immigrant stories in media are increasingly more common nowadays, which is a great thing, but that does mean that under less than careful hands, some of them can be a bit...undercooked. flavored like a psa, if you will. I was worried that is what we would get here

and we didn't! despite being a rather short game, it's layered and allows itself the narrative privilege of mess, good mess! the kind that serves a great dish. and very ironically, the pat kind of immigrant story I was worried about above is directly criticized in the story, lol

extremely well crafted and told, and I am so hungry rn