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For a bit of context, I’m going to repost most of my original comment from the weekly post on !otomegames@kbin.social, and I’ll also add to it with what I’ve gotten to since making that comment.

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It feels like it fits right in with the anime and manga, although Prince Geordo is drawn a lot more attractively (in my opinion) in this game than in the anime or manga. I didn’t think I’d be interested at all in the Canon Foreigner (warning, TVTropes link) LIs, also known as the ones who aren’t in the original anime or manga, because I usually tend to dislike Canon Foreigners. But I got to meet one of them so far and I think I might like him!

I’m usually not the type asking for F/F representation in otome, although I very much welcome it. But I always thought that this game should probably have it because Catarina absolutely has female suitors in the anime and manga, who are also her best friends and fellow main characters, and I’m kind of disappointed that none of them are options. However, the game does explicitly acknowledge that her female friends are in love with her as well, so at least there’s that.

So far, I do not want to ruin this moment for you but there has been two hilarious, intentionally-on-the-nose moments of foreshadowing. Also, immediately after a character showed up who was undateable but hot, the game literally acknowledges that he’s hot and undateable, explaining that he’s married. There’s also a great CG-related moment Katarina explicitly talks about that I don’t want to ruin.

As demonstrated above, there’s the usual antics of everyone loving Katarina (game spells it as Catarina but I’ll always prefer it with a K) and her being totally oblivious, which I love for. She just had a moment where I would be screaming at most otome heroines, who are probably intended to be of average intelligence, to get a clue. But she literally acknowledges in-game that thinking is… not her strong suit. And so I’m not mad at all when this moment happened, because it’s totally in character for her to not realize that obvious thing.

I seem to be discovering a newfound interest in fictional jealousy, because I’ve really liked the moments where Katarina’s suitors get jealous and she is oblivious ^^;

Also, I think this game does a really good job of showing just how sweet of a person Katarina really is. It’s only Chapter 2 and she’s had several moments that make me think “what a nice person” lol. It’s fitting, considering that one reason why she is so beloved is because of her genuine kindness, and I appreciate it.

Last thing I can’t seem to find anywhere else to put: I’m charmed by the music.

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I really feel teased, if you went into the game having consumed other Hamefura material but without knowing which characters are the LIs in this game, you’d probably guess the girls are LIs too, what with the switching to their POV and options that make you choose between them… Speaking of having consumed other Hamefura material, the game recaps material people who have already consumed Hamefura material would know, so those unfamiliar with the franchise won’t be left out, but it also does so in a way that’s short or entertaining enough to not annoy people like me who have consumed it.

I’ve found 6 typos so far, after completing the Normal End, Keith happy end and good end, and barely starting the Geordo route. One during a dramatic scene in Geordo’s route. Jolted me right out of it. Several of these typos are misspelling a character’s name.

The doctor character doesn’t even get a sprite but I remember him. At least on the Keith route, currently playing through Geordo’s.

Keith’s route seems to me to appeal to the fantasy of being protected.

When initially playing, the first time I saw Rozy I thought he was possibly a family member of the pirate, and finishing the Normal End made me think otherwise. Finishing Keith’s route and starting Geordo’s, I’m suspicious again.

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