Story Basis:
After being bought from the auctions, you are to choose between five of the auction sponsors. You choose Soryu Oh, the Hong Kong mobster, thinking he'll let you go because he did it before. However, he threatens to kill you, your friends and your family if you let it slip about the black market auctions.
Intimidated, you dare not to go against him and you're forced to live with him so he can keep an eye on you. To pay off your $20 million debt, Soryu has you become the decoy of Mei Ling - the daughter of a Hong Kong Bell Crickets Boss.
Just when you think things can't get any worse, you're thrown in the chaotic life of a mobster. You take Mei Ling's place and attend marriage interviews for her and also act as a decoy lure mobsters from a different faction who are after her (Mei Ling).
Soryu promises to free you if you succeed in your job as Mei Ling's decoy and you reluctantly agree. As the days go on with you pretending to be Mei Ling, you and Soryu grow closer and you start to see Soryu is more than just a scary face mobster... underneath he's just as soft as anybody.
You start to wonder whether he's protecting you out of obligation or if he really does have feelings for you.
Out of all the auction managers, Soryu's the most serious one who does most of the work putting the auctions together. As a mobster, he is feared by a lot of people because of how he looks and presents himself as a cold and scary person. ~ The slick back hair and sharp look doesn't help make him appear friendly.
He thinks of you more of a burden than a 'toy' (Ota and the others call you that) because he hates women 😨 so he has no interest in you whatsoever. He claims he hates women because he can't stand the heavy smell of their perfume so he avoids them at all cost.
A running gag with Soryu and the auction managers, particularly Baba and Ota, is whenever they irritate him too much, he would pull out his gun and threatens to shoot them 😅. Other times, Baba and Ota would often tease him about being a "closet pervert" 😂. ~ Which by the way, he isn't.
Just like Eisuke, Soryu is very calculating and ambitious with Ice Dragon's best interest at heart. He hopes to become the next Head Boss of the Ice Dragons to restore his grandfather's philosophy that has been disregarded by the current head. He's well respected by his followers and they are devoted to him, especially Inui.
At first, Soryu couldn't care less about your life often threatening to dispose you if you didn't do your job as Mei Ling's substitute properly. He only protected you out of obligation to find out which mafia faction is attacking Mei Ling. He calls you 'woman' instead of acknowledging you by your name 😩.
He becomes very fond of you but constantly hides his feelings for you because he must put the Ice Dragon before him.
*** Be warned for any spoilers ***
Overall Opinion:
I really enjoyed Soryu's route. The plotting was well developed with a little bit of action here and there. The flow of their relationship change seemed very fitting for an ordinary woman and a mobster 👍. There obviously wasn't much romance in this story because neither admitted to their feelings for each other until the end. But there's definitely a spark between the two - a really soft spark if I must say.
Soryu seems like a quiet guy so I didn't expect much comedy from his route ~ boy was I wrong 😂. There's a fair amount of comedy written in his story provided by Baba and Ota. Most of the time he shows little to no expression so it was quite funny how he kept pulling out his gun and threatens to shot whenever the guys irritate him 😂.
I found it endearing that even though Soryu is a mobster and doesn't get along with Kishi, he's very much a fan of detective novels. It's hinted that if he didn't become a mobster he would have become a detective like Kishi.
I think the reason Soryu doesn't along with Kishi because the man is so laid-back and too lazy to do anything (but will help out a friend when it counts). His laziness and lack of passion for his job probably ruined Soryu's admiration towards detectives portrayed in the novels.
Even though he's cold towards the MC and thinks she's nothing but trouble for him because he hates women, he treats her differently than the guys I've played. Not to compare them or anything but - Eisuke treats her like a maid and Ota treats her like a dog 😡. Soryu, however, doesn't treat her anything less than a decoy... who he supposedly couldn't care less if she dies on the job 😬.
What I mean to say is that even though Soryu doesn't like women in general, he doesn't disrespect them. He's cold towards them or avoids them because it's easier than to deal with them ~ personally, I just think he doesn't know how to be around women.
While Ota and the guys call the MC a 'toy' (sounds naughty 😳), Soryu thinks she's more of a 'burden' and he'd rather deal with dead bodies than have women pushed onto him. In a way, he kind of have respect to women... just don't treat them as gently as a gentleman would.
Pfft, what am I saying? He's a mobster!
While he doesn't treat the MC all that great in the beginning, only treating her as a disposal decoy, he does protect her to some extent. She claimed he would only protect her out of obligation and he most likely was because he needed her to lure the faction out trying to kill ML.
He can be harsh and a little intense waving his gun around, often scolding her when she makes a mistake. She was too nervous sitting in front of a mobster at a marriage interview and kept making mistakes. To help her get over her fear messing up at the marriage interviews, he 'pointed' guy at her stomach 😬🙊.
Why would he do that you say? It's kind of hard to explain so just read the GIF below.
Oh, and don't worry, he didn't really point a gun at her. He only pressed the handgrip to her stomach, not the actual muzzle. Even though he's a badass mobster, he still has integrity and would never point a gun as "a little girl" is what he said.
Extreme? Yes, but it did help the MC get over her fear of mobsters and she stops being afraid of him.
When one of the candidates fell in love with her at first sight and tried to follow her home, he took her back to his condo to throw the guy off, even though he thought it was annoying. He let her use his bed while he slept on the floor and promised not to do anything to her.
As time went on, the MC's opinions of mobsters change after seeing not all mobsters are bad (e.g. Inui) and she starts to warm up to Soryu thinking he's not at all scary. Especially when he's hair is down. 😊
Growing up as a mobster, Soryu is used to people being afraid of him so it doesn't care about what people think of him. I found it sad ~ but also understand ~ when he said it was easier to be hated and feared by others.
So he was a bit surprised when she got upset after some people said bad things about him. He thinks she's a 'strange' and 'confusing' woman because no's ever faced him head-on or even cared about what other's think of him.
When Soryu realised his feelings for the MC, he makes the effort to hide it but it's the subtle changes of his emotions that give it away. Baba hints that Soryu expresses himself a bit more around her otherwise he's expressionless towards the people he hates.
Thanks to his meddling, Eisuke helped proved Soryu's feelings for the MC when he arranged a marriage interview for her (out of amusement) just to see his reaction. And it was quite endearing! 😂 Soryu was on edge the entire interview and kept insulting the candidate and wouldn't leave your side until it was over.
By the time the MC finished her job as Mei Ling's substitute, Soryu had completely forgotten about setting her free like he promised. It never came to him what happens after because he became used to having her around.
In his POV, he stated that he deliberately didn't think about letting her go even though he knew it had to end. He "purposely turned a blind eye to the future" because he started thinking about a future with her in it.
I found it cute how he starts to love the MC's cooking, especially her omelettes asking her to make it again for him. A subtle gesture saying she's welcome to his condo anytime.
The little sub-plot with Mei Ling and her father was little unexpected but it definitely gave the MC and Soryu the push they need to admit their feelings for each other.
The ending was a little cliché but definitely enjoyable. The way he confessed his feelings for her just makes you squeal every time you read. I definitely recommend his route if you're into bad boys who's cute when they're awkward.
Happy playing!
Overall score: 8/10
You are welcome to read my review on his overall personality and his character development from my general opinion post (which I will post as a later date). I will also post over reviews from his route. Stay tuned for updates.
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