Recommendations for Japanese learners?

[marinech]

Hi y'all!
I'm kiiiinda new to playing Otome games so I haven't played that much of them.

I'm currently looking for an Otome game which wouldn't be too hard to understand.

I think I'm around N3 level. (If it helps, I've done Kaize's route from OVER REQUIEMZ and found that it was to be of my level, as I didn't struggle much)

I'm open to all genres !!!

 

[Sacchie]

wand of fortune and trouble magia sounds pretty great for you!
it is a wizard school settings, so the language used is more casual than Over-req, but still got little challenge thrown here and there I think!

if you play it with emulator on PC i suggest downloading meikipop to help with unknown kanji!
my kanji knowledge def goes up super fast thanks to that <3 (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

 

[bravelyflee]

If you didn't struggle much with OVER REQUIEMZ, you can probably handle most games from Otomate. I would really just recommend to read something that interests you. The hardest part of study is often motivation. :)

If you want a specific suggestion, maybe try 9RIP? It's a little creepy like OVER REQUIEMZ and usually highly rated by players.

If you want something easy to understand, the only games I would NOT recommend are historical settings like Hakuoki or Yoshiwara Higanbana.

 

[marinech]

wand of fortune and trouble magia sounds pretty great for you!
it is a wizard school settings, so the language used is more casual than Over-req, but still got little challenge thrown here and there I think!

if you play it with emulator on PC i suggest downloading meikipop to help with unknown kanji!
my kanji knowledge def goes up super fast thanks to that <3 (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

Thank you for replying so fast! I did debate wand of fortune but the length seemed very intimidating haha:(；ﾞﾟ'ωﾟ'):
I'm definitely interested by both titles though! Especially because I like magicians〜

I've been using a set of Lunatranslator and yomitan for unknown kanjis, and it works pretty well because I have two screens when emulating!
I've heard of meikipop and it seems great because it's a bit more effortless when it comes to looking up words, so I think I might check and see what I prefer♪(๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)♪

 

[marinech]

If you didn't struggle much with OVER REQUIEMZ, you can probably handle most games from Otomate. I would really just recommend to read something that interests you. The hardest part of study is often motivation. :)

If you want a specific suggestion, maybe try 9RIP? It's a little creepy like OVER REQUIEMZ and usually highly rated by players.

If you want something easy to understand, the only games I would NOT recommend are historical settings like Hakuoki or Yoshiwara Higanbana.

Thank you for the reply!
I'm really happy to hear this, you just got my motivation to go up!! (*'▽'*)

I'm not really a fan of how the LIs look in 9RIP but I've also heard good things about it! It shall be added to my wishlist〜

I did see around that Hakuoki was REALLY hard because of its kanjis and setting... so I'll be waiting a bit more before attempting them:(；ﾞﾟ'ωﾟ'):

Thank you for the advice!!

 

[satory]

People often get intimidated with historical games, but they are also a good pick to study. As stories tend to use the same lexicon over and over (characters names, places, things, historical events), it'll help to learn them, authors won't invent new ways to call the same character for every scene, no matter how many kanjis are used

I think the best is to choose what will interest you enough to read it. Not because you must do it, but because you want to know what'll happen next. As it's been said already, motivation is important!

 

[marinech]

People often get intimidated with historical games, but they are also a good pick to study. As stories tend to use the same lexicon over and over (characters names, places, things, historical events), it'll help to learn them, authors won't invent new ways to call the same character for every scene, no matter how many kanjis are used

I think the best is to choose what will interest you enough to read it. Not because you must do it, but because you want to know what'll happen next. As it's been said already, motivation is important!

Thank you for your insight!

Yes that's very true! I guess because history is more uncommon that it feels a bit more intimidating〜 but that's basically how it goes when learning about a subject that feels unfamiliar(￣▽￣)

I appreciate the reminder a lot! Thank you!!＼(^ω^)／