.
the end made my brain unwire for a whole second then im like 'ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, thats what they were doing'
This is actually the best game ever. It's a beautiful story. This is my comfort game and I have so many parts saved to look back on when I need it and I always make references to this game around my friends. (I've also always trying to show Butterfly Soup to my friends and have them play it.)
do not play this agme unless oyu wanna have ac risis