#cause I am someone who very much prefers romance heavy otome games

[couldbebetterforsure]

What on earth are the other routes of Jack Jeanne like??? Because I had seen so many comments and reviews say this game is super light on the romance and all that…

But I’m going through Suzu’s route and it’s literally so fucking romantic??????????

I’m over here acting like a damn blushing maiden watching Kisa and Suzu interact over the course of the whole game, and that’s only ramped up now that I’m out of the common route and into Suzu’s specific route!

[looongcat]

Amnesia Memories Thoughts

will probably not be spoiler free lol

Shin

Shin is like... not my type LOL. Yes I like cold guys who are soft for you, but talk about a guy who’s always cold! Plus he calls you an idiot like all the time, like that’s not romantic! His route is actually not very romance heavy. He’s very much an action speaks louder than words kinda guy, except his actions are like a secret and you only really find out about them at the end. It’s clear he really loves the MC and is willing to do anything for her, and anything to make her like him. But personally I don’t think the route did a good job of showing why MC liked him, kinda just seemed like she was dating him cause he asked her out earnestly? Like its clear that he loves her, and I’m sure shes appreciates that, but does she even like him romantically?

Ikki

Also not my type. Ikki is the flirt, who has a fan club. Also as a person who grew up in the west, fan clubs for like cute guys just isn’t a thing so the whole fan club thing is absolutely bizarre to me. I would say that’s probably the most annoying part of the whole route, that you have to tiptoe around his fan club in order to make the relationship work. I think I liked how you could actually see that he really liked MC and was trying to make her happy (like Shin except more outwardly expressive). His route didn’t leave an impression on me though, it kinda plays out how you think it would. Or least to me it did.

Kent

The insensitive guy! Again, not my type. But he probably is my favourite route. I think it’s because he really changes how he talks, and acts to show MC how much he truly loves her. I really enjoyed how he was like I really like this, no wonder you were upset when I used to do that, I’ll change and be more like this from now on. It’s a lil sad to think about, how if MC did not have amnesia their relationship would not have worked out. Because of MC’s amnesia her actions towards him changed, and therefore his actions towards her also changed. Kent’s story is definitely the most light hearted one, and probably why it was easier to enjoy.

Toma

What the absolute flying fuck, I am not okay and I will never be okay with this! I think the only thing I learned from this is I rather date someone who wants to kill me than experience this.

Okay to expand a lil, Toma is the guy who takes cares of you, which is usually my type but... I kinda knew this guy was fucked up, especially after what happens in Shin’s route, so tbh I wasn’t necessarily shocked. But I did have to kinda pause the game and be like... so that happened, clearly the MC is going to forgive and love him in the good end cause that’s the whole point of otome games! To not give too much away, Toma is crazy overprotective, and he will go to the ends of the earth to make sure MC is safe.

Ukyo

The problem with playing Ukyo’s route after Toma’s is like I just unable to process this because I am still seething with anger. Another thing, I kinda feel like I shouldn’t have played this last, or I shouldn’t have like played the bad endings in the other routes before playing Ukyo. Because by the time I got to his route, I was very aware that he had two personalities, and I was very aware that he was traveling across worlds. In that sense, nothing about his route was very surprising to me, it kinda played out how I figured it would. I feel like I would have probably enjoyed his route more if I just played it first and then have my heart wretched in other routes when I saw him lol. But I’m sure most people would prefer to play him last. But now that I think about it, you can only play his route last so... LOL

I did like him though. I kinda wish his route had a lil more romance, I think most of the romance takes place in your memories, and in the current timeline it’s just like stay away from me I’m dangerous! His route is definitely more plot heavy, and quite the interesting story.

Overall Thoughts

I really liked how every route was different. In a way it was kinda like having amnesia yourself, because you don’t really know what to expect when you go into each route. Like in most routes Shin is your childhood friend, but in one route he isn’t and I talked to him without honorifics (which doesn’t really translate in english but lol) and I was like shit i fucked up! But like not knowing how to talk to each character when playing a new route did make things a lil more interesting to me, it felt more immersive!

If I had to rank the boys it would be something like Kent, Uyko, Ikki, and Shin. Toma doesnt even deserve a space on my list. He might as well not exist to me. I just really liked how Kent changes to become a better boyfriend for the heroine. Like she had her faults too, but those faults kinda went away with her memories. Also Orion is so supportive of you no matter what. What a trooper, he has no idea if your a bitch or nah but he’ll do whatever he can to help you regain your memories and keep you from sleeping with anyone!

TLDR: I would recommend this game, each story is different and unique and i quite prefer games that allow you to just pick which route you wanna play, instead of picking random options and ending up with a certain guy based on your choices. I don’t really think there needs to be an order when playing, since even your relationships with each character changes in the different routes, but Shin is a good one to start with, since he figures out that you have amnesia immediately so he introduces you to everyone.