Hakuoki: Souma

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Souma Kazue is a very earnest, emotionally volatile young man who cares A LOT about being a GOOD WARRIOR. I went in knowing that (a) he spends a chunk of the first half thinking Chizuru is a guy (b) he calls her "sempai" (senior/mentor)

Which sounded pretty appealing! Alas this game is too committed to heteronormativity to really have fun with stuff like crossdressing confusion, and this path in particular felt a bit tired and underwritten. So it was ok, but not great.

( Spoilers, death )

Hakuoki: Sanan???

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So I think I need a break from Hakuoki before the repeated storybeats feel fresh again and everything stops feeling muted. But "muted feeling" seems like the perfect mood for playing CREEPY MAD SCIENTIST Sanan Keisuke so here we go.

It was...about as enjoyable as it was likely to be? The plot was enjoyably silly. He never stops being creepy, but I managed to mostly ship them anyway, and I can see it being fun if you're into creepy-yet-polite dominant older dudes.

( Spoilers and death )