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waterscrollThe payment structure is definitely something to get used to. You get five tickets (enough for half a chapter) per day. You can buy more but they get pricey fast. Then every few chapters you have a choice between premium and normal stories, and if you buy all the premium stories it also gets pricey fast. So far I did one premium story and one normal story and I liked them both. I think you get the same story content in both, you just get more elaborate descriptions in the premium story. Then there are skill checks that you can pass by grinding but you can also get buffs by spending money. So it seems like the way to play is: log in once a day, read half a chapter, do a few grindy tasks, close the app and come back tomorrow.
As far as the story itself what this version of Mitsunari has in common with the Demon's Bond version is I guess what you get from history: very smart and principled person who is very thoughtful about strategy but makes some exceedingly poor life choices for Reasons. But other than that the characters are very different. Mitsunari in Demon's Bond is proud, traditional and intensely loyal and that's what leads to his bad decisions. In Ikemen Sengoku, well, we haven't seen him fight against Ieyasu yet, and maybe he won't because this is AU to history. But he's written as incredibly kind and decent, very good at strategy and very bad at interpersonal interactions. He thinks Ieyasu is his best friend and the feeling is very much not mutual.
As a love story, it's a romance without any tension at all, because from the beginning he and the MC like each other and are good to each other and there's no real reason for them not to be together. In chapter 6 (out of 13) I am still not sure what the main conflict in the story is going to be or what the story is going to be *about*, other than spending time with an admittedly lovely person.
I expect the other routes will be different. The one I most have my eye on is the vengeful warrior monk. His route isn't out yet but he seems like my type, especially since he seems to be the antagonist in many routes.
In browsing around for another thing to play that I can play on my schedule I found Shall We Date: Scarlet Fate. Which is like Demon's Bond in that it is: 1. Also historical 2. Also by Otomate 3. Also seems to be more Themes and Plot than fanservice-y romance 4. Also pay-per-route. This seems to be a collection of things that I like, so I've downloaded it and will check out the prologue when I get a chance.
As far as the story itself what this version of Mitsunari has in common with the Demon's Bond version is I guess what you get from history: very smart and principled person who is very thoughtful about strategy but makes some exceedingly poor life choices for Reasons. But other than that the characters are very different. Mitsunari in Demon's Bond is proud, traditional and intensely loyal and that's what leads to his bad decisions. In Ikemen Sengoku, well, we haven't seen him fight against Ieyasu yet, and maybe he won't because this is AU to history. But he's written as incredibly kind and decent, very good at strategy and very bad at interpersonal interactions. He thinks Ieyasu is his best friend and the feeling is very much not mutual.
As a love story, it's a romance without any tension at all, because from the beginning he and the MC like each other and are good to each other and there's no real reason for them not to be together. In chapter 6 (out of 13) I am still not sure what the main conflict in the story is going to be or what the story is going to be *about*, other than spending time with an admittedly lovely person.
I expect the other routes will be different. The one I most have my eye on is the vengeful warrior monk. His route isn't out yet but he seems like my type, especially since he seems to be the antagonist in many routes.
In browsing around for another thing to play that I can play on my schedule I found Shall We Date: Scarlet Fate. Which is like Demon's Bond in that it is: 1. Also historical 2. Also by Otomate 3. Also seems to be more Themes and Plot than fanservice-y romance 4. Also pay-per-route. This seems to be a collection of things that I like, so I've downloaded it and will check out the prologue when I get a chance.
