Hi there! I play and review any game I can get my hands on, although otome games are my primary focus. In addition to the occasional unboxing, every December I write up an annual overview for all the games I played that year. If there’s a title or genre you want me to check out, let me know in the comments.
I also fan-translate otome games on my own time. This is strictly to practice my Japanese skills, and as such, I’m not getting paid to do this. If you’d like to donate, you can do so by purchasing something through any link on this blog. I earn a very small commissions rate this way, and all earnings are used to purchase new games that I’ll review or translate. (I am affiliates for CDJapan, Mangagamer, and Amazon.)
Lastly, if you’re interested in learning Japanese to play otome games, I’ve written a post on how I managed to do just that. You can read it here. Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope to see you again!
* If you can’t read something on my blog, please feel free to let me know. I want everyone to be able to have an easy reading experience, and if there’s any way I can help you, I’ll do what I can.
Leafさんの夢が。。。 
oh you’re trying to learn japanese too :3 I’m trying as well but this is soo very hard xD
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*High fives you* yeah it’s pretty tough but I’m starting to get the hang of it. How far are you? We could help each other out if you’d like 😀
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that would be amazing but im not really good at this yet xD I know all the hiragana so far but im starting to forget I don’t have enough practice >.<
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Yeah I started to forget too but I decided to write them all down in a notebook over and over again. After, I started reading the hiragana in Pokemon roms in Japanese or manga that I purchased on Amazon. If you buy used copies on US amazon, you can get really cheap Japanese manga.
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Oh I tried to do that with Uta no prince sama repeat but this just takes forever xD I looked for something easy to read like some manga for kids but eh I’m broke so so far I can’t buy anything xD
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Can you download roms? If not, try finding songs you like and try to follow along with the Japanese lyrics. Don’t feel bad if you start off really slow or the kanji intimidate you. I finally have started to be able to follow along.
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oh yeah I can download rom even tho I feel so bad about it >.< and yeah I know it's normal to be slow. I used jisho to try to learn the kanji and all. I also use rikaichan. the worst is to learn the 2 different ways of saying it and all that implies
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Lol yep I hate how each kanji has nearly 2+ readings. Crazy! And I felt bad too so I started buying the roms I downloaded. Of course, if you download pokemon or something they make a ton of money off their games and if it’s an older game I really don’t see the harm. Not many people still play their older games.
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they are hard to find as well but I own a copy of pokemon red the english one tho so I guess I could download that ^-^ I had never thought of pokemon actually haha xD
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Haha great! The only problem is that pokemon is nothing but hiragana and katakana. You’d think that’d be easier, but without kanji, you won’t know which word they mean unless you understand the sentence. X/Y OR/AS have the option to use Japanese language instead and oyu can choose to use hiragana only or some kanji. And there’s furigana included. If you have a vita, I highly suggest you pick up an otome game. Everything is voiced and you can repeat what they’ve said.
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oh yeah I played Diabolik lovers for a while as it is fully translated on a blog I found, I could use that
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Fully translated? WHoa! Do you have a link to that site, if you don’t mind ? 😀
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http://akuichansera.tumblr.com/DLMB-Master-List here it is ^-^
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O.O omg thank you sooooooooo much!!!!!! This is amazing!!!
What other things do you like? 😀
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well so far I got lots of things I would like If i could understand japanese but lets see.. I just read hibi chouchou and i liked it. I love skip beat and I would go bunkers if this gets an english version of the ps2 game. what about you ? ^-^
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Awesome!!! Sorry my wifi cut out and then I had to go to work. SO sorry about this late reply 😛 Hibi Chouchou? You like shoujo too 😀 and Skip Beat has a video game!?
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yes i love shoujo and yes skip beat has a video game xD and don’t worry about late reply, stuff like that happens.
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I really ned to check this out then 😀 Have you read Kamisama Kiss?
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no not yet but it’s on my list so i’ll start it very soon
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When did you start studying Japanese? I always wonder at other people’s journey in learning languages (☆^ー^☆)
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Haha I actually made friends with transfer students in middle school. I only became serious my senior year when they came back to visit me^^
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Ooh, starting young is always good for learning languages! Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ
Though I guess I did my pre-studies since 13 when I started watching anime a bunch 😛
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Whoa….13?!
Haha I didn’t even know what anime was until I started high school:P…and yet I had Japanese friends and was obsessed with Pokemon. I have no idea how that works lol
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Yeah I was 13-14 when I stumbled upon YouTube through my brother’s PC, after Sailor Moon OP getting linked. There I discovered after a while I could find so many shows. I just gobbled everything I could find (it also helped my English xD ) and I watched nonstop for some three years ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ
Pokemon is universal (though I’ve not played yet any) just like Dragon Ball everyone knew but nobody knew it was Japanese xD
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Hahah no way!! That’s so cool^^ I still have to watch SM.
Oh srry I have one more thng: On my Reviews under mobile otome, do you get a list of games that open to other pages when u click on the link? When I try it, it lists at first one of the items, but then a bunch of things I never linked.
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Really, you’ve never watched SM??? Wwwooooow
My mind is blown
It shows links to Voltage and Shall we date series when I click on the mobile ones （⌒▽⌒）
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Nope lol I can’t figure out if I should watch Crystal or the original. Do you have a suggestion?
Wow thanks sooooo much Cat! Really, thank you! XD
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Watch the original but I’d say skip to season 3 if you want a good narration/good story. Crystal…has many animation quality problems. As in really janky faces and horrible, horrible animation sometimes ;_;
The original is superb animated, really. And if you like third season a lot and become a fan, you can go back and watch from the beginning.
Sailor moon has live action version too, and musicals. And stage plays. So whichever you want, you can do it.
No problem! ～(^з^)-♡
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Awesome! I will watch the original then! Thanks so much-I’ve had so many recommend Crystal but I wasn’t sure because the original is almost always the superior one.^^
Whoa there are plays and a live action? That’s really cool!
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Crystal is new and has 3D and is shiny but…it isn’t how I would want anyone to experience SM for the first time (╯3╰)
Original is always better because they made it with love (and by hand back in the 90’s) instead of a quick (outsourced) cash-in with severe flaws and barely there animation.
If you like the third season, I’d say look at the live action if you’re interested or like LA adaptations. I’ve heard good things, I still have to watch it and the musicals and plays because there’s so many and so much. SM is like an endless fruit, the fruit that keeps on giving xD
(Though I say that about mangas like One Piece that will never finish by this rate)
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Hi I just started the original series!^^ It’s soooo cute
I will def look into the other adaptations! Thnx for the info-really helps!
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Good luck and hope you enjoy it! The first season is like monster of the week and meeting the inner scouts, so it gets a bit tiring. Second has Chibiusa,that’s why I recommended third. It gets the kickass gay scouts appearing and slaying ❤
（*＾3＾）/～♡
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Ok thanks for the heads up! OOO isn’t that her daughter? Awesome thanks so much!I love older anime:)
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Yeah, it’s her daughter from the future…that gets a crush on her Dad, kisses him and all that and then there’s a pegasus and shit gets weird tbh
Oh if you love older anime…mind I recommend you Escaflowne? My favourite, it is so good. The art takes a bit to get used to, but it is amazing. OST, characters, Hitomi is the protagonist and she’s amazing and grows a bunch ❤
/Escaflowne fangirl mode engage
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Whoa wow lol Japan.
OMG GURL yessss I love Escaflowne!!! I wanted Van and Hitomi to kissss omg
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Japan…more like Naoko is out there ;P
Escaflowne makes me cry so hard good lord! I love Maaya Sakamoto because of that show, and her singing plus Yoko Kanno OST? Fucking magical!
Vaan was boyfriend goals over that smarmy Allen dude ( ˘ ³˘)♥
Forever sad they only hugged and never meet and then thr end wrecks me good ;_;
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IKR? A blu ray version from Funimation is coming out too!!! Well that’s if a kickstarter (I think it’s kickstarter) for it fails-which it should bcuz ppl who paid for this don’t get their $ back and funi wants to license it anwya.
Omg do you know of ANY anime like that show? I can’t find any. Fushigi was terrible after
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Ew that KS was so gross. They refused to say what it was for and even admitted the DVD and bluray would still get released, so wtf.
Escaflowne is in a category of itself. Until today I have yet to watch a show as good as it, it was so balanced from the romance, to the action and the amazing story, fuck yeah!
If you haven’t watched old anime like Card Captor Sakura, get on it. Clamp anime tends to be real good!
Fushigi Yuugi………it gets better
Omg have you seen Ayashi no Ceres? It became my obsession and why I started reading manga, because I discovered it came from a manga and I wanted more. Dunno how well it holds up today, it’s been so long since I’ve seen it heh
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Oh good you knew what I was talking about 🙂
Ikr it’s so sad that nothing will ever be like it. I have to recommend to you Wolf’s Rain (all on youtube in both english which is FANTASTIC btw and the Japanese) and Moribito. Both of these are in their own category just like Escaflowne and was the reason I fell in love with anime.
And yes!!! I loved it when I was younger but lol there’s so much implied rape that I never caught before.
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You know the ending of Wolf’s Rain? Maaya Sakamoto sings it. I’ve never watched because I’m so enamorated with it I’m afraid it’ll disappoint me. I’ll add those to my list~
Oh yeah, shoujo tends towards the rape-y content ugh
Oh I’ve been recommended Earth Girl Arjuna and The Twelve Kingdoms for shows like Escaflowne. Interestingly, Maaya and Yoko Kanno also worked in Arjuna series! ヽ(*´з｀*)ﾉ
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It won’t disappoint XD It really is worth a watch before you die.
OOO I watched 12 kindoms. No romance but it is very good.
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I will then! Just have to figure out…when.
I’m in sports hell…trying to watch prince of tennis, but it’s long and I’m super lazy heh
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Lol sports anime has no end…esp Haikyuu!!
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Haikyuu I’m waiting for the second season to finish. I’m waiting for Ace of Diamond to finish. I’m waiting for Yowamushi Pedal to start and finish. Prince of tenis at least is complete, the first season.
Sports hell is strong.
I want to watch the Haikyuu stage play but have no way to ;_;
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Holy….lol I thankfully have steered clear of that cuz I know I’d never finish one of those seires lololol I applaud you for doing so
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It’s better than me suffering with the manga. So I wait for the seasons to finish before watching them. Because I’m waiting for the manga to finish so I can read it. It’s suffering to watch ongoing series.
I’m the saddest that Oofuri/Big Windup only got one season, fucking love it and the manga is still ongoing ;_;
Speaking of, I haven’t watched any otome anime besides La Corda season 1 lol I’ll blame that they got few seasons /coughs at Ouran too/
Oooh oh oh oh, have you watched Sa…sai…saiyunkoki (?) Monogatari? I haven’t but I know it’s a reverse harem~
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ugh i hate when that happens lol
omg girl u need to watch akatsuki no yona i can’t believe i didnt already recommennd it.
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Is it good? （○゜ε＾○）
I’ll add it to my pile then! (○´3｀)ﾉ
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YESSSS
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Hello! I stumble upon your blog and realize you’re also an otome game blogger. Do you mind if we exchange links? (*´∀｀*)ゞ
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Of course!! Nice to meet you, Teruru^^
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Just added you! XD
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Oh my gosh, your life seems so much fun! My brother is trying to learn Japanese, and I’m constantly asking him words! He’s the reason I’ve been trying to get into manga and light-novels, lately! Whenever I visit back home, me and him also binge watch an entire anime series that he picks out for us! >^.^<
Also, I added you on twitter <3.
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Hahaha thank you, Melanie, but not really 😛
If you want to learn, it honestly isn’t too bad. The language has set syllables and pronunciation rules that we already know ^^ The only difficulty is their writing system(s) and grammar.
Awww thank you! I’m going to add you as well. I didn’t see that you had one haha (blind sometimes :P)
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Just wanted to tell your I’ve changed my blog to anothergamingday.wordpress.com
If you could update the link in your blogroll, I’d be really happy, but don’t sweat it, take your time doing it (⌬̀⌄⌬́)
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Thanks for telling me! I’ll have to do so when I get off of work but will make sure to do that.
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No problem, take your time! And sorry for bothering you with this б（＞ε＜）∂
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Not at all!!
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Awwww omg!! Thank you! XD And congrats!!!
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*cries* You’re too good to me
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You knew that Taishou Alice got locale by E2 right? I’m gonna cry. They change the theme song. The game itself is perfect, why did they do that?! And I dont even know if the translate is suck as last time. I wanna buy TaiAli but not a broken game like that…
Leaf-san, you should play TaiAli in Jp. One of wonderful part of TaiAli is puns. If you play in English you couldnt know about that part. And like I said, E2 already broken the game, it’s not worth to buy or support them.
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Hello, Banh!
Yep, I knew about that entire disaster. I plan to play the JPN version when my level improves since I have the game sitting on my shelf 😛
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Omg thank you, Lily Garden!!! I did well this semester. I truly am grateful for all of everyone’s support. Truly.
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Dear Leafy-san,
Hello. I am a young girl from Pakistan. I love anime and manga and lately I have become interested in Drama CDs as well. I stumbled across your blog looking for more information about Thanatos Night. I had been looking for reviews, summaries, etc. anything I could find since my Japanese is limited. I was wondering if you would be willing to take a few song translation requests for me? If so, please respond, and I will send you the list of songs. You are welcome to e-mail me too, but please keep in mind that I do not have Internet access 24/7. Therefore, I may take some time to respond.
Thanks once again for your work here and take care.
Sincerely,
Bashiek
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Hello, Bashiek! I’m glad you found my blog and hope you find some of it entertaining ^^ Hmm my Japanese is also very limited so I have to apologize and say that I won’t be able to translate any songs for a while. I would love to do this in the future though! ^^ I’m always studying Japanese so I’m sure that day will come soon. Thank you for the request and feel free to always ask me anything! Take care!
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Dear Leafy-san,
Thank you for your reply. Sorry I didn’t reply earlier, but for some reason I just got your message now!
Take care.
Sincerely,
Bashiek
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Bashiek,
No worries, life happens haha.
Sincerely,
Leafy
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I approve of your “favorites.”
lol I’m always just so happy to see another person that is a fan of Hirakawa Daisuke. ❤ ❤ ❤ XD
also I listen to his songs when I'm on break quite often. Hearing his voice really lets me zone out of the workplace.
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Lehst, you have impeccable taste 😉
Haha right? His voice is soothing!
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It totally is. even when he’s saying a ton of despicable things /evilvampiretrashlol
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Hence why Saint Germain and his voice= perfection rofl
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Hello, I am a Phd researcher from Concordia University’s Communications program, & I am looking for interviewees for my project on otome games, and otome game players outside of Japan. I’ve read your reviews on otome games, and I would really love to know your take on otome games, the otome game market, the role that fans have in shaping both of them, and the way blogs help in expanding audiences for otome games. If you are interested, please do let me know and let me know how I could get in touch with you about this. Thanks!
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Hello, Sarah!
Thanks for dropping by. You can send any questions to my twitter through DM at https://twitter.com/Leafydream
Thank you so much!
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Will there any chance that you will play Eng dev VN? Like…
The Royal Trap by Hanako Games
Animal Lover by Trainwreck Studios
1931: Scheherazade at the Library of Pergamum by Black Chicken Studios (this game should use cheat file to pass the gameplay if you not good at stat things).
They’re good. It will such a lame you won’t try it…
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Hi hi! I wonder if it’s okay to exchange links with you? I created a new blog solely for games (I used to post on Bishie Holic if you remember that ;;; ) This is the new URL btw, https://visualnovelcafe.com/
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Omg yes of course I remember xDD I’d love to exchange links with you!! I’ll message you after I do haha
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Hi Leafy! Pokemon Leafgreen was my first pkmn game too xD Thanks for all your reviews and translations!
Is there any way I can directly message you? I mean, I don’t have a Twitter so.. :,)
I wanted to request a drama cd translation. I wouldn’t mind compensating you for it, either. It’s one of the volumes of THANATOS NiGHT re:Vival.
I hope I’m not being too forward as this is the first time that we are talking, but please let me know if this is possible! If not, thank you anyway ^^
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Hello, Miu!
Wow, that’s so cool 😀 And aw thank you so much, that was so sweet of you.
Of course, you can message me any time you’d like at leafsannoyumega@gmail.com.
I’m honestly not that far in my Japanese, to be perfectly honest, so I may not be the best person for this. I do plan on getting those cds and translating them, but I don’t know when. I appreciate your offer but right now, with the limited Japanese I know, I wouldn’t feel right taking any money since my translation wouldn’t be up to par. I will more than likely be posting translations of future drama cds onto this site for free, as practice, so I hope that may be of use to you ^^
Again, I appreciate it. If you want to talk about anything, feel free to comment here or email me. Take care!
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