VN - Ren'Py - My Bully Is My Lover [Ch1 Ep4] [NiiChan]

Updated for v0.4

Well, this was... surprisingly mediocre. But I'm still excited for future updates.

TL;DR:

• v0.4
• Deviates quite a bit from the introductory piece
• The Graphics and Animations are very well made.
• Story is only starting to unfold but there are already quite a few problems with the way they tell it
• MC doesn’t seem to have any personality whatsoever
• Gets quite boring the longer I play
• Less and less lewd-content put into each update

First the good:

The Graphics and Animations are well made. I like it, when a dev takes the time to make locations look realistic. Unlike other games, that place a bed without blankets or pillows in an otherwise empty room and call it "the bedroom", this dev takes care of detailwork. Sounds small, but it goes a LONG way in making scenes better.
The girls and animations also look nice. Especially the animation paths, which don't make the MCs dick go half way through the womans body, because it not only goes in-out, but also up-down (because it's glued to the males hip).
Only problem I have with this game is the storytelling. It just feels like the dev set a premise he abandoned halfway through.

What the game claims to be:
"I was BULLIED and went through HELL!"

What the game actually is (by the end of v0.4):
"They called me names and had sex with me, so I dropped the Junkfood and started to exercise!"

MC was "bullied" in Highschool by three girls. Meaning: They called him "piggy" and send him on errands. That's all. And turns out, one of them actually never did anything to him, even had sex with him, for which he somehow blames her now... And another one was like a servant, only doing what she was told to. So it was actually just one of them. And even while she did it, his love for her was stronger than his anger, so he still cared for her deeply the whole time.
I have to say: Either, whatever they did wasn't bullying, or we are playing King-Simp-Maximus.
After Highschool he "pushed through heaven and hell to change". That seems to be code for: He hit the gym... That's it. That's all he did.

I'm sorry if this sounds insensitive, but I've seen bullying. And no 16-yo kid who is being bullied would take the time to lovingly comfort their bully, when they see him having a nightmare. It's all contradictory. That's just bad writing. Maybe change the game's title to: "The slightly mean girl had circumstances".
By now we have seen several flashbacks to his highschool-days, and the guy never seems anything more than mildly annoyed by the girls “bullying”. When they move into his house, he just accepts it. When they ask him for things or favours, he just grants them. He never even tried to stand up to them, seemingly because there simply wasn't any need to. And yet, several characters talk about it like some horrible shit happened to him he would have needed to be protected from.

But that brings me to my main problem with this: It gets boring!
It’s like playing a member of the student-council from some Anime… only those guys are usually side-characters without any need for personality. And now you conquer the girls’ hearts using the power of headpats and nonsense-idioms. The bullying seemingly doesn’t bother him, because he’s long over it. His dream girl is a hard-working woman. And when Gwen tells him the standard teenager “I want to be free”-Crap, he tells her how it’s sometimes good for you to be restricted. He’s like the pinnacle of an obedient Straight-A-Student, trying to be his best for his helicopter parents.

Everything going on in the background is WAY more interesting than following this MC around. Now there are hints to some other guy building a harem and happily impregnating women. We learned about this while our MC had his kitchen sink fixed... And for the player, it really feels like there is less lewd-content delivered with each new update.

But that is all the bad I can say about this game. So I'm still looking forward to future releases, just to see where this is going. But I’m probably going to pause a few releases before starting it again.

*EDIT v0.3*

Gwen: I've been waiting for you to man up for me...

Jup. That's quite a fitting description of this game.

*EDIT END*

A game that's seemingly decent at first glance with quite interesting and fleshed out characters with decent but often "over the top" backstories.
What really brings it down for me though is the very weird and unrealistic dialogues between characters and the bonds that they seemingly form with one another after one or two short interactions.
If more detail would be put into a coherent story with somewhat belivable conversations this game could be so much better.
This is a common theme with this developer however so I'm not holding my breath hoping for much improvement.

Edit after Episode 3, score reduction by 1 point as all the negatives are still there or have become worse, improving this game would not be hard so the lack of dedication shines through.

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!

I spend around one hour playing this last night, it is short, but not bad
Personally I like those girls cold in appearance but warm in heart (like Aine), they are so attractive when they show their true personality
I can't deny that it is really really cute when Aine grabs mc's hand on her head again while sleeping, I like that part very much, i don't mind if there are more stuffs like this.

Generally, it is really not bad in all aspects, though still many things can be improved. Well, I will analyze this game from several parts
1. Graphic Design
The designing of this graphic is quite nice, though the animation can be improved. But I think this is acceptable.
2. Characters
Well, for those three girls (Aine, Gwen, Emma), I like them a lot (especially Aine), they are really cute, like interaction with Aine (I like patting her head)

While for the two little girls (Sky and Freya), I think they're more like little sister than lover to me, so it is hard for me to feel romantic being with them, and actually I am not interested in fking them (though I know others like this a lot)

3. storyline
The storyline is acceptable, but I hope there are more interactions and romantic stuffs between them, not only focus on sex, as they are just like a fking machine without love, so with these two things combined and make an equilibrium, it is already an appealing game
(well, if some guys like sex that much, I recommend them some porn sites rather than playing these games hehe)

Good Points
+ Sex scenes are animated and our animations are well-made. Their physics and quality are good and don't look like cheap ones. And yeah they have different animations, angles, and positions too.
+ Our art style looks pretty good. Especially Naomi is a fine piece of art I should say ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
+ We have some references from the other two certain games and as far we know DEV told these games from the same universe so it's a little bit interesting if you played the other two games as well like me.
+ We have a well-written story.
+ We have well-written and interesting characters. For example, Emy's childhood version was soo darn cute, I love the part she writes those things to her mother. Or the scene Emy and Annie crying together with saying: ''Whaaaaaa! Huwaaaaaaaa!'' was the cute, sad, and funny same time. I was smiling but had a little bit of wetness in my eyes as well. And truly cried when I see the scene she is reading her mother's letter. And Emy's love against MC... That's something I can call true love despite I don't believe in true love in real life at all... She is the best girl in this game, the one who deserves to be loved most... And Lily's track and field story about her past? It was beautiful. Currently, I'm not sure but I'm feeling like the first 4 episodes and later ones were written by different people.
+ Episode 7 was... Wow... Learning all those things about MC, his past, and seeing Yuna and Assasins... Well... What can I say? It was interesting that's for sure.
+ We have cool musics, especially ones from episode 7 were pretty cool.
+ With episode 7 sex scene animations became far better, especially Emma's scene was pretty good. It's had good light (It wasn't like old ones, dark and hard to see, etc), good physics, a lot of position/angle, and good FPS value. But keep in mind you gonna see some bad sex scene animations until episode 7.

Bad Points
- It's good to see a connected story and the same characters from the other two certain games that's for sure but sometimes it feels too much and can be boring.
- Sometimes it feels like the game has too much text and image-based story and so less lewd stuff and that can be boring if you are looking more balanced game around lewd and story stuff. We need more balanced content for lewd and story stuff that's for sure.
- Some girls will take your interest with their character but you gonna found them unattractive and sadly just had to leave their path and don't play their lewd and romantic content like Freya. I mean yeah, she is interesting but her face looks unattractive and kind of looks like she is 45-50 years old or something. I guess her body is for people who are into the ''legal loli'' thing but at least her face could use some change.
- MC is an interesting guy for sure but his nose and mouth can use some change as well... His nose is too small, it's too round and his mouth looks genuinely weird.

For The End
I should be honest here: the First 4 episode was just ok. It was nothing more than average, and not special. But Episode 5 and Emy's past was special, and then we saw scenes about Lily's past in episode 6, and again it was just great with every part. And that's the reason why this game became one of my favorites and I'm giving this star rate. My rate was 3 stars before but episode 5 exceed my expectations, episode 6 didn't disappoint me and carried the good things we got with episode 5 and gave me all that emotions... It was great, sad, cute, and heartwarming... So I'm gonna raise my star rate and hope DEV will make the same job as episodes 5-6-7 with new episodes and fix bad points I wrote.

Just beautiful!

I need more, but I know Ep2 just came out, so I will be patient.

The story is absolutely the most romantic and gut wrenching Ive played so far, maybe its just me or maybe it has to do with the great choices of music for each scene? Probably both.

The music adds so much and I found myself jamming out on more then one occasion.

I also have to admit that I legit cried during the beach scene.. the combination of romantic atmosphere and music just hit me.



Fantastic job so far, big ups!

Honestly? This game looks like it's been done by well over 400 people working non-stop, it's a great quality game, with an amazing story behind it!
It's amazing how the pacing goes, it doesn't plummet or rise too quickly, and there's no confusion with the plot, the flashbacks are an important part of it. I just love it, same with LCC!

I normally don't care much for many Honey Select games but this one is special.

Renders 5 Stars: For this gaming being Honey Select the renders are really good.

Story 5 Stars: You can basically choose how to react to everything which is nice, you can choose who to purse and the story isn't original but is still a fresh take on the set up. Each update has me patiently waiting for the next.

Characters 4.5 Stars: so far I am immerse myself into each person's character Arcs, however small they may be at the moment.

Overall I feel this is a title to keep a close eye on and worth the download. Please support this dev so they continue with this project.

Thank you.

@NiiChan


~>Good game need support and rating more.



~>The story is good and decent the only thing not my cup of tea is the MC is a simp from the past and still the same it kinda reminds me of my friend.



~>The music is well synchronized and game is well develop I can feel the developer has passionate about the story.


~>The waifu has unqiue personality which I can relate to my RL.



~>Developer like this are rare feels like it is based on experienced and environment he/she lives in.


~>The game is worth to play and DL more important to support cause you won't regret it.

perfect
This might very well the best game in this genre I have played so far. Plenty of girls, all which are different in personality and looks. I really enjoyed playing this game

Story - Good
Characters - Good

Before we started, I played this novel 2 times and made all the possible choices in the current version of the game (episode 1 and part 2)

So, I'm not a guy who cares much about graphics, so the look of the game didn't bother me, but it might bother you. The characters and their motivations were well established until the version I played and the main point, the novel has nothing innovative but performs well what it proposes to do. Only one thing bothered me, moral choices have little impact on the route, at most they omit a scene, it would be very good if in the next updates choices had more consequences ...

Below are my grades for each category (remembering that 10 is the highest grade):

Graphics: 8;
Character development: 9.5;
History: 9.5;
Plot: 10;
Animations: 8.5;

Verdict: I will follow the next updates, I liked it and maybe you who are reading it can give it a try too.

I'm not usually one to complain about these kind of games but seriously... A few comments regarding the update:

• too much exposition. Every character is literally explaining every singe action they do and they tend to be long-winded. Yes VNs are technically text based but don't feel like you have to justify the characters actions. Let the player make their own interpretations.
• irrelevant choices. Currently the only choices in the game are whether you would want to gain points with the character your talking to or not. Basically just a "Do it or don't do it". If there aren't any definite consequences, it's better not to have the choice. There should be a positive or negative impact either with the character your interacting with or someone else.
• Flashbacks. Too many flashbacks. In story writing, if you feel the flashbacks are necessary, then you're better off starting the story from there then do a time skip, not somewhere in between. Flashbacks are best done when your characters already have significant story development. Flashbacks should not be introductions of current characters.

The entire intro sequence where you introduce Sky and the landlady could have been changed to where you met Aine and the rest or better yet a montage of how you met and how they bullied you. The way the story is written, the player has no point of reference to be reluctant in helping Aine or where the distrust comes from. The old adage in movies still applies to visual novels: "Show don't tell". Bottom line, I can predict a lot more flashbacks to come.

*Disclaimer* I am being harsh on the game not because I don't like it but because I see potential in it and that it can improve. Though it doesn't really help that the dev is making two games at the same time.

I really enjoy the story on this one, looking forward to more

not a lot of sex scenes yet but i get the feeling this could be among the great quality adult games out there.

a little bit of mystery with a touch of regret and hot girls. a nice mix

I haven't played a game by NiiChan before, but I'm definitely a fan of this dev's work now.

Came into the start of the game not expecting a huge amount of content (Episode 1, Part 2), and looking at the tags like harem, incest, and virgin, and the choice of rendering... well, you can't really argue that certain expectations were already there. Boiling it down to these few parameters, there's a lot of these types of games on F95 and other forums.

What NiiChan has done with this stereotype is give it a sprucing up. A new look. A new dynamic. This is, frankly, pretty good stuff. Interesting approach to a harem story and I'm really only through part of the first part of Part 1.

The characters are interesting and have their own backstories, though as you can tell by the title and the first few minutes of playing, they're interwoven. The MC knows these characters, and though the exposition is a little long -- I will get to that shortly -- it does sufficiently tell what has happened in the past.

What helps MBIML push this into a "must watch" game is the story. I won't go into spoilers until later, but it has a good idea so far that, while still in the realm of "this is an adult VN and certain embellishments are expected", puts a simple but deep twist on previous, and less interesting, games.

So, while I think the game is quite strong, especially for a recently released game, it does have one thing I wished it did better: I wish it had revealed the plots around the girls a little slower. I understand the desire to get the idea out there and get your audience entranced and interested (which was well done, by the way), I feel it could have been used for a greater effect.

For example...


I could be wrong about this, too. There could be many, many more twists in this game that would throw all this out of the window. Who knows what's going to happen? Only NiiChan.

TL;DR: Very good and promising start. Interesting characters, intriguing and enrapturing story. Renders are good, animation angles and sequences are quite good. Definitely worth a look.

masamune-kun's revenge - Honey Select version!!
Feel like in disco
Three girls blink at the same time which is the most unnatural thing. You need to revise
And why do you have to feel guilty about having sex with your roommate? I guess Sky relationship originally had been sister.

This is just my kind of game. The models are hot and sweet, the MC isn't an asshole, and the plot is intriguing. I'm looking forward to seeing how it all works out.
The models look similar to some of NiiChan's other models, but they aren't stock models you'll find in too many games. Really some very pleasant eye candy.

I usually don’t rate first releases, but I really enjoyed this.

Pros:

• The female characters are all gorgeous.
• The renders are well done
• Some good H content for a new release
• Still early but the characters seem interesting
• Well written
• The MC is decent human being

Cons:

• None so far.

An interesting take of what initially appears to be a revenge story, but instead of a douche MC doing horrible things we have a nice guy MC taking what appears to be the path of forgiveness. I really liked this approach, it was different and refreshing.

I only hope this is a harem game, I’d rather not have to choose between the girls.

Great work dev, I look forward to future updates

To the dev. Your English isn't as bad as some I've come across on here. You don't have a lot to worry about there.
PROS
Renders are good
Writing is good
CONS
Story is bland
Choices???
Overall
Yes, I understand that this is just the intro. So for the few choices you're actually given, they don't matter much. Hopefully that will change. It's almost like the MC is going to be forced into things instead of allowing us, the player, to make choices to impact things. I'll check again with the next update to see if things change. Good luck with your VN