#i'm depressed i didnt know how to respond to this except oof same

[masterhandss]

I want to be excited for the Hamefura game, but I keep holding out that they'll reveal the girls not having romance routes and being replaced with two new random men is a lie... I know their market is mainly straight women so you can only judge so hard, but part of Hamefura's charm is being a rare bi-harem, so going the conventional route here is just dissapointing. I feel conflicted on whether I actually want to play it or not, even with the GeoKat moments.

I'm sorry to hear that qwq I know a lot of people have been disappointed by the lack of female capture targets in the upcoming game, and I can really do is pat you guys on the back and lend an ear.

Who can say, maybe in the same way that Hamefura got a yuri anthology, there would be an otome game centering just the girls? That would make male japanese audiences the target demographic so I dunno how well that would sell to the japanese audiences though (since they might not like the idea of playing as a girl, and I'm not woke enough to be able to tell how much the female japanese audience would want to play that). The western side would love that, no doubt :DD. Like I keep saying, there was some negative reactions from JP fans about the lack of female love interests in the game for Katarina, but it didn't seem big enough for Otomate or Satoru Yamaguchi to do anything about.

I would not deny that the yuri side of the harem is very much well appreciated by the japanese audience, though maybe not as much as the love from the western side, but since hamefura is marketed as a shoujo series first and foremost so the decision to exclude them doesn't seem surprising. The yuri side is well loved too, but like you said, the hamefura market is mainly straight women qwq. I've heard that Otomate barely does any games with capture targets for both genders at all, and since hamefura is still a small series even considering its high LN sales, they maybe probably weren't confident in experimenting yet since it's still considered a niche imo.

Like the game isn't even subtle at all, the three girls are supporting cast in the game hkdhdkjs, from the simple and statis forward facing sprites whose only hands move, to their size on the boxart. I know most people would rather have the girls as capture targets than the two new guys, but I wanna give Silva and Rozy some credit, the ninswitch game has to provide new and unique options, since without them it'd just be the novels but turned into a game. They should have opted to have 4 boys, 3 girls and 2 new boys as options rather than cutting out the two boys entirely like what I've seen people say they wanted.

I'm sorry to hear that you wont be interested in picking up the game, even with the GeoKata moments. If it makes you feel better, I honestly don't even know if we're getting an actual ending in this game. Lot's of cute moments for sure, but I kinda feel like the endings are conclusive like the hamefura StoryMe game (except for maybe Silva and Rozy). We'd lose some good moments with the girls, but I hope maybe you can find peace in knowing that the game might not have a conclusive ending, maybe qwq.

Other than that, I've seen people make proposals about fan-made projects where it focuses on Katarina and the 3 girls, so if ever those proposals become real projects, that would be something to look forward to!! :DD

Thank you for the ask! qwq