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Sadists or overly dominant love interests. I can't take a man who pulls lines like "you're mine" or uses terms like "claiming" seriously, it just gives me the ick 💔 If someone's wearing a collar it's gotta be the love interest and if someone's pulling the leash that will be the self insert if I...

Depends on how it's handled! I actually think stories of getting over a lost love, or an unrequited love? Are very compelling; it's a source of drama that's very realistic, yeah, we're not getting into these fictional worlds for the sake of realism most of the time, but sometimes I do personally...

Voice credits don't really influence me starting or getting into anything the way a personal favorite scenario writer or director might, but if a favorite is part of the cast in a game I'm playing, that will boost my opinion of the character they're portraying! A little extra spice, for my ears.

I understand why they exist; shoujo manga does pretty frequently take its time to develop the bond between the protagonist and her girlies to depths other romance-centric works don't bother with normally, or even, rivals to friends plotlines? So I appreciate them for what they are if they're...

I'm actually really fond of VNs with a really engaging common route! Make me fall for the cast, the world, everything; set the foundation to then build the individual routes after. If the scenario writer can pull it off, amazing, I'd stick around for however long it takes for the branching to...

The type where they have no eyes & partially obscured faces? There's something kind of endearing about intentionally nondescript designs. I know they gave her eyes eventually, but I remember loving Starry Sky's Tsukiko even when she didn't have them, thinking she was so so lovely! Helps that I...

I would never yuck someone's yum especially when I take big bites out of sooo many things out there myself and life is so much more enjoyable because of it. Limiting yourself to what's expected of you socially or in terms of intended target audience will have you missing out on some potential...

Asobi Asobase and B Gata H Kei are some of my all time favorites!

I've been meaning to play Jack Jeanne since the localization game out! I started it, got past the prologue, and it's been collecting dust since; so many things I'd been looking forward to for longer came out in rapid succession, my backlog keeps getting longer and longer by the day! Someday...

Oh gosh. If we're counting flash games, then my first was probably something by nummyz... decades ago! If we're sticking to the visual novel label exclusively, then it was Yo-Jin-Bo! It was a pretty natural progression; I liked video games with dating elements, like Harvest Moon and Rune...

I also gravitate towards indie circles! Studios are restricted by too many things; you're not making something for the love of it or for the arts, you're making it, primarily, for the profit. Which is fine. Food is food. But when passion and artistry are at the forefront, I can't help but notice...

Absolutely! It depends from game to game; sometimes voices are too low, sometimes BGM is, sometimes the SFX are crazy loud, etc! I like it when there's sliders for every character's voice, actually, I find that sometimes the balancing for some is a little... off? So I adjust accordingly!

Doing some GS4 runs! Nearly done with Hiiragi, planning on either Nana or Sassa after, but I'll probably take a little break after this one because one of my blue whale non-otome video games is about to get a fan-translation (Kowloon's Gate, please be just as good as Planet Laika!) AND once I'm...

I try to! Not out of a completionist mindset, but with the intent to get as much as I can out of a story. You never know where a line that might stick with you could be, or where you'll find a bit of extra characterization, unless you go through all the routes, endings, and choices available!

Ooh, that's a really good question! Honestly? If the person in question is looking to transition from more mainstream gaming into otome, I'd go for any of the TMGS games as a recommendation? At least that's how a lot of friends got into the genre! If we're going for something I think anyone...

I gravitate towards bottom protagonists normally BUT it honestly depends on what the dynamic is. Sometimes, to me, it makes more sense one way, sometimes it makes more sense the other way around; there's top protagonists where I go yeah it HAS to be like that. Getting the option to switch is the...

I learned English just for games kinda! Of course I also wanted to have access to other translations like manga, anime, books, and to be part of online communities I couldn't otherwise, but my main motivator was definitely media consumption. Doing the same for Japanese now, except far more lax...

They have yet to say anything about parade's lesson, but I expect it to get announced by Mangagamer this year? Or, gosh, I hope it does, it's definitely the title of theirs I think I'd like the most. AND with JAST BLUE'S release of MASQUERADE, I also am keeping my hopes up for other PIL/SLASH...

Tough one... if we're talking about every visual novel available now, and I had to limit myself to one type? I'd probably... have to go with galge? There's just far more variety, so, the ceiling for my preferred form storytelling (plot heavy/charage) feels higher? I get a little giddier...

Love all of them but it has to be Aoba... he's the only one where I came out liking the protagonist more than the capture targets by a long shot; not because they're bad by any means, I just find him so charming and lovely! I have yet to hop into Slow Damage and Clean Dishes though, so subject...