So that means that if you find a game you don’t like, you should send it my way…? 😆
I personally just really like if the protagonist’s gender doesn’t really matter and they’re treated as an equal. I’ve stopped playing otome games just because I couldn’t deal with how the LIs tended to treat the protag. I also learned that I absolutely despise games where the MC is a complete blank-slate for self-insertion purposes (looking at you, Amnesia). Otomes don’t seem to have fleshed-out MCs that often, so I often get my fix from BL games instead :/
In the case of Jack Jeanne, I’m also ok with the cross-dressing, since the setting is very clearly inspired by the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female musical theatre troupe. (I had actually played a Yuri-VN that was heavily inspired by Takarazuka before.) The protagonist plays both female and male roles and really grows through that, so I think she doesn’t really care about being perceived as a girl or not, I think.
At no point, female roles are treated as less desirable than male roles, and actors who can convincingly play a female role enjoy lots of admiration from their peers, which I find pretty neat. The plot hasn’t really addressed how the MC feels about privately cross-dressing though 🤔 It doesn’t get brought up unless there’s a situation where she might get found out.
I can totally understand if the cross-dressing is a dealbreaker for you, though^^
I have found some OELVN otome that have MC actually treated decently! I also prefer people to be treated equally regardless of gender both in real life and in-game.
I actually often struggle to insert on blank slates because they act wildly different from me. Heroines with personality and a similar trait to one of mine are easier to insert on. I wonder if anyone else feels the same way about self-inserting or if blank slates are successful self-inserts for most people and I just have a really weird personality.
Heard of the Takarazuka Revue before, did not know it was all female. Maybe I should check it out. Especially since my favorite type of theatre is musical theatre!
So that means that if you find a game you don’t like, you should send it my way…? 😆
I personally just really like if the protagonist’s gender doesn’t really matter and they’re treated as an equal. I’ve stopped playing otome games just because I couldn’t deal with how the LIs tended to treat the protag. I also learned that I absolutely despise games where the MC is a complete blank-slate for self-insertion purposes (looking at you, Amnesia). Otomes don’t seem to have fleshed-out MCs that often, so I often get my fix from BL games instead :/
In the case of Jack Jeanne, I’m also ok with the cross-dressing, since the setting is very clearly inspired by the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female musical theatre troupe. (I had actually played a Yuri-VN that was heavily inspired by Takarazuka before.) The protagonist plays both female and male roles and really grows through that, so I think she doesn’t really care about being perceived as a girl or not, I think.
At no point, female roles are treated as less desirable than male roles, and actors who can convincingly play a female role enjoy lots of admiration from their peers, which I find pretty neat. The plot hasn’t really addressed how the MC feels about privately cross-dressing though 🤔 It doesn’t get brought up unless there’s a situation where she might get found out.
I can totally understand if the cross-dressing is a dealbreaker for you, though^^
I have found some OELVN otome that have MC actually treated decently! I also prefer people to be treated equally regardless of gender both in real life and in-game.
I actually often struggle to insert on blank slates because they act wildly different from me. Heroines with personality and a similar trait to one of mine are easier to insert on. I wonder if anyone else feels the same way about self-inserting or if blank slates are successful self-inserts for most people and I just have a really weird personality.
Heard of the Takarazuka Revue before, did not know it was all female. Maybe I should check it out. Especially since my favorite type of theatre is musical theatre!