ROMANCE MD: Munechika Takado
I liked this. I was intrigued with the medical theme (I read the KBTBB AU story where they’re all doctors and wanted that AU for other titles, but a whole story is better lol) so I gave it a shot.
PROS:
MC
MC isn’t utterly clueless. She’s brilliant, driven, confident, knows herself. She has goals. She’s competent!
MC reads shojo manga and knows about otome lol! Has an imaginary 2D boyfriend. Come on, how relatable is she??
MC is romantically awkward but in a self-aware sort of way. Like, she recognizes flirting but smoothly side-steps it. She doesn’t freeze up, nor does she gets swept away easily. She’s unashamed about her awkwardness.
She’s so SASSY!!! XD And so geeky.
STORY
There are 30 episodes (I mean wow. But each one prolly shorter than coin stories) so the pacing was, for me, well-set. It’s not like they fell in love by episode 6.
The adorable bickering. It reminds me of HLITF’s MC x Ayumu Shinonome. They are mentor and mentee but I love how MC stands up for herself and holds her own against Dr. Takado.
Speaking of Dr. Takado, he’s as skilled as he is prickly, but isn’t arrogant. He works hard behind the scenes, hides the fact that he cares. No sexual innuendos from him, which is refreshing. He’s secretly kinda socially awkward as well, which is super endearing.
CONS:
While the leading men do really look gorgeous (can’t wait for the Kasumi route! Dark-haired intimidating silent types are my thing lol I mean, hello Ishigami), MC looks like she’s in her early teens in that bed CG, don’t you agree? She’s supposed to be 26. The rare times they put eyes on MC and she looks like she’s fresh out of middle school lol. One of the nurses in this story is supposedly MC’s college classmate - why does she look so elegant and MC’s like that? They’re both geeky after all!
It’s a Love Choice story :(
Rants About Love Choice
I resolved to never read titles with Love Choice, but as I mentioned, I was really curious about the medical theme. I’ve also collected about 109 hearts from all the logins and stories read since late last year, I think.
There’s also a running promo for this story: no wait times and will get the collector’s edition automatically upon acquiring a Super Happy End.
So I thought my hearts would cover that but nooo. I ended up buying 40 more hearts, which is equivalent to a 400-coin story! So in total, I spent around 150 hearts to get a SHE, which is equivalent to 1,500 coins. How outrageous is that?! Sure, there were 30 episodes but that’s like, equivalent to 3 stories at most, which would only cost me 1,200 coins at full price. Love Choice is such a rip-off honestly.
There was a recent survey asking whether we want to have the option to buy hearts directly instead of exchanging them for coins. I wish they’d do away with it, but if I must make I choice, I think buying hearts directly would be better, as long as they don’t set a ridiculous price. Like, just price it exactly like coins - 1:1, or 1:2 at most. I mean, if it takes 150 hearts to get to SHE, and it takes more hearts to open chapters without waiting, a player would still spend 300-600 hearts per game.
