Kings Of Making A Protagonist Feel Loved

ooooooooh!~ i love their art style! the animatic was really cool to watch, even though i don't know the characters yet :))

and omg the mc's design is so cuteeeee?? the angel/devil drawing is especially adorable!! <3

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((...I'll probably end up reading that manga at some point, i'm kinda curious about it now lmao~))

i was rewatching tmgs animatics and then i fucking found one that led me on an adventure like

wow this animatic is so good!

hey, i found their pixiv and they posted the art to the animatic and other fanart, god, they're so good, they could be a pro manga artist--

oh wait oh my god their page has advertisements they DID manage to do it, i wonder what this series is--!

super kinky omegaverse yaoi

LMAOOOOO~ good for them lol

and then, because i'm way too curious now, who's the artist/what animatic?

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((...and is the yaoi good? 👀 lmao))

i wonder

I just started playing Lover Pretend because I needed to play something lighter as a break from Piofiore and oh my god this game is so CUTE. There's a very nostalgic feeling I keep getting while playing it, though I'm not completely sure where that comes from yet. Maybe the UI? It's super adorable and some elements of it kind of remind me of the DS games I used to play as a kid.

I'm currently on Chapter 2 of the common route, but I'm already looking forward to all 4 of the main routes. And Chiyuki is a really nice protagonist so far! I love that she has such clear-cut goals that she's focused on, and her relationship with romance is interesting too. I wouldn't necessarily call her aro like me, especially since one point of the game is that she wants to get over her "fear" of men and romance, but I always think it's nice to see an otome heroine who has more complex feelings about romance that make the plot more interesting. I doubt she'll be making it to the top of my favorite heroines list (Lynette and Teuta are hard opponents to beat), but she's definitely a contender so far.

i love ryuji and ann fuckk like. he’s owed her money since middle school. she’s never forgiven that debt. they’re good friends. they don’t like each other. they yap all the time. they rarely talk. ryuji thinks ann is too paranoid. he stands up to yusuke stalking her. ann thinks ryuji’s annoying. she freaks out thinking he’s dead after shido’s palace. ryuji is way too loud. ann loves yelling over him. they work so well together. they never get along. they bond over hating kamoshida. they could never understand each other. ryuji’s friends ditched him. ann was completely isolated in april. they both lost things that were very precious to them. when you really think about it, they were only able to regain what they lost because they worked together. they were literally the earliest members of the phantom thieves. lowkey they’re my world

Guys look at her 🥰

the author's barely disguised hobbies and interests

genuinely "the best starter VN is the one you're the most interested in" is the best advice there is on the topic. like i even recommend checking out indie OELVNs on itchio and stuff to look for specific niches of subject matter you're into if you just want to see how you vibe with the medium, you don't have to start with the classics if they don't appeal to you and if you DO want to get into the ones that are big in western otakudom it's still a good idea to start with one that's in step with your existing fiction interests

genuinely the only things i'd actively advise against for starter VNs if you're actually interested in getting into the medium for real are "parodies"/"subversions" made out of contempt for "dating sims", if nothing else please start with something earnest and true

one of the funniest things about game 1 is that it's ridiculously easy to accidentally get into a love triangle over a guy who isn't the one you're pursuing so you're just like. okay, whatever, and then in year three the girl will be like "i've won, i've started dating him" but you just go I DIDNT WANT HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE

lmaooooo these girls are fighting battles that don't exist 😭

it would be cool if there was like a matchmaking/ally/wingman option or something where you could let her know you're not into him and kinda help her out or something instead of automatically competing by default lol.

men crying men bleeding men whimpering so on and so forth

Random a-spec meme

Image description: cartoon of the character Sayori going like "nah" to using "aspec people can still date!" to ship aspec-coded characters, and going like "yeah" to using "aspec people can still date!" to headcanon an allo-coded character as aspec.