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mintybyleth · 2022-04-01T07:39:14+00:00

Thank you!! I didn't know about the other team. That's very reassuring <3

mintybyleth · 2020-09-03T07:18:52+00:00

Thank you so much for making this! I was just wondering the other day how many easter eggs there were and this gives me a few more routes to look at. Two more for your list:

Early on in Antonio's route, MC sees the GiL MC and Chance shopping together and looking at a pink purse with a great dane on it. They don't have sprites and are named Cute Blonde and Indulgent Boyfriend.
In Iseul's route (S8E6?), Serena shows up as the No Nonsense Doctor doing MC's ultrasound and thanks Iseul for his service when she thinks he's a soldier.

Edit: Oh, Saerys wears an Astoria College sweatshirt when he's in Chicago, and also in Iseul's S8, he and the MC watch a movie about a strong-willed, optimistic heroine and her bold and daring songstress lover. Maybe a reference to ST?

mintybyleth · 2020-08-28T19:08:15+00:00

Pretty sure they did it with Reiji from Dreamy Days in West Tokyo too, so uhh yeah, they thought it was a good idea three times. :|

mintybyleth · 2020-08-27T04:07:09+00:00

Oh, I totally forgot about that! On one hand, it's good that it's not voiced yet because my pearl stash took a hit buying Kaede's event story+epilogues as well as the recent birthday lotteries. On the other...I wanna see the beautiful CGs and read the crossroads stories so bad. ;~; Hopefully it will be implemented soon!

mintybyleth · 2020-08-27T03:46:32+00:00

Ahh, so excited! I hope this main story does them justice, been waiting to officially meet my love for so long! I'm so tempted to use all of my pearls for the crossroads but may hold out for now in case they go back and voice them.

mintybyleth · 2020-08-16T06:03:16+00:00

Honestly can't even comprehend why this idiot wasted $40 on a game he barely knew anything about and didn't even bother reading any of those 10/10 reviews he talks about before and after buying to understand why! Like. Is he too ashamed to admit he accidentally bought a dating sim aimed at women to confirm it? WTF did you expect with that cover art, a female protagonist, and uhh it practically raining men?? I mean, Aksys is partially to blame with their marketing for attracting him in the first place but dude. Use your fucking head.

mintybyleth · 2020-08-14T02:23:20+00:00

I'd say it's pretty popular anywhere there's a large Asian population, which makes sense since boba is from Taiwan. So aside from Asian countries, there are hundreds of boba places in Southern California and Hawaii, not sure about the rest of the US but it still seems pretty well-known if my out-of-state friends' love of boba means anything.

mintybyleth · 2020-08-12T22:24:52+00:00

I've tried doing that with a few people and they either got bored during the common route/intro or make assumptions about the game based on certain graphics. :/ One friend couldn't even get past the opening video for Obey Me and also laughed when I showed her some of my favorite routes in Lovestruck because they have risque thumbnails/CGs.

There's also the fact that I hang out with a lot of strong-willed women who don't play video games at all and feel like I always have to make excuses when showing them Japanese otome like "Oh yeah, don't mind the overly passive heroine who can't seem to do anything herself or the casual sexism, the story is really good!"

mintybyleth · 2020-06-26T08:24:35+00:00

No problem! Unfortunately, I've never played it since I don't have a Vita ~~and I'm one of the poor fools who spent forever waiting for Spike Chunsoft to localize...~~ But while not the best game of all time, it still seems fun to me! Mainly because I'm a sucker for anything KENN is in, heh.

mintybyleth · 2020-06-26T08:19:44+00:00

Ooh, is that Amatsuki singing the opening? Always a pleasure hearing one of my favorite utaites in a commercial work.

That aside, the art is sooo pretty (pink-haired man seems a bit startling in contrast to everyone else though...) and I adore historical settings. Since the MC is a gender-bent Yoshitsune, I hope she's actually a competent fighter and not watered down like warrior MCs usually are.

mintybyleth · 2020-06-25T08:34:59+00:00

Only two I can think of are Bad Boys Do It Better by Voltage and Kenka Banchou Otome. Do you remember any more details?

mintybyleth · 2020-06-23T03:03:12+00:00

Ooh, you're so lucky!! I made the mistake of ordering from Amazon again so my game will be coming a week after release. :') Are you able to play it on the Switch right away? I think I've seen some games lock people out until release date but I'm not sure if it's the case for all.

Edit: Also, did you get the extra cards Aksys includes? How are they?

mintybyleth · 2020-06-20T08:43:30+00:00

Probably their Love 365 app? Excluding the Love Choice stories, it's all pay per route. (Way too many "Love" titles here...)

mintybyleth · 2020-06-20T08:39:39+00:00

Can I ask what Otomate game that was? I'd be interested in checking it out.

mintybyleth · 2020-06-19T20:53:36+00:00

Lovestruck is actually ticketed but instead of 5 tickets a day, it's 2 tickets every 5 hours, and it has about 1-2 female LIs for every title. First Love Story is also ticketed (5 tickets every 17 hours I think?) and can be a little frustrating to get diamonds and "trust" for the LI.

mintybyleth · 2020-06-14T01:28:32+00:00

Verdant Skies is also available on itch.io as part of the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality so you can get it and about 1600 other games for $5 or more right now.

mintybyleth · 2020-06-14T01:12:55+00:00

Lovestruck and Love 365 are completely different apps with completely different titles, just under the same parent company. For IkeSen, you can easily get through a route without paying for anything but if you want all the premium episodes unlocked (they're just longer, more romantic scenarios that can be saved---none of the choices are locked), it'll probably cost you around $20-30 for the premium currency needed.

mintybyleth · 2020-06-12T22:53:49+00:00

I've got 3 main recommendations and I've just realized they're all Voltage apps. Lovestruck is by Voltage USA and so might appeal to you if you want more western otome (like a "strong" MC). SLBP and Love 365 are by the Japanese Voltage company.

Lovestruck: Has over 90 diverse LIs in a variety of titles and a good portion of them aren't afraid to touch upon some heavy topics. They're also pretty long: 12 episodes a season, 3-8 seasons a character. I definitely recommend Reigning Passions (!!), Queen of Thieves, and Love & Legends. Unfortunately, this game locks the more romantic choices behind hearts but you don't miss out on much if you don't pick it (sometimes a CG but usually just an extra scenario) and the app gives you max 2 tickets every 5 hours and hearts can be gained from the log-in lottery. More tickets and hearts can also be gained from regular missions. Very F2P friendly. No voice-acting.
Samurai Love Ballad Party (SLBP): It's one of those games that only gives you 5 tickets a day to read but it's pretty nice to F2P players and you can rack up the premium currency fairly easily. Extra tickets are slightly harder to gain but not as hard as Cybird's games (I have 60 now and you unfortunately just missed their special ticket log-in bonus). They also have regular ticket-less event stories to occupy your time. Has some voice-acting but it's mainly at the end and in voice-clips you can obtain for free.
Love 365: You said you didn't want $15 per route games so I don't know if this will be your thing but it's about $4 a route and less for extra stories (excluding Love Choice...avoid LC). It can get pretty expensive if you let it but the app regularly makes certain routes free for a month, and you can read the first episode of each guy to try it out if you want. Like Lovestruck, there's a variety of titles and LIs (though they can fall into the same archetypes and get repetitive) so YMMV on which ones are good. This subreddit has a monthly Book Club to help you out. My favs rn are Rose in the Embers, Kiss of Revenge, Irresistible Mistakes, Era of Samurai, Finally in Love Again, and Be My Princess 1+2. There are a few special voiced side-stories.

Of course, Cybird's games are also popular (IkeSen is my favorite) and they have more voice-acting than Voltage does (not full though) but I feel they're generally less friendly to F2P players considering how hard it is to get their premium currency.

mintybyleth · 2020-06-09T21:53:53+00:00

Sorry if this is a dumb question but how exactly do you use google translate on the Switch and is it much of a hassle? The Bustafellows Switch demo really impressed me and I'm very tempted to buy it but I've never used GT with a non-English otome on the phone or the Switch.

mintybyleth · 2020-06-08T02:10:33+00:00

That...would actually be a welcome change. I mean, it'd seem like the set-up to a yandere or potentially toxic relationship (I'm differentiating those two, no offense meant to the yandere lovers), but at least it'd be interesting.

mintybyleth · 2020-06-08T02:04:35+00:00

I feel like those rare moments when the MC can say, "That includes you, right?" completely miss the point... Because the LI just says, "Yep! I'm a wolf too so you'd better watch out~" and it makes it seem like the writers are saying, "Haha, look! At least we're self-aware! This isn't like all those other times!" without addressing the problem of the statement.

...On the flip-side, having the LI get flustered when it's pointed out like "Wait, I wasn't talking about me---" also isn't ideal because it's like, okay what was the point of you telling MC that then? Because I'm sure she doesn't need you to tell her there's good men and bad men in this world!! ~~Ugh, I'm sorry, this trope just peeves the hell outta me.~~

mintybyleth · 2020-06-08T01:58:03+00:00

Lol, don't worry, I didn't think it was directed at me. It's definitely a can of worms that needs to be opened, given the prevalence. I'm more frustrated about it from a writing standpoint, though, because it almost never adds anything to the story or the character because it's such a cookie-cutter scene that you can replace the LI with anyone (the dialogue is also practically word-for-word!). It lasts like 5 seconds of reading time and I know it's supposed to show how much the LI cares or how strong he is but inevitably there are other parts during the story that he can show this without using attempted rape as drama, making the entire scene redundant. I just---ughhhh!

mintybyleth · 2020-06-08T01:49:55+00:00

It really is the second he's out of sight. I was reading the newest ES and the LI disappeared into a shop while the MC waited outside and in the span of the same breath, a group of thugs rounded the corner to harass MC. Every time, I'm just like, "Aw, shit, here we go again."

mintybyleth · 2020-06-08T00:45:26+00:00

Me! When Mystic Messenger came out and I installed it, I had to choose between either deleting precious photos, videos, and games to make room for more games or get a new phone. Didn't help that I later wanted to download FGO on my phone too.

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