Sitting at home, it’s the middle of the night. After much preparation, I load the game up for the first time.
Damn, I wish I had my dictionaries!
Luckily for me, after watching too much anime and reading way too many manga for my own good, I pick up on some of the stuff being said.
“So which one do you want to go with?”
Well you look kinda of nice, mysterious demon boy. How do I get with you?
To say the least, I get with Demon Boy only to be attack in the middle night with nothing but my ruffled underwear on (granted I was spirited away but still) not once but twice. Still after all that and my lack of understanding of the Japanese language, I only got to second base.
That was my first experience in to Ren’ai games or Otome games. These are like Hentai games targeted to women. They have a “choose your adventure” style leading to a lot of scenarios. As in Hentai Games where there is a male protagonist and a lot of girls, there usually a female lead and lot of suitors she can choose to be with.
The game I’m playing, Ijiwaru My Master, is a tale about a girl after she gets confessed to from a underclassman(?) she get spirited away to the World of the Devils(?) and is sold into slavery(?). From what I understand of the story, you have your choice of 5 guys: a Prince, a Megane Doctor, a Smiling Butler, a Happy Go Lucky Assistant and a Mysterious Demon. I really haven’t had to chance to play all the characters yet but the story seems very sweet.
Now playing these sort of games requires a lot of work just to play them. First you need to switch your system from English to Japanese. Then you have to use your rudimentary knowledge of kanji and kana to install the game. If you want to go the extra mile, there are programs to help translate your games and you have to install those and set them up. But once you get all that done, it would be worth it, especially getting to make it with the Demon who turns out to be schizo in Japanese. Some things are just universal where you go . . .
So right now, I’m gonna try to make it with all the character first before I try to tackle a Boy’s Love game, which are like Otome games but with a lot of hot guy on guy action.
Helpful Sites:
- Boy’s Love Game Headquarters: Lots of info about BL and Otome Games. Even help for installation and translation.
- HalfAdder: Loads of CG capture guides in Japanese
- Sugar Beans: Maker of Ijiwaru My Master
- J-list: Sells Ren’ai and Hentai games among other things
- ErogeShop: Sells all types of games based in Japan
- Ren’Py: A visual novel engine so you can make your own
Of course you can bittorent some games but be sure you buy some too.
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