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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1: Jul 21st 2022 at 2:43:11 PM

The flag here for DoubleHomework was sent with the rationale

The trope page is for an "adult visual novel" which appears to be about some sort of sex "experiment" at a school. Even the troper who meticulously added all the examples does not seem to know whether the characters are ever stated to be 18+, as implied by this entry: "Vague Age: All the kids in MC’s grade have to be 18 (the minimum age for sexual consent and portrayal), but they also have a year left in high school (which would put them between 17 and 18 in most countries)." Tl;dr not guaranteed pedo-pandering but DEFINITELY porn.

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#2: Jul 26th 2022 at 6:06:58 PM

Just from what I've seen in image searching, pedo-pandering isn't an issue just in terms of character designs, but there's a lot of explicit sex scenes, and recordings of a lot of episodes are hosted on porn sites.

Edited by Willbyr on Aug 31st 2022 at 2:36:00 PM

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Jul 26th 2022 at 10:59:17 PM

Looks like a keep. The tropes clearly indicate a mystery plot of some kind.

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#4: Jul 27th 2022 at 12:55:40 AM

Crossposting from the Daughter For Dessert thread as both are by the same studio and wicked mainly by the same troper, and share this common trait.

Maybe it's just me, but this (and and its sister entry]]) both seem to be stuffed full of questionable examples in an attempt to inflate the wick count as much as possible and make it seem "more deep".

Look at how many unnecessary aversions there are, as well as questionable "subversions" and "deconstructions".

It will take a proper analysis to give a totally fair judgement, but the fact that it's hosted mainly on porn sites is a big eyebrow raiser to me.

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#5: Aug 30th 2022 at 10:07:54 PM

I didn't play through all of it because holy fuck it takes so much time but here's my basic overview:

The entire game feels like two different but vaguely connected plots running in parallel. The first plot deals with trauma, guilt, and reckoning with the hurt you've caused to others in the past, and largely focuses around developing friendships (and, optionally, casual sexual relationships) with several classmates. There's also a concurrent subplot of you, like, trying to deal with bullying by a tech-savvy classmate and most of its major beats drive the other story plots forward. If the game was just this plot I would rubber stamp it keep and move on with my life, the story is genuinely engaging and while the sex scenes are not the most integrated into plot (it's not, like Alfie level of integrating sex with storytelling) it's still plot heavy enough to be an easy keep.

The second plot pretty quickly diverges off from this and is, like, 90% romantic and sexual shenanigans involving your two female roommates, and I'd probably vote cut on it if it was separated from the rest of the plot. As I got further along it also gave the sense that this was the main endgame plot, and it's the section of the story with unavoidable porn scenes (this is why it's apparently only hosted on porn websites, this subplot would get it taken down off Youtube).

Is it porn? Yes.

Does it have a non-excuse plot? Yes, especially when the plot leaves the apartment and involves your classmates.

Is there pedopandering? Murrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr not really? Okay so, there's a few weird scenes involving, like, sexual hypnosis by the student councilor or the main character (optionally) having sex with the young (probably early-mid 20s but no ages are given for basically anyone) teacher of the summer class he's taking, but the disclaimer on the game states that all characters involved are 18+ and as Willbyr said the models don't really present any pedopandering concerns so while kinda offputting and creepy it isn't technically pedophilic, and the game narrative doesn't really treat it that way either.

My vote is keep.

Edited by 4maskwolf on Aug 30th 2022 at 10:12:56 AM

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#6: Aug 30th 2022 at 11:28:23 PM

[up]Thanks for the detailed review. In light of that, I'm confirming my keep vote.

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#7: Aug 31st 2022 at 11:52:59 AM

Okay now keep. Game sounds like just like a normal dating sim with you know sex. [up][up]

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#8: Aug 31st 2022 at 12:36:12 PM

[up][up][up] Based on that, I'll change my vote to keep.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#9: Sep 16th 2022 at 11:53:09 PM

Bumping to get it out of the stack of locked threads.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#12: Sep 18th 2022 at 12:56:38 AM

Looks like we have a close consensus to keep. I'll do the record-keeping; locking in the meantime.

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