I wanted to first say I apologize for this very late response!! I read your review a few days after you commented and it really made my day ^_^ Then I got swamped and busy trying to finish the Red Rebellion demo and just didn't get around to responding until now OTL T_T;; I'm really happy to hear your impression of the story, and being well aware of the legend itself! Thank you for playing the game and loving it! I wish the game did well so we would have met the original two snake protags in the sequel story ^^; alas....
I also appreciate your feedback on how I could have done the food scenes better for folks who didn't feel the same way as you did! It's definitely something I should consider for the future book. I took a food writing class during college, and it was brought up how important the dining table was for everyone, and that meals would encourage even enemies to meet in the same place. Hence Jinhai and Ai spent that time together with the most banter. I was also told by a teammate, if I did more food images and maybe cooking scenes, it would have been accepted better ^^; Too bad I ran out of budget and time... Anyway, thank you for the wonderful review! <3 We hope Red Rebellion meets your expectations.