Then what you're into is corruption, not netorare and as i've said, female protagonist rpgs got that kink covered as many of them have a boyfriend/husband who barely appear ingame. True netorare imo has always been about the cuck male protagonist who play the major role of helplessly watching his loved one drifting away from him slowly. I agree that the meaning of netorare is now all over the place.
While i do dislike freaking flustered kids in those pure love manga, i dislike nasty mofos and scheming bastards just as much.
The former are extremely annoying with their exaggerated shyness and self-inflicted drama while the latter are just equally bad with their smug attitude and their signature "kukuku" laugh. They are both equally extreme just in different ways, and it's been way too popular for a long time already.
Imo both of these type are loser and deserve to be cucked by a protagonist like in
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I just fapped to that manga. It was pretty great so thanks for the assist.
Here's some food for thought. Let's imagine the same exact panels but with the MC/narrator being changed to the bullied kid. Would that suddenly make the whole thing distasteful for you? Well, this has some good vibes going around and it would be closer to netorase if we switched the narrator, but you get the idea.
For many people who are into hentai doujins/manga, there isn't really a big difference between netori, NTR, cheating, mind break. All these tags generally feature women getting hooked on some big dick mind breaking sex and falling into depravity. The corruption, moral degeneration, and general male dom vibes in these tags are what gets us off.
You could say that what we are into first and foremost is the corruption, and I personally would agree with you there. I like to see women, especially strong women, lose to some dick and just fall as low as possible. Believe it or not, NTR tag has the highest chance to produce this type of plot (for hentai; not really on F95zone cus most of it is western devs that don't know how to do NTR). I also search for mind break tag on hentai sites for the same reason.
You could say that corruption is the big umbrella in which NTR is a subset. NTR often adds it's own flavor to normal corruption aspects such as falling so low as to abandon her son/husband/bf. Going being their backs. Talking shit about their loved ones. Etc.
A similar situation might be something like romance and dating sim. Dating sims are generally romance, but it add's it's own little flair to it too.
In the end, people enjoy stuff for different reasons. Some people are true cucks that get off on self insertion. Others are just observing from a bird eye's view. Some people can switch it up as they see fit depending on the particular material they are dealing with.
I'll give a personal example, there are occasionally first person view NTR JAVs or doujin/manga that focus solely on the cuck's POV (watching stuff through DVDs that get sent, watching through some internet stream, spying, etc). I have dabbled in trying to self insert on the cuck with these types of works and I can kind of see it. Not really jealously, because no matter what I do, I can never truly think any of this shit is happening to me, but more like 'damn... if she was my girlfriend and she's doing this.. it would be so fucked up and depraved.' It's a bit like watching horror movies where we can get exposed to negative emotions in a controlled environment.
On the flip side, I am really into male dom stuff too, where the alpha MC just takes all the chicks wit his massive dick. But it HAS to be framed correctly. I don't want some romance harem shit where everyone is lovey dovey. Basically, if you imagine the antagonist of an NTR game and make him the MC, I am all for that. I've self inserted (or not) on these too and, of course, the appeal is easier to understand here. Power fantasy.
If the hentai or game is not particularly geared towards first person insertion, there is no point in doing so, and I can get just as much enjoyment out of things b just watching things unfold from above.
Now if the writing is especially good, I can even get into a story regardless of kinks. I won't fap to it, but I will certainly enjoy it.
edit: Oh and as far as female protag corruption stuff, it doesn't quite scratch the itch most of the time. These games are usually framed in such a way that the female protagonist is actively searching for corruption. She has too much agency, as ironic as that may sound lol. Even in the most absurd idiot in lecherville tropes, the female protagonist will just go into that alley, or follow that old hobo essentially with the intent to get raped. Many times, they will nonchalantly agree to prostitution and what not to raise her lewd stats or whatever (all ONEONE1 games). It just doesn't have the same feel to it you know. That said, I've enjoyed my fair share of female protag corruption games too.