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I know an otome/VN is goooood when it makes me fall for an LI that is usually not my type. I have to yap about it.

It took quite a few playthroughs, but Jamie is my absolute favorite, which I was not anticipating at all. He's not even close to my type IRL or in otomes/VNs. 

I think this happened because being in that big friend group all the time made me want to seek some peace and quiet, and Jamie was exactly that. This made me gravitate towards him in later playthroughs, even though I still wasn't considering pursuing him as an LI. But he really changed me when he started to open up more and became a little less "perfect" around us. I was loving seeing his character develop, and now I'm left wanting to see even more of it. I can't wait to see Jamie again in the summer semester!!

1. Which character was your favorite? Why?

Mark!! I absolutely despised him when I played through Luca and Tristan's route first. His hair color matched the red flag he was. The sour taste I had in my mouth only worsened when I started his route; he seemed like a truly irredeemable piece of work. I was almost ready to just take the bad ending for him and move on. But after seeing it through with him, he turned out to be a huge sweetheart and really tried everything he could to change, not only for the MC, but for himself, too. I'm a complete sucker for "redeemed redheaded asshole" in otomes and Mark was no different.

2. Did you manage to make all the guys on the main screen regain their color?

Yes! I thought it was such a cute detail and it pushed me to play through all the guys' routes.

3. What's your favorite moment in the game?

Honestly, the train ride with Mark got me. Not only was it a really sweet moment, but the CG of Mark kissing MC's palm is hands down my favorite CG in the game. It really highlighted the contrast between Mark when we first met him — fiery, obnoxious, rude, rough around the edges — and the Mark we knew at the end.

another robobarbie x mike young banger!! i was pleasantly surprised that a vn managed to make learning sql basics fun and engaging. i thought the learning aspect would potentially overshadow the characters or the story itself, but it actually highlighted the characters' personalities because they all approached teaching the user in their own unique way. also the LI is a TREAT omg. his backstory, his banter, his CG, all incredible. mike young did a great job bringing this character to life. there was so much subtle emotion behind his lines that really helped me feel for the LI and want to get to know more of his past

tl:dr; my neurons were activated in more ways than one, 10/10 vn

literally made an account just to say that im currently downloading and playing all of robobarbie's dating sims because hello?? this game was so good like. i love that each LI in the server represents an LI/char from Bloomic, it was really such a cute detail.

the writing was incredible and gave every single character such dynamic yet realistic personalities. from the start, it felt like i was truly in a server with all of them!! i LOVE that even the non-romancable chars felt like they were written with the same amount of love and care that was given to the romancable chars. i cant stand when the "bg chars" in vns are just,, underdeveloped and have the personality of wet bread like. it just kills the immersion. but this game did the bg characters justice and i love them all.

i could genuinely yap on and on about this vn but. go play it if you havent. give those 4 goobers some love. xyx my beloved stole my heart and i cant bring myself to do his bad ending route bc i WILL cry