VN - Others - Completed - Life With a Slave -Teaching Feeling- [v4.0.6 - v2.5.2] [FreakilyCharming]

There won't be any updates to this game for a while though - Developer K-Ray just moved back to Japan and is busy.
But it is still being worked on.

If anyone has any issues - just ask - mod patch is still being worked on - so I will update the links when it's needed.
Worth using though.

After playing Love At First Sight, I really wanted to know more about that artist and the other games he made. I had already briefly played Teaching Feelings a few years back, but I didn't go very far in it. A few months beforehand, I had the opportunity to play Butterfly Affection, with the same gritty atmosphere and visual style, where you raised a girl quite similarly to TF; the mechanics are basically the same here, except quite a bit more exploited and complex, as the game entirerly revolves around being a slave raising simulator.

I also played Determinable Unstable, which wasn't great and was quickly abandoned, and made me honestly doubt about the developer's skills as a writer, as so far the only game whose story I liked was Love at first Sight. So after hearing about TF and how popular it was with the community, I hoped to find a middle ground between BA and LafS, with a compelling story and characters and the same mechanics.

So, Teaching Feelings is, sadly for me, just a slave simulator. There is not much in terms of story here ; you just received a girl as payment for saving a guy's life, and now you have to raise her and teaching how to properly function as a normal human being again.

The main issue I have with all of this is the way her character development is conveyed here is really boring. The only thing you do all day long is pressing the same two buttons and choose obviously the morally good choices in branching paths and you'll get the girl do whatever you want. I hoped I could find here something more than in BA, and while there are many customizations options for the girl, which is nice, very few of these things actually impact the story in the grand scheme of things. At the end of the day, this is just a training simulator with a few flavor text and clothes as a reward for pressing the same two buttons again and again.

It doesn't help the fact that this game is only partially translated even to this day ; there are many instances of texts being left alone in japanese on buttons and menus, which makes it virtuall impossible to make certain choices unless you select the right option by accident. That's why I didn't spend a long time on the sex menu, as everything is still in japanese for some reason, as if the translators decided to sleep halfway though the translation. This isn't the fault of the dev though, so I'll let it slide.

What is the fault of the dev however, is using the same subpar visual novel engine he has been using for all his game so far. Usually I'm not the one to bash engines, and I don't know how much of it is the fault of the dev or the engine, but his games are often laggy, with poor control schemes, take a while to load images and open menus, don't have a rollback feature during dialogues, and might not even start when you click on the executable. Cherry on top, the dev sometimes decides to either hide the save function in some bizarre way, or like in TF, only allow at very specific moments in the story. I know Japanese devs prefer to use Japanese engines for their games, but this time, just this time, I think the dev would be better of just using something like Renpy for that kind of stuff.

I didn't finish Teaching Feelings. I expected something mor akin to Love at first Sight, which was a simple story that effectively handled the themes it wanted to convey, and wasn't bogged down by useless mechanics like in TF. Butterfly Affection also had the same kind of mechanics as TF, albeit much more primitive, but in that case I was fine with it as it was a much smaller game more about the mystery about the monster girl you took care of than real character development.

Here, it's just boring. I wouldn't say it's bad, as the artstyle is really nice, and if you're into slave training simulators, you might find something to your taste. But if you're not, like me, you won't find much of interest that other games don't do better. And don't get fooled by the premice ; there's some lines of dialogue of character development for the girl, but that's it in terms of story.

The tone of this game is grayish and depressing, you take in an abandoned, abused, traumatized ex-slave into your care. There is no trauma dumping, unlike another obvious clone that has gone way too edgy in that department which I will not name. The silence and indifference of the girl speaks louder than any words to portray how hurt she was in her past occupation. As the game progresses, you get to show her love and care that she has never had in her life, slowly healing her past wounds and de-traumatizing her.

Truth be told, there isn't that much to do in the game. While the art is top tier, mechanically, this game is 3 stars top. However, this game will forever remain my favorite eroge of all time, because it allows me to have my head canon of being a person that another human being can entrust her body and soul to, it never fails to overwhelm my heart with wholesomeness and warmth.

So if the game doesn't impress you in the way I just described, it will be a painfully average game. If you are looking for that warm, wholesome feeling, this game will teach you very well about it.

Boring, so boring. Idk why this game was so hyped few years ago, but its really boring for me, even with updates of CGs and voices. Story is ok, but what u can do in game so poor. Btw my girl dies twice before I checked walkthrough and 1 time after. ANd at 4th attempt I finnaly start playing, but cant end, cuz it was boring :\

Good story, sad story for female main character, compelling reasons for why things happen, game turns out to be a enjoyable experience, if a bit grindy. Sylvie will be a character i will always remember going from sad/half-dead to a joyous, happy, and helpful.

I played an old build of the game but it was very complete, it's a very beautiful story if you think about this whole style of caring for someone vulnerable with all the love in the world, it's very wholesome, I highly recommend it.

absolutely loved it, played this game for the longest time and enjoyed every second of it, even out of curiosity at some point i checked the 'bad' options which resulted in a bad end because hey it's not about treating them badly it kinda feels like the end result will be that they will either stay submissive but the real reward is getting them to like you by treating them nicely

v2.5.2

How the heck do people give this game 4-5 Stars?
It´s not a terrible game, but it´s pretty depressing, incredibly grindy and it feels like a tamagotchi game but more boring and repetitive with the same actions that you need to repeat all the time.
I like the artstyle and that you turn her life around, but this game is incredibly dull and so one dimensional.

Headpat simulator 2000: Porn for the soul...and well also porn for the dick too I guess, but mainly for the soul

Hope you weren't hoping for a 100% wholesome game tho, she'll fucking rape you if you try to deny her the D

One of my favorite games on the site. The gameplay is nothing special, but the plot and the art style really make the game stand out from the rest. My only complaint is that the game is a little grindy, and I wish the dev would release new content on a wide scale of things.

This is by far one of the best hentai games on this site. Although I wish it had a proper ending, the nice little option-choice gameplay, wholesome cutscenes, fantastic hentai CGs, and overall charm makes it all worthwhile. I absolutely loved the experience and I'm glad to have played this.

How come people call this a masterpiece?
I'd have more fun slamming my fingers with a hammer, and at least I would achieve something.

When does the game become interesting?

I'm at day 30, and all I do is chat, go to the cafe, eat shortcake, chat again, rinse and repeat, what fun indeed.

There is no story, while the eyes and mouth are animated, the sex is just static CG, and so far, there is no story or gameplay.

I'm so bored, I'm skipping every piece of conversation, maybe sometimes she says something interesting, but skipping is just a reflex by now, I even forget to go to the café from time to time.

Installation is kinda tiring, wish the links were updated on the first page.
The game itself is awesome. After getting past her sickness you are basically free to do whatever you want. The game gives you a guide for all the scenes, but there are not that many. You need high lust to get the last scenes, and if you don't get the pink flowers and make potions, increasing lust is nearly impossible (unless you change the gamemode). The game is your typical slave game, either you treat her like a princess or you treat her like a pile of dirt, both work in this game. I'd still recommend everyone to try this game as in my opinion it's a masterpiece.

This review was made after playing the 2.5.2 version of this game with no mods.

We are upon a game I could call unclassifiable. And while some people can find this a little bit exaggerate, I have some things to say about this game that may change your mind. First of all, I want to point the fact the traslation of this game has some mistakes, which it's understandable because japanese is a harder language than english, and the menus can't be edited; I won't take this aspect too serious because it's not an official traslation, but this might be a bother in the experience for the player.

Now, speaking of the game itself, this is one of the best VNs I have played from a developer I don't know, and this game has a little fandom in Internet, and after playing I can understand why. The game has a pretty, unique and interesting gameplay, characteristics, and options. The history is simple, yet somewhat crude but I couldn't say it's depressing; I'm not sure of the intentions of the developer with the history, I don't know if he wanted to show a real problem such as the human traffic in an erotic game from a strange perspective, or if he was just making a tragic history to make the player empatize with Sylvie, the girl who becomes your beloved. If the last option is the correct, then he did it good, because this game it's not pretentious and knows how to show you the tragic life of Slavie with some tact, and nothing feels forced or unnecesary. There's an strange creative decision: At the beggining of the game you can choose to reject Sylvie from the humble merchant who comes at your door, and then, the game ends right there. This breaks a little bit with the immersion in game, however this is an interesting introduction to the decision system of the game. Yes, this game has a decision system, something is not new in the VNs, nevertheless the decisions in this game brings real consequences. And so, this is how you can feel real remorse about what you did wrong in the beggining of the game, and here enters the argument I mentioned before; This game is not pretentious and, when you loose, you feel bad because you had to protect Sylvie with your own hands, yet you failed. 'This is your damn fault' the game yells, or it's your conscience? Then you must start again.

When you finally overcome the initial challenge with Sylvie, and after choosing the right decisions, the game starts to feel more bright. The narrative become less somber, the main character, I mean the doctor we are controlling in-game, starts to act more kind, and the love becomes eventually reprocical. Giving meals to her, getting out for a walk, the chatter, buying clothes, everything becomes more and more happier. I personally felt strange, because it's like you start playing with a character and with a girl, then you end playing with a completely different character and girl. If I had to describe the plot of this game, I would say 'It is like the calm dawn after the unnerving dark'. More or less, this game slowly introduce you to a better path if you do the right decisions.

Now, I want to talk about the art in the game. The art is, unique, and it's probably the most striking part of the game. Starting with Sylvie's design, she's a girl with scars in her body; At least 43% of her body has this mentioned scars. This is where the erotic and the crude argument collide between them; I'm pretty sure some might find her scars unconfortable or even disgusting for the erotic scenes, while others could say it doesn't matter, or even that this gives some enchantment to Sylvie. I cannot call this eroguro either, because she's not beign tortured in the sex scenes and there's no blood spill or grotesque moments beyond her scars. While I understand the idea of her beign a slave with a cruel lifetime behind, the scars may feel somewhat unnecesary. I personally don't find them unpleasant in any way, however I can understand if some people disagree here. Despite of this facts, Sylvie has a beautiful design anyway, and after buying her some clothes, she'll look amazing, so you will eventually feel more comfortable if you're patient. The rest of the art is, strange, and somewhat accompanied with the narrative; It's somber, cold, and the color palette remembers in someways to the classic gothic style; I know the art is subjective, so I personally find the rest of the art in game well done, neverthless something feels off. Even after all the brightness and happiness in the narrative, some parts of the game still don't match at all with this new perspective, feeling like some dark linger in the air. Perhaps the developer made this to remember the player Sylvie has a miserable past and now you're her last beacon of hope in her life; If is this the case, then he made it brillantly. I know some may think I am looking too much in this matter, and they're probably right. However I feel like the developer wanted to do more than your typic erotic game with a sad character who appears in your life and becomes your lover, and wanted to go beyond with the concept.

Finally, in other gameplay features, the game has interesting sexual scenes. The game doesn't restric itself to animations or sequential images like others, you can choose how to treat Sylvie, how to stimulate her, and, in general, how to have a good time with her. This makes the sexual scenes more interactive, going beyond than just reading some predefined text with a few elections, to give freedom to the player instead. There's a command system too, to write some phrases to make actions in-game or to chat with the different characters; Yes, you can chat with others in the game aside of Sylvie. The system needs to polish, but it has potential to become even better; I personally suffered many bugs with this system, I'm not sure if it's the version or my own PC, but I put it as a personal experience while playing the game.

In conclusion: Teaching Feeling has a well-deserved fame in Internet, taking place as one of the best VNs with original characters rather than beign a porn parody. And the reasons of why I find this game as unclassifiable are multiple; From its narrative and interesting history with some ambiguities, to the unique art with strange yet refreshing creative decisions, considering this is a game from 2016. The characters are memorable, the art is consistent and it's well done, and this game feels made with love and polished to make an experience that people won't easily forget in awhile. And while I want to give the 5 stars to this game, I mentioned some problems I had with it, nevertheless thos problems aren't completely relevant, so I won't be too hard and I give it 4 stars. Also, some of my criteria is based in subjective aspects such as the art, so you're completely free to disagree with me. If you want to give this game a chance, then you're delaying too much. Stop reading and download it right now.

Good art but it's paired with the grindiest most boring braindead game I've ever ever had the displeasure of playing. It has good art, sure, and the progression of the character is nice, but the interactions are really limited and it's just... talking and headpatting. After a while you've kinda seen all you could see and you're still a couple dozen headpats away from the next lewd scene unlock, and that's when the game dips downhill pretty fast and becomes a boring headpat simulator.

The art is really unique though so maybe I'd recommend playing it just for that but dear lord is it a grind. Also, if you don't go into the HCG route and get the sex scenes, then this game has basically zero substance.

Life With a Slave -Teaching Feeling-[FreakilyCharming]
Very nice game.
Let's start talking about the graphic style. First time I see such a style, and it immediately won me over.
The game is very simple, and the game-over is very complicated to take.
The characters are not dubbed, but it is something that does not affect, on the contrary, I think that if they had been dubbed, the game would have lost value.
The game is very repetitive, a lot. But even if boring, I liked to buy clothes every day, being able to dress the girl as you want is engaging.
The game does not even have animation, but I think the same as with the dubbing, they are not needed.
Unfortunately, the scenes are few and the interaction with the other characters is very limited, a shame, precisely because with this graphic style, each character drawn is gorgeous, so you want to interact much more with them.
The "chat" space where you can write what you want is quite useless, of course, you can write things like "go out" to be able to go out at night and do some more shopping, but it doesn't have much use, at this point it was better not insert it.
I absolutely recommend the game.

A pretty repetitive slave dating game where you basically repeat the same things over and over again to get some scene. Even while seeing walkthrough still made you bored with how repetitive it is. Now that aside, it still has quite good art and easy control.

rather short, lacks content. this game revolves around repetition and it has a decent gameplay loop. i found myself getting bored sometimes but then an event would pull me right back in. it has a lot of outfit options if you're into that but not that much dialogue or events. game would be 5/5 if i could interact with other people.

i fapped a lot thank you, i don't know why i have to post more than 200 characters, but what i like about this game is that it gives you options. i wish they worked on it more but i guess that's life. also im jobless and have a hard time getting a job because of USA and their stupidity so games like this makes me not wanna kill myself. thank you