/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Anyway, finished Tokyo 24ku. Picked it up because it had the same writer as Taishou Mebiusline of course, which is a game I adore. I don't like this one so much but it was kinda interesting.

My anger about the stupid pulled from the headlines alt right Russian intelligence op thing has faded. I can deal with it. I take back the 'worst garbage I have seen in a visual novel' thing. It is not that bad, just seemed like a copout when it could have been more interesting if they did not do that. It mostly exists to give a gotcha to the coup planner that really he's the one selling his country out to foreign interests, who's the patriot now huh. I also liked how they gave a little background for the spy at the end.

The (electoral) politics in this are pretty bizarre to me as a western reader. It has this idealistic vision of two party liberal democracy alternating between liberals and conservatives as the perfect system (Japan is not presented as this, being dominated by one party here as it is in real life), but doesn't really seem to understand what the culture is actually like living in one or how it works (or maybe just doesn't care because it's cute which I have a feeling is probably the real reason), so it seems kind of silly. You have stuff like everyone being friends across parties and shit. In the true end Sonogi sends Tademaru across to the liberal opposition (somewhat against Tademaru's will) so he can boost it and make Japan into a real democracy.

Oh yeah also this was a romance game.

Ranking of boys would be Shirasu>>>Asuma>Tademaru>Taiga, but they are all likeable and cute and would do nothing wrong and if they do it's absolutely Sonogi's fault (OK maybe Tademaru would do some things wrong but he basically can't disobey Sonogi so he's ultimately harmless). Everyone gets two ero scenes, one vanilla and one less so, each in a different ending. There is one rape scene, thanks to Tademaru of course but it's a bad end. I can't really think of any protagonists in BL too similar to Sonogi. He acts kind of different with each boy I think, he's pretty alpha/commanding to Taiga and Tademaru (to the point of having a full on dom/sub end with Taiga lol), more caring/normal I guess with Asuma and smug and flirty to Shirasu. He generally doesn't care that much about doing gay shit which is nice.

Art was shiny and holicworks-y. Some CGs looked a little awkward, but then some of them were really really good. Taiga gets CG favouritism for some reason, I guess they really needed those scenes of him sucking on Sonogi's toes and Sonogi spitting in his mouth.

I'd recommend it. I don't think it's got the same obvious appeal as Mebius for sure but dumb shit at the end aside I liked it.