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I'm really happy this game exists!! There really are very few protagonists that are openly bisexual or pansexual, and it's really sad seeing how many people still call bi people "queer baiters" whenever they date someone from a gender different from theirs.

Even in media that's not even marketed as romance people sometimes still think there's queer baiting involved if two characters with the same gender don't end up together.

I always love seeing more representation about bi people; especially when it mentions bi-erasure and biphobia. Thank you for making this game!!

tenshideve11 days ago

Agree with everything you said! I really wanted to make an otome game where the protagonist is explicitly bisexual. Even in games where you can date multiple genders, it is rare to see the character canonically be established as bi/pan.

I really wanted to find stories that tackle themes of biphobia and bi-erasure and it was a struggle to find these types of stories. So I had to make it myself!

Psst, I also wrote for Bloom where the FMC Astra is canonically established as someone who can date any gender (in Qwynn’s route, which unlocks after playing one of the other routes)! I hope you check it out!

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