MARS RED: Edge of the Nightmare - Game Review

 Release: May 20, 2021

Platform: iOS / Android

Website:

Early twentieth century, Japan - the flowering era of Taisho influenced by Romanticism. As the nation prospered in modernization, some species were outcasted and stood at the crossroads of their lives.

They were - vampires. 

Although they possessed superhuman physical abilities, they would burn under the sun and only lived off of blood. They suffered from having keen senses, and most of them could not adjust to their eternal life. 

Thus - they were vulnerable species. This is a story about a young man named Yatsufusa, who became a vampire against his will and seeks the meaning of life as he encounters different people and species surrounding him.

(Summary from the Official Site) 

MARS RED is a mystery/adventure F2P visual novel mobile game produced by the MARS RED Production Committee, D-techno, and Favary Inc., inspired by a play and anime of the same name by Bun-o Fujisawa. 

The game currently is 280k words long and is full of content written exclusively for this game. It had to be delayed a bit but that's okay because it's finally here! 

I am not familiar with the original play or anime, so my only knowledge of MARS RED will be coming from this game. Yet even though I knew nothing about it other than vague details about it (like vampires hunting other vampires- what?), I'm glad I decided to play this game. 😚

Tune in below for a spoiler free review of MARS RED the game!

Otomeme Monday: Nightmare Yelling at Boris [Spade no Kuni no Alice]

A friend of mine mentioned that one of the ♠️ Spade no Kuni no Alice CGs with Nightmare & Boris looks like the woman yelling at cat meme and now I can’t unsee it LOL

And then of course I had to edit Alice in~

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Otomeme Monday: When Virche's OP Reminds You of Another Game... [Virche/BWS]

 I know I'm not the only one who thought of this after watching the opening LOL 🔥🔥🔥

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Otomeme Monday: Jumping Simp Ship [Ikemen Vampire]

 Real life footage of me jumping from the Leonardo simp ship to the Faust simp ship 😊

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choo choo mfs time to ride Faust- I mean ride the SS Faust

P.S. HELP THE OFFICIAL ENGLISH ACCOUNT LIKED IT LMAO??

Otomeme Monday: Me whenever there’s either a locked route or no route at all

 Time for the ol' Otome Struggle™

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Do I Pass? Review

So Trans Day of Visibility was yesterday, and I actually discovered this little game by trans indie creator Taylor McCue thanks to Gayming Mag covering it.  

Summary:

"Do I Pass" is a visual novel where you play as a transgender woman who is worried about if she passes or not. With the help of a magical webpage she becomes a ghost and peeks into the minds of others to determine how they feel about her. There are three endings depending on the types of interactions she encounters from other people.

It's a short game but also very interesting, and I'm very glad I stumbled onto this game!

Rejestic Brothers 2 Site Translation (Rejet April Fools' 2021)

Happy April Fools' 2021 from Rejet! The Rejestic Brothers are back and are asking for their lovely imouto's hand in marriage~ 💖⛓️

Translation below the cut. Also available on tumblr. 

Yuugen Romantica Vol 2 Zakuro Review

Ah yes, a post I meant to do back in May 2020 but never did lmaoo

Yuugen Romantica (Yuroma) Vol. 2 - Zakuro

CV: Sakurai Takahiro

Illustrator: Kazari Tayu 

Release: May 27, 2015

Website:  

"Hey, have you heard about the Seven Wonders of Nanagiri High?" It's rumored that if you visit the science room at midnight, you might see blue onibi (will-o-wisp) floating around. Be careful not to wake the wrathful Okitsune-sama, lest he either possess you or burn you to a crisp. But what happens when you're dared to enter the classroom and end up encountering the fabled fox youkai...?

I just want to point out that I'm shocked Yuroma has 6 seasons!? I can't believe it got that popular during the time I took a break from otome. 

But anyway, now that Rejet has uploaded season 1 to Youtube, of course I'm going to watch! After all, I am a simple girl - I see Sakurai and I immediately give a listen. 😆 Seeing a light haired nekomimi (...kitsunemimi? lol) character voiced by Sakurai immediately gave me Mejojo flashbacks... thankfully this CD was nothing like that lmao. But maybe that was an intentional marketing visual www 

As always, summary (rambles) and final thoughts below the cut~

Shopping Haul March 2021: Featuring Kuro's Misadventures in Online Shopping (+ Positives)

Due to covid impacting shipping and honestly not having extra money to buy games anyway, it's been a while since I've actually bought physical copies of games. I used to import quite a bit but with the way prices are now, my wallet just can't take all the extra proxy + shipping fees. 😷 So I thought.. I know a place where I can technically communicate directly to sellers and I'll pay about the same but without the international fees: Let's shop on Ebay!

Ebay was very eghh in my younger days, but it's definitely gotten better now, especially with more buyer protection policies.. Right?

Well...

It's been hit and miss, and apparently I just have awful online shopping luck lol.

Some were my fault, others were not. Oof. 😅 Despite my first couple transactions going not so well, there were some positives from this haul as well!

Otomeme Monday: Bernie x Dialovers

Made these a month ago but never posted here whoops. Naturally I had to return to my roots with Bernie memes: Dialovers Edition~

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Ladies from 5 Otome Games That I Wish Had Routes Part 2

Guess who's back! The struggle never ends with female characters in otome I wish I could romance, so naturally I had to create a part 2. 💖 If you missed it, you can find Part 1 over here!

Otomeme Monday: Slorp

This meme is dedicated to a seiyuu's performance in a very specific R18 otome drama cd and a very specific Discord server the drama streamed on in September of 2020... But if you know, you know 😂

Although you might also be able to guess on context lol