Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! 2021 Roundup

Holidays are here and we've nearly made it to the end of the year! Despite all the numerous hardships and more this year has brought, I always look forward to all the art that companies release. 😊 So here's a roundup of Christmas art, from otome companies and bigger studios alike! 🎁

Shall We Date?: Blood in Roses - Prologue & System Review

Season 1 Release: May 2015

Season 2 Release: January 2017

Blood in Roses features 2 different alternate-universe protagonists, depending on which "season" you play. Both involve Mina, a magic user that is a descendent of the powerful witch Tatiana. Mina is a witch from a small village called Neuheim and is lead into the Idora/Idra Forest for different reasons - Witch Mina to pursue a vision she had, and Hunter Mina find to a cure for her sick sister since she cannot perform magic well like her ancestors - and eventually stumbles upon a castle called Hotel Libra Sincera. Inside the hotel are... vampires!?

 

Season 2 Mina (Hunter) is much more popular, and so many of the new characters and events revolve around her. In fact, Witch Mina has only 9 Love Interests while Hunter Mina has 22! Σ(･口･)

Shall We Date: Obey Me! Review

So I meant to post this back in May when I stopped playing but um... life happened. 😂

Release: December 12, 2019

Become the master who brings the handsome demon brothers down to their knees and enjoy life at the Academy in the Devildom! You have been selected to become an exchange student at RAD, a school for demons. Awaiting you are 7 ikemen demon brothers and a mountain of tasks...?! There is only 1 rule you have to remember to survive... One Master to RULE them all!

I'm here today with a review of the latest entry into the Shall We Date series: Obey Me! One Master to Rule Them All. You play as a genderless MC who is 1 of 2 chosen humans to be an exchange student in the Devildom, yet there's a special reason the demon ruler Lord Diavolo chose you as his student. Befriend and make pacts with Lucifer and his brothers, and discover your secret along the way.

This game is all the mobile hype right now so I decided to download it and force myself to play for 2 months.. but honestly I only did that because I wanted premium currency in other mobages 😂

It's been extremely popular since its release but... I feel like I'm the only person who doesn't enjoy it? 🤷‍♀️ Below are my thoughts after playing about 12 chapters. 

April Fools' Roundup 2020

A little delayed in posting this but... Happy April Fools' Day! With all that's going on the world, it's probably better to indulge in something that'll bring us joy, no? Below are the wonderful artwork and/or events from this year.

Will add more if I find any. As always, click to enlarge images.

Shall We Date?: Love Tangle+ - Ryan Gray Review

So back in 2018 in preparation of Ryan's sequel coming out, NTT Solmare decided to make Ryan's route free to read. The only thing you need to provide are the talent points and the items. So obviously my cheap ass couldn't resist.

Ryan is a popular bartender at a prestigious bar called Le Ciel. He once wanted to be a film director and create his own scripts, but he gave up that dream to support his younger brother's - Cody's - dream as an actor...

Let me tell you, I'm glad this route was free because I would not have read it otherwise lmao. ヾ(＾∇＾)

(Also if you're unfamiliar with the story of Love Tangle, check out my post about the prologue here)

And now, tune in to salt below! As always, jump to "Final Thoughts" for no spoilers.

Shall We Date?: Love Tangle+ - Celina Winter Route Summary & Review

I started Celina's route back when she was released in June (which incidentally was pride month btw cough) but I didn't finish until not that long ago because of hiatus. 😂 I downloaded Love Tangle solely for her route because one glance at her and she stole my heart.

Celina Winter is the cool and gorgeous pianist that plays at a jazz bar when she has free time. Otherwise, she can be found managing the nearby cafe. But there's more to Celina and her cafe than meets the eye...

Below will cover an in-depth summary of her route but not any event stories. The Pop'n Sweet Cafe Stories will be covered in another post. To avoid spoilers, skip to "Final Thoughts" below.

Shall We Date?: Love Tangle+ - Prologue & System Review

I started this back in June when Celina's route first came out... I'm just now finishing typing because of procrastination 😂


Apparently this game has been out for a couple years but I'm so behind on the otome scene that I just found out about it, and only because a new route was released recently lol.

Shall we date?: Scarlet Fate+ Fragments of the Past - Prologue Summary & Review/Thoughts

The tablet works again, HURRAH! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧ Since it's working, I decided to play a bit of Scarlet Fate+ (IOS ver.), which is basically the English app version of Hiiro no Kakera 4. And if I'm not mistaken, this game serves as the prequel to all the others. (I also know jackshit about HnK; hooray for blind jumps |D ) The story takes place in the Heian Period and MC-chan is a shrine maiden who guards a sacred sword and spends her lonely days tormented by whatever sins she had committed. In this version of Scarlet Fate, you can use "rations" and things to advance the storyline rather than the pay per route method. Yeah it takes longer, but I'm cheap :D //smacked// Also, you can level up as you advance through the storyline, gaining power (so you can advance through the story without using rations) and love experience, WHOO! You can also train and dress up your avatar to earn charm points~

Also I'm still kinda new to Otome App gaming, so do forgive me if I say things that may seem obvious in such a medium. |D