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It's good! The kaiju conceit gets spun into a tastefully deadpan romp with tight plotting and smooth setups and payoffs – the reveal of the significance of the car thief dad is laugh-out-loud good. While the romance develops pretty quickly, I think the gravitas of the stakes is felt strongly enough for it to work as a "bonding under extraordinary circumstances" kind of thing. It helps that the characters have a good amount of texturing to them despite being appropriately archetypical; I particularly like the protagonist constantly thinking about taking pictures as a fun character trait.

Likening in-universe kaiju fanatics to the furry fandom is an interesting angle to take. That kind of delightful worldbuilding fluff adds a lot to the experience in general, and I like how the game uses art to bring a lot of it in unobtrusively (and the self-promotion is gracefully subdued as well).

I guess I don't have that much more to say. Big Steps is just thoroughly enjoyable; all the pieces fit together, and the finished product is a pleasantly light read but not trivial enough to feel forgettable. It's difficult to imagine the kind of person who would not have a good time with it.