Believe it or not the first definition is the original definition of what dating-sim games are, the second meaning derived from many attempts of using the term “dating-sim” incorrectly by the English speaking gamers to the point society now believes it’s the actual meaning. The second definition is the one many are familiar with – a romantic visual novel. 恋愛シミュレーションゲーム) falls into to two definitions with the first one being the exact reversal of otome: MC being male, the love interest characters being very attractive females. 乙女ゲーム) are games which includes a female MC who has the opportunity to attract the very attractive male characters in the game and enter a love route with each of them separately or harem-like.
Both are very similar, where, according to Japan’s Wikipedia, Nico dictionary, Kotobanks, and many more Japanese dictionary sites, otome games (i.e. Buckle your seats everyone cause today is the day this argument ends once and for all!įirst off, let’s start off with what makes an otome/dating-sims an otome/dating sim. This wouldn’t have been such a big deal had people recognize and acknowledge that the game isn’t after being explained to about it, but after hearing their arguments as to why they refuse to change how they think about it, the frustration pent up for nearly a year has finally bubbled over. People on twitter, youtube, and even those that were trying to or supposed to advertise the game have often categorized it as such. It’s no longer old news that Twisted Wonderland frequently gets called an “otome game” or dating sims by people who never played the game before. Do NOT use this post as a source to offend people but please use it to inform others. This was written to clear the misunderstanding people had on the genre of Twisted Wonderland and that anyone should be allowed to be play without feeling restricted or thinking it’s not something they want to try because of misunderstandings. `)o I finally found the courage to write Twisted Wonderland content after what happened a couple months ago, when I literally just came back, and while writing a couple of analysis I thought I would write this as an informative rather than an actual analysis of the game.ĭISCLAIMER: This post is NOT by any means demeaning otome games or dating sims whatsoever.
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