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What does the Japanese title 「春ゆきてレトロチカ」 for the new Steam game: ‘The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story’ means?

I can make out 春 and perhaps ゆきて or even レトロ, but what about チカ (underground)?

More importantly, what does the whole title actually say?

Here’s the link to the game for more context: [https://www.jp.square-enix.com/retrotica/](https://www.jp.square-enix.com/retrotica/)

WinsomeAnlussom says:
October 10, 2022 at 3:10 pm
I have no idea what 春ゆきて is supposed to mean, only that ゆきて is an old て form of ゆく(aka いく). Given that it’s a murder mystery game, they might be trying to do something with the double meaning of “go” (across time maybe?) and “die.” And レトロチカ is apparently retro with the suffix -tic. So retrotic. The whole thing seems to be more about vibes than sense really.

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