In fact I draw parallels of Enzai to the infamously disturbing and distasteful Hadaka Butler, the censored version being purchasable from Steam but not a personal recommendation of mine. Enzai -Falsely Accused- and Absolute Obediance for PC were localised that year by JAST USA, with fans criticising the choice as the first ever localised title of Enzai specifically being too harsh and gritty in tone and setting.

Love Plus), a genre of gaming which is already a selling point in another category aimed at female gamers called otomes.įor European audiences, our first exposure to this was as late as in 2006. Considering that the majority of BL media consumers are aimed and purchased by young girls, localized options now available by means of Steam are censored, allowing these stories to be experienced without the issue of sometimes extremely explicit R18+ material.Īfter the success of the manga subgenres concerning such relationships, this focus on developing romantic relationships would become a implemented in video games, specifically dating sims (eg. Female artists created the subgenre of girls manga (shoujo) for female readers, with one of the first notable works created by Keiko Takemiya, famed for her Kaze to Ki no Uta as the influence for other series to follow in its footsteps for its combination of homosexual romance and sexual content. A little bit of historyīL in video games may not have even occurred unless its first creation in the form of a subgenre of manga to surface in the 1970s. Today we venture into this criminally underrated sub-genre of BL visual novels.

Because underneath the focus on BL being not only greatly appreciated representation for many, there are plots concerning deeper themes and meanings every gamer can enjoy and learn from. Whatever the case, BL in video games provides some of the best visual novel stories that are now accessible to Western audiences.

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