Hayashi Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 There seems to always be a male side character in most VNs, and they usually don't affect the plot much, whats the purpose of such characters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Comic relief mostly. They don't play any role larger than that because that would get in the way of scoring all the girls. Some visual novels do tend to have more worth while male characters such as Little Busters which is pretty much about the boys and White Album 2 where Takeya tries to play the role of the wise man, for good and bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astro Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 What games don't tell you is that while the protag only gets 1 heroine at the end of the game, your best friend fugs all the other girls you didn't pick after you all graduate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosebleed Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Bad VNs don't do anything with them, good VNs have a secret bromance route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDice Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 While VNs (or stories in general) don't have to be realistic, they should aim for immersion. And an easy way to reach immersion, is to have believable and relate things, be it a normal story or a really weird story. A complete absence of other male characters for example, has to be justified through the setting (all-girls schools, amazon island, etc) or it would alienate the audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidbatman Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Would be an interesting discussion to dive into the best and worst of these side kick male characters and how they add to the narrative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segai Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Would be an interesting discussion to dive into the best and worst of these side kick male characters and how they add to the narrative. While not a sidekick, I nominate Gasai Itsuki from Coµ as he is rather important to the plot and is generally a well-written, awesome character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Blue Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 there is actually a vn that it's all about that friend or second character, clephas did a review of the game http://forums.fuwanovel.net/blog/46/entry-715-boku-wa-tomodachi-i-am-not-sweetheart/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerathim Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Deep Blue and Thunderbro 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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