Do you have a favorite background or setting in otome games or drama CDs?

[hydre]

What kind of setting would you like for the story? I like games based on fantasy or historical settings! The art is very beautiful!
If there's a little mystery and horror, that's my type!
But for listening to CDs, something more realistic is better. Things that can happen at school or in everyday life.
How about you all?

 

[Daisy Magnus229]

I love fantasy, historical, and modern settings equally (plot always number one!). I even love things like the omegaverse AU too lol. This one is really rare for otome tho, because it's mainly used in BL. Fantasy and historical settings have always fascinated me, while modern settings always make me feel relatable and close.

As for drama CDs... I think I have more fantasy and historical ones that are part of a series, while the modern-realistic ones tend to be standalones. If I actually count them, I probably own more modern drama cds than historical/fantasy.

Well, sometimes I avoid historical settings lol, because old or early modern Japanese (like Edo period) is too hard for me to understand.

 

[rewa]

Fantasy setting is definitely my favorite setting especially when it has a whimsy feel I also enjoy when the art is vibrant and colorful in otome games/drama cds.

 

[raccoonNiko]

For games, not sure if this will make sense, but I definitely prefer games set in modern times, close to the present day, with the story taking place in either real-life towns or fictional locations (like WakuDeki, where Mihana is still located in modern-day Japan). I don't mind games set in made-up worlds, a distant future or the past, but they seem a bit harder to approach for me. The slice of life, day-to-day feel, even if other elements are mixed in, seems to pull me in the most, since there is little to no worldbuilding to be done, with only some additional elements necessary for the plot. Grandiose fantasy worlds are harder for me to get into since the worldbuilding can definitely make or break a game for me. I dislike things not making sense or not being presented in an understandable manner, and when I'm left with questions that weren't answered in the end (´;ω;`)