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About This Game

"Feed me, or I'll reap your soul!"
And with those ridiculous words, my whole life was turned upside down.

Sakuraba Rie, aged nine, is a cynical and grumpy girl who cares little for her fellow classmates, and does not have a single friend.
That is, until a self-proclaimed demon from the deepest, darkest pits of Hell suddenly appears in Rie's kitchen and steals a tray of cookies.
What will happen between these two young girls? Will friendship blossom between them, or perhaps something more?
That is up to the reader to decide - but rest assured, no matter what, there will lots and lots of delicious food!

From Ebi-Hime, creator of "Asphyxia" and "The Way We ALL GO" comes "Strawberry Vinegar" a slice-of-life story with food, cute demons, yuri, and more food. b4d347fde0

Title: Strawberry Vinegar
Genre: Adventure, Casual, Indie
Developer:
ebi-hime
Publisher:
ebi-hime
Release Date: 5 Jan, 2016

English

I love this game to pieces. It's a nice little game about a nine year old girl, far too mature and cynical for her age, who gets forced into cooking for a little demon. The writing is great, providing both charming characters and fun humor, as well as descriptions of food that makes you want to try eat the screen. As a slice-of-life VN it works really great, and the epilogues were surprisingly rewarding. (Wish there was more epilogue, I want to see even more of that romance.)

One thing I personally would want to highlight is the parents of the main characters and the relationship they share. The mother and father are living in a BDSM relationship that seems to impact every aspect of their everyday life, something their daughter notices and reflects on. The father is really submissive, and basically functions as a cute housewife living to serve his mistress. The childs perspective on their parents BDSM relationship is really interesting in itself, and her insight provides some character growth to her parents. I really wasn't expecting this from a yuri VN that seemed to only be about fluff and food, but I adored what I got.

One of my main personal negatives would be the age of the main characters. With characters as young as nine years old I found it hard to relate to the romance. However, with them both being far too mature for their age it never felt like they were as child-like as you would expect children who actually were nine, so that could really help those of us who have a hard time relating to romance between kids. (And the epilogue is fantastic, which totally helps. Did I mention the epilogue being good?)

(For anyone ever planning on making their own game like this:) The user interface can't seem to decide on whether to call the settings for "Preferences" or "Options". This is a minor problem with a minor fix; having consistent naming for screens and tools in UIs generally makes using it flow more smoothly for users.. Very cute!
+ lots of awesome food.
+ the true ending is just SO SWEET and fulfilling! <3 !!!! made my heart skip a beat
+ includes fun stuff like extras, authors notes, music, art gallery, etc.
+ artwork is pretty
+ lots of choices, some fun and silly, some serious and important to the ending.
+ music is aight
+ writing is pretty good for a silly anime themed vn. characterization seemed archetypical and simple at first, but the dialogue goes deeper later, and elaborated more on each character.
+ its SUUUUPER funny and unique! literally my jaw dropped and i actually laughed out loud at multiple point throughout the game. its hilarious.

- a bit gross sometimes. what i mean by that is crazy outfits and wierd suggestions sometimes. stil worth playing tho.. After really liking Ebi-Hime's free VNs on Steam, I had high expectation for this one.

Sadly... This game never live up to them.

The main characters feels shallow, it's full of otaku references (a turn off for me) and the story is just... Totally not interesting. The humor really feels forced, the romance too.

I quite forced myself to finish it, in hope of seeing something interesting. Nope!

I can give some points for the cute drawings, the great food drawings AND descriptions. Other than that, meh.

The soundtrack is pretty forgettable too.. Strawberry Vinegar is a very short and sweet yuri VN.

Yet another sweet novel from ebi-hime, it's really cute and has a fun a story about two girls, one of which is a demon who is always hungry. It's very lighthearted and can be completed in one sitting. You will get to see a growing friendship, silly parents and their relationship, a lot of different food, funny and cute moments.

- Pretty visuals.
- Fun characters.
- Interesting story.
- A LOT of delicious looking food CG's.
- Sweet yuri elements, don't expect some lewd stuff here.
- Multiple endings.

Highly recommend if you're looking for a lighthearted read with a cute story and pretty visuals, or simply enjoy novels made by ebi-hime.. Very cute and colorful, It will make you unbelievably hungry. The art is beautiful and the soundtrack is premo. I found this through "The sad story of Emmeline burns" Ebi-Hime is now one of my favorites, Need to purchase the rest. 10\/10. Another wonderful Ebi-Hime yuri game. It\u2019s getting to be a habit :) This one is about food. Well, not really, but kind\u2019a. No, it\u2019s about a little demon girl from hell threatening to reap your soul if you don\u2019t feed her\u2026 So, you feed her, or this is one short game, lemme tell ya\u2019. -Of course, the demon turns out to be quite lovely and enchanting (as long as you feed her!). It\u2019s a lovely journey through some of Japan\u2019s most well-known dishes, along with images and descriptions thereof (yes, you will raid your cupboards, pantries and fridges more than once during this game). And it\u2019s quite a long game too, at least if you want to explore all the roads and avenues our main characters can travel. Lovely game, long game, highly recommended, and now I\u2019m hungry again\u2026. + Beautiful artwork
+ HUGE variety of food, complete with delicious-looking CGs
+ Cute romance plotlines
+ Lots of endings, including friendship routes

- Stiff and unfunny writing
- Gets repetitive
- Soundtrack gets annoying after a while

I came here after playing and enjoying Ebihime's other GL visual novel, Asphyxia. Unfortunately, I didn't have quite such a good experience with Strawberry Vinegar. The formal, stilted dialogue that worked well in Asphyxia's Romantic poet-inspired world is just bizarre in the mouths of modern adults and children. In Rie's case she's meant to be unusually mature for a child, but even a precocious 9 year-old isn't going to say things like, "Spare me your sentimentality", or "A neat little sophism that encourages the importance of family meals." It would be *slightly* less weird if the main characters were at least teens, or if people found the way she talked hilarious or cringeworthy, but she's taken completely seriously.

Rie is a fairly classic kuudere type who sometimes comes off as more bratty than charming. Her behaviour is rarely called out unless you're *so* awful to people you get one of the many bad endings. This is especially noticeable with her attitude toward her stay-at-home dad. His treatment in the narrative is grating, with an uncomfortable refrain of "get back in your gender role." Rie frequently references his lack of self-respect, including to his face, and at one point says his apron would be "perfectly fine\u2015if you were a woman." Really, Rie?

The rest of the writing is a mixed bag. Rie and Licia are genuinely adorable together, as are Rie's parents, who make an odd sort of beta couple. The culinary writing is a bit lacklustre\u2015this is no Chocolat\u2015but the sheer variety of food makes the eating segments some of the most enjoyable. It helps that the artist did a great job on the CGs. On the flip side, the story can't quite seem to decide what tone it wants to take. For something about a little girl making friends with a demon through the joys of food, the story dips into weirdly dark territory. There are multiple endings where you can actually die, and at one point Rie's mother randomly waxes philosophical about the horrible origins of Rie's name and how having children is self-centered. (Thanks, mom?) There's a jaded edge to the narrative that's jarring against the goofy baking shenanigans, and the two sides never reconcile into anything cohesive.

My main problem is the slow pacing. The same jokes and character interactions occur over and over again without adding anything to the story. Rie overanalyzes *every* line anyone says, which interrupts the dialogue and drags things out even more. Overthinking things is part of her character, yes, but that doesn't make it any more enjoyable to read her umpteenth internal monologue. By the time I got to the romantic climax of the best ending, I just wanted to hold down the skip button.

TL;DR: If cute girls and tasty-looking pictures of Japanese cuisine are all you're after, Strawberry Vinegar will suit you just fine. Sadly the flaws in the writing kept me from enjoying it.