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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talinthas" data-source="post: 2034133" data-attributes="member: 10339">I'm incredibly torn by this product, fluff wise.  On the one hand, i'm glad to finally see a game product specifically aimed at the shojou audience.  On the other hand, i hate shojou literature and the genre as a whole.  Mercedes Lackey, the prime inspiration, is probably my most strongly disliked author in fantasy.  I can't stand the whole "Girl and talking animal companion goes to the big city and falls in love with the prince while saving the world from evil men" type of story thing.  However, i can fully acknowledge that there is indeed a huge market for this sort of stuff.  And if Blue Rose can get more women gaming, then by all means, bring it on =)I just don't know that the rules can be divorced from the core shojou concept enough for me to swallow it.(for those who don't know, shojou is the genre of girl's anime, but i find that the core ideas apply just as strongly to romantic fantasy.  Think stuff like Magic Knights Rayearth, Utena, Sailor Moon, Fushigi Yuugi, Rose of Versailles, etc.  Stuff that primarily appeals to women, with strong female characters, sometimes talking animal companions, etc.   There is nothing wrong with the genre; it simply doesnt appeal to me)</blockquote>