You should be able to adjust fetish flags in the options, but I don't know if that'll be enough to undo a significant story event. Try disabling penile chastity in the fetish options and then speaking to Antlers about it after work, maybe.
If you mean when she schedules a weekend meet-up, just wait outside the mall for her to show up.
Very much my cup of tea but having more options is always nice.
"No one" is a bold presumption. It's a corporate dystopia, the top managers aren't going to do the work of the breeding stock, much like you don't see them working as cows even though they have breasts :V
Well I was merely basing my presumption on day to day interactions and events out in the world amongst the everyday peons. I've not seen any pregnant people or heard any mention of anyone having children or there even being children anywhere, plus it seems even the hucows are just milk dispensers and not pregnant. I mean you can visit the mall, gym, etc and interact with people not employed by the company afterall.
I don't get at all how anyone could not read Antlers as a villain, she's the primary force in the enslavement of the MC; she'll only be (somewhat) gentle as long as he does exactly as she demands. It's cool that you have a different reading, though.
I have no special insight, but I assume that the devs have wanted to avoid children in a porn-heavy game for the obvious reasons.
Fair enough, but then i think this is pretty common for VNs and even fiction in general, children and/or pregnancy is rarely mentioned (unless it's significant for the plot). For AVNs especially having children anywhere in the picture is a risk because inevitably someone will complain these children aren't, or are, fuckable.
In my experience there's a convenient turning point of sorts fairly early in the game, when the MC is asked to attend corporate party (and put on a dress). I could remember it wrong (it's been a while) but it came across as a situation where the MC could voluntarily lend a hand rather than just be forced into things, so even if up to that point i've played the MC as (trying to) resist/stall what was being done to him, i've decided to go along with it. The resulting sequence did a nice job providing some insight and depth to the manager's character, and in turn made it easier to cooperate with her, which in turn has her apparently mellow out and warm up to the MC, forming a self-reinforcing loop.
I certainly get that about children and normally, it doesnt stand out much but I think I just noticed this because of how great the writing is and how immersive the game as a whole is. Its engaging and fun beyond the sex bits, and you have more reason to become engaged in the world and enjoy all the content and stories these interesting characters have.
To me it seems like people start the game, and then insert their own selves and ignore that MC is not really being forced all that much, even on forced path. Or people just skim over text idk. There are much more controlling events but they are mostly gated behind specific therapist toggles. Forced path Antlers and pissed off at you specifically is the closest one to your vision of her. The main character is self insert for the player BUT they very much have their own attitude towars the events (which obviously change with the events), and they do not read as your typical, bad villain femdom vs poor protagonist. There IS a vaillain (or two) in this story but its not Antlers IMO.
I don't think it does so, necessarily -- if you observe the other competitors beforehand to get yourself prepared, there's a brief lesson there about how momentarily relinquishing control is a way to strengthen the bond between dominant and their disciple, by expressing trust. That's basically what it is, and Antlers can wind up looking cool as fuck if you pull off a win.
Yeah, there are a few events like that that show off Antlers' superior strength compared to her fellow directors, while hammering home the point that she's also a part of the corporate hierarchy. She doesn't need to rely on cheap theatrics to reinforce her control. The contrast to whats-his-name the rival manager who is consistently shown to be crude and primitive in his domination is fairly marked.
ffive pointed to one key event above for the dynamics of their relationship, but to me the turning point is Antlers' home visit to the MC, where he has the chance to tell her he hates what she's doing to him. If you've triggered her 'cruel' attitude by resisting so far she'll respond with "tough shit you dumb bitch", if not with some variation of "well, that's too bad, because it's going to happen anyway, nothing I can do". The latter didn't wash at Nuremberg and it doesn't wash for me; I prefer the 'cruel' response as it is at least honest and doesn't attempt to evade responsibility.
Sure sounds like a bug, if you have time visit their discord and post the bug with your save file attached.
I've seen that now and then, e.g. when using the warp system to skip ahead, but yeah, sounds like a bug. If you can retrace the exact circumstances + ideally upload a save, that'll probably help.
