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Suit Saber is best blue Saber Sexy/10

Now I'm interested. Where do I sign up?

Yeah, if you don't know the milking otomate, it surely looks like a fanfic XD The main game have way more killing and sad backstories than your average otomege, so guess they did it for milk to make it super super happy, start to finish, but the conclusions are already nice and good. Just the path until the end is not that much.

Hey everyone! Today I'll talk about one of the most popular japanese otomeges from one of the most popular japanese developers: Hakuouki! Seeing there's tons of releases/sequels/prequels/spin-offs of this game, in different platforms even, I'm doing a simple guide for everyone trying to start your journey but have no idea where to begin. First, what is Hakuouki? It's a game by Otomate/Idea Factory, released back in 2008 for PS2, it tells you the story of some beautiful men in the Shinsengumi (that is, long story short, a special police force of the late shogunate period, 1864). The name of the guys are all from real existing persons, but some extra supernatural elements like demons and vampires were throw in the story for fun. If you're a fan of stories set in Japan's past so this game is just for you because the atmosphere is the best part of the game! Also with you like katanas. The main character is a bit bland and mostly useless, but the samurai boys are interesting enough! The fights are also fun, not super epic chuuni style, but good with some tragedy stuff. Also good to note is that it was first localized in 2012, a time where otomeges in the western market were still rare. Anyone wanted long haired bishies? They're all (except that second one from the left) so beautiful~ Still with me? Want to give it a go? Okay! Let's put things in order! Looking at the english versions, the very first you should get is one of the following: 1) the Android or iOS version that's named simply "Hakuoki"; 2) the Memories of Shinsengumi version for 3DS, that have some side stories that wasn't included in the first PS2 version (that's also not included in the Android/iOS version); 3) the Stories of the Shinsengumi version for PS3, that also includes the fandisc (there's actually NO other way of reading the fandisc in english outside of this version); 4) the Steam version (the age check is because of violence and not porn), although I advise against this one simply because this version (also available for PSVita) was split in two parts AND PART TWO WASN'T LOCALIZED YET! YOU'LL ONLY BUY HALF THE GAME! Supposedly there new routes here, since it's a remake of the original, but you'll have to wait until next year to see the full game, or you can just pick the other versions. Part one's name is Kyoto Winds and part two is Edo Blossoms. That's enough to understand the general idea of the game. Did you liked and want more? What's the next step? If you bought the PS3 version, read the fandisc, Hakuouki Zuisouroku, since it expands some stories of the main game (those stories aren't sequels, they happen in the middle of the first game)! And of course, there's some extra short stories for each of our guys, including ones that weren't available first time around! It's fun and fluffy most of the time, to break the serious atmosphere of the main scenario (Well, that's what fandisc are for...) ^.^ Unfortunately, you need to understand japanese to keep going... Next entry in your journey is Hakuouki Reimeiroku, a prequel. The catch here is that title is not an otome. WHAT? Yeah, you read that right. The protagonist is a guy (no, sadly no BL), there's no romance to be found here and the focus is actually fighting, bloody fighting, even with the MC loses tons of them. And honor, friendship and loyalty stuff. Pretty cool actually, especially for people that don't play otomeges for romance! There's plenty of versions for you to choose (DS (should work with an emulator), PSVita and PS3), but no PC (I noticed that otomate seems to hate PC for some reason... ¬¬). With no girls around, no BL is a waste of ikemens... After that, comes Hakuouki Kaikoroku, a mobile game that expands even more the lore of the original. It's like a second fandisc, with more short stories and tons of interactions between our characters. And, with that you just finished the main dish of the Hakuouki series! Wait, there's more? Well, of course, let's go over the spin-offs! I should note that all of them are completely useless to the lore, so only play them if you end up being a Hakuouki completionist. On the serious side, we have the Urakata Hakuouki games (the first one and its fandisc). It's set in the same world of the main series, but with a new MC and new boys (all of them still based on real people). Weirdly enough, you can actually start here, since the story here is mostly recycling some ideas from the first game. So either you play this if you really REALLY liked the original's ideas or start with this title. This game also have RPG elements, something that didn't let the otomege fanbase all that happy... On the silly side we have three more games: Hakuouki Yuugiroku and its sequel, just a collection of mini games with chibi characters and some short stories and CGs in between (but I don't think it's worth playing these for the story), and Hakuouki SSL, an officially made fanfic-of-sorts high school AU story. Yes, really. It's cute and happy, unlike the more serious main game, so if you want some giggles, this game is good enough. Blush boys in a doki doki school scenario And that concludes aaaaaaaaaall entries of the Hakuouki series. Phew! Was it worth? That's for you to decide. Lots of fans of the series were a bit annoyed by the constant milking of the frachise by otomate, but I think they finally stoped. I just hope they don't do same with Code Realize, bc I'm following this series for now, and I don't need more games than I can buy... In my humble opinion, a good place to stop is either after Reimeiroku or Kaikoroku. Or before Reimeiroku, if you're in for the romance. Oh... there's still all those anime adaptations to talk about... Eer, this blog is about gaming so I'll stop here! For now. Next time, in BL news, I'll try to do my first review! Until then!

REIMUUUUUUUUU! I also like Meiling, even if she's not that important... Bullet hell/10

I read tons of BL and only read those SFW: Sacred Sand and Essence Hunt: fun, short but nothing really amazing. Sacred Sand have no sound whatsoever unfortunately. Both are free, check Lemmasoft! Apocalypse Never is a very short RPG Maker game (not really a VN) with BL undertones. Pretty cute. Also free, but there aren't even kissing here. Humanoid ~Eternal Ring~ is the best of the bunch. It's about pure love and it's suuuuuuuuuper sweet! It's free, but it's in japanese. Some games also have all ages edition for PS2/PSP/PSVita, like Dramatical Murder, Togainu no Chi or Omerta The Legacy, but those are all in japanese only. As for otomege with short boys, try Nameless (look how cute he iiiiiiiiiis! and you'll be safe since all heroes in that game are dolls without age anyway. no one is underaged!)

Incidentally, I hate incest routes in VN. And yeah, it's way less weird than I thought at first too

I like horror too and I really liked things written by Kusaka Matsuri, so I'll recommend Gore Screaming Show (it's not as gory as it sounds) and Shingakkou ~Noli me Tangere~ (it's BL tho, but it's fcking good)

Your friends seems like nice people Italy, wait for me, I'm going!!!! Damn, I knew I should have chosen to learn italian over german...

SOMEONE WHO'S LIKE ME!!!! But in my case I discuss anime pr0n with my sister. We even make tops of which scenes were the best and such. That's what true friendship is all about! THE WINNER! But the last part is true tho, *pachi pachi pachi*

Hey, I'm back here with another gem! From Kiss the Cock: I wanted to say WTF Japan, but apparently this one is WTF Italy.

Actually, you deserve another award, you murderer. And I can't believe I'm actually winning with a total of 1 (one) person! And that's the story about how chika never went back to school again.

I put "your tastes" bc, like you, many of my friends knows that I like anime, but for half of my female friends anime = Naruto for whatever reason, so I don't think that counts... And just my aforementioned sister knows that I read eroge or BL stuff, period.

As title said. Let's see who's the shameless champion here! People that accidentally found out (rip you) also counts! For me... Only one. My younger sister. She loves guro/eroguro stuff so why the hell should I be ashamed of anything? What about you guys?

If with this you mean "the least manly guys possible", I recommend Kaitou Jade and Silver Chaos.

Otomaid @ Café for traps.

Hi, I'm the other otome, BL and (recently) yuri trash mentioned! Welcome!!!! Oh, loved that Wadanohara avatar! Did you played the other Mogeko games too? I loved Gray Garden!

Since Poltroon already broke the S;G combo, I'm putting a 2B pic here! Merry Christmaaaaaaaaaaas~~~~~

One day, someone will listen to you.

Heeeeeeeeeey! Welcome! I second Dergonu's suggestion of Nurse Love Addiction! It's a lovely game!

I recommend Tokyo Alice! It's a short and sweet nakige!

You have to watch all 8 Kyon-kun denwa to get the full experience.

I knew this would happen the moment I saw the poll. Most people here didn't play/don't care for Cinderella or Lamento, so the only ones with any chance of winning was YUNO or Sakura Dungeon... Even Umineko got more votes (technically Silvz and Dreamysyu) and it wasn't even an option!

There's quite a few things I'll check out, but I agree that's quite dull overall. I'll probably watch Fate/Extra (bc I'm a Fate fan and I love Red Saber), Card Captor Sakura (bc nostalgia, I used to watch it when I was 9 ^.^), Pop Team Epic (random humor seems like the shit I'll like) and maybe Junji Ito's Collection. But yeah, I just want Spring season bc Digimon.

Hey hey, are you implying that the usual BL fans are slightly psychopath already so we have to be full-on to break the norm? Who am I kidding, this kinda makes sense! I never tried to write a proper review of something, but I'm planning to do one next month (let's see how this will turn out ), but I'll be better at it by the time the game is out! So yeah, you can wait for it in 2019! BRING IT ON!