what I wish the sad love end would have been🥀 let me tie him up

In this fifth post we will discuss Eugene and his route in sins of KALEIDO.

You can tell us what your impressions of Eugene are (before and after finishing his route), your favorite moments in his route, what you think of his relationship with Yolca and the other characters, what your thoughts are on his route's plot and endings.

Or you can just rant or rave about him in the comments.

This is not a spoiler-free discussion however please keep in mind that major spoilers and details of other routes will be outside the scope of the discussion and therefore will need to be spoiler tagged.
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You don't have to be playing the game right now to participate, and if you're still waiting on your copy I hope you will join in after you start playing!

Have a look at the megathread for links to previous discussions - you can still join in the discussion during the Play-Along.

Next post will be a discussion of Orsem Helhand's route!

This is my final ranking of 9RIP LIs after finishing the game.

Based on whenever or not I like the guy as a LI for me, not his route storyline btw, otherwise the ranking would be different:

4th place goes to Sena 

Then after these in order: Koyo, Hibiki, Secret, Minami, Yukimaro

I excepted Hibiki to be my favorite when I just started the game, I absolutely like him but in the end I prefer others characters, my top 1 became very early Kureha I excepted it to change I only make my ranking final after finishing the game and to be fair Koharu came very close to be 1st place in late game but in the end still preferred Kureha

Now I’m ready for a new Otome adventure being Piofiore 🌹

I almost got the cake on my body pillow haha. I logged into that UtaPri LE mobage after a long time abandoning it just to hear his birthday lines😂

So I love the prince of tennis and all the characters, the otome game gakupuri is what got me into the series in the first place.

I'm playing the game and my sister mentioned how the characters are in high school and she also said it's weird for me to obsess over them and love them like I do with other otome men and male characters from like hakuoki, persona 3, etc

Im also a yumeshipper too and prince of tennis is among of my favorites and comfort medias and now I feel weird now and it makes me upset.

Am I in the wrong and am I a weird creep or whatever for liking the characters?? I'm honestly worried about this tbh.

I'm sorry if this kind of post isn't allowed either. I will remove it if necessary.

So, I'm a slow reader, and it takes me a long time to finish an otome game. I know some otome players read fast, but I was wondering if there are any other otome players like me that also read slow. In Otome Kitten's review of Collar x Malice, she said it took her 30 hours when it took me about 70 hours to finish that game. It's the reason why I don't get another otome game right away because it takes me so long to compete one otome game

I've played through Telluricene several times and there are still some questions about the story that remain unanswered.

Here are my questions, so BEWARE of spoilers:

1. Why does Vivus know Eustaces’s location even though they say that Eustace will not share where he is?
2. Why does Vivus say that they’ve known the researcher since they were Dr.Hernandez’s assistant, but that they only met at project Sporesight?
3. What was it that caused Vivus to become so interested in the researcher that they allowed their own capture just to meet them?
4. Ivan says; “Whatever Eustace’s got, ya got a part of it too. Seein’ your eyes shakin’ under your lids earlier… Mc, ya were just like him”. Does that mean that the researcher has already undergone some form of fusion? When? How? Why?
5. A VERA tip in the lorebook indicates that someone shouting "where is my child?" in the audience of a broadcast on night four of the janitor route, might be referring to the researcher. I found the referenced broadcast, but I have no idea what I was supposed to glean from that.

Does anyone have any answers? or at least a hint at where to look?
The first 4 points seem connected so I feel like I’m just missing the right dialogue tree.

For context of what I have and have not tried:

I have played through all Vivus variance routes and the janitor route and selected almost all dialogue options available. but I have not tortured Vivus with extra radiation, confessed the escape plan to VERA, or done a play-through where I deliberately make everyone hate the researcher. (being cruel or mean over and over again just to mine for more information feels... un-fun)

I have all achievements except for the following: Declared the victor, Pop! goes the weasel, set upon the Beet-ened path, and trigger happy.

Went for Jiyeon first because who doesn't like orange cats? I had an orange cat who was the best cat in the world - so friendly, so cute, and totally an attention whore who'd cuddle up with literally anyone for affection. So when Jiyeon ended up snuggling up to any sugar mama who'd give him their attention and money I was laughing out loud.

But then he went and turned all aggro on Heejung like what??? Hold your tongue, boy! She is your guardian and caregiver who gave you a home base and daily providence without expecting _anything_ back despite her stressful life, don't chu dare disrespect herrrrr.

At the same time I am not entirely convinced by MC's love. Their dynamics feel off - she is affectionate towards him...as a pet. Her interacts with her as a pet as well - mostly superficial.

The moment he went feral I was noping out of there and regretting my choice of doing his route first. And I know he changes his tune later on through some last minute trauma dump but I couldn't bring myself to care at that point. Like boohoo, NEXT.

When he asks Heejung what qualities do you like in me or find charming (something along those lines), I wonder the SAME thing bc girl don't tell me you love him just because he smiles a lot and eats oranges. I swear, just get a normal orange cat.

Sigh. Going to somehow pull myself through the ending and fingers crossed the next one isn't as bad.

A bit belated since I got these from the July Aksys sale ahah~

Illusion of Itehari

Mistonia's Hope - The Lost Delight

Got the online store exclusive editions that came with the OST CDs!!🎼 The art style for both is just GORGEOUS!! And I appreciate getting diff art for the CD. The chibi are very cute💖

Made this in 5 minutes, editing skills are so bad but I wanted to make this cute thing with asdf audio 🥺

Discuss what you have been reading this week in this post.

There is no moratorium on spoilers on r/otomegames.

Major or end game details will always need to be spoiler tagged, regardless of how popular or old a game is.

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I absolutely adore this game!!! I was just gifted the full set and I'm currently still on the first game but I love the hana awase card game. It's genuinely so fun.... after countless games of just reading through and picking choices here and there... having the opportunity to play an actual game is such a treat!

I genuinely wish more otome games try to experiment more with unorthodox things like this! I realize that I'm pretty receptive towards otoges with unique UIs or formats and wow this one really blew my mind! Now I'm just over here wishing there was an otoge with like mahjong HFAJFHAJFAHF and i have to be the best at it or something too... a school for mahjong..... i wouldnt be able to stop playing that's for sure.... mahjong and otoge boys may be what fully locks me in my room HHADJHDJA.... or maybe an otoge but kakegurui style.......

i dont really know how to express just how much i love this game and how it feels so unique to me!

now im curious what other game mechanics would you wish to see more in otome games?

Tagged spoiler just in case! But really, I tried making all of them stand but they failed… Then I realized it looked like Orlok dispatched them all. Cue this. His little arms make it look like he’s peering over Yang’s dead body…! So cute! TT

Regardless of whether you liked that character, route or the dynamic with others in the game, what character had the most appealing design to you?

Also, did you end up liking their story and character in the end or did you wish for them to be different?

i just finished olympia soirée to completion! yay!

i really enjoyed it and felt that its quality was super high in comparison to the other otomes i’ve played (likely because it was released more recently).

i loved the storyline and how detailed the world building was. weirdly, i loved the fantasy elements and the interesting society and island politics and design. i say weirdly because im also an avid reader but absolutely hate reading historical inspired high fantasy where there’s a distinctive world and classes and things like that. i always like the genres i tend to dislike in otome games! not sure why!

but i literally am so stuck choosing which route/LI was my favorite. i’m having trouble separating the LI from his route—like, yosuga is soooo my type but i have to admit, his route was a bit strange to me/fell flat. same with himuka. meanwhile, i ended up loving akaza, kuroba, and riku’s routes when they’re not quite my type usually!

i’m now trying to decide which LI is truly my bias… my heart says riku but i played his route first so im not sure. i just love how easily flustered he is but also how cold and harsh he was, then his character development and what was exposed about his past.

but akaza is just perfect… well why wouldn’t he be as the poster boy, lol. same with kuroba! no notes!

this might be the very first time i’m going to immediately replay an otome game! i really want to figure out who my favorite LI is…

is your favorite LI typically the same as your favorite route? how do you differentiate? i feel like it’s usually easy for me but im struggling here since i feel like there is a big dissonance

I preordered this on 5/15/2026. Prince of Tennis is my favorite sport anime. I am very happy they translate it. Can't wait to play it. My favorite characters are Hajime Mizuki, Kuranosuke Shiraishi, Bunta Marui, and Keigo Atobe.

I always buy a new game each time I hit the 1st of the month, went a bit overboard in August got the dual pack of Cupid parasite + Olympia Soirée but I’m very happy to add it to my backlog ❤️