I could really do with working on my backlog at some point, but any time I try and play stuff, my brain beats me up about it and tells me I should be doing work T_T
Oh dear, maybe I shouldn't get 7'scarlet then xD I mean, I didn't mind the overall story in Black Butterfly, and I was intrigued by the mystery elements, but I'm just not a fan of the childhood friends trope in general. Sooo, if the mystery elements in 7'scarlet are decent, I might like it :3 But then it sounds like it is very heavily about childhood friendship again after what you said further down in your message, haha. As for MC, oh dear, I'm kinda used to stupid ones at this point so I can generally handle most of em, as long as they're not as pathetic as the MC from Diabolik Lovers, haha.
What you said in your BB spoiler was something I did really like about the game :3 I hadn't seen that before in anything, and it was quite touching. I sorta started seeing her as someone I was guiding more than inserting into since she had those sorts of feelings, which may well be why I didn't care so much for most of the cast. Not that that's a bad thing cos I did think they're story was both sweet and heartbreaking. To the point that I almost didn't care about the rest of the content once I'd seen that x3
If 7'scarlet's yandere is inferior to BB's though, then, hmm >.< haha.
Yeah, I mean, I'm not the biggest fan of those yandere types you mentioned where they're pretty flirty/cheerful + youthful types. I would take Tei over those any day xD I'm not so keen on the shota ones regardless of general personality really, but I'll still read em and enjoy some of em. I know what ya mean about how it seems like there might be some overcompemsating going on, haha. I'm generally happy with most types of voices, but you don't really seem to get deeper/lower voices in otome in general >.< I would like to see more diversity in that department. I can't remember the name of the drama CD, but there was this one I heard a long time ago (not yandere-related) where the seiyuu had one of the deepest, most spine-tingling voices I've ever heard in a Japanese drama CD before xD It was insane, and I've never really heard any voices of that type since in otome games or drama CDs. I'll have to try and find out what the dude's name was! I know what ya mean though :3 and I adore it when characters do go dangerously low, as you put it :D the bigger the difference when that happens, the better. I like it when it gets to the point that I actually have to freeze playing the game for a sec cos it's just caused me some minor brain death x3
I think I probably ruined CxM for myself really. I should have loved it since I love police stories, and I did really love 2 of the routes. I should have played the ones I figured I wouldn't be into first instead of saving them until last >.< It meant that I really enjoyed the game in the beginning when playing through the routes that interested me, and then the rest just fell flat.
Glad to hear that about the MC in AH :D That sounds like she'd be super fun to play as actually! Pushing a true LI harder than BB gives me mixed feelings too though cos I already felt it was pushed a tiny bit too hard in BB, haha, to the point that it booted me out of being able to self-insert x3 I'll take more of the tragic/philosophicalness though, haha. It's interesting that you say the yandere itch was only somewhat scratched in one ending though cos I'm sure people recommended it to me for yandere content >.< I think perhaps most people just prefer the softer yandere types so maybe they're easier to please than me, I Dunno xD Whereas your tastes seem to be more similar to mine, haha.
For a fun PC series, if you've not played em already, I highly recommend the Dot Kareshi games :3 There is some yandere content in there, but it's very soft. I just found all the routes a lot of fun to play through, some are just hilarious, others adorable, but they're all pretty short. It's been a while since I played em but I think they need English patches (which were easy to install and pretty decent.) Probably one of the most amusing series' I've ever played though!
Hope you have fun with whatever you go for next :D I don't know which to go with next still when I do start one eventually, haha.