Mirai has recently updated their website with the official site for their new 18+ otome game project titled Tsundere *S Otome, which is getting released sometime next year. At the moment, only the character page is up so we don’t know much about this game other than the fact that the female protagonist might be some kind of tsuntsun gal.

Mirai’s most recent game Sumire no Tsubomi was such a big disappointment (at least for me anyway), so that’s why I’m hoping this one will be somewhat closer to some of their previous titles.

New otome game company Caramelia has finally opened their official website along with the sub-page for their first 18+ otome game project Riddle Garden. The artist and scenario writer for this game have previously worked on most of SugarBeans‘ titles such as Ijiwaru My Master and Under the Moon (no wonder the main heroine looks so much like Asche). This game is scheduled to be released during 2010.

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So… according to the show itself, the Miracle Train is some kind of legendary train that only shows up to lost ladies and it’s filled with bishies that will “help you with your problems and put your mind at ease”. Now, all of this makes it sound kinda creepy so you can just think of it as some kind of magical host club for fujoshis in trouble.

This show kinda reminds me of an otome game, except that instead of having a main heroine there’ll be like a different girl every episode (with focus on a different guy each time). That sort of kills the possibility of having a serious plot or romance in this anime (unless they make the same girl show up again later in the series or something), so if you were looking for that kind of stuff then this show isn’t probably for you. Actually, there wasn’t much comedy in this episode either, so all that’s left is… the manharem of anthropomorphized train stations lol. Watch this for the hot guys and nothing else.

The official website for CRAZY★RABBITS got recently updated with the game’s OP movie, which I decided to upload to youtube cause nobody else is probably gonna bother. I’m not really a fan of Tiaramode’s otome games since their art sucks IMO, and it doesn’t really look like it might improve that much this time around either. Their gallery also includes a CG of uhhh, an okama kissing the female protagonist… now that’s something I probably won’t be looking forward to.

Episode II-II: Early queen move.

So in case you haven’t realized it before, the time resets in Umineko work the same way as in Higurashi, in the sense that different stuff happens each time even though everything occurs during the same span of days. Also, just as a clarification, the Beatrice and Battler who show up when time stops and everything turns gray are the same ones from the first arc’s tea party.

Rosa’s child abuse is back, and this time with 2x more violence. Those who dislike Maria’s constant “Uu Uu”-ing were most likely cheering Rosa during this scene, but I actually like her character so it kinda saddens me to see her being treated like this. ^^;

The main event this week is definitely the appearance of the Beatrice in ‘casual clothes’ during the family conference. Some VN players refer to her as human Beatrice or even Impostrice since they think she might be a different person from the Beatrice who normally shows up wearing a dress.

This Beatrice takes Maria’s Halloween candy, which Rosa previously crushed with her heels in a fit of rage, and fixes it using her magic. I believe this is one of the earliest instances in the story where Beatrice shows off her supernatural powers to a human. If you’re on Battler’s side and want to explain this from an anti-fantasy perspective, you can easily say she replaced the candy with a new one while Maria had her eyes closed or something. However, there’s still the fact that Rosa saw how the candy ‘turned into golden butterflies and then returned to its original form’ with her own eyes.

Kyrie also meets with this special guest Beatrice and quickly notices her resemblance to the girl in the painting, but in the anime they don’t really exchange any dialogue. She later brings the topic of a 19th visitor during dinner, which just ends up adding more fuel to the siblings’ discussion about Kinzo’s inheritance.

We also get to see the servants interact once more with Beatrice. Poor Kanon is even forced to kiss Beatrice’s shoes thinking she might give both him and Shannon a chance to enter the Golden Land (and thus they wouldn’t be chosen as sacrifices for the ceremony). However, Shannon still had to do her part by not accepting the ring she’d receive from George that night (I forgot if this was even mentioned in the episode but whatever *brainfart*).

Nonetheless, Shannon decides to stand up against the Witch and tells her she won’t be an object of her pranks anymore. This is quite a contrast to how they were having fun drinking tea together in the previous episode.

The marriage proposal scene felt much more romantic this time. I liked how Shannon didn’t even hesitate to give George her answer and immediately placed the ring on her finger. They also used a nice arranged version of the moon BGM from the game which made things even cuter.

Lastly, the episode ends with the chapel scene where the adults acknowledge the existence of the Witch. You may want to take into account that all of the siblings were present during this scene. If you manage to remember that by next week’s episode, you’ll be in for a nice surprise.