Story Basis:
It's been a month since you began dating the Hong Kong mobster. Not once are you able to enjoy a peaceful date together without Inui tagging along or interruptions of rival mobsters. Despite the disruptions, you're enjoying your relationship with Soryu.
Soryu has become a target of random attacks and he suspects it's someone close to him. You worried about him but he says he'll protect you as long as you're with him. Just when you're thinking how useless you are standing next to him, he suddenly breaks up with you?!
Heartbroken, you try to get over him but you can't - not when he's being so nice to you. It's not fair!
Will you two ever get back together?
His Personality:
In a span on one month, Soryu's personality - or at least the way he treats you - has definitely mellowed out 😉. For one thing; he expresses himself a bit more around you and he's can be very surprising intimate with you when you're alone 😊.
He's surprisingly sweet and gentle towards and really treats you like his girlfriend. He says the darnedest things every that makes you squeal most of the time😆.
Soryu is also weird 😲 ~ but in a cute way 😍 because of the way he thinks is just so bizarre 😵. You go on a date to the zoo and the first place he wanted to go to is the tiger enclosure. You think he likes tigers but it turns out he was having a staring competition with them! 😂
Hinted from Eisuke's route, it has always been a none fact that animals loves Soryu and he's not at all that fond of them. It's sweet how he was uncomfortable holding a rabbit because he was scared he could hurt them.
Initially, Soryu wasn't open to telling you about his work because he didn't want to worry you (which caused for the opposite). Only did you tell him you were his 'girlfriend' did he start to let you in a bit more into his world.
He lets you tag along with his work so you can be familiar with how he works and with the Ice Dragons. You quickly warm up to most of the members, especially with Inui because he's the most easygoing one and very friendly.
*** Be warned for any spoilers ***
The plotting was little slow because it was more focused on their relationship and how the MC feels 'useless' 😞 standing next to Soryu. The whole plot where Soryu being targeted, protecting her and then breaking up with her centers around how incapable she is helping him.
I really like how much their relationship changed from the main story to the sequel. In the main story, they were no more than a woman used as a decoy by the woman-hating mobster. Now, they are in a romantic relationship 👫💏 who can't stop thinking about each other.
The level of danger in a mobster's line of work is unpredictable 💣😱. So it's usually understandable if they don't want to tell their significant other anything to avoid implicating them. The MC, however, values their relationship and (understandably) worries about him because of his line of work.
I really like how the MC didn't immediately shut down when he said her knowing won't stop it from happening. She insisted that being his girlfriend, she has the right to know what's going on - because they're constantly getting interruptions on their date 😩.
Soryu is more open about letting the MC involved in his life such as letting her get familiar with his work and his organization. His family background has been a bit of a mystery since the main story (we only know his paternal grandfather was the former Boss of the Ice Dragons before he stepped down) and it seems like a sensitive topic for him.
Though reluctant at first, Soryu does open up about his parents. He practically grew up without them and was raised by his grandfather. For some unknown reason, his father broken away from the Ice Dragons and disappeared. His mother went back to Japan because she couldn't stand the bullying from his father's mistresses 😥. But yes, Soryu is Chinese-Japanese ✌.
While Soryu is doing an awesome job protecting his girlfriend, the entirety of the story is focused on how the MC feels 'useless' and how she's incapable of helping him 😔. She feels this way because he's constantly getting injured protecting her.
It was pretty clearly he didn't have the heart to break up with her because he couldn't look her in the eyes when he did 💔. He was pretty cold and harsh when he broke up with her and used her insecurities against her to make it easier (but cruel 😢) to break up with her.
Because he's being targeted, he totally went with the 'I broke up with you to protect you' move 😣😤. It's such a typical guy move in the Voltage Inc universe. Sometimes, the MC does it too, especially in Eisuke's route. She's really passive and tends to run away because she's only thinking on the surface of how much of a burden she is and not actually think about how he feels.
Thankfully, she's not like that in Soryu's route. Accepting and heartbroken at first, the MC knows herself that she's only getting in the way of his work. Their interactions were a little awkward as expected, but thanks to Mei Ling for giving her the push she needed, she's able to tell Soryu she still loves him.
Has she never said she trusts him or wait for him to come out of jail, he probably wouldn't think about getting back together with her. But when she did, it gave him the courage to ask her out again - even though he used her as bait to lure out the traitor. I think that was pretty mean 😒.
It was hardly shown in his main story but Soryu is actually really kind, just doesn't show it that often or he purposely makes himself seem cold-hearted. It would actually spoil the ending so I won't spoil it but he's really not coldblooded.
If you enjoyed his main story and want to see Soryu's unexpected romantic side then you'll definitely enjoy his sequel. He's so cute and sweet, you'll definitely fall in love with him if you hadn't already.
Happy playing!
Overall score: 7/10
You are welcome to read my review on his overall personality and his character development from my general opinion post (which I will post at a later date). Stay tuned for more updates.
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