#KMOCH

[chessismyaesthetic]

Happy birthday Vera Menchik (1906-44)!

Vera Menchik was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in England. The first and longest-reigning Women's World Chess Champion, she won the championship eight times from 1927 to 1944, mainly in round-robin tournaments which she totally dominated (to the point that Alekhine once commented it was unfair she had to keep defending her title when her dominance was so obvious). Sadly, she was killed by a V1 rocket at her home in London in 1944, aged only 38.

Although her life was cut tragically short, she achieved a helluva a lot and should be remembered as an important part of chess history. A few points are needed to fully appreciate Menchik's chess career.

First, she was the first woman to compete in master's level tournaments against some of the world's best male players which she did throughout the 1920s and 1930s - people like Alekhine, Capablanca, Reshevksy, Maroczy, Rubinstein, Euwe.

She did this despite considerable sexism. Both the press and players joked that those who lost to her were members of the "Vera Menchik Club" - a term first mockingly suggested by Albert Becker to make fun of her at the Carlsbad tournament in 1929 when she lost her first game. Before that tournmanet, one journalist - Hans Kmoch - said he would "go on stage as a ballerina" if she scored more than three points.

Fittingly, Menchik beat Becker in the tournament, making him the first member of the "club" he'd just suggested, and Kmoch was forced to public express regret for his comment when she did indeed score three points.

The idea of the "Vera Menchik Club" took off in the press after that, though it became more a term of respect - when FIDE began awarding the title of Grandmaster in 1950 four of the new GMs were members of the club and eight were "candidate members" having only drawn against her. When a member of the "club" includes a World Champion like Max Euwe, it's an impressive club!

Menchik giving a 13-board simultaneous exhibition after winning the 1926 London Girls' Championship.

Secondly, Menchik did all this while NOT being a full-time professional player or even aiming to be fully dedicated to chess, unlike the world's top players of the time. That's not to say she didn't have a big impact on the game though, especially in Britain where she gave lessons, was chess editor for different journals, edited Social Chess with William Winter, was a columnist and editor for Chess magazine, and served as director of the British National Chess Centre.

It's also not to say she wasn't a flipping good chess player. According to chess.com she was on a level with the strongest male British chess players of the time who were "undeniably strong players" though "a level below the Laskers, Capablancas, and Alekhines of the world". Nevertheless, the top players treated her with respect. After that 1929 tournament where she was mocked, Alekhine - then the reigning World Champion - commented:

"She indisputably has attained her three points against the strong masters, but it is little known to the public that she has also attained superior positions against Euwe, Treybal, Colle and Dr. Vidmar. She was beaten by Dr. Vidmar only after a nine hour match. It is the chess world's duty to grant her every possibility for development."

Similarly, when asked "are there any women who played good chess" in 1932, Capablanca replied, "One. Her name is Vera Menchik. She is Czechoslovakian and Slavic and was trained in England, where she now lives. She played against me and she is very strong."

She even apparently inspired a 1929 Vogue cover!

Her legacy is long-lasting. As chess.com notes, "to this day the winning nation in the Women’s Olympiad is awarded the Vera Menchik Cup, a fitting way to remember the first world champion".

Check out some of her games here.

[nick--knack]

What's your favorite music album(s)?

oh my god. alright. i have so many in mind that i really like. so.

Well my all-time favourite has gotta be none other than Viribus Unitus by Dragony. I fucking love this album so much, the premise is so ridiculous but also fun and goofy and it feels like it was written specifically for me. The album tells a story about WW1 and Austria-Hungary's participation in it while putting a massive spin on history that includes dark magic, a zombie apocalypse, and more. I'm not good at explaining things but if you want, you can read the entire synopsis here and I guess there are a couple songs that I tend to skip while listening to it but nontheless it is a very good album. cough cough Love You To Death is the best song cough cough. Oh, and since we're talking about Dragony, Masters of the Multiverse is also worth checking out. That album is also full of bangers.

There is also Into The Enchanted Chamber by Timeless Miracle. Its the only album that the band released before disappearing, and every power metal fan eventually discovers it either as a blessing or a curse i'm sure, but goddamn its so good. I really love the sorta dark and gothic theme that the entire album has with its songs - again it's another album thats right up my alley. Good shit.

The last power metal albums I really like is The Monumental Mass: a Cinematic Metal Event by Powerwolf. If you listen to it in order, the songs are set up so the ending of one song blends into the other and I just really love it when albums do that. Also the slightly more intense and... well... cinematic sounding covers of their songs sound nice - Dancing With The dead in particular sticks out to me especially with the loud drums in the latter half. I often listen to this while i'm playing minecraft alone.

If you like folk rock, Herzblut by dArtagnan is absolutely full of bangers. Ruf der Freiheit, Mosqueteros, and The Riddle are my personal favourites, I couldn't stop listening to them on repeat the moment it came out. I also still find it a little crazy that they did some collabs with Visions of Atlantis, like I did not expect them to do a song together, this is like the music equivalent of some crazy cartoon crossover for me. Speaking of, Pirates II - Armada by Visions of Atlantis has SOOO many good songs aswell, this band in particular just keeps getting better with every release. Hellfire is peak.

For more history stuff, Foreign Skies by the Dreadnoughts is an album about WW1. Black Letters and Back Home in Bristol always get me a little emotional, and there's an EP that goes with this album called Foreign Sides (B-Sides) that you don't want to miss. Additionally, I've already mentioned it before but Pack Up Your Troubles - Wartime Favourites by The Billy Watson Band & Singers has a bunch of good history songs and its one of few albums where theres not one song that I skip.

As for classical music, my go-to for when I want some nice calming background music is this nifty little album simply called Viennese Violin by Michael Snyman and the Brooklyn Theatre Salon Ensemble. Alot of the songs in it are pretty short compared to the regular pieces that I listen to, and they all sound very nice so I guess thats another no-skip album on my list. This one is a bit of a random one but Komzák, Kmoch, Fučík: Old Czech Marches and Dances by Czech Philiharmonic also has a nice collection of songs, all of them sound very regal and/or energetic. We got some songs by our boy Fučíc in here. You know, the guy who wrote the circus theme. If regular old classical is too boring then you can listen to the album Wiener Blut by Céline Roscheck which are essentially violin dubstep remixes of a bunch of Strauss songs. I fucking love Strauss, he's probably my favourite classical music composer, so I really lost my shit when I first listened to her remix of Tritsch Trastch Polka and Radetzky March.

If you want something darker and cabaret-ish, Red Hot & Holy by Sarah and the Safe word and Counterfeit Arcade by Shayfer James are good to check out. I don't really know what else to say, just go listen go them.

As for lately, i've been listening to did an oopsie by Uamee alot. It's his latest release and I dunno man, he kinda cooked with this one - ESPECIALLY Dirst Ej Cake. I've also been listening to Rokotsu by syundou lately, it wasn't recently released or anything but that one is also great.

ANYWAYS im cutting the rant short here otherwise i'll be up all night talking about music. As much as I would love to, I have to work tomorrow so I can't.

[jubilantgamer27]

Alphabetical Names (Voltage Inc)

A few years ago I challenged myself to write down some character names (one per each letter of the alphabet) and last names too. Here is the result (with the exemption of a few letters). Feel free to add some if I missed any!

First Names:

A is for Akito Kakiuchi (MFW)

B is for Bunta Kurimaki (KMOCH)

C is for Chikage (EITM)

D is for Daichi Katsuragi (MSB)

E is for Eisuke Ichinomiya (KBTBB)

F is for Fumito Ena (SITS)

G is for Ginnosuke Orguri (IYAT)

H is for Hideki Ishigami (HLITF)

I is for Ichigo Sato (DDIWT)

J is for Junpei Miyashita (KOR)

K is for Kyosuke Takatsukasa (RITE)

L is for Liam Kurusu (LBYH)

M is for Makoto Morimachi (MLFK)

N is for Nao Fujimori (FLD)

O is for Oliver Button (BMP2)

P is for Partheno (SCM)

Q (n/a)

R is for Ryoji Ryukai (BBDIB)

S is for Shunichiro Tachibana (IM)

T is for Tsumugu Kido (OTBS)

U is for Uesugi Kenshin (SAC)

V (n/a)

W is for Wataru Toge (WDCK)

X (n/a)

Y is for Yosuke Sagara (KOP)

Z is for Zain (BMP)

Last Names:

A is for Natsume Asaoka (IM)

B is for Mitsunari Baba (KBTBB)

C is for Glenn J. Casiraghi (BMP)

D (n/a?? somehow)

E is for Ritsuto Ena (SITS)

F is for Fujimori (FLD)

G is for Seiji Goto (HLITF)

H is for Genji Higashiyama (IYAT)

I is for Subaru Ichiyanagi (MSB)

J is for Atsushi Jinnai (SITSC)

K is Taketo Kanzaki (CTC)

L is for Sieg Lieben (BMP2)

M is for Riku Morimachi (MLFK)

N is for Fumitaka Nishi (IYAT2)

O is for Soji Okita (EOSCOL)

P (n/a)

Q (n/a)

R is for Shun Randoh (KOP)

S is for Masaya Saionji (DOASS)

T is for Rei Todo (BBDIB)

U is for Reiji Uraga (DDIWT)

V (n/a)

W is for Rui Wakaba (TLSL)

X (n/a)

Y is for Eiki Yachigusa (MPDCTY)

Z is for Akiyoshi Zaizen (OTBS)

[munichasia]

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[sadisticsmiles]

Happy belated birthday, Daisuke! (His birthday is on November 15th, according to the official Kiss Me on Clover Hill fanbook).

Daisuke is also one of the sweetest Voltage characters and his routes are fantastic!

[sweet-pinkitty]

Day 13... The 3 other birthdays?

Irresistible Mistakes

❤️️Happy Birthday to Yukihisa Maki!❤️️

Metro PD: Close to You

💙Happy Birthday to Katsuyuki Kyobashi💙

Kiss Me on Clover Hill

🧡Happy Birthday to Bunta Kurimaki🧡

Day 3 - Riku Morimachi (MLFK) and Taiyo Inami (LBYH)

Day 4 - Kiyohito Shirakami (KOP)

🎂 Month of February by Voltage 🎂

[some-ikemen-snob]

Learn the Alphabet with L365 Characters

A is for Atsumu Kashiwabara (Love Letter from Thief X)

B is for Bunta Kurimaki (Kiss Me on Clover Hill)

C is for Chiaki Yuasa (Our Two Bedroom Story

D is for Dui (Star-Crossed Myth)

E is for Edward Levaincois (Be My Princess)

F is for Fumito Ena (Scandal in the Spotlight)

G is for Glenn J. Casiraghi (Be My Princess)

H is for Hikaru Ahara (Kissed by the Baddest Bidder)

I is for Ivan Chernenkov (Be My Princess 2)

J is for Joshua Lieben (Be My Princess)

K is for Kazuomi Shido (Masquerade Kiss)

L is for Luke Foster (Kissed by the Baddest Bidder)

M is for Masaomi Hibiya (Serendipity Next Door)

N is for Nozomu Fuse (When Destiny Comes Knocking)

O is for Ota Kisaki (Kissed by the Baddest Bidder) P is for Partheno (Star-Crossed Myth)

Q is for Quiet now, there’s no title or character that starts with Q lol

R is for Rheo Usami (When Destiny Comes Knocking)

S is for Shuichiro Momoi (Finally, In Love Again)

T is for Teorus (Star-Crossed Myth)

U is for Uhhhh there’s no u either lol

V is for Very sad bc there’s nothing for v either lol

W is for Wataru Toge (When Destiny Comes Knocking)

X is for I’m not even going to try

Y is for Yakov Chernenko (Be My Princess)

Z is for Zain (Be My Princess)

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK BE MY PRINCESS AND STAR-CROSSED MYTH FOR EXISTING OR ELSE 40% OF THIS WOULD BE ME BEING LOST 

[otomeluver]

...I know it's been a while since I played KMoCH, but something seems seriously wrong here. 🤔😅🍀

[therainealoisa]

SO I was playing Kiss Me on Clover Hill...

SOICHI KIYOTA is the worst otome guy I've played ever lmfao. Yo there is so many red flags, not to mention the game writing is just lazy af. I cant even finish reading his route he really pisses me off.

FIRST OF ALL, this little shit is so rude right of the bat, and after reading a couple of chapters you'll notice that he just accuses the MC of chatting up guys and trying to bascially slut shame her JUST for talking to guys.

And he gets so fucking possessive and damn near gets physically abusive at some point when he confronts MC about "talking to other guys". Like he has no reason to (not that any reason is an excuse for abusive behavior) fuckin get in MC's buisness about who what where she at... like....yall ain't even dating bitch.

Bruh and dont get me started on how disrespectful he is to MC's friends... specifically Akira.

The only part of this route I enjoyed was when MC finally put her foot down, and lashed out on him, like good for you sis stand up for your friends.

ANYWAYS, we do not stan this shit, I refuse to continue playing this route. I do not recommend it.

Bonus:

His dad is also trash so that's where he gets it from, it does not justify soichi being a piece of shit tho.

[shocking-kisses]

I do like Yusuke, and how he uses humor so he doesn’t have to deal with serious topics, but he still engages with them when MC asks.

[maidofstars]

painting 

[aeirwen]

Tasukete! ♡ Inktober 2017 - Otome

TLDR:  Reply to this post, shoot me a message, or send me an ask on who and/or what you think I should draw next month and on what day for Inktober.

That’s right, please help me decide on what to draw next month for Inktober.

Of course, I’m not very good at drawing, and I continuously tell myself to draw every day so that I can keep getting better!  Unfortunately, I don’t do it, lol.  Mostly because I work and there are lots I’d like to do, and mostly because I don’t know what to draw or what I want to draw.

So what should you do?

Reply to this post, shoot me a message, or send me an ask on who and/or what you think it is that I should draw next month and on which day you’d like to see it. I will only do one sketch per day, unless I feel like doing more.  :) Because it is October, please send me your favorite character(s) and what Halloween costume you think they should wear (p.s. I think generic costumes, ex. witches,wizards, prince, vampire, mummy, ect...are cute.   ♡) otherwise I’ll choose. You can choose any character from any otome game as long as you give me a full name and what game they’re from (and probably what company developed the game as well). You can choose up to three different characters and three different days.  :)

Note:  They are going to be uncleaned sketches in ink. Note:  I have played most Voltage Inc. games, most routes in Mystic Messenger, one route in Hakuoki, and some D3Publisher and NTT Solmare games.  I am open to any all all otome games and characters though. Note:  Please don’t be upset if I do not do, or choose to do, your suggestion.  (I’m not making any promises either, or there may be a delay.)

Thank you!

October 1st:   October 2nd:   October 3rd:   October 4th:   October 5th:   October 6th:   October 7th:   October 8th:   October 9th:   October 10th:   October 11th:   October 12th:   October 13th:   October 14th:   October 15th:   October 16th:   October 17th:   October 18th:   October 19th:   October 20th:   October 21st:   October 22nd:   October 23rd:   October 24th:   October 25th:   October 26th:   October 27th:   October 28th:   October 29th:   October 30th:   October 31st:  

[otomequeen]

Kiss Me on Clover Hill - Master List

Game Information Company: Voltage Inc Released: July 1, 2015 Download: Apple Store - Google Play - Amazon Store

Walkthrough

Soichi Kiyota: Season of Love - Season of Luck - Season of Hope - Season of Faith

Bunta Kurimaki: Season of Love - Season of Luck - Season of Hope - Season of Faith

Yusuke Sakuraba: Season of Love - Season of Luck - Season of Hope - Season of Faith

Chihiro Kikuhara: Season of Love - Season of Luck - Season of Hope - Season of Faith

Shokichi Kuramoto: Season of Love - Season of Luck - Season of Hope - Season of Faith

Kazuto Horai: Season of Love - Season of Luck - Season of Hope - Season of Faith

Daisuke Asahina: Season of Love - Season of Luck

Akio Tsubaki: Season of Love - Season of Luck

Character Graphics

Soichi Kiyota: Season of Love - Season of Luck - Season of Hope - Season of Faith

Bunta Kurimaki: Season of Love - Season of Luck - Season of Hope - Season of Faith

Yusuke Sakuraba: Season of Love - Season of Luck - Season of Hope - Season of Faith

Chihiro Kikuhara: Season of Love - Season of Luck - Season of Hope - Season of Faith

Shokichi Kuramoto: Season of Love - Season of Luck - Season of Hope - Season of Faith

Kazuto Horai: Season of Love - Season of Luck - Season of Hope - Season of Faith

Daisuke Asahina: Season of Love - Season of Luck

Akio Tsubaki: Season of Love - Season of Luck

Side Stories

Falling for You: Soichi’s Side - Bunta’s Side - Kazuto’s Side - Yusuke’s Side - Shokichi’s Side - Chihiro’s Side

Two-in-one Special Story!

Secret Trip for Two with Chihiro!

Kiss Me on Our Vacation

Snow-Covered Clovers

A New Year’s Tale

[grayheaven11]

Because my dash is so boring and I need more Bunta

[sadisticsmiles]

December 28, 2020

The night is almost over, but happy birthday to Akio Tsubaki from Kiss Me on Clover Hill. His birthday is December 28th, according to the fan book.

[sweet-pinkitty]

Day 24... The 3 other birthdays?

Masquerade Kiss 

💙Happy Birthday to Yuzuru Shiba!💙

In Your Arms Tonight

🧡Happy Birthday to  Kiyoto Makimura🧡

Serendipity Next Door

🧡Happy Birthday to Izumi Takasaki🧡

The other Birthdays:

Day 3 - Riku Morimachi (MLFK) and Taiyo Inami (LBYH)

Day 4 - Kiyohito Shirakami (KOP)

Day 13 - Yukihisa Maki (IM), Katsuyuki Kyobashi (Metro PD) and Bunta Kurimaki (KMOCH)

Day 17 - Soryu Oh (KBTBB)

🎂 Month of February by Voltage 🎂