Psychedelia of the Black Butterfly – Review
This probably the worst non-indie otome game I’ve played so far. I question if this was really written for a female audience.
The MC is a complete doormat and treated like a child by the men around her. She is of course younger than them because not only are women expected to be subservient, but also younger for some reason. In one scene the boys are actively keeping away a shoujo manga from the MC. A manga that was written and designed for her target audience. All because it’s too “steamy”. In this she is treated as a child who should not be exposed to anything remotely sexual. Yet we have two of the boys constantly touching her without consent, especially Karasuba that even touches her legs and sits close to her. This also has that gross habit of all Japanese media of having a woman apologize for everything she does and her existence. Even when it’s not her fault.
This game also goes really hard on hating women. Being called a “woman” is an insult to men, which is why our society’s insults are based on likening everything to being female, or female anatomy.
Now that this is done, I’ll have to see how it’s loose sequel holds up.
Music is however fantastic. If anything give the soundtrack a listen.
ADV ★ Misogyny ★ Otome Game ★ PC ★ PSVita/TV ★ Psychedelia of the Black Butterfly ★ Review ★ Sexism ★ Uncategorized ★ Visual Novel