Just wanna share something 'bout my current addiction: otome game. Otome game is a 'reverse harem' game with a female protagonist and there are several attractive male characters around her, which you can most-likely hook up with in the end.
I'm gonna post some reviews of the game here..
Let's start with Yo-Jin-Bo. It's the first otome game i played which made me craving for more otome game :p.
So, here we go..
Alternative Titles: Yo-Jin-Bo : The Bodyguards
Company: TWO-FIVE Hirameki International
Release Date: 07.29.2005
Official Site:
Platform: PS2, PC
Language: JP, EN
Genre: Otome game, romance, comedy, ancient japan, 13+
Screenshot:
left to right: Bo, Jin, Yo
Plot Summary:
You play as Sayori, an ordinary high-school girl. Sayori goes on an archeological dig with her classmates to the ruins of a castle to see if they can found anything that could tell them about the castle’s past. Sayori finds a mysterious shining pendant and bringing it home accidentally. Later that night, she has a strange dream of a scene about a hundred and fifty years ago and sees a princess of Mochizuki Clan (Hatsuhime) assassinated. Suddenly Sayori is sucked back to the past, and she realized that she's in Hatsuhime's body . During the quest, she meet a group of merceneries named Yozaburo (Yo), Jinnosuke (Jin), and Tainojo (whose nickname is ‘Bo’). They team up with the princess’ bodyguard Muneshige, a priest who insist to be called Mon-Mon, and an anti-social killer named Ittosai to save the princess' destiny as they uncover a large conspiracy.
Characters:
Hatsuhime - a princess of Mochizuki Clan, act childish and tomboyish. She gets caught up in a clan-succession conspiracy
CV: Nami Kurokawa
Sayori - the protagonist, end up in hatsuhime's body. She's trying to save the princess and her own life
CV: none
Yozaburou Shiranui - the youngest of the group, often treated as a child. He comes from ninja family
CV:Masakazu Morita
Jinnosuke Murasame - seems the leader of the group. He's rough, temperamental, and awkward around women
CV: Hiroki Takahashi
Tainojyou Tsubaki - comes from samurai family. He acts rather elegant, and interested with paranormal activity
CV: Hideo Ishikawa
Monzan Kadokura - a Buddhist priest who loves women LOL, he's very strong and knows some medical knowledge
CV: Tetsu Ineda
Ittousai Tatsunami - wears megane (even when bathing), rather seen by the others as assassin or sociopath
CV: Hideki Ogihara
Muneshige Tsukuba - hatsuhime's loyal servant, always making terrible jokes
CV: Jyuurouta Kosugi
Harumoto Ohno - the main villain in this game
CV: Mitsuaki Madono
Impression:
The story was pretty good and funny -- although there are some japanese parody slang that i don't understand (contains lot of pop culture). I like all characters except for mon-mon, ittosai, and hatsuhime herself. Mon-mon is totally looks like perverted oyajii while ittosai..err..i like the megane type but his personality's just phsycho (no offense for ittosai's fans).. And i hate hatsuhime cuz she act like a dumb spoiled brat -___-'. My fav character is Yo cuz i luv green-haired character (just like Zoro-One piece, Ryotaro Tsuciura & Kazuki Hihara-La Corda D'oro) LOL despite him being shota here. Plus he's cute and he's voiced by Masakazu Morita (Ichigo-Bleach, FFX Tidus, Kazuki Hihara-La Corda D'oro) ふふふ.. Background music was good..really fit with the setting. Artstyle was okay, but nothing special really. I guess this game is quite entertaining to play, so you might enjoyed it so much. I highly recommend this game for beginners in otome game since only a few of otome game out there has an english version or an english patch.^^;
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