My favorite VN of theirs is Former Delinquent Wife Hinako, it's got a cute story, the wife is very hot, and it's justified NTR because her husband is a deadbeat and an asshole, you even steal his daughter (emotionally) from him.
" or will you give in to your carnal desires and possibly destroy what's left of your relationship? " ...or will this destruction make a way for stronger yet more unusual connection between you 2 as he learns to maybe enjoy it?
If the game has enough development and screentime to where the MC feels like the MC, then I'd count scenes in the friend's perspective as somewhat netori, though it borderlines netorare. The scenes have to not feel like the player is experiencing it as the friend, but rather just viewing it from his point of view, like if we can hear the friend's mental voice while shit is happening then imo that's netorare.
To be clear, the game is 99% MC perspective and you can disable the friend's pov scenes if you don't want to see them (they only happen when the MC is off-screen). I liked seeing them because they give you a better idea of what kind of person the friend is and how strong his feelings for the LI are. A lot of the times in netori routes, the guy being cucked is a very minor character in the story, if he even appears at all. It's more impactful this way to me. But I can understand your opinion.If the game has enough development and screentime to where the MC feels like the MC, then I'd count scenes in the friend's perspective as somewhat netori, though it borderlines netorare. The scenes have to not feel like the player is experiencing it as the friend, but rather just viewing it from his point of view, like if we can hear the friend's mental voice while shit is happening then imo that's netorare.
I personally wouldn't mind the latter anyways as long as the scene still primarily focuses on the MC's pov, but I know some if not most might.
On a slightly unrelated topic, I personally am not as into netori where the other male being affected gets hurt, especially if its either a friend or good person. Now if the other male is a douchebag or not showing the girl the love she deserves, then sign me up
"Netori" where the other person is a good person but they aren't being hurt is also fine for me, whether they're oblivious to the girl cheating or they are actually into it, in which case I guess that's more cheating or swinging respectively than netori (or just netorase from the other male's perspective).
Can't agree more. For me a well done netori should emphasize all three parties in a substantial way: MC, LI, and LI's significant other/ admirer. A lack of attention toward the third party makes the supposedly netori story feel like plain cheating. Whether the third party is oblivious about the LI's change of heart (like Adam in Away from Home), or they are too timid to confess (like the guy in Secret Courses and MC's stepbro from Futa's World of NTR), or have some sick enjoyment from the relationship between MC and LI (like Cody from Away from Home), a netori story should have some screentime to display their own psychological turmoil to elevate the whole experience of netori.
