SHINJUKU SOUMEI Reviews

Translation is so bad it's probably MTL. Not worth it.

I grinded through this entire thing as I've read every other translated Kataoka Tomo VN and wanted to keep up that tradition. Don't follow my example, this might as well not be translated. The translation is terrible, every sentence is at best, stilted, at worst, grammatically incorrect or nonsensical. If you're wondering, no it's not machine translation, it is done by a company called Tokyo Translation Team, looking at their website they seem reputable and fine enough, but they are clearly not. G-MODE/Nekoday you got scammed, please go back to MangaGamer or another actual good translation company for your next VN. As for the actual plot, it revolves around the mystery of the main character who is immortal, and unable to leave Shinjuku. Except the first 2 chapters (out of 4), are fairly dull slice of life scenes with the mafia/public safety department/church, nothing much happens. Then the final 2 chapters do delve deeper into the mystery, and the reveals are fine, there's some solid scenes, but it's still nothing that notable. Also the presentation here is a step-down from Christmas Tina, which is a shame as the art was a great in that, here it's just not as good. Overall, if you want to read a great visual novel written by Kataoka Tomo surrounding the mystery of somebody being immortal, then read Winter Polaris, that actually has a nice translation. By the way if you want to see if the translation is actually that bad, there is a demo, check that out instead of buying this.