Just have a script that replaces every instance referring to the male MC’s gender, with a female word. That’s what they do with Pokemon~
You could have an androgynous looking MC~ The MC isn’t shown much in a lot of VNs anyway =w=
Can’t say I’m up for the two genders, that’s just going to complicate things more or force the MC into a fairly blank state, a good thing about Key is strong MC’s, that are characters, not just vehicles for the player.
Yeah I’m gonna join that boat as well.
As much we all know it’ll never happen, a Key otome game would be a very interesting experience. I just wanna see Key expand their horizons more, instead of being stuck producing games for this tiny niche of school-based nakige VNs. Rewrite was a nice experiment, but now they’re playing it safe again with Angel Beats. That’s part of why I’m upset they’re making a new Angel Beats over something completely original, but I hope it’s good nonetheless…
I could totally see myself playing a Key otome-ge though. If Little Busters is any indication of how they can write amazing male characters that outshine the females, then I’m all in.
I fear for Otonashi with the RPG things they talked about. ;~;
On another note- Igarashi. That guy was a BRO.
He was a great guy. I hope he had a good life after that incident.
Him and Otonashi were pretty inspirational. They even treated the rebellious guys fairly!
That episode just stands out as the strongest one to me. I can’t wait to see it in the VN. Going to be so strong. Especially if it’s ever from Igarashi’s perspective. Too strong. ;___;
So Hinata is obviously best Key boy, yeah?
He’s got a great butt.
The idea of the male character in the medium of visual novels and in particular the galge sort of story structure is one that I feel goes criminally misused. With perhaps the lone exception of Kitagawa, and even then the anime of Kanon 2006 rectified this by giving him a proper character, whenever Key has stempted to write a male character they have always been fine at worst and legendary at best. Taking a strictly non romantic roll these characters offer a different lens and often represent different ideals than the heroines can.
Of these the standouts for me are Sakuya, Kyousuke, and Yoshino from Rewrite, Little Busters, and Clannad respectively who each take on the roll of flawed mentor to the protagonist. Unlike any of their contemporaries these characters arc as a guidepost of potentiality, representing both the strengths the protagonists can reach as well as the flaws and failures. In each of these instances the male cast goes far to demonstrate the stories themes but more often than not in a retrospective way. This is something that is also not often touched upon, but can be seen in characters like Sayuri in Kanon.
Sakuya’s sacrifices demonstrate the value of connection and the weight of duty where Kyousuke’s determination and drive for his goals so wonderfully paints the ideas of friendship that Little Busters is constructed around. Yoshino’s tale is for me the single most emotional part of Clannad, telling wonderfully the value of connection and family, and it is in this that we see another common thread within the male cast of the Key games–and that’s heart.
Ryuuya, Yoshino, Masato, Kengo, Kyousuke, Kappei, Akio, Komura, Sakuya, Gil, and even Potato we see some of the most emotional vertexes of each of the Key narratives, tapping into different kinds of connection and interpersonal dynamic than is able with the heroines. It is a shame that characters like Rewrite’s Yoshino don’t get the full attention that the Little Busters boys do, becauuse while they don’t tell these kinds of stories often the tales of the boys are some of my favorite the company has ever produced.
Best,
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Kyousuke is by far my most favorite Key guy! I do love Masato and Kengo too. Yukito is my favorite protagonist. Shout out to Yoshino, who I think would make a great protagonist.
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Well damn, I would say BASED Akio is my favorite Key boy but to call him a mere boy would be a severe insult to him being the pinnacle of fatherly badassery.
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