The seedy underbelly our detective crew encounters isn’t pretty, either: As the investigations advance further, some dark subject matter relating to the cases comes to the surface. Haru quickly finds himself absorbed into the ranks of the team investigating some seriously shady shit. Thrilled with his new position, Haru is soon working with the rest of the bar’s staff: brown-haired, energetic optimist Hiroyuki, snooty be-spectacled intellectual Ryu, and a big, quiet meat-slab of a chef named Maki.īut why was Inui almost a victim of a pedestrian hit-and-run accident, anyway? The truth soon becomes known after a run-in outside the bar with some thugs: Inui’s bar is a cover for a detective agency that is looking into some cases and organizations that are beyond the reach of traditional law enforcement. To help Haru get back on his feet, Inui offers him a job working at the upscale bar he manages. Ever since then, he’s been living in a tiny apartment paid for by the man have saved, a gruff older guy by the name of Kouichi Inui. Actually, Haru’s just the name he was given after he jumped in front of a speeding car to protect someone and lost his memory in the process. He’s a goofy, flagrantly bisexual jokester with a strangely endearing naivete. 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.
#No thank you game review Pc
WARNING: This review covers an adult-oriented PC game.
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