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The Ice Cream Culprit is now available in Ukrainian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and French (v1.4.13)

Konayachi

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The Ice Cream Culprit is now available in Ukrainian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and French (v1.4.13)

I humbly present several new languages for The Ice Cream Culprit! Many kind translators offered to translate this VN into various languages, so now you can now enjoy the special Limited Edition Super Spicy and Sour Strawberry Ice Cream in more languages!

Special thank you to these kind translators:

It was lovely working with them! I took a while to push this up because of work stuff IRL, sorry about that.

Play them on itch.io and Steam:

I drew and wrote a bit of after-story scene here, enjoy!

At the Waffle Shop

My girlfriend sure has exquisite taste.

The server had a hard time stacking her ice cream scoops. I told her a few times to let them serve her ice cream on the plate instead of the waffle cone, but instead she cheered the server, telling them 'you can do it! Yippee!'

Fortunately, all went well. The damage was higher than expected ($27), and to cheer myself up, I grabbed a random cola slushy from their self-serve fridge. I don't even like cola.

We sit on the bench in front of the waffle shop. My girlfriend is quiet: that's when I know her ice cream makes her happy. A tall stack of five scoops: cherry, lemonade, beet, passion fruit, and strawberry – all arranged into 'perfection', according to her. I sure hope she won't drop it, but I know her. She's good in that.

After a while, I notice that she has been looking at me for a while, and when I look at her back, she smiles and returns to her ice cream. When I look away, I can surely feel her stare. I don't mind it – I like her attention – but her wordless stare starts to make me curious.

You: "What is it?"
Her: "Your ice cream, is it good?"
You: "This is just a cola slushy. It tastes like watered down cola, I guess?"
Her: "Is it good, sweetie?"
You: "If you like cola, sure."
Her: "Hmm..."

I know exactly what's in her mind now.

You: "I don't want to trade."
Her: "I-I didn't say anything!"
You: "I've known you for a year. You're interested in my cola slushy."
Her: "No, not at all! Well, uh... I won't say no to a sip...Well, but of course, you can have my ice cream too! Hmm..."
You: "Hmm indeed."

Not wanting to have more cola in my system, I decide to just give it to her.

You: "You can have it."
Her: "Oh really?? Sweetie, you're too kind! Here, take my ice cream. It's good!"

We end up trading. Her ice cream pick sounds quite refreshing, I can have a little bit of it. But after a bite, a disgusting, earthy and bitter flavour spreads in my mouth..

You: "Yuck! Is this the beet ice cream?"
Her: "Mmm, yeah– Wow, this slushy tastes good!"
You: "Do you really like this ice cream?"
Her: "Oh, you have to eat it after the cherry and before the lemonade. The mixture would explode in your mouth. It tastes like perfection!"
You: "But there's no cherry nor lemonade flavoured ice cream left... You already ate the others."
Her: "Ah... Really...? It's not bad, sweetie! Beet is good for your body~"

I throw the entire waffle cone into my mouth. The cone flavour masks the earthy smell, at least.

Her: "Take this. It should help!"

She passes a coffee candy from her pocket. It's my favourite.

You: "Oh, thanks. This is nice."
Her: "Thank you for the ice cream, sweetie! You're the best~"
You: "No worries, just don't eat it too often. You said you want to fit into your summer dress, didn't you?"
Her: "Aaah! Right! No more ice cream for me! I want to fit into that summer dress you bought me last year."
You: "You look good in any dresses, so you don't need to worry about that."
Her: "Yeah, but I'll wear those dresses on our next beach trip! I will snack less and exercise more. Will you help me, sweetie~"
You: "As long as you're healthy and happy, I'll support you."