#doushi

Otome Doushi (Moeyo! Otome Doushi ~Kayuu Koigatari~) is a 2024 Switch game that we are finally getting in 2026 as an English translation. I don't mind paying full price for it since the localization is fairly new.

What I do find odd, though, is that the publisher's website doesn't list a link for the standard edition—only the Online Exclusive. Despite that, you can still find the standard edition available for pre-order on Amazon or GameStop for $49.99."

I honestly don't understand why Aksys stopped producing full limited editions in favor of these minimal online exclusives. Charging an extra $10 for a few small bonuses doesn't feel worth it, and we haven't seen a proper North American limited box set from them since Jack Jeanne back in 2023.

Seeing Otome Doushi get this same 'online exclusive' treatment is incredibly disappointing. It's hard to tell if they are trying a new strategy or just moving away from including physical soundtrack CDs, especially since they always seem to fluctuate between packaging them in a standard jewel case or a flimsy paper sleeve anyway.

Case

Inside, we get the standard case with no manual or character cards. Yes, I know publishers are skimping on character cards lately, but they're honestly so easy to produce!

I don't usually expect much from standard cases, but the interior artwork is actually nice. On the right, we have the character art, but on the left, there's a VERY LONG message printed inside—it’s just the warranty and customer support information. Why put that there? I have no idea. It's a really weird design choice.

Rating: 5/10

Acrylic Keychain

While it’s cute to get the six acrylic chibi keychains, the whole set just feels cheap. The keychains use basic metal ball chains, which is a letdown. Why not give us those lobster clasps shaped like hearts instead? I see them online all the time for cheap, so I know it wouldn’t have been that pricey to upgrade the keychains. I buy a lot of fan-made keychains at conventions, and those heart-shaped clasps are super cute—honestly, I might just buy some myself to swap these out.

To be frank, I would rather have received one BIG shaker keychain or another acrylic diorama. I guess the publisher is trying something new, but these online exclusives just feel cheap and lack any real creativity.

Rating: 6/10

Overall rating: 6.5/10 For an extra $10 you get 6 acrylic keychains with cheap meal chain. Over all it is a ok deal. Not much creativity on the keychains. I would wait for a sale.

i’m just 

ok so

i wanted to see what Comrade (in the socialist or communist sense) was in Japanese, kind of kicking around a few ideas about its use in fic with Black Knights maybe and uhhhhhhhh

apparently “comrade” in both Japanese and in Chinese has two meanings

“revolutionary comrade” - when you wanna overthrow the government together and establish a moneyless stateless society where the people own the means of production

LGBT “comrade” - members of the LGBT community (with the implication that they are aware of their membership in the community, have solidarity with other community members)

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And I’m just thinking of Code Geass and Revolutionary Girl Utena and even Steven Universe with the ways in which the two ideas come together, that there is this link between being Politically Queer and being an actual revolutionary

I would also be remiss not to add

One Kanji a Day

動詞の三種類、doushi no san shurui; 3 group of verbs

Note: In learning Japanese language, knowing which group a verb belongs to is extremely important (when to change the verb to -て形 or -た形 *sees picture below). There are 3 groups of verb named: 

Group 1: anything ends with -ku, -gu, -mu, -nu, -u, -tsu, -bu, -ru (idk why some of the verbs ends with -ru ended up in G1 so there are no other ways except to memorize the G1 -ru verbs lol)

Group 2: any verb that ends with -ru

Group 3: any verb with -suru and kuru ONLY (the easiest to memorize)

*I’m referring to the verb in 辞書形、jishokei; dictionary form. 

I knew a lot of my Chinese and Korean friends that learned the three different group in a different way and name (一段動詞 icihidan doushi 、二段動詞 nidan doushi 、五段動詞 godan doushi etc) but I learn Japanese using the ‘group’ way and I think this method is easier to us who are not used in using kanji. 

//AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

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