Do you self-insert while playing otomes?

[5HINeegirl]

I do haha

 

[nemaiaish]

i do not i find it boring

 

[orionsbestie]

I do all the time. That's the whole point of an otome for me personally. Like why would I spend hours of my life watching the guys I like loving another woman? lol couldn't be me, I'm not built to be a wall/third person pov player. If I wanted to be a passive observer I'd just grab literally any romance book or read shojo manga.

 

[ichigomilk]

In the past I did when I first started playing otome games. I even changed the mc's name to my name haha but I don't do that anymore. Now I play otome games like I'm reading a story, plus I love it when the characters call the mc by her name/nickname when you leave the name as default.

 

[fxchan]

I don't, even though I changed the character's name to my nickname—unless, for example, the heroine's default name is something other characters in the game can call her, in that case I wouldn't change it. I wanted to try a self-insert, but for some reason it's hard.

 

[woodypei]

I do, at least try to as much as possible. I feel it enhances the immersion experience!
Tho I find it harder when MCs have rly unique circumstances that are rly unique like Cardia (having poison) or Lynette (being Cupid), but luckily I love them so it's not a deal breaker for me.
That's one reason I didn't want to get HanaKare…1v1 is just seems harder to self insert, plus I like the option to choose LIs.
But I do have Norn9 in my backlog, and got Handsome Laundering! So I will have to see how dual and triple heroines are

 

[Leviathan_01]

I never would. I feel weird when I try to self-insert. I feel more satisfied to follow the MCs on each of the boys' routes and watch them fall in love, so instead I imagine I'm like an invisible cupid accompanying the MCs and helping them make decisions to try and win over their crushes lol

 

[koko36]

I absolutely do self-insert ° whether it's a shoujo anime/manga or sometimes even BL ~ i do love self-inserting tbh it's like i'm living some fantasy hapiness ? lol * it's just makes all the goosebumps worth it and i just end up doing it without noticing (tho i do leave the heroine names and don't usually tend to put my real name even with avatars or faceless heroines like Voltage mobile games)

 

[uzzzzu12]

Not really in most cases I can't relate to the mc it feels awkward

 

[Harmonea]

I view the MC as the avatar through whom I experience the story. The same as I would when playing an RPG. I know the character on the screen is not me; I don't try to pretend it is. But I do try to slip into that character's skin and experience the emotions of story from that perspective. Self-insert in a way that leaves "me" behind and becomes the character, rather than imposing "me" onto a character that is clearly not me.

I feel like I'm doing self-insert with this process, but I also feel like that's not what literally anyone means when they use those words, so... I guess I don't?

 

[sum]

Honestly, I don't really like it. I like to immerse myself in the protagonist and see things from her perspective.

 

[miomiokie]

It really depends on the devs choices. With games like Our Life, it really feels like they want you to self-insert because they make it easy, so I do. But with most JP otoge I don't, I love reading them mostly for the stories! Plus I usually enjoy MCs, I'm an MC truther LOL

 

[koko36]

I view the MC as the avatar through whom I experience the story. The same as I would when playing an RPG. I know the character on the screen is not me; I don't try to pretend it is. But I do try to slip into that character's skin and experience the emotions of story from that perspective. Self-insert in a way that leaves "me" behind and becomes the character, rather than imposing "me" onto a character that is clearly not me.

I feel like I'm doing self-insert with this process, but I also feel like that's not what literally anyone means when they use those words, so... I guess I don't?

You literally said what i couldn't ^^ that's what i mean by self-inserting ( probably not in the way people tend to think x.x)

 

[ryuntsai]

Not really—it depends on the game haha.

For example, some MCs have personalities that are just tooo different from mine, so i usually dont self-insert.
But i try to stand on the MC's perspective to walkthrough the game (like understand or feel her story?) .
TBH, most of the time when I choose options in the game, I try to think from the LI's perspective.
Like: "Since he's a tsundere, I should pick the opposite option," or "he's a shy boy, I should choose something a little more pushy," etc.


Buuuuut sometimes there are specific lines that make my heart feel all fluffy HAHAHA.

 

[inclem3ntia]

Depends on the game and if certain choices take me too much out of the game. For example, really liked sympathy kiss and lover pretend for having a bit more leeway in choosing responses. Whereas games that require a bit too much guides / walkthroughs to complete kind of takes me out? Or if I just can't vibe or agree with the FMC's choices and thoughts to really self insert. ... but I also generally prefer fantasy settings to really take me out of reality whether I self insert or not. Hard to describe the extent of "self-insert" LOL This is also compared to choose your own adventure type interactive fiction games where you can more quietly insert yourself in depending on author's writing style and using your imagination since mainly all text.

 

[alexsda]

I honestly don't. I think of otomes like romance manhwas where i'm just a reader of the story and it never really cross my mind to self insert.

 

[YummyYum]

I do but I don't? I feel like I self-insert a little bit, but for the most part I like seeing the two characters come together, not necessarily thinking that it's me and the LI. It's kinda the reason I never got into the Y/N fanfiction.

 

[cscscscs23]

Nah. I don't like it.

 

[5HINeegirl]

You literally said what i couldn't ^^ that's what i mean by self-inserting ( probably not in the way people tend to think x.x)

That's fair, I'm like that sometimes

 

[freidynes]

i only self-insert a teeny tiny bit if im obsessed with an LI but i still like naming the MC with their canon names and i think of them as a separate person. i rarely insert though since i like being a reader when it comes to otomeges.

 

[Ariuna]

I always self-insert. Only rarely would I not. Even playing BL, despite me being a girl, I'd self-insert as a male version of myself.

 

[Fruitcup]

I used to a little when I first started reading otomes; but that's also when most vns were faceless mc. Nowadays I just read the story without even changing the name. Faced mcs really changed how I play otomes in a game way (´・ω・｀)

 

[kaloh]

I personally don't! I used to when I was younger but now I prefer to see MCs as their own character and part of the story rather than trying to align them with some version of me. The feeling is kind of more like hovering over the MC's shoulder yelling advice she can't hear?

 

[Ryuji_Shiryu]

Not really, no. I feel better just witnessing it from afar as if I'm by the protagonist's side spiritually, if that makes sense.

 

[amonholic]

No lol, I play otome games for the story or for certain characters, but other than that, I just let Mc be Mc without trying to incorporate myself into the story.