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Since I really loved the first Diabolik Lovers game, obviously I had to play the sequel too!

I read many reviews before starting, so I was mentally prepared: everybody was complaining about the increase of random violence, so I knew it could be quite harsh to sit through.

Since the beginning, I realized that was true, unfortunately.

Even Subaru, who was my dear tsundere, was quite difficult to tolerate, even in the prologue; for this reason, I’ve decided to start from Reiji, because he’s usually a less violent character.

It was a good idea! I admit that his route was the most boring to me, in the first game; I hated his relationship with Shu, and I couldn’t even pity him for his inferiority complex.

But in More Blood there were interesting flashbacks, which showed how and why that hate began, so I could understand him better and I even grew to like him, in the end.

The plot was not that interesting, but at least I discovered some positive sides of this character, so I felt satisfied.

I’ve played Ayato next, and…………… it was bad. Very bad.

The problem wasn’t just his sadistic attitude, but also the terrible writing: all the scenes were the same, with nonsense violence repeating… who wrote this?!

I swear I was about to drop this route, I was very angry and I couldn’t stand his behavior anymore!

Each scene basically went like this: he told Yui that she was only a prey, and her blood was the only thing he cared about; then he sucked her blood, without caring if she was fainting, and leaving her alone. This terrible plot was basically the whole route.

I’m not even kidding, I had to play hours of this……… needless to say, in the end I couldn’t even look at his face, nor hear his voice. To be honest, it took me a lot of time before I changed my opinion about him.

Randomly, the writer decided that Ayato could become a tsundere in the end, and ask Yui to marry him. Why?! He treated her like shit since a few moments before……… I can’t even describe my frustration.

I’ve played Subaru next, hoping that at least his route would be better and he could treat Yui as a person… and I was not disappointed, this time.

It was also interesting to know more about his mother, she was really crazy… poor boy, he had to suffer a lot in his childhood. His ending was better than the first game, I enjoyed it a lot!

At that point, I’ve decided to try one of the new characters.

Azusa was my first Mukami, and his route was quite shocking: I wasn’t prepared for his absurd masochism, it almost scared me! His childhood was so sad, I pitied him a lot… I wanted to help him, because this boy obviously had some serious mental issues.

It may seem weird to say, but I appreciated Laito’s route too.

In the first game, I didn’t appreciate the lack of development in his character: he didn’t understand the meaning of true love at all, and he obviously couldn’t love Yui.

But More blood gave him a real growth, I could feel him changing a lot: he discovered love, and he realized that relying on someone else is not that bad; he became a better person, and it wasn’t all random and sudden (like it happened in Ayato’s ending).

Kou was the real surprise of this game to me.

I wasn’t expecting to fall so hard for a Mukami, but it happened!

He wasn’t easy to handle, but after I knew about his past, I’ve realized that he wasn’t really a bad person: he just couldn’t trust nobody anymore, and needed more time to open up and show his true self. In the end, I’ve decided to forgive his bad side, I think he deserved it.

Kanato was difficult to play: I didn’t like him from the start, because he pierced my ears in the first game too. There’s not even a plot in this route, I can sum it up like this: Azusa randomly shows up and talks toYui; Kanato is jealous and screams at Azusa to go away and die, then screams at Yui that he hates her and she should die too, because she’s a betrayer and a liar; then he sucks her blood.

In the ending, he suddenly becomes nice, for no reason.

I don’t know if I’m the only one who noticed this, but………. don’t you think that this terrible scenario was written by the same person in charge of Ayato? Because the problem is the same, every scene keeps repeating in a never-ending predictable circle!

Yuma’s route was way better.

I had so many feelings for this character, and so many expectations!

I imagined the plot would be quite different, but I enjoyed it anyway, even if many important parts were not completely explained. And he’s such a tsundere, he acts like a rude boy, but you can see he really loves Yui in the end!

Ruki is like the boss in the Mukami’s family, that’s why I’ve played him last.

I’ll be honest, it was a bit disappointing; I didn’t dislike him, but he was too serious and even boring sometimes. He was less violent than the others, I felt safer, but… I wasn’t completely satisfied.

I’ve played Shu last, because he was my favorite in the first game.

And I loved everything in More blood, too! All the flashbacks about his childhood days and Edgar made me so emotional… it was really a nice route.

Would I recommend this game?

I admit that most of the complaints you can read in every other review are true: there’s really more violence, and some routes suffer a bad writing and plotholes (or you can even say, there’s no plot at all). But there are also some positive points!

Personally, I enjoyed the new characters: they were interesting and most of their routes were well written; their past were really sad and made me emotional.

I even appreciated Karlheintz more, and I could understand better his relationship with his sons; maybe he’s not that bad, after all.

I think the people who enjoyed the first game should play More blood too, just be prepared: there are many issues here, and you may end up hating this series in the end (especially if you are a Kanato or Ayato fan).