There is also a anime for an 18+ otome game it's called kuro to kin akanai kagi, its only two episodes long and focuses on one route, it's very ecchi 👀
Otome games don't translate too well into animes so i honestly prefer not to have adaptations, the only ones I appreciate are the honourable mentions, basically the ones that add something new and don't try to retell the story
I watched the Amnesia anime first without playing the game, and went into the anime expecting to hate-watch it based on what everyone was saying about it when it first came out in 2013, but I couldn't hate it after all. It had problems, but I think it did its best trying to combine certain stories together in a short time while choosing to focus on Protagonist and Ukyo's relationship. Perhaps I would feel different if more anime adaptations of otome games weren't common route advertisements for their games. I do remember the anime fondly 10 years later as I watch an Amnesia LP for the first time (from GirlGotGame).
A picture of Toma from the anime is what got me started on otome games. Having to fit five routes into twelve episodes, I think they did pretty decent, but I bias since it got me into otome. I won’t ever hate adaptations since they are what can get people into the games.
Btw Rose of Versailles, a popular manga/anime from the 70s has an otoge version for the switch. I want to play it. And it actually gives you the option of romancing the girls so 10/10.
Berubara gakuen is not an otomege version, it was inspired by it and no, you cannot romance the girls. There's nozomi(inspired by oscar) end and its just a friendship route.
3:28 OMG REALLY?! THAT MAKES SOOOO MUCH SENSE! I watched that anime many MANY years back when it aired and i quite liked it but something felt ... off? so its bc it was an otome adaptation AGAIN! urgh why does this always happen...? Also this is what i learned from the video: If you dont know theres a game for it, it CAN be a good anime. But if you do know theres a game its based off, just play the game instead bc you know you want to.
Ouran Host Club anime is a shoujo comedy goldmine. On that anime worked the same people that made Sailor Moon. (Manga is also funny a lot but audio-visual jokes of the anime is on another level)
I loved the Kamigami no asobi anime I have no idea about anything going on in the game tho. I would say I like harem anime the give hints of romance with ambiguous endings like Kamigami no asobi (takeru my love) and Amnesia (shin I can fix him). I tend to not like otome animes with a set love interest cause idk why more often than not I don't like the set love interest example: Tokyo Meiji Renka (is this second/alt male lead syndrome? I swear I don't usually fall for that). I also love otome animes that focus more on characters than romance, for me personally that makes me more interested in the game as I get a little sneak peek at what to expect in a character route without completely spoiling the plot of the game example: uta no prince sama (I think I also just have a thing for idols)
My favourites that I watched a long time ago were the La Corda D'Oro anime and s1 of UtaPri. I've only played the UtaPri phone game but since that has no romance it wasn't for me haha It's always fun to compare these but I guess turns out I haven't got any games I've also watched an adaptation of or watched anything that I've also played. I would try to fix that but already too long a backlog lol
Oh, haven't heard of that! I was surprised about how many adaptions there were, but also how many I've already watched...now all that is left are the games, but I have a lifetime for that ☺️ (and will need that)
MLQC is a gacha otome, and there isn't a real route. The 'common route' is still ongoing, with it reaching season 2 (you can read season 2 without reading season 1 but season 1 will let you understand a lot of the mysteries of the world the game is set on). Romantic interactions are locked behind cards that you have to gacha / spend resources on. So far there hasn't been a real progress yet, so technically if you do want to play a gacha otome I do think that Tears of Themis has the best premise as in the 1st Anniversary you officially date and in the 2nd Anniversary you're officially engaged. But as someone who play MLQC for a long time, I still have to say I really like the routes in the character cards, dates are romantic and there's actually reviews on more romantic cards you can try to get. Some dates are easier to get via lower rarity cards too. The biggest reason I stop playing is the publisher's actions and the way the players are treated and not because I dislike the game (I love it too much but I just can't vibe with the publisher). MLQC's main route has the Love Interests already liking the main character with very little romantic interaction (but there are romantic interactions but again it's better with dates). There's also little romantic interactions in the housing system. Like MLQC, Tears of Themis' main route has the Love Interests already in love with the main characters, each for very different reasons. They have fleshed out character stories in which is connected with the Anniversary cards (so Anniv cards can be said to be a 'must have' especially for the guy you're most interested in). And unlike MLQC, you do have a relationship progression in which right now in the English version, you're dating but in the CN version you're already engaged. Events are set as if you're still in the common route so that's something that some people might have a problem with, and the cards released also follow the timeline (e.g. cards before 1st Anniv doesn't really show that you're dating and cards after 1st Anniv reference that you're dating), so it's definitely not a beginner's friendly game (but if you don't care about the card timeline, it's ok too). Tears of Themis has controversies because of the game premise, but in my opinion, it's not a deal breaker, considering all it did is bring to light already existing problems people choose to ignore. I am also playing a Chinese game called Light and Night, which is also a gacha, and in a sense it's more similar to MLQC :T but the game is indeed more steamy that MLQC. AND it has a minigame in which you can play small truth or dare with the guys, and the new housing system too. Now the problem with CN based otome is censorship. If your game doesn't pass the censorship standards, it won't be allowed to release at all. MLQC actually attempted to launch some steamy scenes but it was all cancelled due to their age rating and they have to update their age rating if they want to launch it. Tears of Themis age rating is already 16+, I think, in China, while Light and Night is 16+. So most of the romance is either angsty or fluffy (and steamy scenes in Fade to Black). I have also played Japanese gacha otome like Ayakashi and A3, they all fall into the same problem that romance only happens in cards, the main route focuses more into each characters' problems and it's hard to actually feel like romance exist (the A3 Anime is literally how I feel the game is where the group is just one big family and not really an otome game with 20 possible routes). Ayakashi however, it's certainly romantic in the character route and card story, but the relationship doesn't seem like it progresses at all :'). Like even the card romance is just minimal :'). It's just dress up your ayakashi boys and learn political and mystical intrigue. Specials are romantic too but yes, it just doesn't feel like you're gonna get married. I have played Obey Me but I quit because I didn't get Beel in the anniv gacha when I got almost 5 copies of EVERYONEELSE in the anniv gacha he was featured in. But the game itself doesn't feel like you're romancing one guy to be honest. There are romantic elements in the main route including kissing and hugging and implied 'more' things, but honestly I... can't :'). So, out of all these Gacha otomes I've played, which one do I recommend the most to someone who'd like story? Tears of Themis. It's not beginner's friendly as I said before but you'll definitely like it. The common route has a 'focus' on a certain character's background for every chapter and it's still ongoing, the character route has, of course, reached the confession and dating stage, and it's a progressing relationship. It didn't end with 'getting the guy' it's a relationship in progress! And the MC has personality (which I actually feel most otome lacks). If you don't mind the gacha, I'm sure you'll like the game. Past event stories with no rerun will have to wait, sadly, but major events like Lost Gold have received their permanent addition, so you can expect other big events to receive their rerun / story addition.
In terms of content, people can think of Yosuga No Sora whatever they want. But as an anime adaptation it works. The episodes are divided into chapters named after the love interest. Each chapter always starts with episode 1 and the chapters are independent of each other except 2. The viewer has the choice of which love interest the protagonist gets together with. The route principle from the game is transferred to the series and I don't know of any other series that has done this. But in most cases the feeling of an otome game can´t be transferred to a series. Even though the adaptation of Amnesia isn't the best, I wanted to play the game and I just did.
@@LinLinLavender I like the anime but the game is much better. You learn a lot more about the story and the characters. Finally, a lot is left out in the anime. But you can't tell a story in an anime with only 12 episodes that depend on choices and have more than 25 different endings. Most of the good endings are shown but the other possible endings are missing. It is often criticized that the protagonist doesn't speak much and doesn't have a real character, but she just has amnesia. That's what's special in the game but it doesn't work so well in the anime. Or that the protagonist doesn't have a name because it is given by the player. But still, I like the mysterious atmosphere in the anime and you want to know why it all happens and why Ukyo behaves so creepily.
I actually really like the UtaPri anime for what it is. They didn't actually really adapt much of anything from the games and put the characters into a more into a what if scenario. I don't think the anime would be as beloved as it is if they tried to stick to the source material because the chaotic nature of the games just wouldn't translate well in the anime. Also I love your videos! >
That's interesting! I yet have to play the games 😍 You might be right about that as true route adaptations are often too short and leave so much to be desired Oh, thank you so much! 💖 Thanks for watching and commenting 💕
I've watched all of DL's anime, I'm watching Brothers Conflict, and I'm going to watch Amnesia now that I'm finishing Memories. I enjoyed DL, it sparked my curiosity. BC is fun to make fun of with my partner. And I'll update my thoughts on Amnesia later.
I love this video, it's so much fun to watch (the beginning is just so funny and relatable 💖)! I hope the crisps were tasty! 😂 Ughhh Amnesia anime... bad memories (pun intended 😂). I really loved the game, the suspense was cool, I was scared of dying every time I had to make a choice, a lot of dangerous characters (in other words: perfect), but the anime reeeeeally doesn't live up to the game, it's just very... bad? I don't even know how to describe it 😅 I actually watched Amnesia anime first and then played the game and I understood what was happening in the anime only after playing the game 😥 I remember starting to watch Brothers Conflict anime (never played the game though), wasn't enjoying it too much honestly. I totally agree with you, main character really didn't have a personality. But I suppose the setting wasn't my cup of tea either, I was really put off by the fact that they were her stepbrothers and also some of them were too obnoxious for me, but hey I knew what I was getting myself into when I was starting to watch, these things aren't necessarily flaws, it just wasn't for me. Omg I had no idea that Starry Sky has an anime adaptation, I'm living under a rock 😂 I remember watching Arcana Famiglia back when I didn't know that otome existed, I was so shocked to learn that it was originally a game when I got into otome 😂 I must watch Code Realize after I finally complete the game! I really enjoyed the songs in Dance with Devils! Ahh I really feel like listening to them now! 😂 Omg Vampire Knight! #teamZero 😂😂😂 (I still have to read the manga XD) ...wait wait WAIT! Ouran has its own GAMEEE?! AAAAAAAAAAAA 💖 I CANTTT Ouran is one of my first and favorite anime, it has a game and I didn't know about it. How did this happen????? I really do live under a rock 😂 And main heroine in the anime is just wonderfullll, I love her, she's a queen, she needs to be worshipped, she's just the best, I'm obsessed 😂💖 For some reason I was sure that I watched only Hakuoki anime movie, but throughout this whole video I was like "memory unlocked" all the time (and I'm literally drowning in nostalgia right now 😂), so it appears that I know more anime based on otome than I thought yaay 💖 Oh god I've just written a whole essay... but I'm just sooo excited, too much nostalgia 😂
Thank you 🥰 I always wait a bit for your comments ☺️ Yes, they were good, thanks! Was a good week sweets wise 😅 Right? The Amnesia anime is so bad! And yet the game so good... Respect, that you still felt like playing the game afterwards ...I don't... Also BroCon...booooring! Oh yes, I see that and no angst of course 😂 Me neither, but also the Starry Sky anime is not really worth it...only a bad compensation for the game Oh, I haven't heard of Arcana Famiglia before...that reminds me I forgot to write your name in the shout-out, sorry! Though you helped me so much with the Hakuouki stuff 🙈 next time!! No, no need to watch the CR anime ;) Yes, the songs in Dance with Devils are fun but personally not for me, definitely looking forward to the game though! Yeeees! So team Zero! 😭 (Shakes fist at anime) he's so cool! My first anime crush possibly Oh it is? Host Club really is a classic 😁 Why do you like the heroine so much? ☺️
@@LinLinLavender Awww I'm really happy then! 💖 I suppose that's only because I played the game long time after watching the anime so my memories of the anime were blurry 😂 Yeah, no angst = no fun 😂 (I'm just kidding of course... or am I? 😂) I was talking about La Storia della Arcana Famiglia you mentioned in the video, I just shortened the name because I was feeling lazy 😁 No problem at all! I'm happy I could help even though I watched it long time ago and my memory was rusty! 💖 I see, so I should just avoid CR if I want some good anime or lower my standards 😂 I'm curious what Dance with devil game is like, never checked it out Omggg yesss he was such a crush, hello #teamZero sister! 😂💖 Main character in Ouran is such a down-to-earth, pragmatic character, and all of the bachelors around her have really crazy, exaggerated personalities, which makes their interactions so interesting, and it makes her personality really shine 💖 And also I'm definitely biased because I know a few people like her irl, who I really like and respect 😊
@@LunaLuna-bz3xz You're no, no angst really is no fun! Exactly 😂 The Dance with Devils game is by Rejet so I heard it has some messed up endings 👌 Yeeees 😭 I hated Kanan(?) You know the vampire so much when he pretended HE put the blanket on her! 👿 Can't respect people like that That's right, especially the contrast to the others makes it funny 😁 We're all biased, don't worry ☺️
@@LinLinLavender Messed up endings? Well, now I'm interested 😏 Yeah, Kaname is such a sneaky snake, don't even get me started on him! He was standing in the way of my ship coming true, unforgivable pff Zero is a best boi 💖
as a fan of collar x malice i hope they mostly due to dark part the story rather then the romance sens that kinda what most the game is though im still working on the game myself still just finish kei route
I watched La Storia Della Arcana Famiglia when i was like 9 and my dumbass was convinced that Libertà was the main character for YEARS because he was kind of shonen like and i only understood it was a harem after i rewatched it a few years later 😭
@@LinLinLavender The general feeling online at the time seemed to be that this show was going to be the end of otome adaptations. ^•^ If you allow yourself to embrace the nonsense though, it's actually pretty charming, in a weird kind of way.
I watched Vampire knight season 1 the other day and I can't help myself being creep out by kaname's every touch to Yuki T-T I even lost my interest to watch the season 2 because of it.
When I watched dance with devils the only thing I saw is them singing all the time like literally wtf 👁️👄👁️.... Then one of mu friend asked me who was my favorite... And damm I told her.. Me : .. It's...Shiki..Natsumezaka.... P. S : Idk why but it's just like the way he gives me yandere ans cat boy vibes makes wanna throw my hands on him instead of him throwing his hands on me. I feel like I'll make him submissive for sure 👍 🙂 lol
Hey, secret fan, good to see you here ☺️ Yeah...the musical was also not really for me tbh... I've heard that the manga focuses more on Shiki! I see, your dark shows 😂
First, I *NEED* to write myself all I wanted to say, with my epileptic memory, I struggled every time, new conclusion came to me, trying to remember them ALL. I am so PROUD OF MYSELF, seeing, I remember pretty much, focusing so hard on it... But I for hell don't remember ORDER NOW. 😅 1. TH-cam DID... UNSUBSCRIBE ME?! 😱 😳 2. Every time, I think, something is not there... 3. I feel like with MLQC, I NEED to voice my opinion. 😜 4. 8:50 it is my stupid detail focuse, but... 5. Yeah, Vampire Knight and 'WHY INCEST, DARN IT'. 6. YES, OF COURSE, IN THE END OF DAY... 1st. I SERIOUSLY got pissed off with this discovery - I WAS SUBSCRIBING YOU, so why now I had option to SUBSCRIBE YOU AGAIN?! 😱 When did I ever UNSUBSCRIBE, TH-cam?! 🙄😒 2nd. I hear list going, I am like, 'seriously?! No...' and every time title suddenly pops up. VERY GOOD and 'compressed, yet impressing' video. 💛 3rd. YES, *MLQC* ... 🤩🥺☺️ I heard some people LOVE this anime, as we have OLD CAST GUYS still there, but... People who love it, I assume, NEVER PLAYED GAME. Like, I told some times, I am ATELOPHOBE and this game is FREAKING HONEY for my always nagging for 'hole into whole' subconciously, personality. 🤷🏻♀️ Game is more on josemuke, but with mc fully included, type of genre. 😅Like, everything IS about mc, who is strugglind through VERY(to not spoil) complicated, often heartbreaking plot... YET in game, main route is more about VERY VERY complicated plot, that switch chapters to each guy, instead letting 'chosing route'. So, as if 4(later 5) in 1. Game involve tons of details, with Right Beside You(asmr), side stories abot guys, messages, calls, events (+event calls), that let You (like getcha, splited on ticket and gold ones) get karmas(that are involving voiced dates), let You get closer Your chosen man(Vic is 28, youngest is Shaw, like 20). Also You level Your company and it's workers, still, as if further plot of a game were involved, but briefly. 😁 Because little details let You focuse on 'guy You fall for'. BUT in same time, reaching 'one true route of game' demands from You, even when little moments, when You can chose route of guy, reading all their routes, just to understand it all... Yes, this is CHINESE game for us. But, GOSH, I always WILL simp over how PERFECT details are. Music is breath taking(after all they started even do TOURS with their music, but it is Orchestra, so I think they are used to it), every new PV(every next event, chapters of main story...) is masterpiece in graph and composition. 🤷🏻♀️ Game makes You, longer You play, more enchanted with it's PERFECTION. And is unafordable only for those, who try to get ALL events ALL CARDS. 🤷🏻♀️ Because, seriously, saving to spend much less needs STRATEGY (like mine is every day challenges, weekly walks and VIP membership, which let together save 1000 diamonds per week + freebies, that game creators give every few days). 🤷🏻♀️ But I will rather play one PERFECTLY DONE game, than many lower standard ones... Apropos 'lower Your standards'. BELIVE ME, I TRIED. 😂 I much rather hold with synthezator-like talking, like Tokimeki Memorial girl's side on DS still, than STUPID MC. Like everyone are enchanted with Collar x Malice, or Piofiore, but moment mc annoyed me, I needed drop game, as I find it irritable... So, when I AM enchanted by something, I fall head-on, I think. 🤷🏻♀️ WHICH leads us to ANIME. Like with Hakuoki focusing on HIJIKATA, MLQC is just, as THIS GAME DO, skip through ALL GUYS paths... However. As much, as game is supplied with all 'know him better' atributes, anime... You say it correctly about 'cutting 4 games into 6h - yeah, good luck with THAT'. This game in itself is AMAZINGLY complicated and to grasp it all, I plan replaying 1st season soon... But anime try to SIMPLIFY it, cut 'unnecessary things'... Which left me leaving anime after 3 episodes. Like, I saw GUY-FOCUSED AMV and they are nice. But... This game is TOO MUCH TO COMPREHEND, especially cutting edges, taking away some substance and... Dumb.. Ifying... MC. Because in game her pure, naive nature have those 'smart glimpses', that turns her into who she become later on. In anime... Didn't seen it all, as said... But it is just too irritating... ALSO ART. It is good for CASUAL ANIME standard. But comparing it with STUNNING KARMAS... Those arts in anime become medicore. Not saying about piano cords turned into THIS JP OPENING... So, all in all. 1 for GAME. DEFINITELLY. 🤷🏻♀️ 🤷🏻♀️ 🤷🏻♀️ 4th. *Sorry, me being me* , I hope You don't mind, as I don't know, if You WANT to know: You read score wrong. 😅 5th. Vampire Knight... Only one of 2 anime with 'Vampire motive'( other being, sadly never finished, vampire VIBE, Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru , that is not fully BL, more soulmates like), that I can stand, was glad when recently fans translated DS version and I can FINALLY NOT CHOSE HER GOD DARN BROTHER. Like HELL, I DON'T WANT INCEST, MC, STOP WITH THIS INCEST! 😭 She is SO BLIND over silver head hotty pining over her. 😒 6th. And OF COURSE it leads to one conclusion - You are right : *OF COURSE, GAMES ARE BETTER* , some are BETTER OFF, NEVER MADE ANIME OF (like, what if they tried to do, for example, Unending Bloody Call, or Tokimeki memorial girl side anime 😅)... But introducing title to wider audience is good for everybody, as not liking it, we can just dump anime, but EVEN ME, loving Saito, I will not say Hakuoki is DISASTER anime. It is not. Not for ME, but imagine such good job done over YOUR FAV ship. 🤷🏻♀️ It is partly luck, partly standards, but as You said, anime should be INTRODUCTION to spending more time and efford over GAME/MANGA. 🤷🏻♀️ Just like MANGA turned to anime, many turn disaster in eyes of who READ ORYGINAL, as they expect it to reach ORYGINAL. If one cut loose expectations, some series are enjoyable. In other cases, like with mangas, one is MUCH BETTER staying with oryginal. 🤷🏻♀️
So, finally the time to reply: I also sometimes take notes for comments 😅 1. Sometimes TH-cam deletes subscribers if it thinks they are fake? I don't know..but glad you are back!! 2. Naw thank you! I'm very happy to hear that you liked the list! I was also surprised about the sheer amount of games! 3. Ok, that the game is more detailed is kind of necessary, as games are longer, right? Oh, good game music is precious! Yeah, not ever game is for everyone! Don't need to lower you bar too much ;) What a shame they cutted so much and didn't make room for character development True! The art in anime is quite often not on par with the game Point for the game :D 4. Yes I read the score wrong I know 😅 that's why I always displayed it 5. Yes, more vampire Knight love for Zero!!! ❤️ 6. Yes games are better ☺️ That's how it is, it just makes is available to a wider audience! Definitely agree with you ☺️
There is also a anime for an 18+ otome game it's called kuro to kin akanai kagi, its only two episodes long and focuses on one route, it's very ecchi 👀
Oh my 😏
I will also add Trick or alice it only has one episode lmaoo
@@hisle9188 where did u watch it? I can't found trick or alice anywhere 😭
Otome games don't translate too well into animes so i honestly prefer not to have adaptations, the only ones I appreciate are the honourable mentions, basically the ones that add something new and don't try to retell the story
That is understandable...it's really different
I watched the Amnesia anime first without playing the game, and went into the anime expecting to hate-watch it based on what everyone was saying about it when it first came out in 2013, but I couldn't hate it after all. It had problems, but I think it did its best trying to combine certain stories together in a short time while choosing to focus on Protagonist and Ukyo's relationship. Perhaps I would feel different if more anime adaptations of otome games weren't common route advertisements for their games. I do remember the anime fondly 10 years later as I watch an Amnesia LP for the first time (from GirlGotGame).
A picture of Toma from the anime is what got me started on otome games. Having to fit five routes into twelve episodes, I think they did pretty decent, but I bias since it got me into otome. I won’t ever hate adaptations since they are what can get people into the games.
Btw Rose of Versailles, a popular manga/anime from the 70s has an otoge version for the switch. I want to play it. And it actually gives you the option of romancing the girls so 10/10.
That's so cool, I didn't know that! Definitely have to check that out 😍
Otoge is inspired by the manga, it's not an adaptaion.
Berubara gakuen is not an otomege version, it was inspired by it and no, you cannot romance the girls.
There's nozomi(inspired by oscar) end and its just a friendship route.
3:28 OMG REALLY?! THAT MAKES SOOOO MUCH SENSE! I watched that anime many MANY years back when it aired and i quite liked it but something felt ... off? so its bc it was an otome adaptation AGAIN! urgh why does this always happen...?
Also this is what i learned from the video:
If you dont know theres a game for it, it CAN be a good anime. But if you do know theres a game its based off, just play the game instead bc you know you want to.
I also didn't know about Arcana Famiglia at all 😱
That's a very accurate rule 🤣
Ouran Host Club anime is a shoujo comedy goldmine. On that anime worked the same people that made Sailor Moon. (Manga is also funny a lot but audio-visual jokes of the anime is on another level)
I didn't know that! And yes the anime really is amazing!
I loved the Kamigami no asobi anime I have no idea about anything going on in the game tho. I would say I like harem anime the give hints of romance with ambiguous endings like Kamigami no asobi (takeru my love) and Amnesia (shin I can fix him). I tend to not like otome animes with a set love interest cause idk why more often than not I don't like the set love interest example: Tokyo Meiji Renka (is this second/alt male lead syndrome? I swear I don't usually fall for that). I also love otome animes that focus more on characters than romance, for me personally that makes me more interested in the game as I get a little sneak peek at what to expect in a character route without completely spoiling the plot of the game example: uta no prince sama (I think I also just have a thing for idols)
My favourites that I watched a long time ago were the La Corda D'Oro anime and s1 of UtaPri. I've only played the UtaPri phone game but since that has no romance it wasn't for me haha It's always fun to compare these but I guess turns out I haven't got any games I've also watched an adaptation of or watched anything that I've also played. I would try to fix that but already too long a backlog lol
Oh, haven't heard of that!
I was surprised about how many adaptions there were, but also how many I've already watched...now all that is left are the games, but I have a lifetime for that ☺️ (and will need that)
MLQC is a gacha otome, and there isn't a real route. The 'common route' is still ongoing, with it reaching season 2 (you can read season 2 without reading season 1 but season 1 will let you understand a lot of the mysteries of the world the game is set on). Romantic interactions are locked behind cards that you have to gacha / spend resources on. So far there hasn't been a real progress yet, so technically if you do want to play a gacha otome I do think that Tears of Themis has the best premise as in the 1st Anniversary you officially date and in the 2nd Anniversary you're officially engaged.
But as someone who play MLQC for a long time, I still have to say I really like the routes in the character cards, dates are romantic and there's actually reviews on more romantic cards you can try to get. Some dates are easier to get via lower rarity cards too. The biggest reason I stop playing is the publisher's actions and the way the players are treated and not because I dislike the game (I love it too much but I just can't vibe with the publisher).
MLQC's main route has the Love Interests already liking the main character with very little romantic interaction (but there are romantic interactions but again it's better with dates). There's also little romantic interactions in the housing system.
Like MLQC, Tears of Themis' main route has the Love Interests already in love with the main characters, each for very different reasons. They have fleshed out character stories in which is connected with the Anniversary cards (so Anniv cards can be said to be a 'must have' especially for the guy you're most interested in). And unlike MLQC, you do have a relationship progression in which right now in the English version, you're dating but in the CN version you're already engaged. Events are set as if you're still in the common route so that's something that some people might have a problem with, and the cards released also follow the timeline (e.g. cards before 1st Anniv doesn't really show that you're dating and cards after 1st Anniv reference that you're dating), so it's definitely not a beginner's friendly game (but if you don't care about the card timeline, it's ok too). Tears of Themis has controversies because of the game premise, but in my opinion, it's not a deal breaker, considering all it did is bring to light already existing problems people choose to ignore.
I am also playing a Chinese game called Light and Night, which is also a gacha, and in a sense it's more similar to MLQC :T but the game is indeed more steamy that MLQC. AND it has a minigame in which you can play small truth or dare with the guys, and the new housing system too.
Now the problem with CN based otome is censorship. If your game doesn't pass the censorship standards, it won't be allowed to release at all. MLQC actually attempted to launch some steamy scenes but it was all cancelled due to their age rating and they have to update their age rating if they want to launch it. Tears of Themis age rating is already 16+, I think, in China, while Light and Night is 16+. So most of the romance is either angsty or fluffy (and steamy scenes in Fade to Black).
I have also played Japanese gacha otome like Ayakashi and A3, they all fall into the same problem that romance only happens in cards, the main route focuses more into each characters' problems and it's hard to actually feel like romance exist (the A3 Anime is literally how I feel the game is where the group is just one big family and not really an otome game with 20 possible routes). Ayakashi however, it's certainly romantic in the character route and card story, but the relationship doesn't seem like it progresses at all :'). Like even the card romance is just minimal :'). It's just dress up your ayakashi boys and learn political and mystical intrigue. Specials are romantic too but yes, it just doesn't feel like you're gonna get married.
I have played Obey Me but I quit because I didn't get Beel in the anniv gacha when I got almost 5 copies of EVERYONEELSE in the anniv gacha he was featured in. But the game itself doesn't feel like you're romancing one guy to be honest. There are romantic elements in the main route including kissing and hugging and implied 'more' things, but honestly I... can't :').
So, out of all these Gacha otomes I've played, which one do I recommend the most to someone who'd like story? Tears of Themis. It's not beginner's friendly as I said before but you'll definitely like it. The common route has a 'focus' on a certain character's background for every chapter and it's still ongoing, the character route has, of course, reached the confession and dating stage, and it's a progressing relationship. It didn't end with 'getting the guy' it's a relationship in progress! And the MC has personality (which I actually feel most otome lacks). If you don't mind the gacha, I'm sure you'll like the game.
Past event stories with no rerun will have to wait, sadly, but major events like Lost Gold have received their permanent addition, so you can expect other big events to receive their rerun / story addition.
Yay thank you for increasing my anime AND otome lists!
You're welcome!
...my wallet also suffered some damage due to this...
omg i love the hiiro no kakera anime, i didnt know that it was actually a otome game !! :o
I also can't wait to play it 😍
In terms of content, people can think of Yosuga No Sora whatever they want. But as an anime adaptation it works. The episodes are divided into chapters named after the love interest. Each chapter always starts with episode 1 and the chapters are independent of each other except 2. The viewer has the choice of which love interest the protagonist gets together with. The route principle from the game is transferred to the series and I don't know of any other series that has done this. But in most cases the feeling of an otome game can´t be transferred to a series. Even though the adaptation of Amnesia isn't the best, I wanted to play the game and I just did.
That sounds very interesting! Thanks for the recommendation 😍
How did you like the anime and game of Amnesia?
@@LinLinLavender I like the anime but the game is much better. You learn a lot more about the story and the characters. Finally, a lot is left out in the anime. But you can't tell a story in an anime with only 12 episodes that depend on choices and have more than 25 different endings. Most of the good endings are shown but the other possible endings are missing. It is often criticized that the protagonist doesn't speak much and doesn't have a real character, but she just has amnesia. That's what's special in the game but it doesn't work so well in the anime. Or that the protagonist doesn't have a name because it is given by the player. But still, I like the mysterious atmosphere in the anime and you want to know why it all happens and why Ukyo behaves so creepily.
I actually really like the UtaPri anime for what it is. They didn't actually really adapt much of anything from the games and put the characters into a more into a what if scenario. I don't think the anime would be as beloved as it is if they tried to stick to the source material because the chaotic nature of the games just wouldn't translate well in the anime. Also I love your videos! >
That's interesting! I yet have to play the games 😍
You might be right about that as true route adaptations are often too short and leave so much to be desired
Oh, thank you so much! 💖 Thanks for watching and commenting 💕
I've watched all of DL's anime, I'm watching Brothers Conflict, and I'm going to watch Amnesia now that I'm finishing Memories. I enjoyed DL, it sparked my curiosity. BC is fun to make fun of with my partner. And I'll update my thoughts on Amnesia later.
Sounds like a fun watch party as well 😂
Curious about your thoughts on Amnesia!
I love this video, it's so much fun to watch (the beginning is just so funny and relatable 💖)!
I hope the crisps were tasty! 😂
Ughhh Amnesia anime... bad memories (pun intended 😂). I really loved the game, the suspense was cool, I was scared of dying every time I had to make a choice, a lot of dangerous characters (in other words: perfect), but the anime reeeeeally doesn't live up to the game, it's just very... bad? I don't even know how to describe it 😅
I actually watched Amnesia anime first and then played the game and I understood what was happening in the anime only after playing the game 😥
I remember starting to watch Brothers Conflict anime (never played the game though), wasn't enjoying it too much honestly. I totally agree with you, main character really didn't have a personality. But I suppose the setting wasn't my cup of tea either, I was really put off by the fact that they were her stepbrothers and also some of them were too obnoxious for me, but hey I knew what I was getting myself into when I was starting to watch, these things aren't necessarily flaws, it just wasn't for me.
Omg I had no idea that Starry Sky has an anime adaptation, I'm living under a rock 😂
I remember watching Arcana Famiglia back when I didn't know that otome existed, I was so shocked to learn that it was originally a game when I got into otome 😂
I must watch Code Realize after I finally complete the game!
I really enjoyed the songs in Dance with Devils! Ahh I really feel like listening to them now! 😂
Omg Vampire Knight! #teamZero 😂😂😂
(I still have to read the manga XD)
...wait wait WAIT! Ouran has its own GAMEEE?! AAAAAAAAAAAA 💖 I CANTTT
Ouran is one of my first and favorite anime, it has a game and I didn't know about it. How did this happen????? I really do live under a rock 😂
And main heroine in the anime is just wonderfullll, I love her, she's a queen, she needs to be worshipped, she's just the best, I'm obsessed 😂💖
For some reason I was sure that I watched only Hakuoki anime movie, but throughout this whole video I was like "memory unlocked" all the time (and I'm literally drowning in nostalgia right now 😂), so it appears that I know more anime based on otome than I thought yaay 💖
Oh god I've just written a whole essay... but I'm just sooo excited, too much nostalgia 😂
Thank you 🥰 I always wait a bit for your comments ☺️
Yes, they were good, thanks! Was a good week sweets wise 😅
Right? The Amnesia anime is so bad! And yet the game so good...
Respect, that you still felt like playing the game afterwards ...I don't...
Also BroCon...booooring!
Oh yes, I see that and no angst of course 😂
Me neither, but also the Starry Sky anime is not really worth it...only a bad compensation for the game
Oh, I haven't heard of Arcana Famiglia before...that reminds me I forgot to write your name in the shout-out, sorry! Though you helped me so much with the Hakuouki stuff 🙈 next time!!
No, no need to watch the CR anime ;)
Yes, the songs in Dance with Devils are fun but personally not for me, definitely looking forward to the game though!
Yeeees! So team Zero! 😭 (Shakes fist at anime) he's so cool! My first anime crush possibly
Oh it is? Host Club really is a classic 😁
Why do you like the heroine so much?
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@@LinLinLavender Awww I'm really happy then! 💖
I suppose that's only because I played the game long time after watching the anime so my memories of the anime were blurry 😂
Yeah, no angst = no fun 😂 (I'm just kidding of course... or am I? 😂)
I was talking about La Storia della Arcana Famiglia you mentioned in the video, I just shortened the name because I was feeling lazy 😁
No problem at all! I'm happy I could help even though I watched it long time ago and my memory was rusty! 💖
I see, so I should just avoid CR if I want some good anime or lower my standards 😂
I'm curious what Dance with devil game is like, never checked it out
Omggg yesss he was such a crush, hello #teamZero sister! 😂💖
Main character in Ouran is such a down-to-earth, pragmatic character, and all of the bachelors around her have really crazy, exaggerated personalities, which makes their interactions so interesting, and it makes her personality really shine 💖
And also I'm definitely biased because I know a few people like her irl, who I really like and respect 😊
@@LunaLuna-bz3xz You're no, no angst really is no fun!
Exactly 😂
The Dance with Devils game is by Rejet so I heard it has some messed up endings 👌
Yeeees 😭 I hated Kanan(?) You know the vampire so much when he pretended HE put the blanket on her! 👿 Can't respect people like that
That's right, especially the contrast to the others makes it funny 😁
We're all biased, don't worry ☺️
@@LinLinLavender Messed up endings? Well, now I'm interested 😏
Yeah, Kaname is such a sneaky snake, don't even get me started on him! He was standing in the way of my ship coming true, unforgivable pff
Zero is a best boi 💖
@@LunaLuna-bz3xz Right???? Me too!!
Exactly! 😤
as a fan of collar x malice i hope they mostly due to dark part the story rather then the romance sens that kinda what most the game is though im still working on the game myself still just finish kei route
Yes, I think everybody is looking forward to this anime! 😁
I watched La Storia Della Arcana Famiglia when i was like 9 and my dumbass was convinced that Libertà was the main character for YEARS because he was kind of shonen like and i only understood it was a harem after i rewatched it a few years later 😭
That's so cute 😍🤣 and doesn't shed a good light on the anime
What about Meiji Tokyo Renka anime?
Don't know that one! 😱
Magic-Kyun! Renaissance has an anime too!
Also 12 sai chicchana mune no tokimeki and Hana yori dango have DS otome games!
Thanks! Have to play the game and watch the anime 😁
@@dayajuu I just discovered the Hana Yori Dango DS recently! Thanks for the tips!
If u see I've watched all anime I am totally an reverse harem otaku🥰🥰🥰
Oh, wow! 🥳 Which one is your favourite?
What about the Dynamic Chord Anime? Or was that too much to bear? ^o^ For me, that was a "so bad it's good" kinda show.
Didn't know about that one 😱
@@LinLinLavender The general feeling online at the time seemed to be that this show was going to be the end of otome adaptations. ^•^
If you allow yourself to embrace the nonsense though, it's actually pretty charming, in a weird kind of way.
Oh, and there's the Stand my Heroes Anime too.
@@clark6798 I see, sounds interesting 😁
Thank you! 💕
Charming?? I hope you're joking bc it was so bad it was memed so badly in the jp sphere as how not to make any anime...
Still haven't watched the Code:realize anime. I don't like the change in character design...
I watched Vampire knight season 1 the other day and I can't help myself being creep out by kaname's every touch to Yuki T-T I even lost my interest to watch the season 2 because of it.
Yes, he's super creepy 😱
@@LinLinLavender good thing I'm not the only one who thinks he's a creep lmaoo he reminds me of eltcreed from Steeam prison
@@hisle9188 Haven't played it, but sounds awful!
When I watched dance with devils the only thing I saw is them singing all the time like literally wtf 👁️👄👁️....
Then one of mu friend asked me who was my favorite... And damm I told her..
Me : .. It's...Shiki..Natsumezaka....
P. S : Idk why but it's just like the way he gives me yandere ans cat boy vibes makes wanna throw my hands on him instead of him throwing his hands on me. I feel like I'll make him submissive for sure 👍 🙂 lol
Hey, secret fan, good to see you here ☺️
Yeah...the musical was also not really for me tbh...
I've heard that the manga focuses more on Shiki!
I see, your dark shows 😂
@@LinLinLavender 🥺🥺🥺🥺
@@LinLinLavender oh really?! I read the manga back then and I ended up loving Shiki
First, I *NEED* to write myself all I wanted to say, with my epileptic memory, I struggled every time, new conclusion came to me, trying to remember them ALL. I am so PROUD OF MYSELF, seeing, I remember pretty much, focusing so hard on it... But I for hell don't remember ORDER NOW. 😅
1. TH-cam DID... UNSUBSCRIBE ME?! 😱 😳
2. Every time, I think, something is not there...
3. I feel like with MLQC, I NEED to voice my opinion. 😜
4. 8:50 it is my stupid detail focuse, but...
5. Yeah, Vampire Knight and 'WHY INCEST, DARN IT'.
6. YES, OF COURSE, IN THE END OF DAY...
1st. I SERIOUSLY got pissed off with this discovery - I WAS SUBSCRIBING YOU, so why now I had option to SUBSCRIBE YOU AGAIN?! 😱
When did I ever UNSUBSCRIBE, TH-cam?! 🙄😒
2nd. I hear list going, I am like, 'seriously?! No...' and every time title suddenly pops up. VERY GOOD and 'compressed, yet impressing' video. 💛
3rd. YES, *MLQC* ... 🤩🥺☺️
I heard some people LOVE this anime, as we have OLD CAST GUYS still there, but... People who love it, I assume, NEVER PLAYED GAME. Like, I told some times, I am ATELOPHOBE and this game is FREAKING HONEY for my always nagging for 'hole into whole' subconciously, personality. 🤷🏻♀️
Game is more on josemuke, but with mc fully included, type of genre. 😅Like, everything IS about mc, who is strugglind through VERY(to not spoil) complicated, often heartbreaking plot... YET in game, main route is more about VERY VERY complicated plot, that switch chapters to each guy, instead letting 'chosing route'. So, as if 4(later 5) in 1.
Game involve tons of details, with Right Beside You(asmr), side stories abot guys, messages, calls, events (+event calls), that let You (like getcha, splited on ticket and gold ones) get karmas(that are involving voiced dates), let You get closer Your chosen man(Vic is 28, youngest is Shaw, like 20).
Also You level Your company and it's workers, still, as if further plot of a game were involved, but briefly. 😁
Because little details let You focuse on 'guy You fall for'.
BUT in same time, reaching 'one true route of game' demands from You, even when little moments, when You can chose route of guy, reading all their routes, just to understand it all...
Yes, this is CHINESE game for us. But, GOSH, I always WILL simp over how PERFECT details are. Music is breath taking(after all they started even do TOURS with their music, but it is Orchestra, so I think they are used to it), every new PV(every next event, chapters of main story...) is masterpiece in graph and composition. 🤷🏻♀️
Game makes You, longer You play, more enchanted with it's PERFECTION. And is unafordable only for those, who try to get ALL events ALL CARDS. 🤷🏻♀️
Because, seriously, saving to spend much less needs STRATEGY (like mine is every day challenges, weekly walks and VIP membership, which let together save 1000 diamonds per week + freebies, that game creators give every few days). 🤷🏻♀️
But I will rather play one PERFECTLY DONE game, than many lower standard ones... Apropos 'lower Your standards'. BELIVE ME, I TRIED. 😂
I much rather hold with synthezator-like talking, like Tokimeki Memorial girl's side on DS still, than STUPID MC. Like everyone are enchanted with Collar x Malice, or Piofiore, but moment mc annoyed me, I needed drop game, as I find it irritable...
So, when I AM enchanted by something, I fall head-on, I think. 🤷🏻♀️
WHICH leads us to ANIME. Like with Hakuoki focusing on HIJIKATA, MLQC is just, as THIS GAME DO, skip through ALL GUYS paths...
However. As much, as game is supplied with all 'know him better' atributes, anime... You say it correctly about 'cutting 4 games into 6h - yeah, good luck with THAT'.
This game in itself is AMAZINGLY complicated and to grasp it all, I plan replaying 1st season soon... But anime try to SIMPLIFY it, cut 'unnecessary things'... Which left me leaving anime after 3 episodes. Like, I saw GUY-FOCUSED AMV and they are nice. But... This game is TOO MUCH TO COMPREHEND, especially cutting edges, taking away some substance and... Dumb.. Ifying... MC.
Because in game her pure, naive nature have those 'smart glimpses', that turns her into who she become later on. In anime... Didn't seen it all, as said... But it is just too irritating...
ALSO ART. It is good for CASUAL ANIME standard. But comparing it with STUNNING KARMAS... Those arts in anime become medicore. Not saying about piano cords turned into THIS JP OPENING...
So, all in all. 1 for GAME. DEFINITELLY. 🤷🏻♀️ 🤷🏻♀️ 🤷🏻♀️
4th. *Sorry, me being me* , I hope You don't mind, as I don't know, if You WANT to know: You read score wrong. 😅
5th. Vampire Knight... Only one of 2 anime with 'Vampire motive'( other being, sadly never finished, vampire VIBE, Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru , that is not fully BL, more soulmates like), that I can stand, was glad when recently fans translated DS version and I can FINALLY NOT CHOSE HER GOD DARN BROTHER. Like HELL, I DON'T WANT INCEST, MC, STOP WITH THIS INCEST! 😭
She is SO BLIND over silver head hotty pining over her. 😒
6th. And OF COURSE it leads to one conclusion - You are right : *OF COURSE, GAMES ARE BETTER* , some are BETTER OFF, NEVER MADE ANIME OF (like, what if they tried to do, for example, Unending Bloody Call, or Tokimeki memorial girl side anime 😅)...
But introducing title to wider audience is good for everybody, as not liking it, we can just dump anime, but EVEN ME, loving Saito, I will not say Hakuoki is DISASTER anime. It is not. Not for ME, but imagine such good job done over YOUR FAV ship. 🤷🏻♀️
It is partly luck, partly standards, but as You said, anime should be INTRODUCTION to spending more time and efford over GAME/MANGA. 🤷🏻♀️
Just like MANGA turned to anime, many turn disaster in eyes of who READ ORYGINAL, as they expect it to reach ORYGINAL.
If one cut loose expectations, some series are enjoyable. In other cases, like with mangas, one is MUCH BETTER staying with oryginal. 🤷🏻♀️
So, finally the time to reply:
I also sometimes take notes for comments 😅
1. Sometimes TH-cam deletes subscribers if it thinks they are fake? I don't know..but glad you are back!!
2. Naw thank you! I'm very happy to hear that you liked the list! I was also surprised about the sheer amount of games!
3. Ok, that the game is more detailed is kind of necessary, as games are longer, right?
Oh, good game music is precious!
Yeah, not ever game is for everyone! Don't need to lower you bar too much ;)
What a shame they cutted so much and didn't make room for character development
True! The art in anime is quite often not on par with the game
Point for the game :D
4. Yes I read the score wrong I know 😅 that's why I always displayed it
5. Yes, more vampire Knight love for Zero!!! ❤️
6. Yes games are better ☺️
That's how it is, it just makes is available to a wider audience!
Definitely agree with you ☺️
i starded playing amnesia memories bc of its anime but honestly the anime is so bad 🌚 like all she does is reject shin over and over again
So true...what a shame...