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Goodbye, my dear readers! I’m quitting (or going on a long hiatus, who knows)

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On Marzo 3, 2022

In let's talk!, Personal stuff, Senza categoria

This is the moment I knew had to come, but it still hurts. I feel sad and empty, but also a bit relieved. It’s weird, like the end of a relationship which just doesn’t work anymore.

As you read from the title: I’m quitting. Or going on hiatus. I don’t really know.

There are many reasons behind my decision and I want to be completely honest, as I’ve always been for more than 5 years of blogging and sharing my feelings.

First of all: my free time is very limited lately, I’m working a lot, plus the moving and other personal situations made me busy and worried everyday for a month, but it’s not over yet; when I come home, I want to spend time with my husband and my dog, if possible with my family, I have no will or energy to play games.

I won’t lie: I could still somehow find some time to update, but I don’t feel motivated anymore.

Blogs are outdated now, I think they are probably dying, since people prefer to watch streams nowadays; lately, when I sit in front of my computer, trying to plan a schedule for reviews or other content, I end up asking myself often: “do I really want to put efforts in a post that nobody is going to read? When I could spend some time with people who actually care about me, instead?”.

I’ve never written here to make money or to feel popular in the community, I just wanted to share my opinions in a place which could make me proud of myself, built up with passion and love for otome games. This blog helped me to gain confidence, it was like a diary for my sad days, it grew up with me; that’s why it’s almost impossible to let it go.

But at the same time, there were months in the past when it felt like a chore, so I considered to just quit and close it all; I’ve taken short breaks, of a few weeks, then I came back.

Maybe it’s the same now, maybe I’ll come back in summer, excited, ready for new posts… but I don’t really think so; I feel it in my heart, this could probably be my last post forever.

I’m a moody person, everything can happen: maybe tomorrow I’ll wake up in writing mood and I’ll delete this post, pretending it never existed. Maybe I’ll change my mind for random reasons.

I don’t want to disappear completely from the otome community: I’ll keep using twitter, since there are still friends I want to keep in touch with, even if most of them almost disappeared; many people left, or so it seems to me.

I rarely follow back, since I want to keep my TL clean to read my friends’ tweets instead of random strangers (even if I always answer Dms from anyone, I’m not a bad person, I swear), but it feels empty lately, I’m not enjoying myself as the old days.

Maybe I’m too old, or I’ve been into this fandom for too long, but I can’t keep up with the energy of streamers and enthusiastic people, I’m way beyond that phase.

Everything changes, it’s normal.

People care about something or someone at some point, while a few months later they shift their attention somewhere else, and it’s fine.

It took me like 2 weeks to write this post, I didn’t know if I should actually talk about it or just slowly and silently disappear without anyone noticing; but I feel like I need to be honest with all the kind people who supported me through the years, who always had a sweet word of appreciation for me. Thank you and sorry. If I’ll ever come back to blogging, I hope you’ll still be here.

If you want to be friends with me, even if I somehow became a boring old lady, send me Dms on twitter and I’ll gladly reply.

Well, I don’t think there’s more to say, even if it breaks my heart.

I want to call this “hiatus”, even if I’m not actually sure I’ll resume posting one day, but admitting I’m closing this blog hursts too much; who knows, what life has in store for us?

Until that moment, be healthy and happy!

Thank you and happy new year!

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On Dicembre 29, 2021

In let's talk!, my life, Personal stuff, Senza categoria

Hello everyone!

This is my last post of 2021, so I want to take this chance to say goodbye with you to the past year and wish you all a bright future in the months to come.

Maybe you’ve noticed it, in December I did my best to be more active here and to entertain you a bit, since probably most of my readers are enjoying their Christmas holidays.

I still don’t know where the new year will take me, but it’s going to be busy, at least at first: I’m moving to my new house in February, which means the next few weeks are going to mess up my free time a lot. I’ll do my best to not disappear completely, but don’t be too worried if I don’t post for a while; I’ll eventually be back.

As every content creator who is doing this kind of stuff just for hobby, this year I changed my mind a lot of times, even considering seriously to close this blog or start a long hiatus; sometimes taking a break is important, even just for a month, to reflect on priorities.

While I didn’t update, even if I was almost relieved at first, I realized how much I missed sharing my opinions, even if it’s just about silly things or nostalgic thoughts.

I’m sure, if you’re a long time reader, that you’ll notice the mood behind some of my posts: even if I don’t show my face, through my words is obvious if I’m writing something because I really want to talk about it, or if I’m kinda forcing myself to just come up with a post to keep this blog alive.

I know what you’re thinking, now: “if you don’t want to do it, just slow down or quit”. And you’re right.

But sadly, I have that kind of personality, that makes me want to do everyhing at my best, always, or I’ll end up feeling guilty; there’s no way for me to write just random posts once in a while, I’m that kind of person who wants to come up with a schedule and update it regularly, or just close it up and erase it all, as if it never existed.

I don’t want the latter to happen, but I can’t keep up with the first option too, which makes me frustrated. But I’m not here to rant, I just want to be as honest as possible with you.

Even if sometimes I have this love/hate realationship with my blog, I won’t stop updating until I still have something to say, being it reviews or just random memories; and if you’ll still come here, reading my posts and finding them entertaining or at least interesting, thank you and welcome to my little family! I’ll do my best to give you a reason to come here, when you have some free time for me.

Lastly, but most importantly, I’d like to take a chance to thank all the people who encouraged me through the years, with sweet messages that made me think that my efforts, somehow, are still worthy; you know who you are. The comments you wrote on my blog, the private messages you sent me here and on twitter, I wrote them all in a little, yellow notebook, to be sure I won’t forget them; when I’m feeling down and I’m almost sure that no one cares about my opinions, I read those words and find motivation to keep up, for the people who believe I have something to say, which is worth their time. When I find someone bought me a coffee on ko-fi, I swear I’m even confused, since I don’t feel enough.

With my bad english, my weird taste, my random opinions, if you think I’m still an interesting person, thanks from the bottom of my heart.

I wish you all the best, you’re my treasure.

A little journey though my consoles!

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On Dicembre 19, 2021

In let's talk!, Personal stuff, Senza categoria

Hello everyone!

It’s been a couple days since PsVita’s 10th birthday, and I thought it could be nice sharing with you some memories of my journey with all the consoles I used to play otome games, in these past 8 years.

My first console ever, was a PSP; actually, it was my husband’s, but since he prefers playing on tv’s huge screen, somehow with time it ended up just becoming mine.

With this console, I entered the otome fandom: starting with Brothers Conflict, I went to Amnesia and Diabolik Lovers, which still now have a dear place in my heart.

It was the beginning of a long, wild adventure; who could have ever imagined that I would end up playing more than 100 otome? Most of the classics still belong to that era, even if they were ported to PsVita later: Norn9, Clock Zero, Glass Heart Princess, Gekka Ryouran Romance… games which I’d still recommend to everyone.

And what about Kamigami no Asobi? Meiji Tokyo Renka? Storm Lover? Utapri?

I really miss those times, in a few years we were blessed with countless great releases.

I bought my PsVita on my birthday, in 2015.

I won’t lie, I did it mostly for Diabolik Lovers Dark Fate; I think every player has that one special game, that makes her/him think “it’s really time to get that new console, I can’t miss it”.

Even if I was almost sad to betray my dear PSP, I loved the amazing screen resolution of Vita immediately, as soon as I turned it on. That moment was magic.

The PsVita era blessed us with amazing new releases as well: Code Realize, Collar Malice, The Psychedelica series, Nil Admirari, Piofiore no Banshou… and that memorable horror which was Moshikami.

Looking at all my otome games on the shelf, it feels like I really went through a roller coaster of emotions: sadness, happiness, fun, pain… I was also kinda bored sometimes, I can’t deny I made mistakes. I should probably sell games I didn’t enjoy, but I always end up keeping them too, they’re still a part of my collection.

And finally, it’s time to talk about the latest console, the Switch.

I bought my Switch Lite at the end of 2019, when I realized there was no turning back; I don’t know why, but adapting to this change was a lot harder for me.

I even wondered if it was time to just let go of this hobby and move on.

I waited and waited, as ports and new releases were announced, because the new titles didn’t attract me enough to make that step; even Diabolik Lovers Chaos Lineage wasn’t enough for me, even if I admit it was one of the first games I bought when I finally gave up and got my console.

Anyway, I’m glad I decided to embrace the change, or I would have missed great games like Olympia Soiree, Cupid Parasite and Toraware no Palm.

I’m really worried about the future, since there are less and less new releases every year; at least, I hope a smaller quantity will mean more quality, a couple great games could be enough for me.

In the meantime, I’ll just dig my backlog for the old gems I missed in the past, or I’ll just replay those masterpiece that gave me the most feelings years ago; as people grow old, they tend to be more nostalgic, I guess.

That’s all for today, I hope my little journey was entertaining enough for you to read until the end; December makes me sad and happy, I feel more introspective and I want to share my feelings, so expect to hear again from me very soon!

8 years of otome gaming……

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On Dicembre 4, 2021

In let's talk!, my life, Personal stuff, Senza categoria

This month, I proudly reach my 8th year of otome gaming; is this long enough to make me a veteran player? Probably yes.

I still remember vividly my 2013 Christmas holidays, when I first started approaching this new world which seemed so unbelievably attracting to me; “do you mean I can really date anime characters? Can they fall in love with me? Will they confess to me?!” Too good to be true.

I was into idols at that time, but after years of fanwars, scandals, and feelings of betrayal when my favorite idols randomly left their group, I really needed an healing hobby, something that would not disappoint me. Otome games were all I needed at that time.

Whenever I turned on my PSP, those ikemen were welcoming me, saying cheesy lines, without judging me. They are not real after all, they aren’t pretending to like me while in reality they laugh behind my back; they can’t judge me. Silly as it seems, it felt comforting.

The fandom was really small back then, since most of the games were in Japanese only; it was a small, but welcoming family. In 2014 my twitter changed completely, erasing any trace of idols to become only dedicated to otome games; only my old name, KyuMyMiracle, still remains to remind me of those ancient times.

Some of the people I talked to at the beginning are still my friends, or at least I always consider them special even if we barely talk these days; but whenever I see them on my TL, I feel reassured to see they are still here.

Now localisations brought many new people to this genre, which is obviosuly good, but there are also negative aspects of this too: sometimes I open Twitter just to see fandom wars and people arguing, which is something that I could never imagine seeing 8 years ago.

Well, everything changes, it’s normal.

I still remember how I used to be happy but also sad, when PSP new games stopped being released, and everything new was for PsVita; it felt like the end of an era.

I could never expect, that the amount of sales and releases would have decreased dramatically, from that moment on. Just look at the amount of the new releases now, and their sales numbers… it’s so depressing. People who play localised games are happy, since they feel like it’s the golden age of this genre; but the sad reality, if you look at Japan, is that console otome games will probably stop existing in a few years.

Those good times are over, when we had like 4/5 or even more releases every month, and I had to choose carefully which one to buy, because I wanted them all but it was impossible to keep up.

Now there’s barely 1 release per month and if I’m not interested it’s over, I just need to dig up my backlog; that’s the reason why I still play on PsVita, until there’s still old stuff worth playing. Sad.

I really miss those times.

On Tuesday I’ll receive my copy of Brothers Conflict for Switch: I wanted to celebrate going back to my roots, where it all started, to fill my nostalgic void. Will it make me happy or sad? Probably mixed feelings, the same as I’m feeling now while I’m writing this post.

But I wanted to share these emotions with someone who maybe relates, to feel a bit less alone.

Someone answered in my last survey that they come here mostly for this kind of content, since they enjoy my discussion posts more than reviews; it surprised me, but it’s good, knowing my readers’ opinion was the porpuse after all, so thanks!

I’ll do my best to write more of this kind of reflections and to share more of my experience and feelings; see you in a few days!

It’s my blog’s 5th anniversary!

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On Novembre 2, 2021

In let's talk!, my life, Personal stuff, Senza categoria

Hello everyone!

Somehow, despite a few months of struggle, I was able to reach this milestone: my blog is officially 5 years old! yay!

At some point, in July, I honestly thought it was the end of the road: I was tired, I had no free time and no energy to play otome games or write; I guess it’s what you’d call a burnout.

Maybe it’s a normal crisis that happens after a few years immersed in a hobby, or maybe it was just me; what matters, is that I managed to get out of that slump and come back, as an active member of the otome community. Kind of.

Let’s see in detail how this year went:

  • I wrote 9 reviews, which is a really low amount and I’m almost ashamed….. I’m sure I did way better in the past, but life gets in the way sometimes. I wish I could say that next year will be better for sure, but I’ll do my best.

  • I wrote 7 TOP10, despite the endless list of posts I’d like to work on, that I’ve written in my bullet journal; how could this happen??

  • I wrote 12 random posts, talking about otome games, my life and personal stuff.

Nothing stays the same forever, so I’ve made a few changes: now I write first impression posts and sometimes even opinions based on a single route, instead of expressing my feelings only in full reviews.

This was made to avoid disappearing for too long, if I’m playing something really slowly and it takes me months to complete a game; I think this kind of post could still be helpful to someone who wants just a general opinion, so why not?

I’ve also started my “Let’s talk” series, where I share my feelings and experiences in this fandom.

I still have many topics to talk about, I made a list of like 50 post ideas I want to write one day, on various topics; this includes my TOP10 too, of course.

I can’t predict where the future will lead me: every year, less and less otome games are released; I’m talking about Japan obviously, not about localisations.

But I can’t even complain, time goes by and I’m not the same person who used to complete more than 20 games in a year, I would never be able to keep up at that speed anyway.

Some of the 2021 releases were not my cup of tea, like Jack Jeanne, Parading Paradox and KimiYuki, so I skipped them; but who knows, maybe when they’ll be localised I’ll change my mind.

Sorry if you were waiting for my opinion, those reviews will probably never see the light.

My plan, as you probably know, is to buy old PsVita games I still miss, at a cheap price, and give them a chance: some will be a success, others a waste of time and money, but it’s worth a try.

I’ll tell you more about my 2022 gaming plans next month, when the moment for my usual end of the year posts will come; I hope you’ll look forward to my otome games awards and all my plans for next year! I guess you know how I love planning, of course this blog is not an exception.

I really hope we can meet again for the next anniversary.

See you!

Otome games considered “kusoge” that I actually enjoyed

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On Settembre 5, 2021

In let's talk!, otoge reviews

There are a few games widely known in the otome game community as “kusoge”: I guess you perfectly understand what it means, but if you’re new to this world, let’s just say they are awful.

But is it true? Even if some games may have terrible flaws which ruin the gaming experience and make them objectively bad (a terrible writing, derpy Cgs, an annoying system), we all have different perspectives and our personal level of tolerance, which may be completely different from other friends.

I guess most of their people tend to stay aways from games with terrible reviews, in fear of wasting their money and time; but there are also people like me, who prefer to judge after playing personally. Sometimes I’m lucky, sometimes I regret all my decisions.

Let’s take a look together at famous kusoge and my personal experience.

  • Reine des Fleurs

It’s been hated since its release and it’s still considered a waste of money and beautiful art.

Everyone hated the “ravir” system, the heroine and the plot, which was full of holes.

Apparently, I’m the only one who enjoyed it, despite obvious flaws.

The system didn’t annoy me: of course, it was kinda annoying and probably useless, but overall I can’t say it’s the worse I’ve been through. Let’s face it, there are many old games with terrible systems, this can’t even compare to Brothers Conflict or Wand of Fortune.

The heroine was selfish: yes, so what? An heroine who prefers to save her life, instead of sacrificing herself for others? Honestly, I’m tired of heroines with a pure heart and a perfect personality. She wants to live, who doesn’t? Her egoism was realistic and I can’t blame her for it.

Plot holes: well, it’s true. I can’t say it was written with a perfect logic, some routes overall lack consistency. But it didn’t ruin the game for me, the pacing wasn’t bad and I could still enjoy the routes a lot.

40 Bad Endings: if you aren’t obsessed with full completion, this problem doesn’t exist. At all.

I always try to reach the platinum trophy and I’m happy when I can, but if collecting trophies ruins my experience and makes me angry, I just give up. Who cares? I don’t.

  • Vamwolf Cross

Derpy Cgs and sprites, stupid dialogues and plot holes, who can deny that?

I admit the art was weird at first, a guy had a really huge neck problem, but after a couple hours I dind’t even notice that anymore, it was mostly fine.

The stupid dialogues like: “do you like tomato? So you’re a vamwolf!!” were more funny than annoying, I realized this game wasn’t meant to be taken seriously to be enjoyed.

I don’t think the writers did this on purpose, but whatever, I pretended they were just trolling.

I started this game ready to hunt vamwolves, but I mostly ended up on dates with those guys; at first it was disappointing, but when I realized it was all a troll fest, I enjoyed it for what it was.

  • Rear Pheles Red of Another

People complain a lot about the mini game, since it’s full of bugs and too difficult to complete in hard mode.

Well, it was, there’s no denying it. But you don’t need to complete it in hard mode to unlock good endings, the easy mode is enough… so why bothering? Sometimes I wonder why people are so obsessed with collecting trophies and forget that a game is meant to be enjoyed. If you only play for fun, running away from the wolf is not bad at all! At least, for me it wasn’t.

  • Walpurgis no Uta

It was basically ignored by everyone.

Since it’s not from Otomate, people assume the quality is low? I don’t know.

I can’t say it’s an hidden gem you should try, but I can’t call it a kusoge either: the guys are nice, the plot is not original but still entertaining, the art is not amazing, but still decent and with a huge amount of CGs, considering the length.

  • Possession Magenta

The common route is extremely long, which means individual routes are short and after the first run you feel like there’s a lot of copy pasta. Well, I can’t deny this.

But I loved this group of friends, their interactions and even the pacing of the game: since you date one different guy each chapter, as you progress in the common route, this makes you feel like you have an harem of ikemen who love you for no reason.

It feels weird, but it’s still a nice feeling.

Am I that easy to please? I probably am, but still, I enjoyed those games way more than some “popular” ones, considered flawless by the otome game community.

I’m not saying they are masterpieces, I wouldn’t recommend them at full price; but I’m sure you can find a very cheap copy somewhere, as I did. Ebay has is all for you.

Make wise choices and learn to think with your own mind, don’t let other people judge games for you: decide your own standards, always.

Games I plan to replay soon!

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On Maggio 20, 2021

In let's talk!

After so many years playing otome games, I admit my memory about old titles is starting to get a bit rusty and confused: when I write a new TOP10, I need to go through my game list to remind myself of all the titles I completed; sometimes it’s not even enough, since there are characters I completely forgot about, I barely have a vague feeling of their personality.

I guess this happens when a person plays too much, only the most important events stay perfectly in my mind, while all the irrilevant stuff gets erased pretty soon.

While some of the games were mediocre and forgetting everything is not a problem, there are also titles I greatly enjoyed back then, and I wish I could remember everything.

That’s why, I’m planning to replay some of them! Not immediately of course, I still have a backlog to take care of, but in the near future, if it’s possible.

New releases are slowing down lately and I’m not even interested in some of them, so it’s the perfect timing to go back once again to my all time favorites; or to finally review other titles I never got the chance to write about, for different reasons.

Let’s take a look at the list:

7’scarlet: I really enjoyed this horror game, some scenes are shocking and even scary; I want to replay it to notice small details, every kind of hint which could led me to understand the truth before it’s revealed.

Binary Star: I don’t know why, but I ended up forgetting most of it, I just remember some funny interactions; those characters are great, I want to experience it some more.

Black Wolves Saga Bloody Nightmare: this is a masterpiece. I made the huge mistake of not buying the PsVita port when the price was still decent and now I’m waiting for the Switch port, which probably will never come. But there’s still hope.

Brothers Conflict: this game means so much to me, I promised myself I’ll buy and play the Switch port one day. I swear.

Diabolik Lovers More Blood: I bought the PS4 Grand Edition port a couple years ago, but I only replayed the first game so far. Going to More Blood again will be painful in some routes, but I will.

Reine des Fleures: I was scared to write a review years ago, since everyone hated it so much. But I have no fears now, I’ll replay it and write about it soon!

I think that’s all for now, these are the games I’m mostly interested in replaying.

Of course, they aren’t the only ones, from time to time I think about Masato’s route in Moshikami and I hate myself enough to think about going through that hell again; but then I stop, so I don’t know if it’s actually going to happen for real.

Time will tell.

Are there otome games you want to replay?

Otome games I will (probably) never play

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On Maggio 13, 2021

In let's talk!

There are too many otome games in this world, to complete them all; even if I’ve played a lot, of course there are also many more that I ignored or decided to avoid for various reasons.

So, let’s take a look at some otome games I’m almost sure I’ll never go through, so I can explain why I made that choice!

Jack Jeanne

This was released recently, so I guess I should talk about it first.

Many people were excited because it’s illustrated by a famous artist, who draws Tokyo Ghoul and is universally considered amazing; well, I guess you’d think my taste is awful, since I don’t like the art at all. The plot also seems too clichè, I’ve had my share of “girl who pretends to be a boy” like 10 years ago with Hana Kimi and k-dramas, I’ve had enough. The music game looks painful too. I also hate the stat raising system.

I guess this is enough, to explain why I won’t bother with this.

Kenka Banchou Otome

Exactly for the same reason, I’m tired of the concept of the girl who pretends to be a boy.

It’s something I used to enjoy, but I’ve seen it too many times now.

Gensou Kissa Enchanté

I wasn’t interested at first, because it seemed too “cute”.

When it was released, my friends who played it ended up being destroyed by the sadness and despair, which actually made me a bit curious about it, I even considered giving it a try.

The main problem I still have with this game is very shallow, but I need to tell the truth here: I’m not attracted by the guys. I know, it’s stupid, but… sorry, I don’t want to date an headless guy. And that other man is too old for the heroine, seeing them together creeps me out.

He’s too old even for me and I’m a full grown adult!!

Sorry, I can’t.

Shiritsu Berubara Gakuen

I don’t even know what to say about this game, besides that it seems weird. Too weird.

Versailles no Bara was great, I guess we all watched the anime through childhood, but turning it into some kind of otome game, in a school setting… not my thing.

Also the ending system seems way too complicated.

Moujuu-tachi to Ohime sama

It looks so good, I’ve been tempted to give it a try multiple times.

But 2 reasons stopped me: the annoying system, which is apparently so bad that forced many people to drop the game, and the fact that I’m basically dating animals in human form.

They look like ikemen, but……………. they are literally animals, this is too creepy for me.

That’s all for now, I think.

I know many of you loved these games, you probably are going crazy because you want me to give them a chance… but I doubt I will. I really doubt it.

Who knows, extremely low prices in the future could make me reconsider my decisions, but it won’t happen in the near future.

And what about you? Are there games you’ve decided to stay away from on purpose? Why?

Let’s talk: dropping otome games and my blog

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On Aprile 26, 2021

In let's talk!

Hello and welcome back to my “let’s talk” series, dedicated to sharing experiences and struggles related to otome games!

Today, I want to write my feelings about quitting this fandom, or at least dropping my blog.

Don’t worry, I don’t want to scare you, I’m not going anywhere! I’m talking in general.

Let’s get back to the very start, more than 7 years ago.

When I discovered the otome game genre, I was so excited, I swear I couldn’t even fall asleep: so many ikemen I could date, they where just waiting for me… I couldn’t even believe it was possible, it was a dream come true!

I’ve had crushes on anime characters before, I watched a lot of shoujo with good looking guys and most of the time I didn’t agree with the heroine’s final choice. Well, my tastes were probably weird even in my teen days. But now, the choice was mine!

As you could expect, when the expectations are so high, reality hits you in the face even harder.

After a few months of blind love, I realized that some games were not “for me”, and good looking boys weren’t enough to keep me interested.

It was just like a relationship between real people: when the infatuation is gone, you start to realize the other person has flaws; that’s when you decide if you should keep it going, or just leave.

I’ve realized that my hobbies usually have a “3 years time span” before I start to get bored and move on: it always happened to me with my previous hobbies, so I expected otome games to follow the same pattern. But this is not related to this topic, maybe I’ll talk about in some other time, if you are curious.

My first “break” from playing otome games happened in summer 2016.

The reason was a chain of boring games, which made me question if the problem was actually mine: you know, when everything around you seems terrible, maybe it’s just how you perceive it.

That was the year I first went to Japan, so my mood went high again immediately as I reached Tokyo and I was able to shopping like crazy!

When I came back, I opened this blog and my love for otome games was again at its peak.

After a few months, I had many issues both at work and private life, so all I could do to feel better was to search for “happiness” in otome games and try to escape the real world.

I devoted all my free time to this hobby, trying to improve my blog; but at some point, I realized I was becoming obsessed with it, my only goal was to become “popular”, as if my own value depended from it. Which obviously, is not healthy.

So I decided to go on a social media break: I went on vacation for 3 weeks without using twitter or my blog at all; I took long walks and spent time just thinking about myself and my future, to find a motivation outside the screen. And it worked a lot.

From that moment, I found a new path in life and otome games became just an hobby again.

Years have passed from those days, I had many up and down moments, but I can’t see myself stopping playing otome games or closing my blog: it’s a huge part of my life, my comfort zone, which I treasure a lot.

Through the years, I think otome games became a part of me: getting excited about new releases, starting a new game, sharing my feelings while I livetweet, writing and posting a new review here… is a part of my life. Maybe it will slow down in the future, as I grow older and priorities change; it will also depend on the community, if it becomes a better or a worse place to be.

But for now, I can assure you that this place won’t disappear soon. I hope this will make someone happy, that would be worth any effort!

So, to answer the question of this post: yes, I thought about dropping otome games about twice; and yes, I thought about dropping this blog a few times, when I was feeling too obsessed about stats and I wasn’t getting the results I wanted.

But it’s ok now, so don’t worry! We still have a long path ahead, made of masterpieces, kusoge, cries, laughters……. and I’ll share it all with you!

And what about you? Have you ever thought about dropping otome games?

If you have topics you want me to talk about, just ask and I’ll write about it!

Otome gamer confession: 3 ikemen I actually can’t stand

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On Aprile 8, 2021

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I’ve been playing otome games for 7 long years, dating a huge amount of different characters in every possible setting or historical period: last time I tried to count them, they were about 500, but that number sure has increased a lot in the meantime.

Obviously, as you could expect, they were all ikemen, drawn by a talented artist who knows how to make them aesthetically appealing; their personalities were also defined by writers who do their best, to make them likeable by girls who will play their routes.

So, apparently, I should fall in love with them, or at least enjoy their company, while I play their routes. Well………… it’s not so easy.

Leaving the plot of their routes aside, since a character could be amazing, but being ruined by a terrible writing, I’ll tell you about boys I disliked, because their personalities and attitudes unnerved me the whole time.

Sorry if your favorite character is in this list, don’t take it personally, we all have different tastes and this is just my opinion and preference. If you think seeing your favorite boy being criticized will hurt you in any way, please, don’t bother reading.

If you’re curious, let’s start!

3- Ayato- Diabolik Lovers

I could stand him in the first game, he was abusive but still bearable; More Blood ruined completely my opinion about him, no matter how the writers tried to redeem in other games.

He considered Yui his property, an object he could use as he pleased to satisfy his blood needs. When the poor girl fainted, he left her alone on the floor, without caring at all if she was weak or sick. I don’t care if he changed, maybe he really loves Yui from Dark Fate, but those scenes annoyed me too much and I really can’t forgive him.

2- Shin- Amnesia

I know most of the players find his attitude cute, because tsundere apparently are allowed to call “stupid” the girl they secretly love, but for me it was extremely annoying: I felt like he was always denigrating the heroine, telling her she wasn’t good enough at work and at school.

Can you imagine how it feels, if you wake up without memory and a random boy kisses you forcefully, claiming he’s your boyfriend? Ok, he’s hot, but if he’s a stranger to me, he should respect my feelings. He was always pushy, he didn’t care if she was confused and scared.

1- Seri- Dynamic Chord Liar-s

I guess calling him rapist should be enough to justify my hate and disgust towards him.

He couldn’t stand that a girl didn’t fall in love with him at first sight, so he had to obtain her forcefully. Wow, such a classy boy. The poor girl apparently had some case of Stockholm syndrome and loved him anyway, which made this route even worse.

At this point, I guess you’re wondering why I only have 3 characters I dislike: am I that easy to please? If I had to make a list of characters that made me feel absolutely nothing (except boredom) towards them, it could be way longer, since falling in love for me is very hard. Maybe I’ll work on that too.

But it takes a lot for me to say “I don’t want to see this guy’s face anymore in my life”, so congrats to the winners!

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