VN - Ren'Py - My Bully Is My Lover [Ch1 Ep3 Part 2] [NiiChan]

I was annoyed the whole time while playing this game because of the cringy writing. Give the MC a little personality and masculinity, will you? We are basically playing the role of an idiot. Every single character in the game is way more interesting and has more personality than MC. It feels like he is just filling the need of some male character who needs to fuck the girls. By the way, he is the default male model in HS2 and I was going to use it for a sissy character in my game that I'm not able to progress making it because I'm so lazy.

I want to say the dev is good with creating a scenario, girls are awesome, and storytelling is good, but the dialogues are driving me insane. Please stop justifying your decision that this is not a revenge game. We get it. We don't expect him to kill whoever wronged him. But at least please stop giving crappy life lessons, and give us a little satisfaction via the dialogues. Yeah, if you are THIS forgiving, then that makes you an idiot, not a kind person. (Seriously guys, if someone did something to you and you think they are wrong, then go and fuck them.)

And there is lewd content issue. It's taking forever to see some content, and when you finally see them, they are way too short and dull. The pics between the scenes are way more interesting than sex scenes. Literally. I mean, give them a little description from the characters' perspective.

Emma is the only reason why I'm playing the game. What best describes this game is "a true wasted potential".

Really enjoyed my play-through up to current(5/22)
graphics are pretty high quality, characters have enough background to invest in them. Plot dev really ramps up quickly so i do hope there us still lots of content to come versus what is typical for a plot similar to this one.
looking forward to whats to come.
thanks for the content!

Wow, I gotta say it's one of the best VN game I've ever played so far, it may not be impactful since the story itself was simple at the beginning, and it may not be quite daring like building some harem quests or something like that, in fact it was a slow pace story that it keeps you in the heart, it gives myself a hope again to move forward again and again apart the well-found what with this community is, but I say it's highly recommended to you guys to play it

An amazing game, albeit a bit short.

There are no sex scenes in the game and you'll finish it in about 2-5 minutes, depending how fast you're reading.

It's rare occurrence to see a game have such a satisfying ending so quickly. I'd love to see MC develop his feeling towards his sister, but that will probably be in the sequel.

P.S. Probably stupid to even mention, but don't take life advices from this game (or, well, any, but especially this one). Bullying is bullying, mental or physical, and even if MC was too stupid to realize it or avoid it, he definitely was bullied.
And more importantly, just because someone else was bullied worse, does not lessen the impact of bullying on person that was "bullied less".

Just slam those doors and be done with it. Perfect ending. 10/10

EDIT: And now we're onto mafia, murders, assassins etc.

I don't know which is cuter: the story or the girls.

Obviously there is the mystery/crime/supernatural?? element underlying things, but the actual interactions between the MC and potential LIs is adorable even as it can be heart wrenching.

I am glad the harem tag is there, not just for sexy reasons, but because even as of Ep. 6 there are multiple girls that I don't want to let down by choosing someone else.

Innocent hearts, lustful minds, sexy bodies. Not a bad combination.

This story has potentially interesting character arcs,is the thing i like the most about the game. What i dislike is whats next:

1 short line of dialogue followed by an entire paragraph of inner thought exposition which is a recipee for draggy dialogue. Every time one of those big chunks of inner thought exposition show up, i roll my eyes, then my head and then make a big loud sigh, and sometimes I facepalm myself.
The Mc repeats too many times the revenge thing as if he forgot he already told me about and also the Aine bitch thing.

The Mc talks too much Its imposible to have character development for other characters if only one is doing all the talking.
This game has a serious issue with the writing, its kind of unbearable for many moments.

AS for the game, I dont like reward images, its fanservice and games that do that often lack in the actual meaningful content. This makes sense with what i just told. A lot of inner thought and MC talking means less character development, and less actual lewds, so it has to offer them somehow cause its too much reading for nothing.

There are 2 sex scenes in the past with 2 different characters, and those are the girls that have content. The 2 of them have their first sex scene as a flashback.

After fast skipping from episode 3 to 6, I can say that there are big parts of the game with nothing happening. A lot of story and flashbacks but nothihng going on to build up relationships at a sexual level. Of course they can go straight to sex without even a first kiss and be done with it, but there is not much sexual building going on besides some weird moments.

Sumarize:

A lot of text of the exposition kind that you can tell they are explaining things.
Too much inner dialogue.
Fanservice reward pics, but only 2 of the 8 girls in the gallery have scenes.
The Female protagonist that gives the title to the game has 0 scenes.
Sex scenes rely on default animations too much, no interesting angles or anything you haven already seen.

The game should be called "My bully is the girl I give head pats to". Wait until 2045 and pray for writing to be fixed. Too much unfulfilled potential so far.

So going to start with the negatives first:
- The world itself feels too small due to too many characters being connected. It's a very minor issue but it does feel a bit awkward when 90% of the characters either have a history with the MC or are very involved with taking on the story's main antagonist.
- The one major issue I have is that Lily's backstory is a huge info dump where the major pay off for it seems to be later on. I ended up speeding through a lot of it and feel I would've been more willing to sit through it if it had some build up leading into it or something of the like.
- There is no special Sky scene for closing the door at the beginning and having a "happy ending" with her, I feel like it would've been hilarious to stick a scene in here and a small number of people be confused because they assume that it's just a bad ending when there's actually a scene attached to it. -10/10 wouldn't play again kekw

Now for the things that I like:
- While they're very simple pictures and you're not the only person that does them, I do like the unlockable pics that you get by just playing the game as it at least gives us something for early on in the game while building our way towards the actual scenes that we want to see.
- This may be because I have a weakness for the best friend trope but I am really loving Emma's story. I think it was paced well and when it comes to the backstory, while she is the focus, it helps A LOT that it gives insight to other characters.

Things that I hope to see in the future:
- While I love both characters, I really hope to see Aine and Emma put in work towards their stories alongside the MC. While Aine's explanation of being under her mom's thumb has earned her the MC's forgiveness, I think that she still needs to prove with her actions that she deserves the MC's love. For both Emma and Aine, I want to see them put in effort alongside the MC in order to get themselves away from Hera.

A relationship goes both ways so while it's important that we as the MC put in effort to get the girls and reach the good ending, I think the girl characters should be putting in work within the story as well. I already feel that Gwen and Sky are already doing this, and now that we have gotten most of the necessary backstory that we need for Emma and Aine, I would like to see that from them too.

I definitely enjoyed the game a lot though and very much look forward to future updates for it.

So... I decided to try this game despite not liking HS2 games because of the rating. I should have checked the reviews of the more trusted members of this website. I will be pointing out the pros and cons of this game.
PROS:
- Good graphics and image quality
NEUTRAL:
- Renders were okay at best
- H-scenes are made mostly default HS animations
CONS:
- Main plot (total cringefest)
- Stories
(In my opinion, this game has some of the stupidest and most illogical stories of all time. For example, there is a scene during the start where a customer complains about finding a cockroach in the burger. Seriously? Who in the hell does that. But anyway let's believe he did that. Now the girl whom he did complain to is so stupid that she does not know how to ask for proof? And MC has to step in for asking for the proof? The story is made with illogical theories like this.)
- Lack of character development
- Personality (All the characters act like 12-year-old kids)
- Characters stand like dolls during conversations
- The writing is very plain.
Personal opinion:
I have played many VN's and I like wholesomeness. But there is a difference between wholesomeness and stupidity. In most of the cases, I avoid some of the cons that I have mentioned above. But saying that this game is overrated would be a big understatement.

Really great game! Good story and some really well made lewd content as well!
Choice feel impactful despite the fact that it is a VN. The dialogue is very well written and softhearted in a nice!
Definitely one of those feel good kinda games that just so happens to also have some really nice quality lewd material as well!

Review as of Episode 6 (some spoilers)

Just discovered MBIML and read through episode 6. It has shot up straight into my top 5 list, with episode 5 being the really high point. I haven't seen/read the anime/manga that inspired this, so I'm not jaded on any of the character arcs. This VN comes across as a sweet romance story rather than anything seriously revenge or hardcore, and I like it for that.

The music is great, character models and art assets are nice as well. The writing seems to be gramatically fine most of the time, except for some missteps occasionally, but nothing too immersion breaking.

This VN has one of the few MCs that I actually enjoy in this kind of game. He comes across as a relatively mature, kind-hearted guy. His reactions and thoughts till now seem appropriately normal and not too pervy or manipulative, which is very fitting with the wholesome theme of the VN. The only knock I have on him is that he tends to play the sympathy card too much by whining about his supposed problems. As far as I can see, his only "problems" in life are having multiple potential LIs, past bullying that he has apparently managed to get over in a very mature manner, and working at a burger shack which he seems to actually love. He also carries guilt from abandoning Emy, but that is not a new issue in his life.

I know that this is a harem game, but I wouldn't mind a satisying non-harem ending that allows MC to fulfil his promise to Emy. They both deserve that happiness. I also really like Gwen though (apart from the smoking); she was the one to form a sort of real caring connection with MC when he was at the lowest point in his life.

Oh and I have no idea what that tedious Track and Field documentary sequence was doing in episode 6; but at this point, having seen the author's work, I trust him to provide a satisfying payoff for that as well.

Review made for Episode 6

(A small warning to anyone writing a review on this site, if you accidentally click outside the rating box, it will close it and delete your entire review with no warning. I am writing most of this twice. Don't do what I do.)

Alrighty. I've never written a review on this site before, so bear with me. I want to start by saying that there's an inherent amount of respect that goes out to anyone with the fortitude and skill to create any sort of game, being able to push through your own potential insecurities as a writer and maintaining a creative vision through to a finished product. No matter what else I say, that is commendable in its own right.

Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about this game in particular and how it has compelled me to write my first ever review (twice). It comes down to two basic aspects: concept and execution.

The concept: The story of an everyman who has been put in a situation where he must now cohabitate with his high-school bully/bullies, confront their past differences, and establish a form of mutual respect that blossoms into love. Absolutely fantastic concept with a lot of room for interpretation, great job. To look at it in most basic terms, it's clear why it would work and be compelling. It's well known that a lot of bullies pick on people due to something going on in their own lives, leading to them feeling the need to exert control over others. Bullying is something that can take many forms depending on the dynamic between the two people, whether it be physical, social, emotional, etc...there's a lot to do here. I could go on, but I'm pretty sure I've laid out enough breadcrumbs for you to be able to form your own trail.

Let's explore execution. What does "My Bully Is My Lover" do with this concept? For starters, we join our MC years after high school. He's now an adult with a very basic job moving through life in a pretty typical way (aside from an incestuous relationship with his sister, but it's a porn game, fuck it, who cares). He's moved past all of the trauma of his high school where he was bullied for being fat and used the trauma as motivation to get in shape and avoid the sort of abuse he suffered from. He's already progressed through an obsessively vengeful stage of planning revenge on his bullies to simply wanting to move on with his life. Fully rehabilitated, a great choice. Suddenly, he finds out that his mother is leaving the house and also renting out the two empty rooms to some tenants who will be arriving soon. Ding dong! It's his bullies, surprise! He (of course) remembers them but it appears as though the bullies do not remember him. Cue an interestingly tense situation where he doesn't quite know how to broach the subject (or if he even should) as he gets to know how they are now. He clearly sees that they're not acting the same as they were back then. Is it because they've changed? Is it because he's not fat and ugly? Time will tell!

Well, it's really not a lot of time and it's quite possibly the least interesting way this could have gone. What was initially a tightly-knit story of a plausibly relatable (though clearly fantastical) situation is somehow blown into this absolutely wild tale involving some illuminati bullcrap, spies, parents manipulating their children for "reasons".... To sum it all up, Bully Prime's mom is behind all of it because she's extremely petty and basically ordered Bully Prime to be incomprehensibly mean. This means that every bully is actually just a pawn, and all of them felt really bad the whole time but they just absolutely had to be bullies because the mom is just that powerful! We quickly learn that one of the "bullies" consensually fucked our MC basically the first time the two of them were alone, another was in love with him since she was old enough to form sentences and Bully Prime was just sad about the whole thing too. Additionally, this entire situation was established with the help of one of one of the bullies contacting MC's mom with the entire plot being set up so that Bully Prime would fall in love with MC and avoid an arranged marriage.

The main issue with this story as a whole is the writer doesn't seem to comprehend that less is more. One entire chapter is dedicated to backstory on one of the "bullies" who the writer wants to heavily imply is autistic without outright declaring it. As much as I tend to like characters like this, we spend a ridiculous amount of time establishing her backstory, her tragic early life and even toss in an attempt to humanize the completely irredeemable main villain of the story. If you're going to hit predictable story beats, rather than focus on telling us the entire story in a way that feels "cinematic", focus on what's necessary to convey without breaking the flow of the actual story. The main way that jumps to mind as to how you'd want to employ a chapter-long flashback in the way the author has is if it's going to reveal a lot of critical information that dramatically transforms the story in some way, making me see characters or past events in a new light. For the chapter in question, it more or less establishes that this character who seemed possibly autistic is absolutely autistic, and there was a tragedy they experienced when growing up. We already knew about how they felt about our MC and seeing them meet Bully Prime doesn't actually effect how the two's relationship is viewed by the reader. There's no reason to go back and retell me information you already did a great job of passing on to me.

Bottom line is this: this story would've done much better if it didn't shoot for the moon. I found myself skipping a good amount of the grand scheme bits of the story and paying attention to the close interpersonal sections where characters interacted with and played off each other. Of course, this sort of thing comes down to what the author wanted to make, and if they wanted to make a story that swaps between a grand stakes high society plot and a couple of young adults head patting and fucking in a house, that's their vision. If it's what keeps them invested in making it, they should make what they want.

As it stands, the primary value in this to me is the solid art and the occasional fuck. It's good enough in the art department that I'll probably keep checking in on it. I could probably go on a bit more, but writing this twice has sucked just about all of the wind out of my sails at the moment. Best of luck.

This is just a great game over all. Even though it isn't done, I feel confident in going ahead a rating it now. The art is great. The lewd scenes are great. The ladies in this are great, with depth of character and each girl feels unique and worth while. Each girl in this could easily beat out the best girl of most other game, which is why I'm glad this is a harem game. It has strong emotional pulls, but never feels manipulative. I may update my review later if anything else comes up but even as it stands it is well worth your time.

Now before we start, I need to make some things clear. I enjoy good plot as any other guy, and I also absolutely don't mind slowburners. If porn game takes time to develop characters and story and then later on it pays off, that's absolutely great and I would never complain about it just because characters don't fuck with each other every five seconds. With that being said, I want to state that reading this VN is just pure pain. This is just bad writing, slog that you have to endure. I can't even point out what's worst: basic ass cliches from "How to write drama for dummies", needles wordiness and characters that don't talk like real people, laughable attempts at squeezing tears, pointless flashbacks that rips apart narrative and makes it even harder to follow the story (Pro tip: if you don't know how to properly use flashbacks in your story - don't), or just general weakness of this whole idea for a story, or the amount of nonsense. I think author should move on from writing porn games to writing pulp fiction for female demography, in this field he (or, I suspect, she, but I can't be sure) will find much greater success, or at least, will be doing what he is best capable of.

All the things I said above makes it even more painful to acknowledge that from a technical point of view this VN at the very least great. I'm a fan of Honey Select-based games and if this is not a peak performance, it's very close to it. Honestly, this is the only reason why I'm still here, at episode 6. Characters themselves looks... korean, like K-POP stars, but I think that was the point and I absolutely don't mind. Everything - textures, models, design, surroundings, camera angles, lightning, I can only applause. Not to mention a lot of included music, although I would call a choice of tracks for some moments... questionable at best, but that problem stems from the same lack of taste that leads to an awful writing, so it's not a technical issue. All of this high quality production wasted on such mediocre story, what a shame!
3 stars, and I still hoping there will be more action in the future.

P.S.
There is a scene, that I think perfectly represents this game. MC banging one of the girls in his room, and then we see other girl in the next room hearing moans through the walls. When she realizes what is going on, we read her thoughts about how she's heartbroken and then then suddenly DRAMATIC pop music starts swell and we get back to the dicking. While MC dick realistically spreads apart vagina (95% of the games on this site don't have animations like this), we continuing to listen this male voice whining something about break up, accompanied by acoustic guitar and piano. Honestly, I couldn't stop myself from laughing out loud.

I'm not going to lie the last two updates brought my interest for this story up so much. Before I was interested but it reminded me a lot of masumane-kun no revenge even though there were some original aspects in there which did pique my interest. However last update being just a stand alone backstory episode but was so interesting it made a character that I had little interest in to one of my favorites. Then with this episode just adding onto it with giving more backstory for another character as well as giving a look into what's going on currently behind the scenes during the present time. (Trying not to outwards spoil) The only thing that sucks about the behind the scenes stuff this episode (6) is the main character isn't a part of it cause the whole premise of it is so intriguing but the characters that are apart of it I haven't built that connection with to be fully invested in their stories quite yet. From a story percpective it makes sense why the MC isn't a part of it but it would've been cool if another game that premise was done with a MC being a part of it. I think some things to note from this episode too is the creator has improved on comedy in the game as well as the dialogue being funner a bit. Also the Eternum cameo in this episode was amazing. If you had played this game previously but only in the earlier updates or haven't at all I think I can safely say this is one of those games that has shown it's going to be a fun ride. I can now fully get behind giving it a 5 star rating. I wish the developer all the luck with future updates and wanted to do this review to let them know they're doing a great job, truly enjoying what they're putting out. Keep it up!

Well written, way more than LCC. I'm enjoying the unfolding mystery in the background. Characters well written and interesting. Bit of a slow burn in places. I'm having a hard time lining up the timelines of the two games of the shared universe, I suggest you don't attempt to.

surprised about how this game getting better and better every ver be released
many beautiful guys and environment, light, story line more interesting, am playing it first chap and now to ep 6 and i can feel the big attempt of dev to improve their game better every updates, good job Niichan, appreciate your work

Played this finally. Waited long enough and not disappointed at all. I liked the character development, each one of them are distinct yet attractive in their own way. Gwen the best girl in here closely followed by Emma. Animations are good too.
It's a drama involving unfortunate girls caught up in the politics of few egomaniacs, did something they shouldn't have and also not by choice, each one of them have their own little battles to fight.
Main character, a perfect persona for the story. He has that forgiving, live and let live kinda personality. I was sceptical of his traits at the start but playing through few episodes i say he's the way he should be, that personality not only shaped his life according to the way he wanted but also need of the hour to those girls who are in dire state, I mean why not, end of the day everyone deserves a second chance.

Short Version: The game is mediocre at best: not good, not bad, but somewhere in the middle, and it's far from memorable

The Good

- The overall graphic is above the average
- A few cute scenes between characters are quite sweet and wholesome

The Mediocre

- Most of the characters' personalities are cliché and not the pleasant kind of cliché, it's like watching an anime who tries to distinguish from the others...only to fail by a narrow margin
- The cheap fan-service like having cameos of characters from games that are far more enjoyable than this one, everytime i saw them i think "I'd rather play those games instead of this boring thing" but the main thing is that they're not relevant to the plot and they're a waste of time on screen.

The Bad

- The prologue makes us believe that MC is someone who actually was bullied and experienced hell, when in episode 6 MC actually admits that it wasn't that bad! (i would pay to be bullied like he did, some initial humiliation and then had sex with a girl, and simply hanging out with them doing something that i consider a chore or a favour between friends).
- How should i say it? The game is carpet-bombed by reveals and plot twists, which would be fine if we had the time to digest them, but instead we start with three bullies basically self-inviting themselves at MC's house, to bloody ninjas, mafia and martial arts in like 2 chapters, and while playing i felt force-fed while i'm already full, a slower pace would have helped me to gradually accept everything.
- The very bad side of the characters: We go from three bullies, presented and introduced them from MC as "irredeemable" (which i think i said it) but somehow every character in this game/series has a sad backstory: "(imitating Oprah's voice)You get a sad backstory! And you get a sad backstory! Everyone get a sad backstory!"; It's a thing, somehow everyone is a victim of someone or had a major trauma that compels them to either do something bad or forcing someone to do the bad thing, and this whole "i've a sad backstory" is used as a way to make the characters somewhat forgivable, not to mention how somehow the planets and stars aligned so that everyone meet in similar circumstances(same goes for LCC) like it's some secret plan made by the Illuminati.

The Conclusion

Keep in mind that i've a sad past of people stealing my candies when i was 5 so if you like the game and hate my opinion, you MUST forgive me. The lack of sugar as a child may have made me too salty.

Jokes aside: The game had potential, but it pushes every storyline too soon and too fast, without allowing the readers to catch a breath, give enough time and the dev may bring in Aliens, or Shu as a trap-romance(which i approve btw, he far more pleasant than most of the girls) or MC joining a black cop from Los Angeles and fighting the Triad(reference to Rush Hour 3 XD). Then we have the clichés, from the overuse of this secret mafia/criminal society, to martial arts, to the classic "The girls loved MC since the second they met him(looking at you Emma)", we have all kinds of cliché, from action-animes, to romance and slice of life animes...if only these clichés were microdosed, we wouldn't have such a boring story filled with boring characters...

The final grade of this game is: The game is barely average plot-wise, and i'm shocked that people call it a masterpiece when actual masterpieces are out there waiting to be played. In the end is the graphic that carries the game, convince Niichan to be just a designer and to work under a good writer, and we'll have a masterpiece soon XD

Episode 6

Ohh... Man this game improved a lot when compared to the start. Ok let's talk about episode 6. In terms of content wise and quality wise this episode is the best. Well look at the change log and compare this episode with others you will understand it. This Episode contains more images. And there is some good music and soundtrack. Also some new characters are introduced in this episode. The new male character ( MC's friend ) introduced is funny, now game contains some humor. My fav episode is Episode 5 well it's about past story of Emma.


Is this game worth playing ?

well the game start like Normal honey select game. I even felt bored, but don't drop the game. But through the next episodes game improves a lot. Past stories of the girls are revealed. Emma and Gwen is my fav. Their back story is the best. Emma's story is emotional and make you cry. There are some Mysterious girls too. They are badass I'm not going to spoil it for you.
only gripe for me was there is not that much humor in the game. But the arrival MC's male friend solved it. Dev has improved a lot. And he is putting a lot of work for this game. Game deserves more attention

PROS

* Beautiful girl models
* They have personalities
* Not bad writing
* Good story plot

This game is totally worth playing. Be warned this game is not a fuck feast. Forgot to add I liked the new girl moon very much.

This VN has some great potential. It's on the slow burn side for most of the girls, so if you're looking for some fast action, this isn't it.

What we have here is a solid looking HS based game where all the girls look great and consistent and believable personalities. The content is SUPER stacked for a few of the girls, which makes it feel somewhat unbalanced. It definitely makes the overall pacing strange, but the writing makes makes it all engaging anyways.

I'm digging the how the MC is a person and has consistent inner thoughts. The issue with the MC is that for someone who's allegedly moved on, he says that a lot. It's not a very convincing line, and feels way too repetitive. Maybe there's a reason for this. He is, thankfully, a genuinely kind person, so watching him become something more would be interesting.

Here's my suggestions going forward: Since the MC is a character, use make him solve problems within a set skill set that he would have, and show what he's learned about moving on. These attributes and limitations would greatly add to the MC's character.

The MC atm is pretty much saving everyone's ass. While it's cute at first, it really undermines the other characters' growth. These girls may be down on their luck and need a hero, but let them become the hero to their own lives. As this happens, show how they can help each other when the MC can't. It'll make them more compelling in the end.

Both of these issues are easy to fix, given the story is technically still very much in it's early stages. There's also this overarching plot that's potentially intriguing too. It adds a sense of danger and explains a lot of what has happened in the past.

Oh! and maybe make a notice before spending another episode solely on one girl. It's not a bad choice, because as most of us have pointed out, ch. 5 is the feels train and a good experience, but it can easily get tiring.

Aside from all that, one can see the effort placed in this game all over the place. The UI is decent and distinct. The gallery is nice. The music choices are spot on. There's a lot going for this game. The foundation is there!

I don't exactly know how each girl is going to fit into MC's life, but I have faith in NiiChan can do it if they keep up the solid work seen so far!