#gekkamaru

[moeblob]

Thinking about Goemon's route being a poly roadtrip to me like. what's better than Enju having a boyfriend who loves her? Enju having TWO boyfriends who love her.

[yuuchanshitposting]

I was so impressed by this scene that I just silently sat down to draw and it turned out

[caladran]

I started Nightshade visual novel, and went on Gekkamaru route. I kid you not, when I say I got the happy ending without a guide. :) Still, it was quite roller coaster. 

[otomegamescafe]

Nightshade - czyli randki z shinobi

Osobiście przyznam, że to chyba moja ulubiona gra otome. Nie jest może idealna, ale na pewno nie da się o niej powiedzieć dużo złego. Bardzo lubię motyw shinobi w popkulturze, więc myślę, że to też wiele wyjaśnia, dlaczego tak bardzo lubię Nightshade. A więc nie będę dalej przedłużać i przejdę do recenzji :> Ostrzegam na spoilery!

Post będzie podzielony na kilka części, jako że chcę każdą ścieżkę postaci osobno opisać

Gra dostępna jest w jęzku angielskim na PC, Nintendo Switch oraz PS Vita. 

Oficjalna strona gry 

Gdy pierwszy raz grałam w Nightshade nie korzystałam z żadnego poradnika jak przechodzić i niestety lekko żałowałam tego. Nie sprawdziłam od jakich ścieżek najlepiej zacząć, a które na koniec zostawić. A zaczęłam od ścieżki z Gekkamaru, czyli właściwie od końca! W ten oto sposób już wszystko sobie zaspoilerowałam i zdecydowanie mniejszą frajdę czerpałam z przechodzenia innych ścieżek.

Zalecany sposób przechodzenia ścieżek: Goemon > Hanzō > Chōjirō > Kuroyuki > Gekkamaru

Opowieść się zaczyna od tego, że główna bohaterka (Enju) wraz z Chōjirō trenuje, a potem obydwoje wracają do swojej wioski shinobi. W międzyczasie poznajemy przyjaciół protagonistki - Ennosuke, Kyara i Gekkamaru. Z czego Gekkamaru jest również jej ochroniarzem i już na samym początku gry martwi się o naszą Enju. Wszyscy dostają potem wezwanie od ojca głównej bohaterki, gdzie ten ich wysyła na misję do Kyō. Gdy nasza grupa shinobi udała się wykonać zadanie na drodze napotykają na Kuroyuki’ego, czyli młodszego brata Gekkamaru, który 8 lat temu został wysłany na misję i właśnie teraz z niej powrócił. Młody shinobi dołącza do grupy i razem z nimi wyrusza do Kyō. Potem podczas wykonywania misji Enju poznaje Goemon’a oraz słynnego Hattori’ego Hanzō. Po wykonaniu misji nasza protagonistka zostaje zaproszona po odebranie nagrody od cesarza, jako że to ona schwytała złodzieja, którego poszukiwali shinobi. Niestety w pałacu zostaje wrobiona w morderstwo cesarza i tutaj kończy się wstęp gry, przechodzimy do konkretnych ścieżek postaci.

Aktorzy głosowi są świetnie dobrani i po prostu jest to bardzo dobra obsada. Hiro Shimono w roli Kuroyuki’ego podbił moje serce. 

Wizualnie gra jest śliczna i w sumie to chyba jedna z niewielu, gdzie nie narzekałam, że jakaś postać ma design taki sobie albo brzydki. 

Historia dość ciekawa, aczkolwiek ścieżki się mocno różniły od siebie. Było po równo w fabule momentów tych, gdzie polecam przygotować chusteczki oraz tych zabawnych i przyjemnych. Wszytsko było raczej dość wyważone.

Główna bohaterka bardzo na plus. Nie jest kolejną mimozą, która nie pamięta kim jest (standardowy chwyt w grach otome, żebyśmy się lepiej utożsamiali z MC...). Enju potrafi się sama sobą zająć, kiedy musi; nie zdaje się jedynie na pomoc naszych obiektów westchnień. 

Postacie są bardzo ciekawe. Ale jest jedna rzecz, która mi bardzo przeszkadzała, a mianowicie wątek miłosny z Hanzō... Nie mam problemu, aby była z nim ścieżka, gdyby była pokazana w sposób platoniczny i czysto przyjacielski, a nie romantyczny. Typ jest starszy lub w wieku matki Enju i jakoś mnie zniesmacza myśl, że nastolatka wchodzi w związek z kimś, kto mógłby równie dobrze być jej ojcem. Do raczej reszty postaci nie mam zastrzeżeń. 

Muzycznie gra była w porządku. Przyznam, że głównie pozytywnie oceniam muzykę bo opening oraz ending’i wykonał MAKOTO, który jest autorem oprawy muzycznej dla diabolik lovers. 

To tyle na dziś, będzie mi miło, jeśli polubicie ten post albo nawet skomentujecie. Jestem otwarta również, na różnego rodzaju dyskusje.

[happyvalkyrieofdoom]

hooly shit

[localisationappreciation]

Well, that certainly raises the love declarations bar 🤭

Nightshade [Nintendo Switch] (2018) screenshot

[basetani]

otome masterlist

Warning: May have spoilers.

🌕 - Routes I have finished. 🌑 - Routes I need to finish. 🌗 - Routes I have started but not finished. 🌟 - Games I have finished. 🕒 - Games' Developers/Publishers

-> Mystic Destinies : Serendipity Of Aeons 🌟

🌕 Shou Hatori 🌕 Shinji Hirayama 🌕 Takumi Arai 🌕 Tatsuya Yukimura 🌕 Hikaru Kazama

-> Amnesia : Memories 🌟

🌕 Toma 🌕 Ikki 🌕 Shin 🌕 Kent 🌕 Ukyo

-> Nightshade 🌟

🌕 Kuroyuki 🌕 Gekkamaru 🌕 Goemon 🌕 Chojiro 🌕 Hanzo

-> Seduce Me

🌕 Sam 🌕 Damien 🌕 Matthew 🌕 Erik 🌕 James 🌑 Suzu 🌑 Naomi 🌕 Andrew 🌕 Diana

-> Seduce Me 2 - The Demon War

🌕 Sam 🌕 Matthew 🌕 Erik 🌑 James 🌑 Damien 🌑 Diana

-> Demon Crashers

🌕 Kael 🌕 Orias 🌕 Akki 🌑 Mirari

-> The Men Of Yoshiwara: Kikuya

🌕 Hayabusa 🌕 Takao 🌑 Kagura 🌕 Kagerou 🌕 Iroha 🌗 Iroha 2nd Season 🌑 Tokiwa

-> The Men Of Yoshiwara: Ohgiya 🌟

🌕 Ageha 🌕 Utsusemi 🌕 Takigawa 🌕 Gakuto 🌕 Asagiri

-> Seven Boys 2 🌟

🌕 Vincent 🌕 Randle 🌕 Bevis 🌕 Kevin 🌕 Aaron 🌕 Clement 🌕 Rock 🌕 Julian

-> Soulset 🌟

🌕 Yvonne 🌕 Shira 🌕 Apris 🌕 Verin 🌕 Shirr 🌕 Marco 🌕 Feathor 🌕 'Secret'

-> Hustle Cat

🌕 Reese 🌑 Finley 🌑 Hayes 🌑 Landry 🌑 Mason 🌑 'Secret'

-> This World Unknown

🌕 Asa 🌗 Luca 🌑 Garett 🌑 Val

-> The Royal Trap: Confines Of The Crown

🌕 Callum 🌕 Oscar 🌗 Nazagi 🌑 Gaston

-> Let's Not Stay Friends

🌕 Frenz 🌕 Taf 🌑 Burain

-> Nameless: The One Thing You Must Recall

🌕 Red 🌕 Lance 🌕 Yuri 🌕 Tei 🌑 Yeonho 🌑 ???

-> Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds

🌕 Souji Okita 🌑 Toshizo Hijikata 🌕 Hajime Saito 🌕 Heisuke Toudou 🌕 Sanosuke Harada 🌑 Shinpachi Nagakura 🌕 Keisuke Sanan 🌑 Susumu Yamazaki 🌕 Hachiro Iba 🌑 Kazue Souma 🌑 Ryouma Sakamoto 🌕 Chikage Kazama 🌑 Independant

-> Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms

🌕 Souji Okita 🌑 Toshizo Hijikata 🌕 Hajime Saito 🌕 Heisuke Toudou 🌕 Sanosuke Harada 🌑 Shinpachi Nagakura 🌕 Keisuke Sanan 🌑 Susumu Yamazaki 🌗 Hachiro Iba 🌑 Kazue Souma 🌑 Ryouma Sakamoto 🌕 Chikage Kazama

-> Re Alistair 🌟

🌕 Derek 🌕 Travis 🌕 Shiro

-> Backstage Pass

🌕 John 🌕 Benito 🌕 Adam 🌕 Matthew 🌑 Lloyd 🌑 Independant 🌑 Nicole 🌑 Alvin

-> Dream Daddy

🌕 Joseph 🌕 Robert 🌕 Craig 🌑 Mat 🌑 Brian 🌑 Hugo 🌑 Damien 🌑 Joseph Secret Ending

-> Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome

🌕 Saito Shinjou 🌑 Miki Hiraizumi

-> Monochrome Heaven 🌟

🌕 Kamishiro Akito 🌕 Kamishiro Asuka 🌕 Kamishiro Riku 🌕 Touma 🌕 Misaki Ryuuto

-> Dandelion: Wishes Brought To You 🌟

🌕 Jisoo 🌕 Jiwoo 🌕 Jihae 🌕 Jiyeon 🌕 Jieun 🌕 Wizard

-> Amplitude

Katy's Route 🌕 Jon 🌕 Ari 🌕 Simon and Bunny 🌕 ??? Jon's Route 🌑 Michelle 🌑 Katy 🌑 Liz 🌑 Luna 🌑 Grace 🌑 Eric

-> Cinderella Phenomenon

🌕 Rod 🌕 Karma 🌕 Fritz 🌕 Waltz 🌑 Rumpel

-> Home For The Heart

🌕 Joshua 🌑 Philippe

-> The Letter

🌕 Luke x Rebecca 🌕 Luke x Hannah 🌑 Luke x Marianne 🌕 Hannah x Zachary 🌑 Hannah x Marianne 🌕 Ashton x Rebecca 🌕 Ashton x Isabella

-> Crossroad

🌕 Wolf 🌕 Hunter 🌑 Fox 🌑 Wizard 🌑 Main Route

-> Night Class: A Vampire Story

🌕 Rowan 🌕 Aaron 🌑 Both? I think?

-> Miraclr

🌕 Lucifer 🌑 Michael 🌑 Gabriel 🌑 Uriel 🌑 Raphael

-> Heart No Kuni No Alice

🌗 Boris Airay 🌑 Peter White 🌑 Blood Dupre 🌑 Julius Monre 🌑 Twins 🌑 Ace 🌑 Elliot 🌑 Gowland 🌑 Vivaldi

-> 7'Scarlet 🌟

🌕 Isora Amari 🌕 Hino Kagatsuchi 🌕 Toa Kushinada 🌕 Sosuke Tatehira 🌕 Yuzuki Murakumo 🌕 True Route (Toa Kushinada) 🌕 Bonus Character Route (Hanate Yatsukami)

-> Steam Prison 🌟

🌕 Eltcreed 🌕 Ulrik 🌕 Adage 🌕 Ines 🌕 Yune 🌕 Grand Ending 🌕 Fin

-> Destiny's Princess

🌕 Sanada Yukimura - The Twin Brother 🌕 Takenada Hanbei - The Fiance 🌕 Fuma Kotaro - The Ninja Reinforcement 🌕 Oda Nobunaga - The Father 🌑 Date Masamune - The Commander

-> London Detective Mysteria

🌕 Holmes 🌗 Watson 🌑 Akechi 🌑 Jack 🌑 Lupin 🌑 Kobayashi 🌑 Baker Street Boys 🌑 Grand End

-> Psychedelica Of The Black Butterfly 🌟

🌕 Real World Ending 🌕 Bud Ending 🌕 Happy Ending 🌕 Bad Ending 🌕 Kagiha Ending 🌕 Hikage Ending 🌕 Yamato Ending 🌕 Monshiro Ending 🌕 Karasuba Ending 🌕 Karasuba Good Ending 🌕 Kazuya Ending 🌕 Yamato Good Ending

-> Red Embrace: Hollywood

🌕 Common 1 🌕 Common 2 🌕 Randal 1 🌑 Randal 2 🌑 Randal 3 🌕 Randal 4 🌑 Randal 4 (Leader) 🌕 Randal 5 (S.E.) 🌑 Heath 1 🌑 Heath 1 (Leader) 🌕 Heath 2 🌕 Heath 3 🌕 Heath 4 (S.E.) 🌑 Markus 1 🌑 Markus 1 (Leader) 🌑 Markus 2 🌕 Markus 3 🌕 Markus 4 (S.E.)

-> Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk 🌟

🌕 People 🌕 Heroes 🌕 Bad 🌕 Lord 🌕 Lavan 🌕 Heroine 🌕 Levi 🌕 Lugus 🌕 Hugh 🌕 Traveler 🌕 Links 🌕 Wolf

-> Dark Nights

🌗 Zeikun 🌑 Junoru 🌑 Sachiro 🌑 Kurato

-> Gods Of Love 🌟

🌕 Lysander 🌕 Helder 🌕 Exinious 🌕 Rhane

-> Re:Birthday Song 🌟

🌕 Yoru 🌕 Kairi 🌕 Syun 🌕 Ame 🌕 Nami

-> Ayakashi Gohan

🌕 Inushima Yomi 🌕 Serigano Manatsu 🌕 Hana Suou 🌕 Inushima Uta 🌗 Ibuki Haginosuke 🌑 Kimura Asagi

-> Bad Medicine ~Infectious Teachers~

🌗 Kuzuha Kakeru 🌑 Shido Kaname 🌑 Yanagi Ryota

-> Taisho x Alice I 🌟 🌕 Red Riding Hood 🌕 Cinderella

-> Taisho x Alice II 🌟 🌕 Gretel 🌕 Kaguya

-> Taisho x Alice III 🌟 🌕 Wizard 🌕 Snow White

-> Taisho x Alice Epilogue 🌟 🌕 Alice

-> Taisho x Alice Heads & Tails 🌑 Cinderella 🌑 Red Riding Hood 🌑 Kaguya 🌑 Gretel 🌑 Snow White 🌑 Wizard 🌑 Alice 🌕 Ryouishi

-> Ozmafia 🌕 Caramia 🌑 Kyrie 🌑 Axel 🌑 Scarlet 🌑 Caesar 🌑 Soh 🌑 Pashet 🌑 Robin Hood 🌑 Brothel 🌑 Hamelin

-> Fxxx Me Royally!! 🌑 Kaoru 🌑 Ryuusei

🕒 Cheritz

-> Mystic Messenger 🌟

🌕 Jumin [valentines confession|http://aminoapps.com/p/200ytad] 🌕 Yoosung 🌕 707 🌕 Zen 🌕 V 🌕 Ray 🌕 Jaehee

🕒 Voltage

-> Love 365

🌕 Yamato - My Forged Wedding 🌕 Yuma - Buter Until Midnight 🌕 Genji - In Your Arms Tonight 🌕 Sosuke - Finally In Love Again 🌕 Subaru - My Sweet Boyfriend 🌕 Eisuke - Kissed By The Baddest Bidder

🕒 Visual Wordplay

-> Locked Heart

🌗 Sol D'Lockes (Mama Bear) 🌑 Royal LeBlanc (Papa Bear) 🌑 Deon D'Lockes (Baby Bear)

🕒 Hunex Co. Ltd.

-> Ephemeral

🌕 Shiba The Werewolf (R) 🌗 Shiba The Werewolf (L) 🌑 Nagi The Invisible Man (R) 🌑 Nagi The Invisible Man (L) 🌕 Ray The Vampire (R) 🌗 Ray The Vampire (L) 🌕 Natsume The Mummy (R) 🌕 Natsume The Mummy (L)

-> On The QT 🌟

🌕 Hibiki 🌕 Keima 🌕 Akira

-> Ephemeral - Miniature Garden 🌟

🌕 Hisui 🌕 Rion 🌕 Yugu

-> My Lovey

(Secret Crush) 🌟 🌕 Soshi Kujo 🌕 Masaki Kirigaya 🌕 Kotaro Kurumi 🌕 Reo Takatsuki

(Fantasy Of The Mind) 🌟 🌕 Julius �� Kay 🌕 Lucian 🌕 Diorca

(Shinobi Kakuran Musou) 🌗 Hayate 🌑 Mikage 🌑 Kugumo 🌑 Yukinojo

🕒 NTT Solmare Corp. Games

-> Story Jar

🌕 (Deluxe Ver. The Last Sacrifice | The Demon King's Desire) 🌕 (The Last Sacrifice | Forbidden Ties)

(The World Or You)

-> Ninja Love

🌕 Sasuke Sarutobi 🌑 Goemon Ishikawa 🌑 Saizo Kirigakure 🌑 Kotaro Fuma 🌑 Musashi Miyamoto 🌑 Munenori Yagyu 🌑 Rennoshin 🌑 Hanzo Hattori 🌑 Nobunaga Oda

-> Obey Me 🌟

🌕 Lucifer 🌕 Mammon 🌕 Leviathon 🌕 Satan 🌕 Asmodeus 🌕 Beelzebub 🌕 Belphegor

🕒 Hanabi Media Games

-> Love Magic 🌟

🌕 Minuet 🌕 Paris

-> Love Magic 2

🌕 Minuet 🌑 Paris

-> High School Love

🌕 Tetsuya 🌑 Naoki

-> Love Triangle 🌟

🌕 Tsukasa 🌕 Kazuya

-> Ghost Love Story

🌕 Kyle 🌑 Vincent

-> Vampire Love

🌑 Tom 🌕 Sam

🕒 Ciagram Co. ltd.

-> Princess Closet

🌕 Reo 🌑 Shuu 🌑 Kai 🌗 Akito

-> Nightmare Harem

🌕 Lucia 🌕 Kaim 🌕 Levy 🌕 Mikael 🌗 Noel 🌕 Ricardo 🌑 Mefy 🌑 Oswald 🌑 Lucas

-> Dateless Love 🌟

🌕 Soji Okita 🌕 Toshizo Hijikata 🌕 Shota Yuki 🌕 Yoshinobu Tokugawa 🌕 Akinara Aiya 🌕 Shinsaku Takasugi 🌕 Ryoma Sakamoto 🌕 Shuntaro Furutaka

🕒 Genius Inc.

-> My Twin Romance

🌗 Haru 🌑 Yuki 🌑 Both 🌑 Shizuki

🕒 Seec Inc.

-> Jimi-Kare My Quiet Boyfriend 🌟

🌕 Prince Ending 🌕 Arrogant Ending 🌕 Dark-Side Ending 🌕 Princess Ending

-> In Search Of Haru 🌟

🌕 Haruka 🌕 Takaharu 🌕 Bad Ending 🌕 Haruto

🕒 Day7

-> Miss Detective's Undercover

🌕 Sean 🌗 Jeremy 🌑 Walter 🌑 Mystic Thief

-> Love Signal: D-Mate

🌑 Simon Lane 🌑 Richard Upton 🌑 David Mason 🌗 P:Ure 🌕 Greg Odell 🌑 Tay Caden

-> Marked By King Bs 🌟

🌕 Ashton Griffin 🌕 Nicholas Rosada 🌕 William Kal 🌕 Zack Snyder 🌕 Joel Barret

-> Loved By King Bs

🌑 Ashton Griffin 🌑 Nicholas Rosada 🌗 William Kal 🌑 Zack Snyder 🌑 Joel Barret 🌑 Erick Blanche

-> Sleeping Delivery

🌗 Damian Kraus 🌕 Luke Morris 🌕 Julian Parker 🌑 Leo Reinhardt 🌑 Sebastian Weiss

-> Beauty Rental Shop

🌑 Toby Lowell 🌑 Lucian Vasilis 🌗 Soren Rayne 🌑 Kylar Xander

-> SECRET Fan Crush

🌑 Leon 🌑 Woobin 🌑 Haejin 🌑 Dohwon 🌑 Taehee 🌕 Parang Ki

-> Proposed by A Demon Lord

🌑 Penn 🌑 Hael 🌗 Laika 🌑 Riley 🌑 Vernius 🌑 Ren 🌑 Cornell 🌑 Isaac

🕒 Avocado Entertainment

-> Vampire Idol

🌑 Edgar 🌑 Kang Tae Jun 🌑 Ian 🌑 Lee Sun Woo 🌑 Baek Do Ha

🕒 DeareaD Inc.

-> Monster's First Love

🌗 Achille 🌑 Ibuki 🌑 King

🕒 StoryTaco.inc

-> Dangerous Fellows - Romantic Thrillers

🌕 Zion 🌕 Eugene 🌑 Lawrence 🌕 Harry 🌕 Ethan

-> Queen's Number - Jackpot is not my concern 🌟

🌕 Aaron 🌕 Freyr 🌕 Gon 🌕 Mo-wan

🕒 Nix Hydra

-> The Arcana : A Mystic Romance

🌗 Julian 🌗 Asra 🌑 Nadia 🌑 Lucio 🌑 Muriel 🌑 Portia

-> Storm Lover Kai!!

🌕 Kyosuke Mikoshiba 🌕 Yuto Uzuki 🌑 Mio Ikari 🌑 Rikka Toratani 🌑 Soya Tatsuhara 🌕 Takumi Mishiro 🌑 Tsukasa Sugai 🌑 Chihiro

-> Collar x Malice 🌟

🌕 Kei Okazaki 🌕 Mineo Enomoto 🌕 Takeru Sasazuka 🌕 Kageyuki Shiraishi 🌕 Aiji Yanagi

-> Code Realize ~Guardian Of Rebirth~ 🌟

🌕 Arsène Lupin 🌕 Abraham Van Helsing 🌕 Victor Frankenstein 🌕 Impey Barbicane 🌕 Saint-Germain

-> Piofore: Fated Memories

🌗 Nicola Francesca 🌕 Dante Falzone 🌑 Gilbert Redford 🌕 Yang 🌑 Orlok 🌑 Finale Route

-> Birushana 🌕 Noritsune Taira 🌕 Shungen 🌑 Benkai Mukashibo 🌕 Yoritomo Minamoto 🌕 Tomomori Taira

-> Cupid Parasite 🌑 Allan Melville 🌑 Raul Aconite 🌑 Gill Lovecraft 🌑 Shelby Snail 🌑 Ryuki Keisaiin -> Virche Evermore 🌟 🌕 Lucas  🌕 Mathis  🌕 Scien  🌕 Yves  🌕 Le Salut (Adolphe/Ankou)

-> Hana Awase New Moon Here I am considering each game as a single route. 🌕 Iroha Volume 🌕 Mizuchi Volume 🌑 Karakurenai/Utsutsu Volume 🌑 Himeutsugi Volume

-> even if TEMPEST 🌟 🌕 Crius Castlerock 🌕 Tyril I Lister 🌕 Zenn Sorfield 🌕 Lucien Neuschburn 🌕 Ish

To Play 1. Olympic Soiree 2. Butterfly’s Poison; Blood Chains

[curl]

Otome “To Play” List:

I want to keep all the recommendations I got and anything else I find in one location. These are in no particular order, and I think I’ll put which LI I’d be most excited to pursue. And please if you have any more suggestions please let me know! 😭💕

Piofiore: Fated Memories (Yang, Dante, Gilbert)

Cafe Enchante (Ignis, Kaoru, Rex)

BUSTAFELLOWS (Limbo, Shu)

Nightshade (Goemon, Hanzo, Kuroyuki, Gekkamaru)

Virche Evermore -Error Salvation- (Scien, Adolphe, Ankou)

Cupid Parasite (Ryuki, Shelby, Allan)

Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei [Apprehensive on this one cause there’s a brother/sister route?!???! But I’m reading it’s supposed to be familial instead of romantic but….] (Noritsune, Benkei, Tomomori)

Amnesia: Memories (Shin, Toma {seems genuinely unwell 😭})

[siennaditbot]

Not sure what happened but I'm in another otome game phase again lol

Just got through Lover Pretend and I'm now working on Nightshade!

Lover Pretend started out good but almost all routes disappointed me if brutally honest, especially Kazuma's (top left). Childhood friends... Not enough pining...

They kinda fell flat, and I don't like getting yelled at by my men lol. Felt most satisfied by Sena's (top right) route I think, surprisingly - I hate flirty dudes lol. Asagi's (bottom left) was so short too??

Also what's up with Nishijima's route and just kinda going through the whole pretend fiancé "but what if I fall for you?" thing WHILE NOT SURE IF YOU'RE RELATED OR NOT. Geez. At least Sena's and Asagi's tackled that. Makito's (top mid) too, early on. Nishijima... (Bottom left)

Still, I'm a sucker for a good old 'fake relationship' trope.

As for Nightshade...epic ninja game! Kinda nervous about the 18 rating for violence but so far so good. How bad can sprite art get? Or the occasional CG? Some words have made me wince though lol

I finished Goemon and Hanzo's routes today. The good endings, at least. Age differences (childhood friends with mc's mom??) are kinda very uncomfy in this game but otherwise, 10/10 so far. It's got me on the edge of my seat, can't tell whether stuff is supposed to go bad at times or if I messed up and am about to get a bad end lol.

Silly guys. So far I like them all, the age stuff just.. eh. Ok for me, not for main chara lol.

Also, next is Chojiro.... Mc's cousin... Hehe............ Yay... Hoping they aren't actually related but old timey stuff is wild sometimes

Anyway, the art's good too! Very different! Pretty boys :>

Also I love getting proposed to. Good endings <3

Can't wait for Gekkamaru!

Ok bye rant over

[mikia87]

I finished Nightshade (good😊 & bad endings😭). It was amazing, but so sad! The story, the music, the men, the arts.👌 I love it!!!❤️

Hanzō is definitely my favorite man in this game.🤤 But I also love Chōjirō. And I think Gekkamaru & Hanzō are the best men for Enju.

Favorite stories order : Hanzō > Gekkamaru > Chōjirō > Kuroyuki > Goemon

Favorite Love Interests order : Hanzō💚 > Chōjirō💜 > Gekkamaru > Goemon > Kuroyuki

[the-himawari-otome]

Hi! I follow you on twitter but my account is on priv. so I wanted to ask you on here, I also reallyyyyy love virche so much! (I think your merch collections are amazing and am so grateful for the translations!)

I feel I have a lot of similar opinions as you on my thoughts about virche so I was wondering what other otome games you like and would recommend? :)

Hi there! That’s awesome, thanks for dropping by! And thanks~ haha I’m really glad to hear my translations are reaching and helping out fellow fans 😊 I respect your privacy, but feel free to drop a line and chat any time 😄

And sure thing! When it comes to otome, I tend to prefer games that are more plot focused and have strong overarching plots. I also enjoy darker/heavier content, i.e. action, violence and blood, psychological elements–which all sums up why I am so obsessed with Virche haha

But for my recs (which have English localizations):

1. Collar x Malice

I actually consider Collar x Malice my top favourite otome game! It’s a modern crime thriller with an interesting overarching plot, great cast, action, violence, and it makes you think about what justice means to you. It also has my fave otome antagonist of all time. I swear to god, he straight up altered my brain chemicals 😂 this whole game altered my brain chemicals because it made me fall in love with twisted, tragic “romance” (pls play the FD) and bittersweet “good” endings (there was only one like this, but oh man, it hurt me bad). This is the only game aside from Virche where I genuinely love all the LIs and thoroughly enjoyed all the routes. It has a special place in my heart and I definitely recommend it

2. Café Enchanté

Café Enchanté has the same main writer as Virche (and you can tell!!). It’s notorious for looking like a fluffy, slice-of-life from the cover, but once you get into the thick of the plot—OH BOY, the crazy revelations and pain hit hard 😂 I personally loved the drastic tonal shifts. Definitely recommend if you liked the type of writing in Virche

3. Code:Realize

I personally consider this the “objectively” best otome I’ve played so far. It might not be my personal top fave, but it’s the top game I recommend to anyone wanting to get into or play more otome. The plot, the lore, the world building, the characters, their interactions, the romance—it’s all so well developed and put together. It’s a popular one, and I agree it deserves the praise it receives

4. Nightshade

While it doesn’t have the deepest overall plot, I really enjoyed this game because of its strong characters and that it doesn’t shy away from tragedy. Characters who love each other have to fight each other, betray each other, and leave each other because that’s their way of life. All of them have to FIGHT for their happy ending, and most of the time, it comes with a heavy cost. Also, Gekkamaru’s one of my top fave LIs ever. Gekkamaru, if you’re out there… @ me 🤙

[yandere-daze]

oh yup! played either 2018 or 2019, (cuz i checked discord where i recc the game to my friend) nightshade is memorable for me bcus of hanzo and his route tbh. i saved hanzo for last bcus the reviews raved about it and i didnt regret not following the rec route for plot thing.

chojiro route bored me so much that i almost stopped playing, goemon route is light hearted. ooo same! im mostly fond of kuroyuki bcus of his personality haha, yandere brrr, clingy guy brrrr ajsajbx.

gekkamaru route sjshwjd the main guy, the main route and where the plot really clicks. i can see why he gets saved for last. he's also good boi. so yes, hanzo or gekkamaru, either way its just so good!! i love hanzo route especially bcus of the heroine's development so if you like that, then time to buckle up haha. (p.s it doesnt help that hanzo's va is the legendary tsudaken HIS DEEP VOICE UUU) - 💭 anon

I just now also went to read up on a chat I had about Nightshade with a friend and it looks like it was the beginning of 2021 when I bought the game and then started it not too long after.

I wouldn't say I was bored with Chojiro's route because it was quite angsty but I didn't really like that he was not with us for like half of the route. I mean it makes sense but. Also like, the obvious thing that kind of put me off :/

I actually really enjoyed Goemon and I'm happy to see him every time he appears. Idk he just puts me in a good mood and his route actually wasn't too angsty so it was a good break from all the drama Chojiro's route had.

And of course, Kuroyuki how could I ever not talk about him! His is the first route I played in Nightshade and the first route I ever replayed. I just suddenly had the urge to play it again and we'll I'm just as in love as I was the first time around.

You better call me the number 1 Kuroyuki apologist😌✋

I just really love his personality and of course, the fact that he's a yandere certainly helps lmao But also I felt like his route was never boring, there was always something happening and his entire reason for being the way he is is really tragic. Now I'll feel really bad having to ignore him while persuing the remaining LIs 😭

And yeah, I really did hear so many good things about Hanzo so I'm very much looking forward to doing his route next!

And of course, the voice actors! All of them are really good! I'm not very good at recognizing VAs but I heard Goemon speak and was like. Wait a minute. That sounds like Eichi??

[jiangwanyinscatmom]

honestly serve lwj right for mistreating wwx. that man deserves to suffer and redeem himself to be worthy of wwx.

Slow weekend for you I see. I'd offer you my otome, it's quite nice to replay, Gekkamaru gets to take out his childhood friends because his lady lord was framed for murder.

[hyakka-hyakurou]

Gekkamaru >\\\\\\<

[happyvalkyrieofdoom]

this was probably the moment my brain chemistry got permanently altered lmao

[neerikiffu]

i still havent made the link in bio (21.07.24)

idk i can't manage my time! but i've reuninted with the otome addiction

okay let's rule CxM:U out first

i've tried to return to the okazaki after story that ive left off at, and tbh it's just BORING BOOORIIING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF INTEREST

i don't think i'll finish it, and i DEFINITELY don't wanna play the enjailed shiraishi one

yeah it's sad about the all the additional content that's not LI based but really i am amazed how cxm has such an unlikeable lineup (besides yanagi, yanagi one love) (mineo is just too passive yet hes nice)

so

ive touched tengoku struggle

out of the lineup - i really have my eye on yona, like i really really do, if not the soft route order i'd go for him first

otherwise i like goemon, he's nice (my 2nd goemon lol) uga is too sissy and i'm just not a fan of sharaku-like characters even though sharaku is voiced by kaito ishikawa himself

i got spoilered so hard from going on vndb, that jack will be a main character this fucking edgelord jackass and it's not just me to think that

so so far the LI likeability (to me) is kinda bad, 2 likes vs 3 dislikes, kinda like cxm had it

i'll trail off talking about likeability ratios now

so out of all games i played, like/dislike, from least dislike to most:

Olympia Soiree: | 2 vs 4

akaza, kuroba / himuka, yosuga, tokisada, riku

Piofiore: Fated Memories: | 3 vs 3

dante, gilbert, orlok / henri, yang, nicola

Piofiore: Episodio 1926: | 4 vs 1 vs 1

dante, orlok, gilbert, henri / yang / nicola (yang is in a very deserved middle but heck i liked him so much more in the 2nd game, even though he's still second from the end, i like him way way way more here)

Radiant Tale: | 0 vs 4 vs 1

-nobody is my favorite- / radie, ion, paschalia, vilio / zafora zafora is a shitass, also vilio gives "i can fix him" vibes

Cafe Enchante: | 1 vs 1 vs 3

ignis / misyr / il, canus, kaoru i love misyr but his route was hot garbage

Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei: | 0 vs 3 vs 2

-nobody is my favorite- / noritsune, shungen, benkei / yoritomo, tomomori

My Next Life as a Villainness: | 2 vs 3 vs 1

silva, rozy / alan, nicol, keith / geordo

Nightshade: | 2 vs 1 vs 2

hanzo, goemon / gekkamaru / kuroyuki, chojiro

Cupid Parasite: | 0 vs 3 vs 3

-nobody is my favorite- / raul, shelby, peter / ryuki, gill, allan

Collar X Malice: | 2 vs 3

yanagi, mineo / sasazuka, shiraishi=okazaki

as you can tell im quite picky

saying every middle character is half a point and every bad character is 0, i can rank the games in terms of LIs

okay back to tengoku struggle now

but, order route is route order, and i went for uga first

not my type, from start to finish, but i kind of lived through it

there wasn't anything really plot-relevant going on, and all other LIs almost vanished, they werent around enough at all, even as side characters

the entire route wasn't even really focused on kikunosuke himself, but instead his sister, and how he's sad about his sister

overall it was alright wasn't unenjoyable but wasnt really enjoyable either

i like the routes are not that long

the story is very very linear, your first choice is a route you wanna go on, and then you just have basically no impactful choices, just good vs bad, and there's like 10 of them for the entire route

it's how olympia soiree did things, but at the same time OS had way more ways to trail off the route

i am yet to complete uga's bad end, and i'm very very very looking forward to playing yona next

i'm studying my way through summer, kinda gettting ready to tackle the big thing starting september

so far i'm pretty proud of myself and happy about it, as i did it diligently, and awesome people are helping me lately ive been losing some enthusiasm though

that's all for now, i successfully wasted over an hour of my time writing this out and now my hands hurt and i need rest…