The opening monologue of this game completely confused me, and I'm much less excited about playing it. Where I come from, the term "a man's man" is roughly akin to "alpha male." It's a guy who's really good at all the (mostly pointless) stuff that guys care about. I expect "a man's man" to do things that start with saying, "hold my beer..." and end in either idiots laughing at some stupid spectacle, a trip to the hospital, or both. A man's man can fix his own car, chop wood like a machine, get any woman he wants, doesn't get emotional attached to said women, and makes a hobby of showing off his biceps.
The game's definition of a man's man (or as the narrator/protagonist puts it, "manliness") is "standing up for people who can't stand up for themselves." I have never considered that to be, or seen that depicted as, a trait that is in any way unique to men. This seems like it would be insulting to all women as well as any of the men who can't stand up for themselves that the protagonist is supposed to care about. Wouldn't the natural conclusion of this theory be that any guy who can't stand up for himself is "not a real man." That seems like a really judgmental and arrogant perspective, which makes me wonder why a person who thinks that way would bother to stand up for them. So, the whole concept feels like a logical black hole.
I was expecting this to be a story about a womanizing frat-jock that is forced to learn what it's like to be a woman and suffer for his mistreatment of others. Instead it appears to be a story about a really nice guy who's always good to other people being tortured for no karmic reason at all.
For now, I will continue to play further in the hopes that this is a translation problem that may be cleared up as I go along.
EDIT: I will also say, I don't like playing adult games on full-screen (I like to be able to switch away as quickly as possible), and if you take it out of full-screen, the text box flickers horribly. Why does the text box flicker?!
EDIT: Just as I'm thinking, "ah-hah! He's a ripped construction worker! That fits more into the stereotypes of being manly!" He then ... quotes the Lord Of the Rings ... I don't need to agree with the author's definition of manliness, but it would be nice if I could figure out what the hell it is. He stands up for other people, but then puts them down for being weak, he's muscular but then he's a fantasy nerd--I don't understand WTF is happening.