#otome thoughts

WVSHSHS the first time I read this I felt personally attacked because what do you mmmeeeaaannn that he was blessed by beauty and he does housework??!!

And his expression is immovable?? He’s a fusion between Lilia and Silver ahhhh

DOES THIS NOT SOUND LIKE GENERAL VANROUGE!?!? AHHHHHH 💚💚💚🥰🥰🥰

ABSHSBS ALSO THE KISS NOISES AT THE END AHHHHH FLIPS TABLE

I heard he has yan tendencies 👀👀💞💞

I was recently reading a fanfic where the MC gets jealous because of the political reality of the Sengoku era—specifically, the fact that having concubines was completely normal for a warlord.

It really made me pause. As much as I love Ikemen Sengoku, how would a modern woman actually survive that? The game shows us so much intimacy and such deep, soul-mate level conversations. In our world, that bond is exclusive. But in that era, marriage was just a political tool.

I honestly don’t see a "happy ending" for a modern MC in that situation. If you take a heart that believes in being "the only one" and drop it into a world where you are "one of many," something has to break. The intimacy we love in the game would be ruined the moment a political marriage or a concubine enters the picture.

What do you guys think? In that situation, what would the MC even do? Would she try to accept it, or would the heartbreak be too much for a modern girl to handle?

now i will do my best to not bash kiyo since i know plenty of people enjoyed his story. i appear to be of the minority(?) that didn’t. for once in my life i actually had to put my phone away and detach. which in itself is bizarre since i play games to escape reality. yet here i am running away from a fantasy.

but as a writer i know that fiction stems from reality, and inspiration can come from anything that happens in our daily lives.

my problem with kiyo is mainly his behaviour and attitude. (i hate that word, but it’s the only one that seems to fit though) he’s the type of man that doesn’t like women and has a mouth that should be sewn shut basically. somehow this type of man is popular, and my life is blessed to not know of any.

he basically treats mc like his personal project; and she literally is when he does his makeover article with her as the first ‘contestant’ or winner. i can’t quite remember how it is phrased. a major theme in the story is change, people changing. but i’m not entirely sure the mc in this story needs to change in such a drastic way as kiyo seems to force upon her. in the entire story mc isn’t given an opportunity to grieve over her marriage, which she should be entitled to since she’s just found out her husband--who she absolutely adores and has complete faith in--has cheated on her.

i’m reading about a mc who is the most loving woman that possibly exists, yet you have her love interest who bullies her into believing she caused her marriage to breakdown and that she is a coward for making all these excuses and not doing anything to change them. even if it were true: which i don’t actually believe, since we’re not given any evidence to prove this besides kiyo’s opinion: he actually has no right to insult her when she’s experiencing a life crisis.

i won’t delve too much into nitpicking kiyo’s character, but essentially he’s a trope i steer clear of. i hoped he would be an improvement on taki, but at least taki seems to appreciate the mc from the beginning of his story; whether that be because of their history, i’m not concerned.

my next issue was kiyo’s incredibly brief back story. it wasn’t at all compelled to feel anything, i almost thought; “so what he was bullied?”, then my opinion of his worsened because he should know better, because while we may excuse his name-calling because it’s a staple in voltage games, it’s also a form of bullying. and words hurt people, as insignificant as they may seem. kiyo attempts to convince mc that she should learn to filter out the negativity spoken to her, but lets be honest, for a great portion of his story all he seems to do is criticise her. it’s a bit hard to ignore.

later we learn that kiyo was tricked by a married woman when his career was hitting big. hence, why he no likey the women in the world. fair enough. i can’t quite scrutinise that besides asking myself why on earth he shows remotely any interest in the mc. what about her actually makes him consider giving her a chance...? i was so so hopeful for an answer when kiyo is asked in the final moments ‘why her?’ by a reporter.

enter disappointment. excuse the major spoiler but his answer is basically he was ‘drawn to her’, oh boy kiyo that goes way against your character trope. (which i’m not entirely against) but still, could you please let me know what exactly made you fall for her? he explains that mc is the most beautiful woman in the world. was that before or after her makeover buddy? i’m not sure what is worse, his vague answer or his superficial continuation of confusion i was suspected to.

but i’m sure mc loved to be called beautiful because she was cheated on her and her self esteem was probably all over the place the entire story. the minute kiyo says he needs her, feeding her all this lip service nonsense, i’m a little gutted she didn’t trust him less, only because i didn’t believe a word coming out his mouth.

anyway, this rant has helped me sort out this frustrations i had over kiyo’s story. if you were lovely enough to read this post in its entirety i would love you to click on the heart. i do blame myself a bit, for all this aggro, since i’ve been attempting to kickstart my various novels, my opinion on other writings has become rather harsh and i find myself displeased the majority of the time. i feel that voltage stories never truly dig deep enough into a story, at least in kiyo’s case. that or, i was on a mighty empathy wave the entire read. ^^;;

The full video 🥰🥰💞💞💞

WHEN I SAW THIS VIDEO THE FIRST TIME I WAS SCREAMING AHHH WHAHSHSS

It was in the morning and I was not ready ahhhh ahhh

He said “Hana” and I died 🥰🥰🥰

OTL

they are making me go through the trenches just to play midorikawa’s route and get the happy ending too.

(Person who usually only plays the happy endings)

Ahhhh

Ohh?? 👀👀💞💞💞 being called adorable 🥰🥰