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So one lady that should receive more screen time is Lily, and that should happen before her imminent departure (she said she was due to leave in around 2-3 weeks iirc). Many things can happen in the meantime, it'd be interesting to find out.
So Lily is perma gone from the LI's then?Hmmm nah... probably don't expect that.
No, we are only setting her aside. And like I said in this thread before. I still have a huge plan for her.
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I think Dev want to focus the arc for each of the LI & obviously Lily arc will come soon.Take ur time Dev, no rush here.
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Thanks for being willing to talk about it.
Many devs who are riding the money train like to be very cryptic about their plans so as not to kill the Golden Goose, so I wasn't expecting such transparency. [And thanks for not calling me out for saying "Ch. 3" when I meant E 3 of Ch.1 ]Obviously the reason I wanted to ask in the first place is because the writing is good enough that it evokes strong emotional reactions when playing, which for me is pretty rare. You might even consider putting a disclaimer at the beginning of the backstories warning that 'people experiencing symptoms of depression may want to skip the following segments.'
I was writing that last bit as a joke at first, but now that I think about it for a minute, it may actually not be a bad idea...
just me or was the episode 3 update really short, or is this the usual length for the episodes, didnt expect it to end where it did but its great so far, cant wait for the next episod
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i had forgotten about this one , so i downloaded again after seen that had a new update ,
i choose to play from the beginning as well , and man i had forgotten how attached to some characters u can be
i really like all the girls , and of course i have my favorites one which im really excited to see more scenes with them.
To be honest i dont know where we are going from this , because theres some curves here and there , so i have no clue about what is going to happen , but im excited and looking foward to it.
I felt a lot of different emotions on my re-playing.
So thank you for the share and the hard work.
Looking foward for the next update
i choose to play from the beginning as well , and man i had forgotten how attached to some characters u can be
i really like all the girls , and of course i have my favorites one which im really excited to see more scenes with them.
To be honest i dont know where we are going from this , because theres some curves here and there , so i have no clue about what is going to happen , but im excited and looking foward to it.
I felt a lot of different emotions on my re-playing.
So thank you for the share and the hard work.
Looking foward for the next update
Love this avn but the newest chapter kinda showcased my problems with most harem setups.
There’s just no way to make this shit believable lmao and it’s even worse when the MC is supposedly such a good guy.
It works for me in avns like desert stalker or probably will work in sicae too as the sicae-mc is a badass and somewhat of an asshole. And the whole assassin clan stuff can support it too.
In Sicae the girls can be drawn to him due to his status/power/strength or whatever
But in My Bully is my lover the girls only like the Mc because he‘s such a good-hearted guy just that he really isn’t when he’s in secret relationships which multiple girls at the same time who all know each other lol
It worked well for Gwen, Moon too but for everyone else it’s hard to make believeavle.
Maybe an earlier introduction of the harem would have been helpful
And somehow nobody was angry with the mc with the good old harem trope of the sweet mc who just isn’t able to not care (aka fuck them stupid) about these poor, lonely models lmao
Sorry for the little rant, it isn’t really about mbml and more about my gripes with most harems in general, eternum for example will face this problem in a even worse way (or cheaply skip it like oialt).
It’s just very hard to create a good story which involves a good setup for a harem subplot
the avn is still amazing
There’s just no way to make this shit believable lmao and it’s even worse when the MC is supposedly such a good guy.
It works for me in avns like desert stalker or probably will work in sicae too as the sicae-mc is a badass and somewhat of an asshole. And the whole assassin clan stuff can support it too.
In Sicae the girls can be drawn to him due to his status/power/strength or whatever
But in My Bully is my lover the girls only like the Mc because he‘s such a good-hearted guy just that he really isn’t when he’s in secret relationships which multiple girls at the same time who all know each other lol
It worked well for Gwen, Moon too but for everyone else it’s hard to make believeavle.
Maybe an earlier introduction of the harem would have been helpful
And somehow nobody was angry with the mc with the good old harem trope of the sweet mc who just isn’t able to not care (aka fuck them stupid) about these poor, lonely models lmao
Sorry for the little rant, it isn’t really about mbml and more about my gripes with most harems in general, eternum for example will face this problem in a even worse way (or cheaply skip it like oialt).
It’s just very hard to create a good story which involves a good setup for a harem subplot
the avn is still amazing
It's still a fantasy game so I never take it serious in the first place.As for Eternum, it's obvious Dev will skip the development of harem like nothing happen.
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I don't think it's hard. I think most games don't bother or can't because they're not smart enough.
It's easy peasy though. Here's just a few examples.
Women who don't mind sharing, state so repeatedly, they can "not mind" sharing for a variety of reasons - they want a low-maintenance relationship, they get off on watching, etc.
Women who've come out of really bad relationships, MC is really close childhood friend, he saves them.
Women who were former slaves, MC rescues them and they feel gratitude/indebted.
Women who are in a setting to accept multiple wives because man is in leadership/power position - need heirs can set women and their kids up with status and wealth.
Just a few examples, men like all of the above. It's not hard.
Devs/writers - you can't go wrong with a strong, masculine hero / anti-hero MC who saves the day and saves the women. Men like this stuff - most of us do.
Weak, mommies-boy MC's can't really pull off a harem, nor can the skittish little Japanese MC's who are afraid of women, are intimidated by women (and everyone else) - they can't pull it off either. They're also not funny.
Free advice, guaranteed to work for a large audience. Don't believe me? Hollywood did it to great success.
I kinda like how it's handled here. Sure, "let's make a competition out of it" seems a bit silly under the RL-microscope but that theme is actually supported with character development (just look at Aine for example, I like her development in this harem setting it's just fun and heartwarming to read). Harem genre will always have the believability problem as long as you've grown up in a monogamous society - there's just no way we can rationalize it properly in our minds because it's just so out there - which is also why it's such a popular genre.
Honestly, the problem comes from the idea of believability. Harems, specially anime/manga or anime/manga based harems are meant to be wish fulfillment, that is also why they are usually (though not always) attached to Isekai or other OP MC settings. They are not meant to be realistic representations of how a harem or even how relationships, for that matter, would, or should work in real life. They are fantasies and wish fulfillment. Even in polyamorous relationships, I don't think you would be able to find a harem type of thing, because unless you are a rich man from a specific culture, or from 1000 years ago, a harem by itself is already pretty unrealistic. I wouldn't say it is impossible to find one, because I don't know every single relationship setting in the world, but I'm confident even if there is one out there, it is pretty rare.
About people falling in love with MC it is just a thing about taste. For every woman out there who will love a guy like Sicae MC, who is a badass powerful assassin, there is a woman who will love a kind hearted common dude. Also, according to Jess, Sicae MC is suposed to be kind hearted as well, just a bit more edgy. She even says that MBML MC reminds her of him iirc. Also, MC has some layers to him as well, he took charge when it came to confront Hera and Moon said he displayed bloodlust when talking about finding his father. In his conversation with Jess in the latest chapter, he seemed to be quite resourceful as well, it even caught Claire's attention (I wish she would be one of the LIs honestly).
And about people not getting mad about the harem. Sky got her heart broken and it took a while for her to even speak to MC and get on board with everything, Aine was pissed when Freya came into it and Emma wasn't very keen on the idea either, but eventually they decided they loved MC enough to come around and acclimate to the whole thing. It is a harem, for it to work as a harem, all girls have to be ok with it. If every single girl got pissed with the idea and refused, wouldn't be a harem and if they just got pissed and you had to spend a bunch of time trying to convince them, it would make for a bunch of unecessary drama that would drag the game around. If you like this type of drama, more power to you, to each their own, but honestly, when I play a harem game or read a harem manga, I just want the girls to get along and everyone to be happy.
All this things are even more true on a hentai VN, if you got a bunch of drama trying to build the harem, it would take away from all the +18 action and then it would be pointless to make it an adult game.