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Time to leave, see you soon!

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On Luglio 22, 2018

In my life, Personal stuff

Hello everyone, the time has come!

Tomorrow I’m leaving for the mountain, to a lonely and relaxing place.

I’m done with the annoying stuff I had to do for my job, so I’m finally free to take my time to recover and recharge; these last months have been exhausting mentally.

The place where I’m staying is isolated and there aren’t many tourists, so there won’t be free Wi-fi everywhere; this means I probably won’t be able to update my blog for about 2 weeks or even more.

I hope I’ll be able to check out twitter from time to time, at least it should work on my phone.

Feel free to contact me on twitter or Whatsapp if you want to talk (since some of my friends already have my contact there and it’s a lot easier for me to check out!), it would make me happy! 🙂

Knowing I won’t be able to use internet so freely almost scares me, we live in a society that makes the word accessible in a minute and the idea of not knowing what happens outside that little city makes me a bit scared but also excited.

I’ve always wanted to try living for a while without being a slave of social networks, Youtube and stuff like that; being able to focus on myself, instead of checking my phone all day, will be an interesting experience.

I’m going to travel across Italy, it will take me about 9 hours to get there and I feel tired just thinking about it… it will be like experiencing a different country, since the lifestyle in that town is completely different from mine; they barely speak Italian, because most of the people there are very old and only speak their dialect, which I obviously don’t understand. I hope my boyfriend will rescue me! The food is going to be great, south Italy’s pizza is nothing like the typical pizza I’m used to eat in the north.

I’m going to get fat for sure, but who cares!

Stay happy and healthy, see you soon!

Why do you love otome games?

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On Luglio 11, 2018

In my life, Personal stuff, questions/challenges

Have you ever been asked by some of your friends: “why do you like otoge?” or “why do you like those games so much?”. I had, many times.

But answering it’s not easy as it may seem: how can I explain to someone who has never played any kind of visual novel that I can be deeply and emotionally involved with a 2D character?

If your friends are into anime, it may be easier: probably they already have a waifu or an husbando, so they’ll understand to some extent how much you care about your best boy too.

But how can you explain the fact that you keep playing for hours those “dating sims”? Even if you already have a real life boyfriend?

Well, there are various reasons that keep me motivated.

1- Otome games combine perfectly all my favorite hobbies

If you put together my love for reading (since they are basically books), my weakness for 2D boys and my interest in learning languages (if it wasn’t for otoge, I’m sure I wouldn’t be able to read kanji now), there’s no way I can get bored.

Of course, there must be some good content: I’d never read a boring book.

2- I can make decisions.

I don’t like sitting in front of a screen for hours, just watching, without being able to take action when one of the characters is doing something stupid.

If the main character is dumb, it’s even worse.

I’ve dropped many shoujo manga for this reason, I couldn’t take the heroine passive personality.

When it comes to anime, all I can do is watch and follow the story that’s already been decided by the author: it’s fixed, I can’t change it in any way.

In otoge, I can make decisions. My choices determine my fate and they may lead to a good or bad ending… but it’s up to me.

3- There are different endings.

Have you ever watched an anime you really loved, but the ending ended up being a huge disappointment? I had, many times.

In otoge, since there are different endings, I’ll probably find at least one I like.

And it’s not always the good one, I swear there were amazing bad endings that left a great impression on me! Maybe it’s because I appreciate bittersweet and tragedy too, so I get bored if I watch an anime knowing it will probably end up with an happy ending.

4- I decide who’s the best boy for the heroine.

Have you ever watched a shoujo anime with the typical love triangle, but the heroine ended up choosing the boy you liked the least? Leaving your best boy crying alone in despair?

It happened to me so many times it’s not even funny, it just made me angry.

In otoge, I can give a chance to anyone and choose my favorite, without the fear of seeing him rejected or friendzoned.

5- The art quality is great most of the time.

Lately, many anime’s quality has dropped drastically.

I’m just a casual fan, I watch just 3,4 anime every season, but there are often scenes animated so badly, it was obvious they ran out of budget.

There are various artists that work on otoge and sometimes they have “copycats” too: but it’s not animated by a studio, just “illustrated”, so most of the times the art it’s great.

Ot at least, it doesn’t make me cringe.

6- I can explore the story from different points of view.

Even if the heroine is the same, every time I start a new route I can discover new details of the main plot and see how the heroine reacts to a different scenario, supported by a boyfriend with a different personality. This allows me to immerse deeper in that world and it answers all my “what if….?” questions.

And you? Why do you love otoge so much?

A new chapter of my life starts today!

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On Luglio 10, 2018

In my life, Personal stuff

Hello everyone!

As you already know if you follow me on twitter, these days have been kinda painful to me, for work reasons: my contract expired today and I faced until the very end the terrible attitude of my supervisor. I wish we could at least end up in good terms, but she’s been treating me like trash for a few months now, so it’s not that surprising if she thinks that I’m not even worth a goodbye.

No words from my boss either, but it’s better since I haven’t talked to him for months and the last time he basically insulted me.

Well, at least I’m free now.

I’m leaving that awful place without regrets and I’m ready to move on to a new adventure!

For the first time in years, I can actually enjoy summer without being forced to work for10 hours every day, with the great reward of a 2 weeks vacation.

This time, I have a whole month for me!

I’m going to leave my city in a few days and I’ll be staying in a small town in the mountains for a few weeks: away from the stress that’s been killing me, away from everyone I know, finally free to recharge and come back at full speed.

What am I going to do in the meanwhile?

Of course read, play otoge, study Finnish…. but also, write a lot!

I want to use this blog as a personal diary, not only as a place for reviews or TOP10: if you are interested in the person behind these posts, you’re welcome! Talk to me, here or on twitter, let’s become friends! This is an happy but also sad moment of my life, since I haven’t been unemployed for more than 5 years and I need more than ever to distract myself with the help of great friends who support me.

If not, don’t worry because the otoge related posts are going to come as usual, so please pretend these kind of sad stuff doesn’t exist.

Suggestions and requests are always welcomed, obviously, so if you want to know something or to see some kind of reviews or special posts, just ask!

I’m going to have plenty of times in my hands for a while and I’d love to spend it while working on something useful to someone else too.

I’ve been in the otoge community for 5 years now and I’d gladly share my opinions and experience with people new to this genre. Don’t be afraid, I don’t bite! I swear I’ve been a newbie too!

That’s all, I hope I wasn’t annoying.

I’ll try to be more positive from now on and gain back all the positive energy I used to have in myself before joining that damned office.

See you soon!

5 years of otome gaming….

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On Giugno 20, 2018

In my life, Personal stuff, Senza categoria

I’ve been playing otome games for about 5 years now: I’ve seen many changes, both in consoles (from PSP, to PsVita and now to Switch), in games (anyone noticed how there used to be way more Cero B years ago? Now the most common rating is Cero C, while Cero D is not that rare as it used to be) and even my personal preferences are different from the old days.

When I started, I used to enjoy way more school themes: I wasn’t interested in deep plots, I just wanted to date my good looking boys and hear their cheesy words.

After 5, 10 or even more otome games, I got really bored of those basic scenario, when ikemen fell in love with a generic heroine and nothing else happens, besides dates and fluff.

I started paying more attention to the plot and to the character development; at the same time, I started developing an interest in dark and creepy settings, with tragic themes.

Sometimes I wonder: if I’d replay now those games I used to love, would I still enjoy them?

I would like to try, but part of me is also kinda scared: if I had to find out that those games which get me into this genre were trash, I admit I’d feel kinda sad.

Maybe it’s better if I just enjoy the good memories I have, instead of ruining them with a cruel reality.

Playing otome games has become way easier lately, since there are many localisations: it’s something that seemed impossible to achieve years ago, when I was basically forced to learn Japanese, if I wanted to enjoy this hobby. I’m still glad I did anyway, at least I’ve learned the language! Memorizing kanji was hell, and it still is, but it’s also a nice challenge.

In 5 years, I’ve seen many people come and go, many blogs open and close: it really gives me the realization of the time passing by, even if it feels sad.

When a blog closes, mostly if it’s an important one I’ve always read, it almost feels like the end of an era. I can feel that something is changing, in this small world.

When a person stops playing or simply disappears from twitter, I can’t help but wonder what happened: what are they doing now? Are they happier? Have they found something better?

Who knows. People change, it’s normal.

I would lie, if I’d say that I’ve never thought about dropping otome games: I love them, but sometimes playing started to feel like some kind of chore.

I’ve seen many friends suffering from this problem, I guess it happens when playing every day becomes an habit.

It happened to me last year, around september, but then Otomate Party and my Japan trip managed to get back my gaming mood. And now? I’m not excited about games as I used to be, but I can say honestly that I’m not going to give up this hobby soon.

But who knows, life is a mystery.

Tell me about you, how long have you been playing games? Have your tastes changed?

Another random personal post!

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On Giugno 16, 2018

In my life, Personal stuff, Senza categoria

Hello everyone!

A month ago, I asked you if I should write about myself here, or if it would be better opening another blog; ALL of you answered that this is the perfect place, so… here I am again!

Well, nothing interesting happened lately, but I was in the mood for sharing my latest opinions and recent events.

Since I have more free time lately, I’m starting to read a lot.

I’ve always loved reading, but I was usually kinda slow in the past years (I completed about a book every month), but now I’m finding myself enjoying this hobby way more.

I used to be a great Agatha Christie fan when I was younger and I’m appreciating again those books: I’ve been to the library a few days ago and borrowed a lot, I’m going to be busy for a long time!

It’s been 2 months since I started studying Finnish and I finally see some progress: when I read songs’ lyrics, I can understand a few words and sometimes I can grasp the general meaning of simple sentences.

I feel really proud of myself, Finnish is literally another universe from my mother tongue and I thought it would be impossible to learn on my own!

I hope this gives some positive energy to those of you who are struggling to learn a language (probably japanese, since you’re here): nothing is impossible, if you put your hard work and passion in it, every single day.

After Ikemen Sengoku, I’ve decided to try Rear Pheles.

I know, it’s a kusoge and I shouldn’t even have bought it, but you know I’m a Do-M and I can’t resist cheap otoge; wasting money and time is secretly my best talent, you know?

I’m struggling a lot with the awful minigame and I was on the verge of dropping it many times already… but I’ll do my best to complete at least one route and bring you some kind of review.

On happiest news, my boyfriend will be on holiday next week and he volunteered to watch otoge anime adaptations and write his troll reviews as usual!

I’m thinking about different kind of challenges or experiments, like making him guess a character’s personality or something about the plot of a game… I’m not sure yet, but I’d like to bring something new with his help, it may turn out being funny.

My next review is going to be kinda far away, but you can expect a lot of updates soon… let me know if you have suggestions!

Otome games are moving to Switch, what am I going to do?

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On Maggio 31, 2018

In Personal stuff, Senza categoria

Hello everyone!

It’s been a while since I’ve written my last otoge review, but it doesn’t mean I’m not playing lately: my Ikemen Sengoku review will be ready in a few days!

In the meantime, let’s talk about the recent happenings.

As you probably know, Otomate is moving to Switch and we can assume everyone else will follow their lead soon. Rejet is going to make announcements next week and I expect them to choose the same path (if they keep making games… who knows, maybe Iwasaki has other plans now).

So, what am I going to do from now on?

I don’t have a Switch yet, but my boyfriend was planning to get it sooner or later (he’s a huge Nintendo fan). I guess we’ll probably buy one by the end of the year, or at the beginning of 2019.

Cendrillon Palika looks amazing, I’ve been waiting for the release since it was announced, there’s no way I’m going to miss it! Maybe I’ll be late to the party, but I’ll come sooner or later.

I’ve read various opinions about Otomate’s decision: as expected, while someone is happy, the majority of people are complaining or even deciding to drop this hobby… and I perfectly understand why.

I’ll be honest, I was kinda disappointed too.

Switch is an amazing console, no doubt about this, but giving up my dear PsVita is not easy at all; also, the price is still high, it’s not a console I can buy without thinking too much about money.

We all knew it was going to happen soon, but accepting this kind of changes it’s not so immediate: as you probably noticed, I still can’t get rid of my PSP completely, after so many years.

I’m that kind of person who holds dear any item connected to memories, so I enjoy going back from time to time to my low screen resolution, to remember how my passion for otoge started.

You can expect me to play on my PsVita for still a long time, since my backlog it’s not so easy to clean in just a summer.

There are also a lot of PC games releases lately, maybe I’ll try to catch up with some of them: playing on PC hurts my eyes easily, but I can slowly go through some good titles.

What are you going to do? Are you happy about the move to Switch? Are you planning to buy it?

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