Scarlet Fate: Recommended (so far)
Oct. 27th, 2019 07:16 pmWhy yes I do have three app games going on my phone right now. No this is not sustainable, but I like all of them and they are each easy to play for only a few minutes a day.
Anyway, Scarlet Fate is a romance fantasy historical set in the Heian era. The protagonist is a princess who is also a priestess. She takes both parts of her job very seriously and seems to be very good at them. Part of her job is to guard a sword that can bring about the end of the world. In the prologue, we hear a prophecy that the end of the world is fast approaching, so clearly her being good at her job will be very important. She also has, for reasons we don't yet know, a lot of guilt and a lot of anger. And she's an exceptionally good fighter.
The first love interest that we meet is a demon in wolf form who is rescued by the Princess and shortly after turns into a handsome man. In Demon's Bond, I felt like it helped a lot that I did the routes in order. Since this is the same company and has a similar feel I thought I should do the same, but I ended up being completely compelled by a different love interest: the super-annoying guy she happens to be engaged to, who calls her 'wife' from their very first scene. Although he's rude and arrogant and they don't like each other very much they have a lot of mutual respect, he supports her leadership and isn't threatened by all her other significant relationships with men (including the cute guy she rescued) and she takes his learning and expertise seriously without feeling like she has to do whatever he says. They also make an awesome battle couple.
I've been thinking I've wanted to see a historical otome that *doesn't* impose modern ideas of marriage and romance...I'm not sure if this is exactly that, but I do like the idea of a protagonist who has other choices choosing to go along with an arranged marriage to someone she respects but doesn't love because she's okay with marriage working that way. I'm only in the second chapter but we'll see how it does.
Anyway, Scarlet Fate is a romance fantasy historical set in the Heian era. The protagonist is a princess who is also a priestess. She takes both parts of her job very seriously and seems to be very good at them. Part of her job is to guard a sword that can bring about the end of the world. In the prologue, we hear a prophecy that the end of the world is fast approaching, so clearly her being good at her job will be very important. She also has, for reasons we don't yet know, a lot of guilt and a lot of anger. And she's an exceptionally good fighter.
The first love interest that we meet is a demon in wolf form who is rescued by the Princess and shortly after turns into a handsome man. In Demon's Bond, I felt like it helped a lot that I did the routes in order. Since this is the same company and has a similar feel I thought I should do the same, but I ended up being completely compelled by a different love interest: the super-annoying guy she happens to be engaged to, who calls her 'wife' from their very first scene. Although he's rude and arrogant and they don't like each other very much they have a lot of mutual respect, he supports her leadership and isn't threatened by all her other significant relationships with men (including the cute guy she rescued) and she takes his learning and expertise seriously without feeling like she has to do whatever he says. They also make an awesome battle couple.
I've been thinking I've wanted to see a historical otome that *doesn't* impose modern ideas of marriage and romance...I'm not sure if this is exactly that, but I do like the idea of a protagonist who has other choices choosing to go along with an arranged marriage to someone she respects but doesn't love because she's okay with marriage working that way. I'm only in the second chapter but we'll see how it does.