Coffee Talk Tokyo Launches May 21, Bringing Yōkai to the Series' 3rd Game
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Updated · The Japan Times · May 23
Coffee Talk Tokyo Launches May 21, Bringing Yōkai to the Series' 3rd Game
4 articles · Updated · The Japan Times · May 23
May 21 marks the launch of Coffee Talk Tokyo, a new visual novel set in a near-future Tokyo where customers bring personal, professional and supernatural troubles into a late-night cafe.
The third series entry shifts the franchise from its Seattle setting to Japan, replacing vampires and fairies with yōkai and humans tied to sci-fi and fantasy elements.
Its cast includes a spirit-attuned pop star, a yuki-onna restaurant owner, a dead teenage girl, a retired salaryman who is also a kappa, and a scientist raising a mixed-species daughter.
Indonesia-based Toge Productions is using the Tokyo move to give the series its first Pacific-crossing setting while keeping the coffee-shop conversations that define the franchise.
Following its creator's passing, can the new Coffee Talk capture the soul of modern Tokyo and its ancient yōkai?
Can a cozy coffee shop game truly tackle heavy themes like trans identity, racism, and chronic illness effectively?