/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>17590233
Leading expert in Luclefaggotry here.

He's quite good at character-based drama. Sets up the situation and the characters very well, always has characters with a decent amount depth and understandable motives, such that when bad things inevitably go down you get more of a "oh no this is terrible" reaction than a "aw christ you fuckin' idiots" one. Does male MCs particularly well, they're likeable, flawed, get loads of character development, and hit the sweet spot where they're just enough of a sad sack that you really want to see things go well for them. Girls are usually real likeable too, due to having a nice balance of realistic traits and typical ~anime~ ones.

In terms of themes he's really only got a handful, but they're quite well executed. Expect a lot related to tearing down the usual harem situation, he knows perfectly well only one girl will win and everyone else will lose and will milk that for everything it's worth. He's also quite good at inscrutable antagonists, Unmei Yohou and Istoria have excellent "bad" guys.

Downsides are a shitton of typos for unexplainable reasons, not a lot of variety in themes (though Istoria broke a lot of new ground for him), later games are way longer than they maybe should be, and he's physically incapable of ending a scene without some sort of dramatic stinger like BUT THAT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME WE EVER MET AS FRIENDS, DUN DUN DUUUUNNN.

I'd recommend starting with Unmei Yohou because I am an unwavering fanboy of it despite its rough edges, but if it's too old or you're bored by the school setting then Istoria is probably a better choice.

do note that all these opinions are biased as fuck. his stuff is still a good read, though. just very definitely not perfect.

>>16939139
I'm almost done, and promised a big fat writeup when I do. It's been real good so far, though other anon is right in that it's depressing as shit and borders on (plot-related) emotional torture porn.