u/sinofmyexistence

Hi hi

I am re-discovering otome games/dating sims and am desperately in need of a game with a strong lead. It can be a classic otome like fxm as long as the fmc is competent (not necessarily a girlboss, but just not a deadweight), but I also don't mind fxm, mxm, mxf, or customisable mc's either.

Apologies if it sounds too broad, but I have an insanely hard time with relating with a damsel in distress sort of character. I'm a woman but that's just not something I can see myself nor is it something I particularly enjoy reading about.

I'm not too well versed in the genre, but any suggestions are welcome and I will check out everything.

Thank you!

• I have PC, Mac, Switch, 3DS, iPhone
• English preferred
• No limit to the budget
• I'm quite new to the genre but played Nameless, Mystic Messenger, Hakuoki (both), and while I liked the storytelling and visuals, the 'damsel in distress' MCs were getting to me. In comparison, I loved A Date with Death so much that it's in my top 3 (love the worldbuilding in it), and while not an otome, ATRI was great. I'm open to any dating sim or VN overall, just looking for a good game where the main lead is portrayed as competent.
• Please nothing with too much yelling a la some VNs. Besides that, I hate MCs that cannot get anything done, never tease, never pursue the love interest themselves but worry 24/7, exist to get in trouble and be saved... just that. Cannot stand it, honestly.

I am the 'someone' in title, yes. Basically, my country had no comic culture when I was growing up, and the only thing I know about DC characters is Batman from the games (Asylum and City) and Wonder Woman/Superman movies. I have seen first season of The Flash.

I have absolutely no idea about Batfamily, Robin, Aquaman, Nightwing, Justice League, Green Lantern, and many more. I'm not saying it as having little experience but I have never heard of them until recently, genuinely don't know anything.

Marvel was also like this to me, and I ended up getting the app and a lot of it became my favourites really quickly. I went from not knowing anything about Daredevil to reading from start to Miller and enjoying it - I have a high tolerance for older content. Thing is, we also have no DCUI app either.

If I wanted to explore DC through the DC Finest collections, what would you recommend? I love character-heavy, internal struggle characters a lot, but I'm open to anything. I'd be getting the books imported from abroad so it'll be about $50 per book which means I can get 1-2 per month max.

No judgment to people who collect for a hobby, but I was curious.

I personally read almost everything digitally before committing onto a purchase, but there are a few vols that I bought in advance since they're highly acclaimed and I was getting close to them in my read order. I'm at about 80% that way, but I do have a smaller collection than most here as I got into comics late.

So I wanted to ask:

• How many books do you have and how many have you read?
• Are there any vol's you read before then bought later to own a physical copy of?