Ijiwaru My Master / Leon (1)

LEON-SAMAAA!!! :DDD (I think by now you can tell how much I like a particular character based on how I start their post.)

Doesn't this guy look like Ookami-san from Akazukin??? XD

Leon-sama is a lovely tsundere oresama. He's the ruler of a large territory and being an arrogant and selfish man who is prone to violence, he's not well-liked by his people. However, because of the immense amount of power he holds, no one dares to rebel and go against him. Nevertheless, Leon is very popular among women who flock to him eagerly, mainly attracted by his wealth and good looks. He himself also enjoys fooling around with them. That is, until THAT happened.

WARNING: SUPER MAJOR CONTENT AND CG SPOILERS AHEAD

Kannou Mukashibanashi Portable Updates

The website for Kannou Mukashibashi Portable is updated!

Here're the stories they'll be covering in the game:

• Hosokawa Tadaoki (CV: Hirakawa Daisuke)
• Leda and the Swan (CV: Kondou Takashi)
• Hansel & Gretel (CV: Toriumi Kousuke)
• Issun Boushi (CV: Suzuki Tatsuhisa)
• The Little Mermaid (CV: Sakurai Takahiro)
• Banchou Sarayashiki (CV: Shimono Hiro)

THEY INCLUDED TWO OF MY FAVOURITEST STORIES (in bold) ZOMG YAYS. \:D/

Actually I've listened to all of the stories except for Issun Boushi and Banchou Sarayashiki. Quite excited to see how they'll game-ify it! I assume they're gonna lengthen the story from the mere 15-20 minutes they had on the drama CD. (What am I saying they obviously have to wtf.)

Personally, I'm hoping they'd retain the implied "haa-haa" scene in Hosokawa Tadaoki's story lol. That was just...haa haa. XD Hirakawa is not my favouritest seiyuu but lately his voice is starting to grow on me. His haa haa voice is just...haa haa lol. ←　わけ分からん。

Okay, seriously I'm really concerned that they may "tame" the stories since it's being ported to PSP. Because I read that Sony has some sort of rules about no pr0n in games for their consoles or something? Not sure about how they set the definitions though...but this one should be okay...right? I mean it's just implied haa-haa. :P

Ugh can't wait for the game to be released! XP

Please No More

I can't take it anymore.

WARNING: MAJOR SPOILER AHEAD

Poisoned

Okay. So, like, I really really liked Chou no Doku Hana no Kusari after playing the trial game and am playing the full game now. Just completed Osaki Hideo's route today (f**k the bad endings I actually cried okay *sobs*) and started on Shiba Junichi's. And I just have to say I LOVE SHIBA-SAN!!!!!! Like even though I was playing Hideo's route, I was ogling at Shiba whenever he appears. Despite the fact that I do like Hideo as well. Tsundere osananajimi characters have always been one of my weak points. But...Shiba is just tooo charming for words. *swoons* Oresama characters are another of my weak points. *double swoons* XD

I actually wanted to save Shiba for the last but decided that ugh, I really can't wait. I have a feeling that if I start on other characters first, I'd probably end up ogling at Shiba and not pay attention to the main stories. So yeah, doing Shiba's route first. *makes excuses*

Also, I've checked the walkthroughs and it looks like there's only one good ending per character. Why???!!! T_T

On another note, I've been feeling quite guilty about neglecting my Ijiwaru My Master review for the last few weeks. Shall force myself to return to it...after I finish Shiba's route. :P

Ijiwaru My Master / Luca (3)

Here's a short(?) afterthoughts post on Luca. ^^

Thoughts

So...LUCA IS CUTE. :D

Considering that Luca is a non-main character, his stories were quite voluminous. In my opinion at least. Or maybe it's because he's the first character I played, so I couldn't compare his story with the main characters' which obviously is going to have more meat.

Anyway, to me, this is almost like a twins story, except that we have the two personalities in one body. I really enjoyed both storylines. Even though there were some overlap between them, it's not exactly a repeat because Luca was in a different mode in most of the overlapped scenes. In fact, I think it's quite interesting to see how Luca behave in the same situations under different modes. It allows the player to interact with both personalities and helps to satisfy different preferences. ^^ Like if you prefer the sexy, go for Storyline 1 and if you prefer cute, go for Storyline 2. I personally prefer the cute arc (Storyline 2) a little more than the sexy arc (Storyline 1). ;)

Endings-wise, I think they are pretty well-written on the whole.

The good endings were literally oozing with sweetness, though the one for Storyline 1 had a slight trace of bitterness. Although I was happy that they got together, the fact that Kurumi can never meet day!Luca again is just... T_T I mean obviously two Lucas are better than one haha. Which is why I prefer the ending for Storyline 2 where our day!Luca finally woke up to his manly senses! Good job Kurumi. *thumbs up* But I imagine it's gonna be tough for her...physically. *wink wink* Then again, she gets to enjoy both worlds hahaha. Anyway, since she became a succubus, she should actually enjoy it hurhur. Lucky her.

For the bad endings, the one for Storyline 1 was a little creepy while the one for Storyline 2 felt a little bit abrupt to me. ^^; Nevertheless, I'd still give both bad endings a passing grade given that there's a "complete" ending and not one that makes me go "Huh???". Yeah.

I used to think bad endings are just bad endings, and it doesn't matter how they end since it sucks either way but having played otome games for some time, I've gradually changed my mindset. Of course, it's not like I like to see the story end badly but I'd give extra points for games with well-written bad endings ON TOP OF well-written good endings. It just gives off an additional air of sincerity from the game makers. Like you know, they even bother to crack their brains for an interesting bad ending.

Yup. So that's it for Luca! Moving on to the next character...though I'm not sure when I will actually post the next review entry since I'm thinking of adopting a new format for my reviews to make them more writer and reader-friendly but have absolutely no idea how it should look like at the moment hahaha. Plus I'm currently hooked on watching Gintama, reading Gintama fanfics and playing Hiiro no Kakera (goddamn why is the story so long). Busy busy otaku here hurhur. ^^;