>>50638352
F*ck me this captcha is absolute garbage.

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coming out in the end

damn did blog really die at 96 replies? that's terrible

>>50639003
Threads that are too old get autosaged or something stupid

>>50639003
The new rule truly is terrible. The other threads on this board also became even lower quality, as if it wasn't bad already. I wonder if /blog/ can stay alive at this point if a new thread has to be made this often.

>>50639010
>>50639038
what rule are you guys talking about? i don't come here too often. part of the appeal of /jp/ for me is that i can let a thread sit for a few weeks and return to it...

>>50639068
Maybe someone else can show exact, written proof about this rule but I've seen it myself with this thread and others on /jp/ where it'll just autosage and die after 14 days, especially without activity. This is bad because the point of /jp/ for many is exactly what you mentioned.

>>50638872
I saw some people complain about the MC's design, and honestly? Those are such nothingburger changes, it could be worse.

>>50638872
That blatant AI use though...

>>50638872
>AIshit
Rejet games were always low brow slop but I can sense this will be bottom of the barrel content from a mile away.

>>50638872
lmao were Asahi's glasses removed because the AI couldn't handle animating them?

>>50638352
No download link for this game yet?

How do you guys access otomedream forum? I cannot even get the website to load.

>>50639716
I'm waiting for it on Aarin or AS community but no link so far, just someone who said they might upload the game by the end of the month at the earliest.

>>50640171
Step one: be Chinese.
Step two: pay the forum operators money.

>>50640171
>>50642484
Heard they're not doing well too. New gen understands that it's retarded to pay for piracy..

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Anyone remember this when it got cancelled 3-4 years ago and reemerged with crowdfunding? Wonder what happened that caused it to be canceled

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>>50638872
Eh... can I just settle for the pv song? Has it been released yet?

>>50642699
They putting up a wall too hard would be their reason of dead
Not wonder otome vn scene release is rare,had to wait for months or even year for a new release sucks

Is this sales number low or high for the year

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>>50642836

>>50642847
These are only physical sales right? Not counting sales from the Nitento estore?

>>50642781
>Wonder what happened that caused it to be canceled
Staff-related matter is usually the reason. Small production teams can't really afford to replace staff so if the founding people decide to leave then they usually just close down.

>>50640207
Didn't AS go the attention whore route? You need to have a required amount of posts before you can access the links

>>50643748
It's a very tiny number of posts (like single digit from what I've seen). Admin says they are trying to separate real people from bot accounts or people there for scraping and reposting links. There's some weird system where spammy posts like the "count to 1000" threads count against you. Supposedly this is being used to prototype a system for the rest of the site, but I can't see that ever working.
Uploaders can set a required post count, but I've only seen one person doing it, and that was before the new system started.

>>50643748
From what I remember I only had to like the posts with the links in order to be able to download them.

>>50643989
You have to be an active forum member to access the threads now

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Why don't they just use the vita emu to play it?

>>50644140
I don't know what it is but a lot of otome players are allergic to piracy.

>>50644161
I can understand the mindset if it's a new game since the industry's on life support these days but why would anyone feel bad about pirating an old ass vita game on a dead console?

>>50643408
Yeah, cartridge sales that made it on the famitsu top 30 weekly sales ranking. Otherwise they don't release a specific count, so it can get kinda funky schrodingery with stuff that didn't get on the ranks. For example Tierblade carts definitely sold less than 1857 (sales for game ranked 30th that week), but who's to say it didn't sell more than Hiiro no Kakera (1439)?
And for otome games, this generally only covers release sales, since it's like the only time there's enough bulk sales to get on the ranks.
All in all, not exactly the best metric but it's also all we've got (?)

>>50644181
>>50644161
It's because they're women. Not a misogyny post but women in general are taught to be moralfags, so they moralfag. They're probably scared of torrents too

Does otomedream still have that FTP server with everything?

I used to be partially anti piracy myself, until I realized that the money these so called otome companies make is often funneled into funding moid slop projects, with only whatever is left being used to produce a cutter cookie otome title. Otomates CEO saying [Let’s make otome that appeal to men too] really says everything.
And Rejet using AI now was the final straw. I am not giving them a single cent. If I could pirate merch too, I would.

It's interesting to scroll through Twitter and see discussions about Rejet's use of AI. This goes for more than just otome games, but it's a lot of westerners going "grr ai bad" while the Japanese side is more mixed ranging from "grr ai bad" to "i dont have a problem with it but they should publicly say they're using ai" to "people are idiots for complaining about this, there's nothing wrong with ai"

Rejet would never care about western gaijin opinions anyway, so maybe they'll just keep using AI going forward. I wonder what the chinese opinions are like, since rejet has a cn audience too.

>>50646141
>Otomates CEO saying [Let’s make otome that appeal to men too] really says everything.
They just want to appeal to a wider audience and I don't blame them. It’s always been a problem not exclusive to otome that women are willing to consume all kinds of media while men are often unwilling to engage with media made for women.
>>50646215
>Japanese side is more mixed
Only people whose jobs are directly affected by AI are against it. Unfortunately the use of AI are completely normalized by the average person in Japan, they really use ChatGPT for everything.

>>50646274
>Only people whose jobs are directly affected by AI are against it. Unfortunately the use of AI are completely normalized by the average person in Japan, they really use ChatGPT for everything.
Yeah there are even ads on the train.

>>50646215
>I wonder what the chinese opinions are like
Probably similar to Japan, they love AI slop.

>>50644140
What site is that? If it's reddit then no wonder because they literally have a no-piracy rule (which is dumb because there are games that you can't play unless you spend a ton of money on some cartridge because the company went defunct on the 2000's or before).

What's a good VN to read if I'm an absolute beginner (level 5 wanikani and halfway through Yoku.bi)? I'd like something voiced pretty please… BL only

>>50646956
Haiiro no Arcadia.

>>50646215
China's AI RP hobby is booming. They don't seem to care, but people who use AI and don't say that upfront get bullied.

>>50646956
Gakuen Heaven 2

>>50646141
>realized that the money these so called otome companies make is often funneled into funding moid slop projects, with only whatever is left being used to produce a cutter
Reason why the Hypmic project is ending. The ceos made sure that they collaborate with Uta no pri first, before they stop and secure another yuribait gacha flop.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3532400/Arcana_Famiglia_La_storia_della_Arcana_Famiglia_Rinato/
Play this again

>>50649116
I hate it when they only port the first game and leave the FD/sequel to rot. It shouldn't be that hard to combine all of them into one big game, Otomate literally did this for all of their old games.

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Now to who do they want this to appeal to? Men or women? It should be the LIs thighs or at least one of the LIs desperately grasping her thighs. They really think from a male pov don't they why are jp so cucked.

>>50651259
Sometimes MC isn't meant to be a self-insert and that's okay. I hope this one is fully voiced like Hibari in Variable Barricade.

>>50651261
This isn’t about self inserting. It’s just stupid that a game advertised for women focuses more on the heroine and her body giving her big tits or showing off her body more than the LIs, when the main appeal of otome is the LIs. You can clearly see them desperately trying to appeal to male audiences too, but that’s never going to happen because, simply put, men don’t give a fuck about female media and just shit on them.
The focus should be women. That’s what I’m saying. Nothing to do with self insert or not. They didn’t even show the LIs ass properly, they just cropped it. It's the same thing with R18 otome CG.

>>50646215
Funny, there was a popular tweet on jap twitter recently about how JP companies always ape what the west is doing but also always lag behind, so while westerners already switched to disliking AI, jap companies are still trying to push it everywhere.

>>50651303
The main appeal of galge is the LIs too, that doesn't stop the devs from making the occasional cool MCs that can overshadow even the LIs. It’s good when companies try to do things outside the norm, maybe it will work, maybe it won’t, but it’s still better than playing it safe all the time.

>>50651259
Agreed, the LIs should be the ones getting slutted out. Or at least make it more like those actual threesome shots

>>50649116
Doesn't this have a really bad translation?

>>50651259
For many years now console otome has not appealed to what girls want but to what boomers think girls want. So these longstanding tired trends continue, the playerbase decreases but the audience for otome still exists

>>50651259
I don't understand how a genre that's suppose to be female oriented is so backwards. From the art and even the writing, everything is completely off the mark.
Japanese women don't want sexy men with assets nor want to self insert as women with any agency or respect. It's pathetic, it's no wonder chinks are beating them at everything.

>>50653663
did wonder why it stayed all ages and console only for so long
Would had though otome would had gone indie and pc based but that didn't happen

People are seething over the MC showing some thighs? I can't help but feel like you guys just hate seeing female characters getting the spotlight over the male characters. If there was an otome version of Little Busters or Dies Irae I wonder how they would be received by this community.

>>50654475
>female characters getting the spotlight over the male characters
Woah its almost as if those anons are straight

>>50654494
You can be straight and still appreciate characters of the same sex. Kyousuke from LB beat all the heroines to become the #1 character in the official Key poll. Rance from the Rance series also managed the same feat. I don’t see dudebros throwing a fit over male characters getting the spotlight in galge, in fact they tend to love it as long as the characters are well written.

>>50654475
>>50654597
>in fact they tend to love it as long as the characters are well written
Sure but that's not the point. I get it that you're a tourist who hasn't played otome games but the genre is well known to be stingy with the LI fan service while still unapologetic about showing off the girl's skin in the artwork. Most R18 otome is especially focused on the girl in the CGs. Otome is basically the equivalent of moege for women. Why the fuck shouldn't it be focused on male characters???
Also well written women are highly appreciated by other women but they're almost non-existent in joseimuke visual novels, especially in non-doujin titles, and that is the truth. They're self insert characters (otome) or do not exist (BL) duh.

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This is exactly what I want for an otome protagonist. A nihilist who hates fucking everything including herself, literally me.

>>50654475
>shows her thighs and gives her big tits
>crops one of the LIs ass and dresses them both like nuns
>btw it’s otome
You don’t see the problem, noobie chan?That's not equal fanservice, that's moid corpos trying to pander to moids who dgaf about otome.
No one would have seethed if for example the LI kneeling in front of the camera, was showing us his ass in tight pants clinging to her legs and worshipping her like a goddess and the other brown LI had a tits out shirt instead of that tiny shitty little gap that not even my pinky can fit in.

What's the cringiest H scene you've ever read frpm a VN ?

>>50654597
Those characters you're talking about are beloved because they're some of the most interesting aspects of their own respective game... unless you're going to pretend like Otomate MC #37 is compelling and worth loving to that extent? Before you've even played the game?
Odd that you're even making this irrelevant comparison when the original anons were talking about a bonus illustration that quite literally exists to entice players to buy special overpriced versions of the game. Of course they're going to want a hot guy as the focus instead of the MC's sex appeal before they even know anything about her.

do bl games with trap protags exist? this is my fetish and my nihongo isn’t good enough to tell if it exists anywhere, in obscure doujin circles or anything. it feels niche

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>>50654475
>If there was an otome version of Little Busters or Dies Irae I wonder how they would be received by this community.
fun fact but the two homos from dies irae are so liked, including and specially reinhard, that before any girl got any figure he's the only one who got one. he also had a daki afaik. and that one duo gay ass song from the anime too.
nobody complained about this either

>>50655131
I'd kill for a Shirou figure.

>>50655023
Depends. Are there games with trap protagonists that only have sex with men? Yes, there's a few. But these are basically all nukige and not too dissimilar from any nukige that has the girl as the MC. Now if you mean like a standard BL game with different LIs but the MC just happens to be a trap, I'm not aware of one.

>>50655023
Tokyo Onmyouji's MC gets topped by a trap if that's close enough to your kink.

>>50655005
I don’t see a problem with the MC showing some sex appeal for marketing. Hardcore otome fans are going to buy it regardless, if this kind of illustration helps people outside the usual audience notice the game, then sure why not go for it? Only extremely petty fans would see it as some sort of betrayal, probably the same people who were seething over the “yaoi” in Virche.

>>50655263
>people outside the usual audience notice the game
>random kimoota notices the thighs
>"ewww it's otomeshit, pass"
what's the fucking point
99.9% of otome games marketing is aimed at the already existing audience anyway, so it's all like what >>50651259 anon says, they're just incapable of even imagining what fanservice for women would be like

Is anyone gonna leak Suito wa Hakumei?

>Draws men like women
>Draws mfm 3p but it's 90% female thighs
The slope is sloping, you'll see Yomi yurige one day

>>50655145
The evn dev Ebi-Hime has a few like this if I remember right. Don’t think any of them are R18 though.
I’ve not actually played any of her games but I keep tabs on her because I think it’s endearing how many games she’s made about her arabian cousin BL OCs, to the displeasure of her fans that are all yurifags.

Is it my imagination or has "male mc in otome" discourse been popping up more often? I swear it wasn't this bad before.

>>50655661
Where do you even hang out to encounter such retarded takes?

>>50655263
Has the strategy worked though? The market only seems to be shrinking instead of inviting new eyes. Maybe take a hint.

>>50655263
It would get more attention if they played up the LI's sex appeal though. That's part of the reason why people flock to CN otome lately.

>>50655670
Twitter unfortunately, where i get my news about otome related stuff + where my favorite artists are, however i also tend to see some of the discourse in the joseimuke thread on vmg.

>>50656173
>vmg
?

>>50656176
>/vmg/ - Video Games/Mobile

>>50656173
>discourse in the joseimuke thread on vmg
why are you trying to spread shit to other threads? keep your discourse where you found it

>>50656228
??? I literally said that i've been seeing more discourse than normal, where did you get that i was trying to spread discourse here huh?

>bringing up discourse for no reason when you can just talk about it where you found it is not spreading it
ok then

>>50655263
It's not working and that's why people move to gachaslop and pay millions to LADs and WHB.

>>50656676
Gacha is a whole different ballgame, it’s on mobile which already guarantees far more casual players since everyone has a phone but not a switch. Gacha = high risk high reward, the earning potential is much higher but so are the costs for server maintenance, constant content updates and promotion. Traditional otome = low risk low reward, once the game is out then the job is mostly done.
If you want full-on pandering with endless content and active fandom then just go for mobile & gacha. I’d never want traditional otome to even come close to the level of exposure that LADs has, it would just ruin the medium. Some things are meant to be niche and should stay niche.

>>50655263
If something niche appeals to "everyone" then it appeals to no one. Your mentality is the same exact cluelessness why people hate many OELVNs, it isolates the real audience because it's inclusive to things actual fans don't want and yet still wants to be classifed as """otome""".

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Is this game that bad ? I almost never see anyone talking about it.

>>50660842
I personally found Kirku so insufferable I did one route and dropped the game

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Are there any recent doujin BLVNs in Japanese, which you found well written or fun

>>50662650
I think it’s probably only fujobait/has gay stuff with side characters but I’m interested in Hachigatsu no Damnation. I’ve played all the dev(fuyu no imouto/winter sister)’s previous games, they scratched an itch for me since I love twisty mystery stories.
But I can’t really be fucked to work out how to buy things from DLsite these days so I haven’t played it. I don’t understand why a primarily SFW dev would still be publishing there but I guess they’re stuck in their ways.

Legal shota has to be the least appealing type of character. I can't see them as cuties when I already have the knowledge that they are grown men.

Did anemone get Suito wa Hakumei ?

>>50663930
spambro, just buy it

>>50663941
I was mostly curious about peoples impressions?

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>>50663947
AS didn't leak it yet and the only spoiler I've found about it so far is that this guy's apparently the game's Minku.

>>50664144
I want to know if it's worth starving for

Speaking of Minkus, does anyone like them? They're usually the most boring characters imo.

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Finished Kai's route and I take back my comment about him being boring and the weaker LI.

He is such an adorable mix of spaghetti spiller, insane lack of self worth, desperately needs therapy yet just a dude very honest about his love. His route was pretty entertaining and cute.

I'll probably do Yuuri>Soichi>Miyabi>Ran>if there is some sort of true/grand end. Ran is still my favorite so saving him for last if I can.

>>50664299
Depends if we are talking about actual minkus or Senge type that gets misunderstood.
Your average minkus
>unattractive
>poor and stupid
>shits on the floor
>beats up and rapes his lover because he can
>into aoba
Your average Senge
>beautiful and perfect
>rich and smart
>doesn't shit at all
>rapes the mc for the sake of Japan and emperor, and because that's hot
>has Kyou riding him and changing his diapers 24/7
Only people with shit taste like minkus

>>50664619
Unrelated but i remember that one time i showed Senge to a friend that's a Minku fan, he called Senge an ugly ikemen.

They're both uggos to me. Hanazawa and Zeek from Galtia are the most handsome rapists.

>>50664727
Oh and August's not bad on the eye either.

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>>50638352
Guy looks like he needs to be shown what you call COMPOSURE

>>50664598
sis this game is new at least have the decency to spoiler that shit.

>>50664598
According to JP, Ran is the true route.

>>50664598
The hack is still struggling drawing limbs huh. Well at least it's cute. Better than the ugly ass cxm art.

>>50665348
I wonder if otome companies know that they can make true route without it having a canon LI. I really hate when they try to push one LI being more canon than others.

>>50664598
Do the shades stay on during sex?

>>50664598
he looks a little faggy

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anyone have a link for Ooe?

>>50668370
Yes

>>50668370
Look for it on www.yaoiotaku.com or www.anime-sharing.com.

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>spoonfeeding underage retards
at least teach the creature to use the archive instead

>>50669123
Newfags wonder why valuable websites get shut down when they're throwing around links in their discords

>>50669123
It's annoying how so many just come here to beg instead of providing any real discussion desu

>>50665518
What's wrong with them? I see nothing wrong anatomy-wise except for the weird ass ears that make the mc look like she's half elf or something.

>>50669622
NTA but the way his arms are posed look so unnatural.

>>50669526
Any bump helps at this point

[otome] pretty interested in this random new game announcement (japanese+english on steam)
https://www.famitsu.com/article/202602/65761

[bl] hen'ai necromanticism is finally coming out this month as a pretty long free vn. switch mc. jp only
https://x.com/aikawanemu/status/2021781327503405449

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>memes about Armored Core VI being an otome game
uhh memes aside, has anyone here played this and have any input on this?

>>50672433
>free vn
interesting that it's being released through proper storefronts when it's free

It's funny how the thing that dates Dramatical Murder the most is the fact Aoba has an actual song as ringtone.

So glad certain pick-me mods on AS are finally getting exposed: https://www.anime-sharing.com/threads/hakuouki-ssl-sweet-school-life-eng-request.1871240/#post-7393543 .

I just wish otomate had more competition. I'm so in love with the otome genre and I'm thankful for otomate for introducing it to me, but besides the art and seiyuus, I keep getting disappointed over and over to the point I'm jaded and almost surprised they're this successful. Maybe I need new hobbies.

>>50676034
What are some of your favorite otome anon? Since otomate puts out so many per year, surely at least one of them fits your taste?

>>50676034
Sorry but I can't understand how people consume otome one after another. I enjoy otome sometimes but I have to play something else as a palate cleanser in between, especially otome with subpar writing where everyone else memes as "good". Exploring other genres and hobbies isn't a bad thing.

>>50675647
>posts direct links
That's why 10+yo sites have been dying lately because of faggots like you.

>>50676148
>10+yo sites have been dying
which ones? All of the sites I use for pirating games for years are still very much alive and kicking.

>>50675647
their new mod's another control freak huh
>inb4 only control freaks would step up to be mods to begin with

>>50675647
For whatever reason, the roasties who post their slop over there starts crying if anyone criticizes or shares AS content. I don't get why these attention whores are so mentally ill about the stupidest shit.

>>50675647
Admin stepped in. The co-purchase group kind of makes sense. Some games would have never gotten shared without it desu. But forbidding others to upload before them is asshole move. And principals in piracy sites are retarded.
>>50676279
Maybe anon means bato? But that was for manga and webtoon not games.

>>50675647
>holds co-purchase game hostage until March
>someone snipes the upload
>deletes the sniped upload and uploads the co-purchase copy ahead of planned time to farm likes and replies
I normally don't think too much about posts locked behind likes, but this is definitely attention whore behavior

>admin has to step in
also dumb that the admin tries to cover for the mod saying they're """in training""" and """adjusting""" but why give out full mod privileges to someone who doesn't even understand the forum's standards? idgi

>>50676983
>why give out full mod privileges to someone who doesn't even understand the forum's standards?
Probably because they sucked up big time and is a pick me as anon mentioned. I swear, they aren't different from the average basement dwelling discord mod. Real braindead bunch of people who only want to police others and attention whore.

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I've started 24-ku while waiting for Suito wa Hakumei to be leaked and I already hate this bitchass. Like dude creepy stalker much ?

whats a yume and why am i being called that?

>>50676983
>>50676917
They seem shady. They said they would only share the games after one month as a matter of principle, but then Glass Heart Princess was leaked by a scene group first, and another AS user said they could share UnLOGICAL themselves. Because of this, the mod suddenly decided to release the games early to take credit.
In the first place donating to purchase every game feels like a waste. It would make more sense to wait and see whether certain games are skipped by scene groups and whether no individual plans to share them before asking for donations.

>>50677317
self-inserters basically

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>omegaverse
>not 18+
How does that even work?

>>50678699
>omega heroine
YAWWWWNNNNN

>>50678699
I hope this flops hard.

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>>50662650
Not explicitly BL but the circle Marutoku makes some really solid fujobait games. My favorites are No Salvation and Zeno Remake. Their games usually have mostly male casts with very few female characters so I think they’d appeal to anons in this thread. Their latest game くびち was tagged as BL and R18 but the sex isn’t between the main characters. I read the demo and thought it was pretty good.

>>50678988
>> they'd appeal to anons in this thread
Why would I read bait ? Either commit to the BL bit or don't bother.

>>50678988
Thanks. Explicit gay sex is subhuman shit.

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>>50678699
The fact that they needed to clarify, lol.

>>50664171
Talking with someone who's playing the game rn and they believe MC's too much of an uke to realistically be in the military desu. They only finished Touka's route who's apparently more of Keisuke than a Minku him being an Yandere raping the MC is supposed to be the result of him drinking demon blood, without that he wouldn't be a bad person.. His route apparently spoils a bit for the true route so you shouldn't start with his. They also said they're not enjoying the game as much as Holicworks' previous VNs and the ratings on vndb are pretty bad so far, so probably better to hold off for the leak instead of buying it.

>>50678699
the character designs are not even good enough to redeem it
they're basically all the same guy with different hair colors

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>>50681054
It has the feel of early 2000s shoujo / PSP era otome which I don't mind. Personally I always find it easier to relate to and grow attached to characters with more down-to-earth designs than to glamorous characters who seem too beautiful to be real.

>>50681137
The one on the far left reminds me of one of the LIs from Light and Night.

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Guy with red hair >>>
I'm unironically looking forward to this Hakuouki spin-off the most.

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I'm interested in that. Same writer that worked on ZKG, so the cult plot will be interesting.

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And that's the one written by Katagiri.
So many otome coming out. I wish bl did a comeback too because sadly not too many coming out.

>>50681333
It looks too colorful to be true horror. We'll probably get something like 9RIP.

>>50681336
The rest of the staff for this seems promising. Kinda wish it hadn't been Katagiri though.

>>50681344
Ah you don't like her? I really like her writing. Her gap moe chuuni boys are the best. The plots aren't from my fav but most otomate games that I enjoyed are by her and Yoshimura Ririka.

>>50681336
>So many otome coming out
sis we'll be lucky if even half of these turn out to be average. Last year OVER REQUIEMZ was the only one that gained any traction.

>>50681448
You aren't wrong...quantity doesn't guarantee quality. I was very disappointed about the omegaverse game, because 3/5 LIs are alphas, otouto is a beta though and one LI is ???, but he's probably an alpha rare mix too lol. How fun it'd be if MC was an alpha for a change. Nursery one looks interesting at least but it's like >>50681337 anon said, it's closer to 9rip. I was disappointed about rejet too, using AI gen graphics, I hope they won't cheapen the cgs and artwork in their games,commercial otome companies in general, because asking money for AI is disgusting. Key la box looks promising at least. And R18 otome are doing a comeback too, but I'll try not to get too excited only to get disappointed in the end. It doesn't have to be something super WOW, just something that will leave at least something on me and not be like ah ok next game it is or drop it is.

BL companies are turning to gacha, so at least good to see that otome conpanies are moving to switch and giving up on gacha. Lads did something good at least and made many of them give up and look for better alternatives and fund their money or guaranteed stuff.

>>50681296
I’ve never played Hakuoki (despite playing otome for more than 10 years, maybe I should), but I always wanted to see a western style version of one of those historical war otome games so it’s kind of interesting to me for that reason, though it doesn’t look like the war aspect will be that much of a focus beyond having soldiers as antagonists.
I remember there was going to be one based on the war of the roses but it was vaporware and eventually got taken down by vndb. I think it was from Mio?
>>50681333
This one interests me the most. Reminds me of Sweet Clown a little.

>>50681498
They show some dueling scenes in the trailer so there will be some action at least : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_j6xGDMLC0
Though I'm a bit skeptical since they still haven't revealed the scenario writer. It will be such a waste of good art and setting if they half-ass the script.

>>50681296
Which character is Russian? Russians smell and look like shit

>>50681296
Never thought I'd be excited for a Hakuoki spin-off in 2026, hope it turns out good
>>50681333
See this one sounds like it might be good on paper but the style and art leaves me cautious about how much they'll lean into the horror/eerie aspect. I'll keep an eye on this one

Is there an otome that features mostly nightlife scenes? Something like Slow Damage (not the whole thing, just its after dark setting) or this https://vndb.org/v21620 . I really dig the atmosphere in these games.

I like Voltage/AmuLit but why did they go the commercial otome route instead of the gacha route? They already make mobage, so wouldn't gacha be more profitable? Or are companies still hesitant to try out the whole "otome gacha" thing?

>>50682225
It's not easy to make a profitable gacha as anon said >>50656708
They need to invest a lot upfront and it could end up bankrupting their company in the worst case scenario.

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>アイドルと〇〇しちゃダメですか？
Have any anons tried this? I see nips meme about it a decent amount. I thought it was a mobile game but its freeware
Not sure about TL quality but its on steam in eng too

>>50681336
It's all Otomate though. BL is never my first choice for anything but the writing is almost always consistently higher quality in comparison. Quality > quantity, CG art and VAs aren't everything which apparently are the only things Otomate cares about imo

>>50682259
Good point, I missed that anon's post. Thanks for clarifying.

>>50682448
>CG art and VAs aren't everything which apparently are the only things Otomate cares about imo
Sadly I agree. I wish they could hire some scenario writers outside of the usual otome circle.

I'd trust a game with ultra shit or dated graphics with no voice acting over any voiced shiny turd Otomate shit out. Joseimuke needs less boomer retards and pick me writers. Gacha can fuck off.

>>50681333
I remember when the first trailer of this game dropped, for some reason i expected the love intrests to be monsters/nonhumans, no wonder they didn't went that route since that would make the game essentially a 9rip 2.

>>50682320
It's free and only about 1h long according to vndb,you should just try it if you're curious.
It looks like the paid version for Steam will have additional content though.

>>50682320
It's been a while since I played it but it's short and cute. I liked MC's boss(?) the most. Honestly great art and even voiced despite being a freege. Maybe it's more fun if you go into it with less "spoilers", but it's not that serious either.

The only otomate games that I liked were by writers that used to or still work for other otome or bl companies too, like daisy2, rejet, holikworks, pilslash. The good strictly otomate writers have left already.

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Hope we'll get more sexy MC with an attitude if this game turns out to be a success.

>>50684269
otome gamedevs should awake to the glory of onnazeme

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how hard will this flop

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>>50684671
got worse

>>50684671
>>50684673
My reaction to this >>50684269

>>50684671
>>50678699
This artsyle and summer atmosphere would make for a cute countryside SOL story. The omegaverse gimmick actually makes me less interested.

>>50684671
>>50684673
Finally a new game has an otouto route and it's whatever the hell this is supposed to be...

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I think these are the canon jobs for the Haiiro boys, I'd like if it got a FD.

>>50684673
>not R18, what's the point
>boring sheeple breeding fetish that also plays into the meme "you're a washed up hag by age 25"
Sounds like "omegaverse" is just a fancy marketing label for the same unimaginative bullshit in joseimuke.

>>50684816
Seri needs help, not a job

>>50684671
Had to add the non blood related otouto in to attract the incestfags at least.

>>50680415
Update: So apparently from what I'm hearing the military tough guy has 2 avoidable rape scenes in his bad endings but otherwise his canon route alongside the other ones besides Touka's should be safe for vanilla hoes (like myself). This VN apparently has quite a lot of bad endings tho.

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>>50681296
Honestly I'd take some of these side characters over the glasses guy for LI position.

>anons have been posting about Suito wa Hakumei in this thread but still no one's shared a link
The culture has really fallen.

>>50685267
Is this a twilight reference in 2026?

>>50685332
The Edward guy? Definitely a reference.
I recognize 5 characters are famous fictional vampires from other stories: Baron Meinster, Camilla, Vlad, Lestat, Edward.

>>50685298
Cause you didn't buy it for us, bro.

>>50685298
You're a begging leech

>>50684673
>you have to find a marriage partner or else
how uninspired does otomate have to be for all their games to end up with the same synopsis

>>50685839
You have to have romance, but of course your protagonist musn't be a boy crazy whore, so there's got to be an external reason for her to be looking for a man. I guess traditionally they'd just have the men be super pushy and force the heroine but that's gone out of fashion, which is why they have these 'you have to get married for reasons' plots instead.
It's kind of like the function mana transfer has in eroge.

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These ratings on vndb are like Masquerade level of ass damn. And before a smartass comes in to say this must be the clueless Westerns downvoting a hard to read JP VN all the other Holicworks VNs like Mebiusline, 24-ku and Satsujinki have gotten mostly ratings of 10s and 9s.

>>50684673
>omegas are basically "christmas cakes"
>omega MC is a girl so the concept becomes so obviously misogynistic
I hope this game flops in more ways than one.

>>50685874
I would way rather see convenient mana transfer sex scenes than boring unconvincing romance that has to exist for plot

>>50685874
>It's kind of like the function mana transfer has in eroge
Otome is too boring for even that.

>>50685922
The writer and director are literally whos so I’m not that surprised. I’m a big HW fan and bought Satsujinki day 1, but I held off Suito because the staff was completely different. Seems like waiting for impressions was the right choice.

>>50685922
What exactly is wrong with this game

Odalisque and key la box will save otome.

>>50684671
All these men would be omegas in a blvn lol. The heroine is more alpha than them.

>>50655263
>I don’t see a problem with the MC showing some sex appeal for marketing.
IT'S AN OTOME, THEY SHOULD BE SLUTTING OUT THE LIS.

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Should I buy samudari? I just think having two MCs is neat and heard good things about hanakare.

>>50687214
>key la box mention
I used to detest the 'mentally ill, used goods' trope, but after reading blackish house and listening to the writer's other drama CDs, the writer has converted me to her fetish. It's been a long time since I've been hyped for an otome game that isn't an FD.

>>50684671
It bringd great pleasure to know that your omegaverse trope has been hijacked by femcel gooners

>>50687614
Yes, do get it. I didnt like Hanakare but I'm curious about this one for the same reason

>>50688115
Omegaverse universe aint new to otome-shoujo or yuri,newfag chan. People are shitting on the omega mc choice. If she was an alpha most would be excited about it.

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more info about the new licobits game
https://x.com/Le_Mirage_jp/status/2024319025464115608
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn6I_lcBVbY

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https://honeybee-cd.com/BlackishHouse/switch_sideZ/photo.html
>今作『Blackish House sideZ -Retour-』ではWindowsPC版『Blackish House sideZ』のシナリオとスチルをそのままにお楽しみいただけます。
blackish house side z port won't be censored either

>>50689356
Small companies should stick with a signature artist for their artwork. If I hadn’t known beforehand, I would never have guessed this was a LicoBits game, their branding is weak.

>>50689384
Based. If someone gets noas tokuten please share. Especially noa vs sera cd. It costs 60 bucks on zenmarket, thats a lot for a 9 minute track.

https://www.cool-b.jp/calendar.php <<< ugh this hasn't been updated since 2025-08-14.

God seems like he's gonna be best boy but I wish he wasnt voiced by kaji yuki

>>50690034
>New world order
Can't believe they cancelled priest goty for the ntr crap that they released instead

wish the trend of pretty ukes would return. i am so bored of sticky bishonen x sticky bishonen and they’re the same height or borderline bara bodies going at it

oh no is the thread on auto sage

>>50690865
The uke protagonist from the new Holicworks protagonist looks pretty enough to me desu.

>>50688115
more like hijacked by clueless corpo suits who don't get it

>>50690870
yeah, it's joever
>jaypee is so hated and overlooked by mods that they'd rather just implement a shitty autosage rule instead of cleaning up vtumor/3dpd shit
shaking my head to be honest

>>50691010
It’s too pitiful. I’d go to the IRC and complain but I’m at work and I dunno if the thread will still be here when I get off in a few years

>>50691074
A few HOURS I mean. I’d kill myself if I had to stay here for years

>>50678984
why are you so mean

>>50685935
misogynistic? my wholesome queer genre?

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>had to wait for 03-08 to play a months old otome
why though

>>50692427
>and me to have some time to enjoy it first
lol

>>50692427
I mean if it's their own purchase then they can do whatever they want. The problem was the mod deleting post of another user sharing this game early.

>>50692427
I think it's fair if the people who paid for it get to enjoy the game first. Though I don't understand why that mod had to delete another person's upload to farm likes and pretend as if they never existed. I'm reluctant to give likes to that retard, why bother when another piracy site will upload the same shit anyway.

>>50690870
Apparently they also implemented anti-ad blocking measures against posting now, had to disable ublock temporarily. Everywhere is so shit, not even trannycord is a thing anymore with the mandatory face scanning lmao

At least this thread won't die at just 90 replies like the last one.

>>50692964
No wonder my brave browser suddenly stopped blocking the ads

>>50692964
>not even trannycord is a thing anymore with the mandatory face scanning
that should only affect the 18+ channels though.
and there are ways to workaround that anyway.

>>50693385
>that should only affect the 18+ channels though
Why do I get the feeling this will backfire and regular channels will be full of porn

>>50692964
Uh, no effect on my end

>>50684671
Pregnancy in both otome and bl huge no and turn off. Reason to why I'll never play Olympia.

some otome LIs are begging to be bred thoughbeit, like most of Virche's cast

>>50694441
Yomi's men just look like trans to me. I find them pretty but not attractive.

Need more (or just any) semes with happy trails.

Finally decided to play ozmafia which has been sitting on my backlog since last year.
For the anons who played, what am i getting into?

Imagine glazing Mitsugi and calling Leonid boring when they're the same character desu.

>>50697755
Is Leonid a lazy tsundere too

>>50697832
Yea.

Coming to this thread I start to think there's plenty of releases.
But to my knowledge there's hardly any upcoming in english.

>>50699088
i wish i'd learned jp. learning now very slowly but if only younger me understood i'm never getting over weebshit

>these days im finding my fetishes in gachaslop only
this is grim

>>50699999
I'm in a similar situation. I thought after a point I would move on to new interests but that didn't happen.
>>50700107
I know that feel too...

>>50699088
Plenty of MTL translations are popping up instead. That's going to the norm, I bet.
It never too late to learn Japanese and learn to create your own content. Playing gacha trash only leads to misery even if you don't spend money

>>50669273
>>50669273
Yaoi Otaku actually just got shut down baka.

>>50702270
wtf really? it's not a temp thinkg?

>>50702270
How the hell these manga sites get shut down meanwhile shit like kiwifarm stays up?

>>50702279
I mean Idk if it's permanent, but it's been down for days atp.

>>50701942
I like writing and drawing my own content but I never had the desire to share it.