Do you self-insert while playing otomes?

[Natsukicchii_]

For me, I never self-insert myself as a MC. I view the MC as MC, and for me.

I feel awkward if I self-insert myself, so I just positioning myself as the reader of the story lol

 

[moçoroca de abacate]

Nop! Playing otome games for me is like reading a book: I just watch and observe everything as if I were a background character or a camera that is recording/capturing everything

 

[muragaki]

nah. i read the content as a narrative itself and root (or not) for the characters as if they're my dolls. of course i squeal and everything when my favorite character does something, but i'm just not... there.

i'll gladly sit in the cuck chair.

 

[Vispril_]

Nope. If anyone's read Endo and Kobayashi Live, I kind of feel like that. Someone overseeing the characters. I tend to ship the characters more. i love seeing MC's dynamic with different LI's. Part of why i find otome games enjoyable is cause i can see the MC and other characters behave differently in different routes.

Although there are times when the MC does something i morally or otherwise, vehemently disagree with, it breaks the immersion and at times almost makes me drop it altogether.
But that's pretty rare

 

[lunitawish]

Yes and No, it depends on the media for me! For games, I view the protagonist as a separate character, but for audio dramas, I totally self-insert (￣ω￣;)

 

[LSY]

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It depends on the guy and the story, but also on the MC. If the heroine's personality is totally different from mine, I can't self-insert.

 

[Sirrenn]

If a work is created for self-insert, like the MC has little to no personality, then yes, I will, because what else is there to do? x) Or I might come up with an OC while reading/listening. If the MC has some degree of personality, then no. Instead I'll be more interested in her character development.

 

[nuxxi]

it depends on the game tbh. if the MC's personality is totally different from mine, it's really hard for me to self-insert at that point it just feels like i'm reading a light novel (which i don't mind i love light novels). but if she has a similar personality to me, or basically no personality, it's way easier. drama CDs tho... that's where the self-inserting REALLY happens :P

 

[6Nannie9]

I do like to think of myself as a guardian angel, a conscious or omniscient being protecting the female lead from her awful decisions. XD

 

[mikiuu]

Absolutely, that's my main way to enjoy otome games! I put myself in the heroine's shoes and make choices based on what I'd actually do, which makes all the sweet, flirty lines feel way more personal and immersive.

 

[VoltageIncEnthusiast]

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.

I think you've summed up my opinion lol. Heavily agree with 'I'd just grab a romance book'. I use these games for escapism, so I like to self-insert or create my own characters to be in that world.

 

[Hyacinth004]

Bro I self insert all the time. Just not into the into the MC, but MCs MOTHER. Like yasss queen, punch that abusive manipulative mansplaning mf of a LI for meeee
(Or mc dad, if the shoes fit yk ^^)

 

[dogiwall]

Personally, I don't self-insert and read the games like a book. I can sometimes relate to the MC, but, not to "she's literally me fr fr" levels lmao
And, tbh, one of the reasons why I can't self-insert ever even with any interactive media is that I don't even like myself that much lol

 

[Nomdis2Dcookies]

Mostly not, hence I love and admire the heroine as her ownself I find it quite rare or never for me to self insert while playing otomegame.

 

[0123456789]

I enjoy it by feeling as though I'm looking otomegame, much like when reading a book or a manga.

 

[Fussi141925]

I enjoy immersing myself in a game by projecting myself onto the protagonist, but in games set in the same world that feature multiple protagonists for different routes, I often become so deeply attached to the first one I play that I struggle to make progress on the other routes.

 

[weteria]

I don't see myself as the heroine but I tend to insert some of my own personality traits into the MC's characteristics, so they are more akin to siblings of mine.

 

[Welllrin]

Honestly how I look at the mc changes while I play. Depending on how the story has been going mc chould be; me, my daughter or my bestie

 

[kokonefuwas]

it's honestly too difficult to self-insert as the MC since they're their own person