Recommending Help with Netorare (NTR) - Definitions, Recommendations and Resources

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(NTR B, japanese, played with textractor + deepl) - In my personal top 3 NTR VNs.
I remember that I played this once and I think I liked it. Will have a look at it and your other recommendations again. Thx a lot ! ;)
 

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I remember that I played this once and I think I liked it. Will have a look at it and your other recommendations again. Thx a lot ! ;)
Hey man. You think you could repost that list of upcoming games? There was a few I was interested in.
 

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I dont remember any password actually

deepl is just one of the best translator AIs out there:

it's all very well explained here:
Did that, but the deepl translator would tell me that I reached the character limit whenever I try to read through a vn
 
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Overview:
  1. Definitions
  2. Recommendations
  3. Resources
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1. Definitions:

Preamble: The problem with the NTR genre-tag on f95zone:
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Origin and general overview:
of course is a very broad genre, splitting into many, many subgenres and people tend to have very different definitions of the genre. Initially the term originated from Japan but finds common use nowadays.

There are several different terms that are commonly linked to NTR. Those are: Netori, Netorase, Cuckold, Cheating, Sharing, Swinging (and others). Following this I will try to shed light on the differences and similarities.


Modern and generally used Netorare (NTR) definition:
NTR means that an important, most of the times female person (girlfriend, wife, mother, sister, childhood friend) is 'stolen' from the protagonist by one or more antagonists, thus creating a feeling of jealousy. Due to its nature NTR is sometimes described as the fetishization of jealousy and understood as a form of masochism. Still that doen't always apply, as the player can decide which perspective to take.

VNDB devides NTR into three subcategories:

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consensual from the beginning; no blackmail, harassment, rape, etc.
: non-consensual at the beginning, but later on the heroine falls for pleasure and succumbs, resulting in a consensual affair
: non-consensual from start to end

NTR usually contains corruption, manipulation, domination, moral degeneration and humiliation. Furthermore you will often find elements such as blackmail, rape, groping, sexual harassment and voyeurism going along.

Other terms and titles - 1. Netori and Cheating:
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Other terms and titles - 2. Netorase and Cuckold:
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2. Recommendations:

Obviously I wont list every NTR game that's out there. There are thousands and thousands of trash NTR games and the real deal isn't finding a NTR game itself - but finding those that are good and suit your taste and NTR preferences. The recommendations I will give you in this list are in my opinion the best of the best you will find. That said - my eyes aren't everywhere. So feel free to let me know if you think of a game that should be added to the list!
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Japanese H games:
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English:
_________________Game___________________NTRgenre____Perspective_______Status____
My girlfriend is a blue-collar workerNTR B and CMultiple ProtagonistsCompleted
NTR HomestayNTR B, Mystery NTRMultiple ProtagonistsCompleted
Until Her Armorous Body CorruptsNTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
A Housewifes Healing TouchNTR B and CMale ProtagonistCompleted
Rin to Shita Tsuma wa Hitoshirezu Midarazuma e to OchiteNTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
In the House of the Despicable FamilyNTR BMultiple ProtagonistsCompleted

Japanese:
_________________Game___________________NTRgenre____Perspective_______Status____
NTR BMultiple ProtagonistsCompleted
- Netori, NTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
NTR B and CMale ProtagonistCompleted
NTR B and CMale ProtagonistCompleted
- Netori, NTR A and BMale ProtagonistCompleted
and NTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
NTR A, B and CMale ProtagonistCompleted
NTR A and BMale ProtagonistCompleted
NTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted


RPGM games:
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Pixel art only:
_________________Game___________________NTRgenre____Perspective_______Status____
Henteria Chronicles IIINTR BMale ProtagonistIN DEV (fast update rate)
Henteria Chronicles IINTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
Henteria Chronicles INTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
NTRPG 2NTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
Sayoko ~The Summer of Wishing to Stars~NTR A and BMale ProtagonistCompleted

With CGs:
_________________Game___________________NTRgenre____Perspective_______Status____
Satisfy HimNTR BFemale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
Between Dream and RealityNTR A and BMale ProtagonistIN DEV (only a playable demo)
Alansya Chronicles - Fleeting IrisNTR A, B and CFemale ProtagonistCompleted
Boy Hero Ken ~Haunted House Investigation~NTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted/Abandoned
Home PrisonerNTR BMale ProtagonistAbandoned
Dark Hero Party (or Thug Hero Party)NTR B and CMale ProtagonistCompleted
When New Wife Megu FallsNTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
Bawdy TraditionsNTR A and BMultiple ProtagonistsCompleted
The Hidden Endnot clear yetMultiple ProtagonistsIN DEV (mediocre update rate)
Curse of PleasureNTR BFemale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
Scars of SummerNTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
Holding HandsNetorase, NTR A and BMale ProtagonistIN DEV (mediocre update rate)
Daily Life in JeopardyNTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
MinakoNTR A and BFemale ProtagonistCompleted
President YukinoNTR B and CFemale ProtagonistCompleted
Spirit Squeezing Devils's 5 Day Long Orgasm Denial GameNTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
RaiOhGar: Asuka and the King of SteelNTR BMultiple ProtagonistsCompleted


"Western" Games:
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_________________Game___________________NTRgenre____Perspective_______Status_____
A Promise Best Left UnkeptNTR B, Mystery NTRMultiple ProtagonistsIN DEV (fast update rate)
Rick and Morty: Another Way Home (Nightmirror's version)Netori, NTR A and BMale ProtagonistIN DEV (mediocre update rate)
Long Story ShortNetori, NTR A and BMale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
Turning the PageNTR B, Mystery NTRMultiple ProtagonistsIN DEV (not sure yet)
BabysittersNTR A and BMale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
Girlfriend TapesNTR A and BMale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
Our Red StringNot clear yetMultiple ProtagonistsIN DEV (slow update rate)
False HeroNetori, NTR BMale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
Family, Friends and StrangersNTR BMale ProtagonistIN DEV (mediocre update rate)
BabysitterNetori, NTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
Demon BoyNot clear yetMale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
Good Girl Gone BadNTR A, B and CFemale ProtagonistCompleted
NTR BMultiple ProtagonistsCompleted
The Edge ofNTR B, Mystery NTRMale ProtagonistCompleted
The Point of No ReturnNTR BFemale ProtagonistIN DEV (fast update rate)
Noemis Toscana RebirthNTR A and BFemale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
The Rural HomecomingNTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
Culture ShockNetori, NTR BMale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
Swing & MissNTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
Friendly BlondingNTR BMultiple ProtagonistsCompleted
Restore Her CareerNetori, NTR A, B and CMale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
KathoeyNot clear yetMultiple ProtagonistsIN DEV (slow update rate)
Watching My WifeNot clear yetMale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
A Mothers LoveNetori, NTR A and BMale ProtagonistOnhold
True BondNTR A and BMultiple ProtagonistsAbandoned
A Wife and a MotherNTR A and BFemale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
My Wife's a StarNTR A and BMultiple ProtagonistsIN DEV (slow update rate)
My Mother Kyoko - NTR FallenNTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
The SpellbookNTR AMale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
The Queen Who Adopted a GoblinNTR AMultiple ProtagonistsCompleted
NTR LegendNetori, NTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
SandstormNetori, NTR A and CMale ProtagonistCompleted
Seasons of LossNTR A and BMale ProtagonistOnhold
The Cure for MadnessNTR BMultiple ProtagonistsIN DEV (slow update rate)
Four SeasonsNTR BMale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
Amy's EcstasyNTR BMultiple ProtagonistsIN DEV (mediocre update rate)
A Perfect Marriagenot clear yetMultiple ProtagonistsIN DEV (slow update rate)
KarmaNetori, NTR BMale ProtagonistCompleted
Teaser~Date~Kanon!NTR AMale ProtagonistCompleted
Summer Storynot clear yetMale ProtagonistIN DEV (slow update rate)
Fictional StoryNTR BFemale ProtagonistCompleted
The King of SummerNTR BMultiple ProtagonistsIN DEV (fast update rate)


Hentai Mangas:
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- Otonari NTR (NTR B)
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Hentai & Anime Videos:
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- (NTR B)
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- (Netori, NTR B and C)
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- (NTR A, B and C)
- (Netori, NTR A and B)
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- (NTR A, B and C)
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Japanese AVs:
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3. Resources:

For more NTR make sure to go to this forum/thread:
Here the cool kids meet and discuss new releases. Also it's a huge bank of knowledge and even data. A lot of links get posted and a lot of recommendations can be found there. Translations are provided. It's the playground of the community.

Netori and Netorase recommendations:
If you misunderstood what NTR means and are not looking for classic Netorare but rather for Netori or Netorase check out these game recommendation threads:
  1. Complete Netorase & Sharing Games Master List by zetsupetsu
  2. Complete Netori Games Master List by myself ;)

Download NTR Games that are not on f95zone:
If you want to download japanese NTR games, whether its RPGMs or VNs you wont find many of those here on f95zone. You need to visit one of these sites to get them:
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To find new games you have different options. Either you stay here; NTR games on f95zone (NTR tag applied - sort them any way you like) or you go to:
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Translation tools:
Best translation tool to use is textractor + deepl:

NTR Mangas:
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NTR Videos:
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CG-Sets and more Mangas:
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NTR Literature:
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That's it. Hope I could be of help and feel free to add and complement stuff that I forgot. Hope you have a good time and we see each other around! ;)

Also I will try and keep this updated - just so you know. Cheers!

Thank you
 

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Modern and generally used Netorare (NTR) definition:
NTR means that an important, most of the times female person (girlfriend, wife, mother, sister, childhood friend) is 'stolen' from the protagonist by one or more antagonists, thus creating a feeling of jealousy. Due to its nature NTR is sometimes described as the fetishization of jealousy and understood as a form of masochism. Still that doen't always apply, as the player can decide which perspective to take.
As one NTR coomer to another, I just want to dispute this thought that jealousy is the core feature of NTR. I know some other NTR fans would disagree with me, but jealousy focused NTR is just one subtype of it, and in practice, it's actually not even the most common one from my experience.

As you point out later, the male MC is very often oblivious to the NTR until it's way too late. And even if he finds out earlier, it's not always jealousy that is the lead emotion. It's often despair, a sense of foreboding doom, a sense of abandonment/betrayal, and desperation. Plus, mom NTR is a very common scenario, and the MC wouldn't be feeling jealousy in the majority of Japanese mom NTR plots. Asian cultures tend to put a lot of emphasis on the importance of family bonds and the traditional roles of the father as the bread winner (although the father is often out of the picture) and the mother as the nurturer. The mere fact that the mom will be corrupted beyond salvation and disregard her motherly duties towards her child is NTR in itself without any sort of sexual jealousy involved on the MC's part.

On a related note, the obsession with jealousy, in my opinion, stems from the conflation of the western cuckold tropes and NTR. Western NTR, usually some form of forced cuckoldry, is more often about the direct humiliation of the MC. It's much more common for the MC to be aware of the NTR early on. Jealousy is indeed the emotion taking center stage in a lot of these stories. Japanese NTR focuses much more on the female corruption dynamic regardless of what the male MC is feeling (often being oblivious for the bulk of the story). Of course these are just trends, and there are plenty of examples from both Japanese NTR and western NTR that focus on different scenarios and progression.

Lastly, to equate NTR to masochism would be to assume that the players are self inserting as the cucked MC. I've made polls about this before and was able to confirm my hypothesis that a significantly lower percentage of NTR fans self insert compared to the general population. It was something like 40%+ of general population self insert, while less than 20% of NTR fans do so. Granted, my polls allowed multiple votes which makes it quite a bit harder to analyze the data, but it should give you an idea. The biggest portion of the NTR fans view these stories from a third person perspective. That's why we can enjoy female protag, male protag, multiple POV stories, and even netori, which is generally the polar opposite in terms of cuckiness. And the common theme in all these different POVs? The corruption of the female character as she succumbs to the forbidden cock. This is so ubiquitous in NTR that I almost consider it the main draw of NTR stories. You get MUCH better corruption in NTR than in regular corruption tagged games. You could also probably assume that a lot of us are too far down the rabbit hole of hentai and degenerate porn that we can't fap to wholesome stuff anymore lol.

But overall, this was a great write up. I agree with most things you've said.
 
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As one NTR coomer to another, I just want to dispute this thought that jealousy is the core feature of NTR. I know some other NTR fans would disagree with me, but jealousy focused NTR is just one subtype of it, and in practice, it's actually not even the most common one from my experience.
Great thoughts on the topic! Although I tend to think jealousy is a core feature of NTR, you argue persuasively that it needn't be exclusively considered that way. Perhaps NTR can be subdivided into even further categories, each based on different types of the primary emotional stress that is being elicited:
  • Jealousy: I really want, but I can't have
  • Betrayal: We had a mutual agreement, but she violated her promise
  • Shame: I am not worthy of her as can be seen by my [physical weakness, small dick, lack of money, ethnicity, social awkwardness, etc.]
  • Dread: My worst sexual nightmare is coming true
  • Disapproval: I thought she was a perfect angel, but she's behaving like a lowly slut
Any other basic anxieties being explored in NTR themes?

Of course, there's a lot of blending and overlapping going on in most NTR stories--many can be said to elicit every one of these emotional states to varying degrees. But perhaps the stories can be effectively categorized according to the primary emotional response being targeted.

Personally, Betrayal stories don't do anything for me, which is annoying because so many NTR stories are based in infidelity. For me, once I learn that the LI is MC's wife/GF, and they're already in the midst of a sexual relationship (or were at one point), I lose all interest.

I'm all about Jealousy: the desire to experience, but receiving instead the pain of being denied. To me, this anxiety is heightened if the MC has never before tasted the forbidden fruit, but everyone else seems to be getting a plateful.

And this is kind of why I disagree with your contention that Jealousy isn't a part of most Japanese mom NTR plots. I agree that Disapproval is definitely a key component ("my sweet mommy shouldn't be acting like this!"), as is Betrayel ("mommy's job is to attend to MY needs!"), Shame ("I'll never achieve social distinction when people learn mommy is a slut!"), and Dread ("OMG, they're stealing mommy from me and turning her into a sex slave!"). However, I think Jealousy is a huge component--maybe the most significant--of Japanese mom NTR stories, as well as western mom NTR stories, and really just about any incest NTR story.

If you think about it, family members are the ultimate forbidden fruit. Perhaps the most common mental journey Incest-NTR MCs go on begins in a place of "I view my beloved family member as an asexual being" to "I never considered my family member as a sexual being, but now I can't deny it" to "oh fuck she's hot, why can't I experience her too, it's not fair!" Son-mother, brother-sister, father-daughter... every great incest-NTR story seems to have this dynamic operating at its core.

Anyway, just my thoughts.

:)(y)
 
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Great thoughts on the topic! Although I tend to think jealousy is a core feature of NTR, you argue persuasively that it needn't be exclusively considered that way. Perhaps NTR can be subdivided into even further categories, each based on different types of the primary emotional stress that is being elicited:
  • Jealousy: I really want, but I can't have
  • Betrayal: We had a mutual agreement, but she violated her promise
  • Shame: I am not worthy of her as can be seen by my [physical weakness, small dick, lack of money, ethnicity, social awkwardness, etc.]
  • Dread: My worst sexual nightmare is coming true
  • Disapproval: I thought she was a perfect angel, but she's behaving like a lowly slut
Any other basic anxieties being explored in NTR themes?

Of course, there's a lot of blending and overlapping going on in most NTR stories--many can be said to elicit every one of these emotional states to varying degrees. But perhaps the stories can be effectively categorized according to the primary emotional response being targeted.

Personally, Betrayal stories don't do anything for me, which is annoying because so many NTR stories are based in infidelity. For me, once I learn that the LI is MC's wife/GF, and they're already in the midst of a sexual relationship (or were at one point), I lose all interest.

I'm all about Jealousy: the desire to experience, but receiving instead the pain of being denied. To me, this anxiety is heightened if the MC has never before tasted the forbidden fruit, but everyone else seems to be getting a plateful.

And this is kind of why I disagree with your contention that Jealousy isn't a part of most Japanese mom NTR plots. I agree that Disapproval is definitely a key component ("my sweet mommy shouldn't be acting like this!"), as is Betrayel ("mommy's job is to attend to MY needs!"), Shame ("I'll never achieve social distinction when people learn mommy is a slut!"), and Dread ("OMG, they're stealing mommy from me and turning her into a sex slave!"). However, I think Jealousy is a huge component--maybe the most significant--of Japanese mom NTR stories, as well as western mom NTR stories, and really just about any incest NTR story.

If you think about it, family members are the ultimate forbidden fruit. Perhaps the most common mental journey Incest-NTR MCs go on begins in a place of "I view my beloved family member as an asexual being" to "I never considered my family member as a sexual being, but now I can't deny it" to "oh fuck she's hot, why can't I experience her too, it's not fair!" Son-mother, brother-sister, father-daughter... every great incest-NTR story seems to have this dynamic operating at its core.

Anyway, just my thoughts.

:)(y)
I might be saying pretty much the same thing again, but let me try to expand on my point. Keep in mind, when I talk about jealousy (or any other emotion), I am talking about the jealousy that could arise in the male MC's character. Player jealousy is an entirely separate thing that cannot be quantified. It depends on the player disposition and whether they are self inserting, role-playing, empathizing, or just fapping to some fucked up story.

I think you overestimate the jealousy factor, especially in Japanese NTR. I don't know how much exposure you've had with NTR hentai and Japanese NTR games, but it's actually quite rare for the NTRed MC in these stories to be jealous that he can't have that pussy while some Chads are going buck wild on her.

That's because fundamentally, that jealousy angle is much more compatible with cuckoldry, beta variant of netorase, and other situations where the MC is knowingly being cucked. As you have it, most Japanese NTR stories feature the oblivious male protagonist and the main focus is on the betrayal and how low the female MC is gonna go in her corruption journey.

There are some key differences in Japanese and western NTR, both in the dev philosophy and the audience expectation. Japanese NTR is mostly hard NTR where the entire story is geared towards telling this NTR story. It's quite formulaic. There might be virgin runs or happy endings, but it's usually just there to strengthen the NTR and not as a satisfying route in itself. Whether it be male MC or female MC, the focus is overwhelmingly on the female corruption. When written with a male MC, he is basically just a vehicle, or a cursor, for the player to uncover the scenes. And since the main themes are that of betrayal/cheating/moral degeneration, the male finding out early in the story kinda throws a wrench on the whole thing. It's exceedingly tough to maintain the sense of immorality and progressive corruption when the male MC knows the NTR is happening. Thus, we often see multiple POVs where the MC doesn't know the full extent of what's happening, but the players can see it all.

It's like Schrodinger's NTR. Once you open that box, you need to collapse the MC's state of mind into something concrete. Is he really just a true cuck who feels aroused and jealous? Is he just a weak boy who want's to fight back, but can't? Is he a retard who has mismatched motivations and actions? And all of these options tend to shift the focus away from the female corruption progression. Most Japanese NTR stories opt to delay opening this box as long as possible. Yes, it can turn into some stupid ass oblivious retard MC, but I'd say fans of Japanese NTR will generally prefer this over the cuckold MC.

For Japanese mom NTR, I've played a lot of em and read even more hentai doujins. It's very rare for the MC to feel sexual jealousy. He might notice her allure or her changes (turning more sexy as corruption progresses), but he rarely crosses the line into incest desire. Like, you won't even find Freudian subtexts in a lot of these stories, let alone blatant incest subplots.

Western NTR female MC variant is not much different than Japanese female MC NTR, although the western scene emphasizes female sexual liberation (as opposed to female subjugation) more often than Japan. When it comes to male MC, the western NTR games tends fall back on the cuckoldry fetish. It's about his humiliation. It's about his jealousy. It's about his beta bitch boy life while some jacked up BBC dudes rail his girl. Very often, the devs even insist on keeping all scenes within the POV of the male MC. That means the MC has to witness all the NTR for the players to be able to watch the scenes. This is a tenuous situation for the male MC as a character. It's really hard to justify why he acts the way he does, and in most cases, it remains illogical or just turns into some form of cuckoldry. Mind you, it's not impossible, but it's quite hard to maintain the NTR vibes over the intruding cuckoldry vibes in such a situation. Regardless, you can see that the male MC's emotional response to the NTR is taking a lot more focus than the Japanese games.

And that's the point I'm making. Because the oblivious MC is the most common one in Japanese NTR, the jealousy factor is non-existent (or reserved for the ending sequence). And because the male MCs in western games are undergoing cuckoldry more often than not, jealousy does tend to play a part in the constellation of emotions he goes through.

So can we really say that jealousy is a core requirement for NTR if most Japanese NTR games don't even emphasize it throughout the story?

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One extra point I could make. Japanese NTR is about the breaking of a close bond and the girl being stolen in a protracted arc. If you imagine a situation like that, what would be the natural response? Would you actually be jealous? Jealous that your girl betrayed you and are now some villain's cock slave? Jealous? It doesn't quite make sense from a character perspective unless the male MC is deliberately written as a cuckold (or at least turns into one from trauma at the end) rather than just a nice dude who got his girl stolen.
 
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More good thoughts! "NTR Theory" is fascinating to me, so I'm enjoying this dialogue. I'm getting a better understanding on a different perspective and I like that.

I might be saying pretty much the same thing again, but let me try to expand on my point. Keep in mind, when I talk about jealousy (or any other emotion), I am talking about the jealousy that could arise in the male MC's character. Player jealousy is an entirely separate thing that cannot be quantified. It depends on the player disposition and whether they are self inserting, role-playing, empathizing, or just fapping to some fucked up story.
This is a good point. What the MC is thinking and feeling might be different from what the player is thinking/feeling. Do you suppose "author intent" is a factor here? By this, I mean what the author/artist/dev intends for the player to feel? To a certain extent, this is irrelevant--creators create, audiences consume, intent isn't necessarily a factor. That said, skilled storytellers are successful partly because they can deliberately cause audiences to feel a specific emotion. Wes Craven, for example, wanted his audiences to feel horror, and he was very successful.

Perhaps comments and interviews from NTR creators can give us a glimpse inside what they were intending, and which emotions they were hoping to elicit.

I think you overestimate the jealousy factor, especially in Japanese NTR. I don't know how much exposure you've had with NTR hentai and Japanese NTR games, but it's actually quite rare for the NTRed MC in these stories to be jealous that he can't have that pussy while some Chads are going buck wild on her.
Well... I hate to brag, but I've logged countless hours inside Japanese NTR simulators and have studied uncountable volumes of NTR manga. :cool:

From my experience, the emotion of Jealousy is almost always present. Just to be sure, after reading your comment, I decided to peruse some J-NTR stuff (I found a "sister netorare" subreddit with a helpful "recommended content" post: ). I read about 4-5 manga titles and watched a few JAVs. "Jealousy" seemed to seep in every time. Was I self-inserting? Perhaps, but in Manga the MC's inner thoughts are often directly articulated, and those basically scream "I'M SO FUCKING JEALOUS RIGHT NOW!" In JAV, the cuck actor often frowns comically while clutching his tenting trousers, actions I interpret as clear jealousy signaling.

If you'd like, I could cite some specific examples.

That's because fundamentally, that jealousy angle is much more compatible with cuckoldry, beta variant of netorase, and other situations where the MC is knowingly being cucked. As you have it, most Japanese NTR stories feature the oblivious male protagonist and the main focus is on the betrayal and how low the female MC is gonna go in her corruption journey.
This is a good point. The "oblivious protagonist" is a common trope in J-NTR. What I've noticed with these plots is this: events slowly unfold, with the audience (us) being clued in on the LI's erotic shenanigans of which the protagonist is unaware. It's a delicious dramatic irony, and you're right in the sense that Jealousy isn't much of a factor for most of the rising action. The climax of the story is typically when the protagonist finally realizes that the LI is actually a hussy/corrupted/fucking the bully/etc. (Schrodinger's NTR box is opened, to use your metaphor.) During this climax, a swirl of different emotions typically afflicts the protagonist, paralyzing him. Is Jealousy the dominant emotion? Not always, I agree, but it very often is, and IMHO, Jealousy is always present among all the other emotions.

It's like Schrodinger's NTR. Once you open that box, you need to collapse the MC's state of mind into something concrete. Is he really just a true cuck who feels aroused and jealous? Is he just a weak boy who want's to fight back, but can't? Is he a retard who has mismatched motivations and actions? And all of these options tend to shift the focus away from the female corruption progression. Most Japanese NTR stories opt to delay opening this box as long as possible. Yes, it can turn into some stupid ass oblivious retard MC, but I'd say fans of Japanese NTR will generally prefer this over the cuckold MC.
I tend to agree. The box is typically opened at the climax of the story in J-NTR, and I generally prefer it that way. Cucks tend not to be very compelling protagonists; the revelatory epiphanic moment of tragic enlightenment is kinda where Fonzie jumps the shark.

For Japanese mom NTR, I've played a lot of em and read even more hentai doujins. It's very rare for the MC to feel sexual jealousy. He might notice her allure or her changes (turning more sexy as corruption progresses), but he rarely crosses the line into incest desire. Like, you won't even find Freudian subtexts in a lot of these stories, let alone blatant incest subplots.
Hmmm... I kind of agree with this--Mom NTR MCs don't regularly cross the line into incestuous desire, and almost never do for most of the story. But I've seen it sometimes happen--generally at the climax when they're forced to confront the concept that their mother is a sexual being. I might have to do some focused viewing on Mom-NTR as homework.

Western NTR female MC variant is not much different than Japanese female MC NTR, although the western scene emphasizes female sexual liberation (as opposed to female subjugation) more often than Japan. When it comes to male MC, the western NTR games tends fall back on the cuckoldry fetish. It's about his humiliation. It's about his jealousy. It's about his beta bitch boy life while some jacked up BBC dudes rail his girl. Very often, the devs even insist on keeping all scenes within the POV of the male MC. That means the MC has to witness all the NTR for the players to be able to watch the scenes. This is a tenuous situation for the male MC as a character. It's really hard to justify why he acts the way he does, and in most cases, it remains illogical or just turns into some form of cuckoldry. Mind you, it's not impossible, but it's quite hard to maintain the NTR vibes over the intruding cuckoldry vibes in such a situation. Regardless, you can see that the male MC's emotional response to the NTR is taking a lot more focus than the Japanese games.
Some good insights here! I tend to agree with you on these points.

And that's the point I'm making. Because the oblivious MC is the most common one in Japanese NTR, the jealousy factor is non-existent (or reserved for the ending sequence). And because the male MCs in western games are undergoing cuckoldry more often than not, jealousy does tend to play a part in the constellation of emotions he goes through.

So can we really say that jealousy is a core requirement for NTR if most Japanese NTR games don't even emphasize it throughout the story?
I generally agree with you (one minor quibble: I think I said "component" and "feature," but not "requirement") but I took the liberty of marking your phrase in parentheses because I think it's important to my point: the ending sequence is typically when all the suppressed emotions erupt, and those emotions and the fact they've been suppressed are of crucial significance. I think an argument could be made that, for many J-NTRs, the entire story is really about emotions/themes that haven't been mentioned or explored throughout 90% of the story. It's the literary equivalent of sketching an object by focusing solely on negative space.

Extrapolating further, if these stories could be said to have any moral, it would often be this: if your love causes you to view the object of your love only in terms of angelic asexual purity, and you fail to acknowledge her as a sexual being, you are setting yourself up for an emotional catastrophe.

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One extra point I could make. Japanese NTR is about the breaking of a close bond and the girl being stolen in a protracted arc. If you imagine a situation like that, what would be the natural response? Would you actually be jealous? Jealous that your girl betrayed you and are now some villain's cock slave? Jealous? It doesn't quite make sense from a character perspective unless the male MC is deliberately written as a cuckold (or at least turns into one from trauma at the end) rather than just a nice dude who got his girl stolen.
To answer the questions, "What would be the natural response? Would you actually be jealous?" Actually... yeah. I think it makes perfect sense for the MC to feel jealousy, particularly if the villain is experiencing something the MC has only ever dreamt of--or never allowed himself to dream of, as the case often is in J-NTR.

"Jealous that your girl betrayed you and are now some villain's cock slave? Jealous?" Well, I wouldn't be jealous of the betrayal (and bear in mind that not all NTR, Japanese or otherwise, feature betrayal), but I would be jealous that some other guy is slamming my LI, a well-drawn doe-eyed chick with big ole anime titties floppin around, cuz I want to do that! :mad:

Anyway, really fun thoughts. I don't agree with all your viewpoints, but you express yourself well and it's fun considering your perspective. (y)
 
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As an aficionado of western-style cuck games, many listed in the lede are sorely missing their "netorase" markers - Babysitter, Babysitters, Cure for Madness, My Wife's a Star all contain very much consensual sharing/swapping scenes, and the overall tone in those scenes is completely different from those scenes meant to provoke jealousy.

Long Story Short, being one of my favorites- I'm particularly taken back by its classifications - "Netori", okay, sure. But the others? There aren't really any scenes seeking to create jealousy in some non-consensual way to the mc, you have the option of basically thowing your girlfriend at another guy - from your definitions this would fit more in "netorase"
 

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More good thoughts! "NTR Theory" is fascinating to me, so I'm enjoying this dialogue. I'm getting a better understanding on a different perspective and I like that.



This is a good point. What the MC is thinking and feeling might be different from what the player is thinking/feeling. Do you suppose "author intent" is a factor here? By this, I mean what the author/artist/dev intends for the player to feel? To a certain extent, this is irrelevant--creators create, audiences consume, intent isn't necessarily a factor. That said, skilled storytellers are successful partly because they can deliberately cause audiences to feel a specific emotion. Wes Craven, for example, wanted his audiences to feel horror, and he was very successful.

Perhaps comments and interviews from NTR creators can give us a glimpse inside what they were intending, and which emotions they were hoping to elicit.



Well... I hate to brag, but I've logged countless hours inside Japanese NTR simulators and have studied uncountable volumes of NTR manga. :cool:

From my experience, the emotion of Jealousy is almost always present. Just to be sure, after reading your comment, I decided to peruse some J-NTR stuff (I found a "sister netorare" subreddit with a helpful "recommended content" post: ). I read about 4-5 manga titles and watched a few JAVs. "Jealousy" seemed to seep in every time. Was I self-inserting? Perhaps, but in Manga the MC's inner thoughts are often directly articulated, and those basically scream "I'M SO FUCKING JEALOUS RIGHT NOW!" In JAV, the cuck actor often frowns comically while clutching his tenting trousers, actions I interpret as clear jealousy signaling.

If you'd like, I could cite some specific examples.



This is a good point. The "oblivious protagonist" is a common trope in J-NTR. What I've noticed with these plots is this: events slowly unfold, with the audience (us) being clued in on the LI's erotic shenanigans of which the protagonist is unaware. It's a delicious dramatic irony, and you're right in the sense that Jealousy isn't much of a factor for most of the rising action. The climax of the story is typically when the protagonist finally realizes that the LI is actually a hussy/corrupted/fucking the bully/etc. (Schrodinger's NTR box is opened, to use your metaphor.) During this climax, a swirl of different emotions typically afflicts the protagonist, paralyzing him. Is Jealousy the dominant emotion? Not always, I agree, but it very often is, and IMHO, Jealousy is always present among all the other emotions.



I tend to agree. The box is typically opened at the climax of the story in J-NTR, and I generally prefer it that way. Cucks tend not to be very compelling protagonists; the revelatory epiphanic moment of tragic enlightenment is kinda where Fonzie jumps the shark.



Hmmm... I kind of agree with this--Mom NTR MCs don't regularly cross the line into incestuous desire, and almost never do for most of the story. But I've seen it sometimes happen--generally at the climax when they're forced to confront the concept that their mother is a sexual being. I might have to do some focused viewing on Mom-NTR as homework.



Some good insights here! I tend to agree with you on these points.



I generally agree with you (one minor quibble: I think I said "component" and "feature," but not "requirement") but I took the liberty of marking your phrase in parentheses because I think it's important to my point: the ending sequence is typically when all the suppressed emotions erupt, and those emotions and the fact they've been suppressed are of crucial significance. I think an argument could be made that, for many J-NTRs, the entire story is really about emotions/themes that haven't been mentioned or explored throughout 90% of the story. It's the literary equivalent of sketching an object by focusing solely on negative space.

Extrapolating further, if these stories could be said to have any moral, it would often be this: if your love causes you to view the object of your love only in terms of angelic asexual purity, and you fail to acknowledge her as a sexual being, you are setting yourself up for an emotional catastrophe.



To answer the questions, "What would be the natural response? Would you actually be jealous?" Actually... yeah. I think it makes perfect sense for the MC to feel jealousy, particularly if the villain is experiencing something the MC has only ever dreamt of--or never allowed himself to dream of, as the case often is in J-NTR.

"Jealous that your girl betrayed you and are now some villain's cock slave? Jealous?" Well, I wouldn't be jealous of the betrayal (and bear in mind that not all NTR, Japanese or otherwise, feature betrayal), but I would be jealous that some other guy is slamming my LI, a well-drawn doe-eyed chick with big ole anime titties floppin around, cuz I want to do that! :mad:

Anyway, really fun thoughts. I don't agree with all your viewpoints, but you express yourself well and it's fun considering your perspective. (y)
I'll refrain from redundant discussions this time. From my experience of reading so many NTR stories, I came to a certain conclusion. From your experience of doing the same, you came to a somewhat different conclusion. That's fine. Maybe we are just wired differently to end up with different reads on the same situations that are present in the usual NTR stories.

About the author's intent, it's actually relevant, but it could be deemed a subjective interpretation that wouldn't be suited for a definition of the tag. Since we rarely get insight into the author's intent, it's generally best to go with what's in the story. In most cases, the characters and the story are displaying the author's intent quite clearly. The potential issue with basing NTR on the author's intent is that there are some very delusional individuals that will cry NTR when the author obviously didn't intend for it (any non-MC sex is NTR to some people after all).

About the sister NTR, I'm not surprised that you found a lot of jealousy stuff on it. Sister NTR is quite different from mom NTR. Since the sister is not typically in the guardian role, it's a bit harder to interpret her getting corrupted as something inherently detrimental to the brother. In general, the bonds between siblings is decidedly weaker than that of parent and child in Asia. So it makes sense that more sister NTR would lean on the attraction dynamic.

About the endings. You make a good point about the nature of the NTR story structure. I think we are in agreement that NTR is not really an act. It's the story. It encompasses the entire narrative, from the set up to the build up to the pay off (for Japanese style NTR at least). So if jealousy is the major emotional response in the ending sequence after the NTR reveal even though the dude was oblivious all throughout the story, I can see how one can view it as a "jealousy story." That said, I still think there are too many other types of endings to really call it a core feature, but you've convinced me that it could be deemed a "common feature."
 

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I'll refrain from redundant discussions this time. From my experience of reading so many NTR stories, I came to a certain conclusion. From your experience of doing the same, you came to a somewhat different conclusion. That's fine. Maybe we are just wired differently to end up with different reads on the same situations that are present in the usual NTR stories.

About the author's intent, it's actually relevant, but it could be deemed a subjective interpretation that wouldn't be suited for a definition of the tag. Since we rarely get insight into the author's intent, it's generally best to go with what's in the story. In most cases, the characters and the story are displaying the author's intent quite clearly. The potential issue with basing NTR on the author's intent is that there are some very delusional individuals that will cry NTR when the author obviously didn't intend for it (any non-MC sex is NTR to some people after all).

About the sister NTR, I'm not surprised that you found a lot of jealousy stuff on it. Sister NTR is quite different from mom NTR. Since the sister is not typically in the guardian role, it's a bit harder to interpret her getting corrupted as something inherently detrimental to the brother. In general, the bonds between siblings is decidedly weaker than that of parent and child in Asia. So it makes sense that more sister NTR would lean on the attraction dynamic.

About the endings. You make a good point about the nature of the NTR story structure. I think we are in agreement that NTR is not really an act. It's the story. It encompasses the entire narrative, from the set up to the build up to the pay off (for Japanese style NTR at least). So if jealousy is the major emotional response in the ending sequence after the NTR reveal even though the dude was oblivious all throughout the story, I can see how one can view it as a "jealousy story." That said, I still think there are too many other types of endings to really call it a core feature, but you've convinced me that it could be deemed a "common feature."
What’s your opinion on Korean NTR? If you ever read any Manhwa/Pornwha of course. I feel like they have a lot potential for solid NTR buildup with their format but it is some of weakest I have read. It could be their NTR philosophy is different with how often they give the power to mc and more mc focus than fmc usually.
 

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What’s your opinion on Korean NTR? If you ever read any Manhwa/Pornwha of course. I feel like they have a lot potential for solid NTR buildup with their format but it is some of weakest I have read. It could be their NTR philosophy is different with how often they give the power to mc and more mc focus than fmc usually.
I haven't read too many pornhwas, but I think Korean stories generally are more grounded in that it treats these situations without fetishizing it into the extremes of cuckoldry or focused corruption arcs of the females. In a lot of pornhwa sites I've visited, NTR isn't even a tag. Just because the MC takes some losses, that doesn't mean he can't have some wins too. In many cases, NTR seems to be used as a springboard for MC's growth, and in general, the endings are not straight up tragedies. These are long form narratives that usually tries to tell some story apart from the fetishes. Silent War is pretty amazing.

When it comes to medium length hentai mangas like on e-hentai, they follow the more typical NTR tropes. For example, laliberte is one of my fav korean hentai artist and they do a lot of the "MC eventually turns into a broken mess with an awakened masochistic cuck mentality after the trauma of NTR."
 
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Did that, but the deepl translator would tell me that I reached the character limit whenever I try to read through a vn
Actually I realized now (though you surely already know yourself), deepl has gone private. So you need to pay for an account. Very sad to hear.
 

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Is Restore Her Career really NTR? You list it as having all the NTR types but game does not have NTR tag and from reading the thread they say there is no NTR in the game
 

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Recently 'Away from Home' and the Netori there (which was really good) made me realize that I haven't played many games in this subgenre.
Does anyone have other recommendations?
 
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