The Hidden Truth Behind Tears of Themis Prologue [From Developers with Credit]
Yesterday, I was scrolling through some posts from new players on Xiaohongshu, and I stumbled upon a post discussing the prologue of the game.
Many of the theories shared were familiar ones:
𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙖?
𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙚?
𝙄𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧?
Those questions have lingered in my mind too. There's something so haunting about the prologue, like something tragic is destined to happen. But then... I came across a comment that completely shifted my perspective!
A pic from one of the pages of the official artbook!
I tried playing this otome game, and I was a bit surprised that I could jump right into it without having to download extra resources or anything. Maybe it’s because the game is still new?
What surprised me even more, is how simple the interface looks (in a good way) Unfortunately, there wasn’t any tutorial at the beginning, but at least the layout is simple enough that I could figure out where to click pretty easily! 🥰
My Opinion for Prologue
Warning: Spoiler!
1. As for the voice acting (VA), I actually like it. Though, I expected the tarot VA to sound a little more mysterious rather than friendly (?) But maybe that’s just my own stereotype about fortune tellers LMAO
2. The log system: the spacing between the lines feels too narrow, so it looks a bit cramped to me. But still looks good, I love the font so much!!! 😚❤️
3. This part, left me a little confused. Right after leaving the tarot shop, there was no narration about us getting on a train or anything, it just suddenly jumped straight into a choice about what to do next.
Also, there was no explanation about why someone talking on the phone inside the train was considered rude. Personally, I think it’s fine as long as the person isn’t being super loud.
4. Then, out of nowhere, I had to pick the Moonlight Counseling Center. The thing is, I didn’t even know who they were yet.
But it turns out, what the writers actually meant was that we needed to choose whose folder we wanted to check out, it wasn’t about picking who our male lead would be, but rather just selecting whose data we wanted to look at.
I think this part interesting. I love this! it's refreshing 🌠
5. I really love this part, the room chat I had been waiting for!!!!!
(I got a little confused when interacting with the Director, there was just too much information that I couldn’t really understand and in the end, I didn’t even get the chance to screenshot the website and his chat. But one thing I did catch, he looks so handsome LOL)
Anyway, I absolutely love the room chat feature. It looks super cute, and I especially love how the reply options work. Out of the 3 to 5 choices, at least there's one that perfectly matches my style.
6. That said, there’s one small thing I wish was different. I kinda hoped they wouldn’t be able to guess the gender identity of each anonymous user in the room chat. I actually wanted them to get it wrong, like mistaking Goat for a girl, or assuming I was a guy, since we can’t really see the sender’s gender from the messages alone.
7. I also really wish they had added a shadow behind the background call screen, because I sometimes had trouble reading the phone text font. There were moments when I even had to pause multiple times just to go back and read it properly in the LOG
So far, I enjoy the group chat conversations! feel so warm, fun, and genuinely entertaining. Somehow, it almost feels like I’m talking to real people, which makes the experience even more immersive. Anyway, I’m definitely enjoying it and will continue playing Day 1 after I finish my college tasks, hehe.
Big thanks to the writers and devs for creating this game! I truly hope it will be loved by many more people in the future.
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Actually, I was a bit hesitant to post this since I’m just a fan of Luke and Marius.
I also wanted to include Artem and Vyn 👉👈 but the problem is that I don’t really know their detail stories, and the chances of me posting about them in the future are pretty small.
Just in case, I hope this doesn’t come across as hate towards Artem or Vyn. But if you feel like want to block me, that’s okay, I’ll understand 💜
If you want to see the translation of Luke and Marius' PV, you can check my post here:
“At your young age, what troubles could you possibly have?”
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard that in classrooms, muttered at dinner tables.
"You're still young."
"You haven't seen the real world."
"You don't even know what stress is yet."
"Wait until you grow up. Then you'll know what real problems are."
And just like that, your feelings become invalid. It’s like they’re saying your pain doesn’t count. That just because you’re young, your sadness doesn’t matter.
That’s why I love this event story.
Because finally, someone understood.
"How does being upset have to do with whether the issue is big or small, or whether it's worth it or not? It may not be a big deal, but your feeling of unhappiness is still real"
"Moreover, when you're young, there are only a few things you can change on your own, which can lead to more worries."
And that someone... is Luke.
He didn’t say, “Oh, that’s not a big deal.”
He didn’t laugh at your worries or call them silly.
To people like Shawn Ma parents, it must have seemed odd. Unreasonable, even.
"How could a bad test grade be a burden? How could getting an answer wrong make you stress? You shouldn't need to stress about it. It’s nothing compared to what we sacrifice to support your education."
But Luke didn't ask or say that.
And instead of telling you to toughen up,
He reminded you, gently, that small things still hurt. And that hurt doesn't have to be huge to be real.
Luke didn’t make Shawn Ma weight disappear.
But he reminded Shawn that his burdens are real.
That moment didn’t change everything.
But it softened something.
Luke was telling him that even version of him, the tired and unsure one, was allowed to exist even at his young age.
Luke, in this event story, means so much to me. Because in a world that rushes to measure, compare, and dismiss what you feel, he pauses. He listens.
And I can’t help but think… if more people were like him, maybe we wouldn’t have been so afraid to admit that we weren’t okay when we were young.
[♡] Even now, at 22, no longer exactly young, but not quite old either. There’s something about Luke’s quiet comfort to Shawn Ma that reaches me, too.
And maybe… it’s my inner child? or myself in junior high school? or myself in high school?
The part of me that once needed to hear the very same words, but never quite got them. The part that still waiting for someone to say, “It’s okay to feel this way.”
Luke didn’t speak to me. But somehow, I felt heard 🥲
