Ochitsubaki

A fallen camellia is a beheading, every time, every petal falling at once: a severing. OCHITSUBAKI is a visual novel about the impossibility of translating trauma. It is a bilingual JPN/ENG game about translation and how it can run as deeply as the way hypermarginalized people constantly "translate" their identities and trauma for the understanding of others, no matter how far it is from the source material. It's about recovering from trauma through the genuine compassion and consideration of another person, who manages to see the aftereffects of trauma and are willing to meet that person's unique needs, regardless of if they "understand" them or not. OCHITSUBAKI is a bilingual JPN/ENG transgender fantasy visual novel with an experimental poetic storytelling structure, a retro anime aesthetic, and a lush original orchestral soundtrack