12/4/2023 0 Comments No thank you game ova![]() No, Thank You!!! is the story of a young man named Haru, seen above on the left. In other words, they’re hoping that an audience beyond typical young female Boys Love fans would find something for them in No, Thank You!!! It’s easy to see why Mangagamer picked this particular title – the art’s very professional-looking, the characters encompass a range of bodytypes that give them attractiveness beyond the “wispy pretty boy” Boys Love stereotype, there’s a lot of intrigue to the plot and characters… and there are some pretty hot n’ heavy sex scenes that are more detailed than the standard fujoshi fare. Several years after these releases fizzled, however, publisher Mangagamer – who kindly furnished my review code, I should note – has released an English translation of No, Thank You!!! by developer pa-rade in an attempt to see if the games will finally start to catch on. But despite the continued popularity of Boys Love and yaoi manga in the west, extremely few BL games have been officially translated: localizer J-List says they simply didn’t sell. Several of these titles have become quite popular, particularly publisher Nitro+’s offerings like Lamento and DRAMAtical Murder, the latter of which was adapted (sans smut) into an anime. So without further ado, let’s take a long, hard 2 at No, Thank You!!!, the first official English release of a Boys’ Love game in quite a long time.īoys Love (oft abbreviated as just BL) games are a young but growing subgenre, fueled by the strength of Japan’s fujoshi market, and as the name suggests, they’re about handsome dudes making sparkly eyes at each other – sometimes with actual depictions of sex and sometimes not. “But Heidi,” you say, “Is there actually that much to talk about here? Isn’t the point of Japanese eroge as a whole just to get to the smut scenes?” And to that question (which you, in actuality, probably weren’t asking but I like my hypotheticals dammit) I’d answer “Well, yes, there’s actually a lot of interesting elements to this title, and also the genre’s a bit more nuanced than that but that’s a whole different article entirely!” 1 Yes, it’s a complete 180-degrees from weird old Taito games, but it’s still the sort of game I want to experience and talk about. But No, Thank You!!! is something mainstream review sites really won’t touch: It’s an 18+ game, it’s a visual novel, and the central theme is gay relationships. Up until now, that’s mostly applied to under-the-radar releases, indies, and retro games. ![]() One of the reasons I started up Gaming.moe was because I wanted to take a critical and analytical eye to games that don’t fit the coverage profile of major gaming review sites. While explicit images will not be shown in the review, the review text and/or subject matter discussed may be considered not work-safe. WARNING: This review covers an adult-oriented PC game.
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