Angelique Trois Aizouhen – The beginning of the end for the series

Approximately three years ago, I played Neo Angelique Special and was shocked not only by how terrible it was, but also by how great a departure it was from the early days of the series. It was called “Neo,” to be sure, but to me it seemed the game was Angelique in name only. If […]

Duel Love – Koisuru Otome wa Chotto Kimochiwarui

It’s 3 a.m. Do you know where your daughter is? If you live in the world of Duel Love, she’s in some basement somewhere pawing at a naked, sweaty guy. Don’t blame her; blame yourself and your complete lack of parental supervision. Failed parenting aside, Duel Love is way more fun than I’d expected when […]

Zettai Meikyuu Grimm – Cute, but dark

Zettai Meikyuu Grimm is a standard otome visual novel with cute designs but many dark turns in the plot. I finished it twice and got Akazukin’s (Red Riding Hood) and Ibara-hime (sorta-Sleeping Beauty)’s endings. The more of this sort of game I play, the easier it becomes for me to recognize the sort of visual […]

Shinigami to Shoujo – Boring, even for a visual novel

Is it legal for a “game” to be this boring? Like, don’t you have to meet some minimum standards of quality before they let you release something? Oh boy. Umm, well. I haven’t really made a secret of the fact that I don’t like visual novels. Still there aren’t that many otome games with gameplay […]

Final thoughts on Harukanaru Toki no naka de 4 (spoilers)

Final roundup. Sorry to keep going on and on about Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 4, I’m just so irritated by it all, and writing helps me get it out of my system. This is the last post, I promise. The Good 1. Lovely art. The character designs, monster designs, the backgrounds, the CGs, all […]