Updated: March 15, 2026

Hey! Kusunoki here. I have played 55+ otome games and have been playing since late 2000s. Not being allowed to own a PSV in my teens hindered the number a bit, but probably wouldn’t have mattered because I couldn’t read Japanese and play unlocalized games until 2022 (and picked up otome games again).

I have a busy full-time job (think 60-100 hours/week) so I am certainly not the fastest game reviewer nor am I the most up-to-date with otome/seiyuu related news. However, you may have noticed I write detailed, ultra-long reviews that are not spoiler-free. I use this as an outlet to organize the plot and express my thoughts.

I am no one but a small reviewer with a personal blog. Everything I say reflects my own taste. I have a high tolerance for certain things and have no patience for certain others. This blog contains purely subjective reviews with sometimes strong emotions or criticism. If you are looking for unbiased/tame reviews this is not the place.

I feel I owe it to three otome bloggers whose reviews I’ve followed over the years and ultimately inspired me to record my own journey:

• Breadmasterlee (now focusing on JRPG and phased out of otome hence will not link blog, but forever a legend in the western otome review world & likely the first name that comes to people’s minds when asked for a prolific reviewer)
• Rurunikiri
• (Taiwanese – traditional Chinese) 幸せな時間 – The OG otome blog that I read over the years, still active.

Honourable mention to a gem reviewer I found on YouTube that I often have on in the background: 乙女ゲーマーのアーサ (Japanese)

MBTI: INFJ

Horoscope: Virgo

Favourite game of all time: NORN9

Seiyuu Biases: Hall of Fame

Ishikawa Kaito

Fukuyama Jun

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu

Sakurai Takahiro

Ishida Akira

Uchida Yuuma

Otome Game LI Hall of Fame

Birushana: Taira no Tomomori

BUSTAFELLOWS: Helvetica

Chou no Doku: Shiba Junichi

Code Realize: Victor Frankenstein

even if TEMPEST: Lucien Neuschburn

Hakuoki: Okita Souji

Nightshade: Kuroyuki

Mistonia no Kibou: John Doe

Nil Admirari no Tenbin: Sagisawa Rui

NORN9: Kagami Itsuki

Olympia Soiree: Yosuga

OVER REQUIEMZ: Claude Grain

Piofiore no Banshou: Dante Falzone

Trouble Magia: Sion Caldo

Utakata no Uchronia: Yori

Wand of Fortune: Est Rinaudo