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Remember what Julian said: #endlesswar, not successful war.
https://richardmedhurst.substack.com/p/how-the-us-pulled-off-an-armed-robbery explains how the US corp #Epsteinclass make money—not only the #MIC.
If you want to stop their aggression-exploitation:
- expose them
- make people aware
- need more alliance—the whole world. -
Remember what Julian said: #endlesswar, not successful war.
https://richardmedhurst.substack.com/p/how-the-us-pulled-off-an-armed-robbery explains how the US corp #Epsteinclass make money—not only the #MIC.
If you want to stop their aggression-exploitation:
- expose them
- make people aware
- need more alliance—the whole world. -
#CharlieKirk was so busy touring everywhere.
And all the other people controlling whole TPUSA.And then hostile takeover.
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#CharlieKirk was so busy touring everywhere.
And all the other people controlling whole TPUSA.And then hostile takeover.
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Not suspicious at all - at the crime scene.
This is happening after behind camera was took down.
#charliekirkassassination #charliekirkshot
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The inability to think logically is a form of bondage. The refusal to think logically is proof of already being bound.
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The Real Nature of #Fermi #Paradox : Medium
#Colonial solutions to #ClimateChange aren’t working : Misc
#Kids Should Be Taught to #Think #Logically ($) : Sci Am
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I added the ability to manage property values on users' profiles to #Enigmatick. As I'm using this more as my full-time #Fediverse platform, I'm running into things that I've sort of blown off in the past as silly or unnecessary but finding useful now.
In this case, I implemented it using
AddandRemovemessages posted by the client (a single-page application in Svelte mediated by awasmmodule) to the user'soutboxon the server. TheActoris the target and thePropertyValueis theObject.It's not canonically how those #ActivityPub messages should be used (e.g., managing a
Collection- theattachmentfield on anActoris not really aCollection). But I think logically it makes sense. And it's client communication only; those activities are not federated. When a profile is updated via theAddorRemove, a separateUpdateis sent out to known servers to update the profile.Also, I may have gone a little overboard with my own properties.
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Hi friends Sam Dogen a financial advisor they say that in the year 2018 he was going to watch Soft Ball game with his friend Bob on a weekend there Bob had bought his new Tesla Model 3 car which was selling a lot in the market Bob was doing a lot of show off there that how does this car run
on autopilot he was driving his car with his I phone and was saying many interesting things like I heard this in news recently on 9th September a lady gave birth to a baby in Philadelphia in the front seat of Tesla and the delivery happened, when Tesla was running on auto pilot because of which,
that baby is also called as World’s First Tesla Baby so Bob was saying such interesting things to everyone Sam was shocked by listening to all these things he was shocked because that how did Bob a 31 year old pre school teacher had bought a $53,000 car which is obviously a lot of money
according to Sam it was their biggest financial mistake which he shouldn’t have done and at the same time, there was a hype about Tesla after listening to all those things, Sam drove that car one day he says that the experience of driving this was very different even he liked the Tesla Model
3 and even he wanted to buy that car but because this car was very costly to him and as he was a financial advisor, he didn’t want to do that mistake so as a financial advisor what he did was instead of buying this $53,000 car he started calculating it’s opportunity cost where he saw,
if he invest this much money of his Savings what can be better opportunity for him than this car then he started doing research about Tesla Company or Elon Musk’s company he started to realize about this company potential and finally after doing all these things he decided
that instead of buying a Tesla Model 3 of $53,000, will buy the Tesla Stocks worth $53,000 in October 2018 on the per share value of $298 bought the Tesla stocks and guess what after some time, these Tesla stocks reached $367 by doing this he had got a Profit of $11,500 and he
didn’t want to sell that and after 6 months, when there were some problems in the company because of a Tweet of Elon Musk, the stocks came down to $179 then their Profit of $11,500 converted to a loss of $20,000 but still he didn’t sell his stocks he was still now fast
forward after 2 years, where the entire world market crashed there Tesla stocks were rising then Sam thought, just like last time, these stock will fall one day then what Sam did was, at $888 per share value sold his 75% stock because he didn’t want to handle the volatility of this market due
to which he got a lot of Profit but ya the fact was, after some time Tesla stocks reached to $1,126 thinking of which Sam regretted but as it is said that Hindsight is always 20/20 after doing things we feel that we shouldn’t have done it, but anyways Sam had booked a good
Profit and then he was thinking how stupid Bob is even he should have bought the stocks instead of the car do you know the interesting part was Bob whom he was thinking is stupid he was investing a lot of his money in Tesla, from a long time because of which he had generated a lot
of Profit and with some part of the Profit he bought Tesla Model 3 look friends the things we should learn from this story is wealth is not like that as we think it is many time when you think people are less capable than you you think that they are financially
behind you well many time is is not necessary that they are behind you many times many people do well financially but since all their wealth is in their investment which we can’t see, so they won’t look rich many times and many times even if they look so, they look stupid which is not
always the case ya being financially free doesn’t mean that you have a lot of wealth which is visible to people by which you can live a luxurious life no but the meaning of being financially free is you live a comfortable life where you don’t worry about money where your money keeps you
safe and work for you now Author Jonathan Clements in their book From Here to Financial Happiness in this book they share 77 short lessons I will merge all those points and share with you 4 practical steps which will help you to be financially free as with that as I had gifted you
Shares of Google few weeks ago in this CashNews.co I will gift Tesla’s Shares how? well to know that keep watching the CashNews.co let’s come to lesson no. 1 which is No saving with Debt author says to start your financial freedom
journey first you have to do one thing that is clear all your Debts clear the Loan and this is the most basic rule of Finance that if you
have any kind of Debt specially bad Debt you cannot start your investing journey author says, some people start long term investing with their Debt where they will be paying their Debt and also doing some investment by this their
process of becoming financially free, slows down so author says first clear all your small Debts like mobile phone, laptop emi, car Loan and such things which you can finish early ya sometimes the big amounts like home Loan that can’t be easy
to clear, those are exceptions, keep them aside but clear your small Debts plus the author also says, to use Credit cards wisely because US Department of Labor had did a research on 7,900 citizens of age 20 to 40 by that we know that, those who were at high
Credit card Debt their stress was affecting their physical health overtime by which they faced many problems in daily life pain in joints and stiffness and were facing many problems you should know how you are using your Credit card for not only
your mental peace but also physical health many people don’t know that by using Credit cards the interest starts and it’s amount keeps increasing and there is a solution related to it, which you will know in 4th point but first remember that that clear all your
Debts as much as possible after that start your Savings journey properly Lesson no. 2 Financial safety net this might have even happened with you something needs repair in your home, like your phone is broken or your T.V is not turning on on there is a problem in
the engine of your car or bike like I remember my friend was saying, that the graphic card of his computer was spoilt the price was very high, at that time he didn’t had money to buy it so somehow he started working without graphic card at that time he didn’t had Credit
card and he didn’t want to borrow money from someone he he decided that next month when he gets Income he will buy the graphic card with that Income now look, many people are just like this if there is any problem, for it’s solution they use their
Credit card or depend on next salary if something happens they say, they will do it from next month do the EMI many times but author says, no one thinks what if their source of Income stops many people are salary based and their job is their main source of
Income there are only few people who have passive Income if their main source of Income dies of any reason job went or anything, even then, they will have a different source of Income on which they can depend on now as it was seen
during Covid time where many people lost their job and were destroyed completely so well what is it’s solution, the author says If you want to feel better about your none;">Finances today then you should spend more time thinking about what you are gonna pay for tomorrow which means basically author is saying us here we have to create an emergency fund you store your money, at a place where you can use it even after loosing your main source of
Income you cannot spend this money on any random things like for vacation, for buying a car or anything no here you have to create an emergency fund which should be the backup of your main Income source because of which, in case something happens and you loose your
job you will not get a new job until you can survive and be safe and how to do that, well to do that author says that you have to calculate your monthly expenses let’s say your monthly expenses is 20,000 rupees you should at least keep 1,20,000 rupees safe at side which is your emergency fund
if there is any problem, like covid, lock-down even then you will have a buffer time of 6 months where you can do many things, can find a job or create a new source of Revenue which will be very helpful for your survival and your respect Lesson no. 3 Invest conservatively and buy
stocks with caution to increase your wealth J Walk when they launched a website Priceline of discount offer in the early 2000’s by this their Net Worth reached $1.8 Billion in just one year and at the other side the world’s greatest investor Warren Buffet they had to
wait 55 years to earn their first Billion Dollars look there is how much difference but the thing is J Walk’s Income was not sustainable everyone knew that this dotcom bubble will burst and when that bubble burst, by end of October 2000 in just a few months, out of billions
of dollars of J walk only 33 Million Dollars were left and Warren Buffet were into the top 1% richest club of the world and are still today and for the coming many years, he will be in the top 1% list the reason behind this is, Warren Buffet, is investing from past 7 decades and he had rarely sold
his Shares so even the author says, if someone wants to be financially free so to invest your money Stock Market can be a very good place to you where you get not only returns, but the company pay you Dividends many times which means they share
some percent of their Profit to their share holders for example you might know that Warren Buffet is a major share holder of Coca Cola so the C.E.O of Coca Cola he gets the highest 16 Million Dollar salary per year on the other side, Warren Buffet by the Dividends
of Coca Cola earn 547 Million Dollars so you might have understood where to invest to become financially free author says when you think long term to invest in Stock Market you don’t need to understand any rocket science but the companies which you know about properly or
better use their products daily which you are using from many years, which you believe on you like those products it will be good for you to invest in such companies and one of the most successful Mutual Fund manager Peter Lynns, who had wrote many good books on investment even he says the same
thing you should invest in such companies whose products you use or you know better about them whose products you like and you believe on as many people use I phone eat Maggie, drink Coca Cola use Tesla Cars so it can be good for you to invest in such companies as it was proven in the starting
story and here you don’t need to see the daily fluctuations of the market in the Intelligent Investor, the mentor of Warren Buffet, Benjamin Graham, even they say in their book that we should not focus on the daily fluctuations of the market but you should just pick the good companies and
invest in that for long term this will give you very good returns in long run now look friends ya there are many Unicorns in India, which are doing very well and there are many companies in America which are giving exponential returns it can be easy to find them, because of their technological
innovations so we Indians should know about this opportunity that we can benefit from the opportunities of the growth outside so you can make this resolution this new year that you will globally diversify your Portfolio for better returns and safety in fact even before this new
year starts, any of your favorite company either Apple, Tesla, Google, Amazon or Netflix or whichever company you like, comment it down buy the Shares of that company and to start all things easily what we did was we have collaborated with IND Money and picked few free
Shares which you can get for free before to buy US stocks you had to bare many charges had to spend a lot of money but with the help of IND money you can get 0 account opening fees 0 maintenance fees and with the help of 0 Brokerage fees you can buy or sell US
stocks plus you get the best exchange rates here plus with the help of this app, you can track all your Investments all Investments you have did, whether is Mutual Funds, Stocks or text-decoration: none;">Crypto as I do the same by using this app so if you benefit from this and want to buy Tesla Stocks for free you just need to download IND money from the link given below and you will get few free Shares of Tesla in the reward section you will get a part
of that share only if you go with the link given below but if you download IND money directly from Play Store or App Store you need to enter the code while signing up which I am showing on screen SEEKENTESLA code you have to put that, then you will get those free stocks Point no 4 is Rugality leads
to better Finances look our physical health, mental health and relationships and overall in entire life, habits play the biggest role and this is an universal fact that good
habits makes good life financial success is nothing but the result of your good habits if you think logically if you want to be financially free you have to save money, you have to invest it but you have very less time so it is very important for you to save and invest money author says 90% people
can’t achieve financial freedom because of their bad habits their bad habits impact Savings a lot because people don’t think exponentially they always think linearly example what we think is, I am just eating one pizza, what will happen by that I am just eating one
burger today, what will happen with that with these small things, they make it a habit and start eating outside food order everyday some thing or the other from Zomato at least it happens every week and that becomes a habit because of which a particular amount Zomato gets every time goes to
different junk food companies money is also going plus all these things impact your health I saw a CashNews.co, there were two people both take different choice every day one person gets up early then the other gets up late one person eats junk food everyday the other person eats healthy all these
small choice which comes in front of us everyday our habits one person spends his money on useless things buys and eats useless things on the other hand the other person instead of eating unwanted things he saves it or eats healthy food and all these things of 1 day, 2 day, I month or 1 year
compounds it’s effect becomes so high that the person who had bad habits his health gets worse his money slowly decreases and his relationship life, everything comes to an end on the other side, who had made small habits those small habits brings improvement in his life slowly his
Savings and his Investments start giving him money his health helps him living a good life and in long term one person’s frugality changes his life completely on the other hand, the ignorance, his smoking, eating unhealthy will destroy his life so even you
have to understand this thing that the small decisions which you are taking everyday may be you won’t see it’s results today, tomorrow or even after a month but you will definitely see some difference in some years and that thing will hurt you in the long run so start living your life
frugally instead of spending on unwanted things, start saving start investing ya it might not help you to get rich in some time but definitely in long run, you can save money and make money so don’t keep linear thinking, keep exponential thinking how can you do all these things try not to
spend more than 50% of your Income and you have to invest 12% for long term for retirement and all if you do like this, you will benefit from it in long run I want to say you a bonus point, start working on different sources of Income start working on many
different sources of Income as much as possible if you just have one job then obviously that’s very risky thing you have to create sources of Income side by side which can give you Income at least a little this thing will help you to earn
money in long run and to be financially free if you want me to make a separate CashNews.co on this topic how can you make you r side Income, do comment and let me know if you are interested in buying free share of Tesla there is a link given in description from there you can
download IND money after downloading, you will see those Shares in the reward section if you are directly directing it from Play Store or App Store while signing up you have to enter a code SEEKENTESLA by this you will get the reward that’s all for now, thanks for watching
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Hi friends Sam Dogen a financial advisor they say that in the year 2018 he was going to watch Soft Ball game with his friend Bob on a weekend there Bob had bought his new Tesla Model 3 car which was selling a lot in the market Bob was doing a lot of show off there that how does this car run
on autopilot he was driving his car with his I phone and was saying many interesting things like I heard this in news recently on 9th September a lady gave birth to a baby in Philadelphia in the front seat of Tesla and the delivery happened, when Tesla was running on auto pilot because of which,
that baby is also called as World’s First Tesla Baby so Bob was saying such interesting things to everyone Sam was shocked by listening to all these things he was shocked because that how did Bob a 31 year old pre school teacher had bought a $53,000 car which is obviously a lot of money
according to Sam it was their biggest financial mistake which he shouldn’t have done and at the same time, there was a hype about Tesla after listening to all those things, Sam drove that car one day he says that the experience of driving this was very different even he liked the Tesla Model
3 and even he wanted to buy that car but because this car was very costly to him and as he was a financial advisor, he didn’t want to do that mistake so as a financial advisor what he did was instead of buying this $53,000 car he started calculating it’s opportunity cost where he saw,
if he invest this much money of his Savings what can be better opportunity for him than this car then he started doing research about Tesla Company or Elon Musk’s company he started to realize about this company potential and finally after doing all these things he decided
that instead of buying a Tesla Model 3 of $53,000, will buy the Tesla Stocks worth $53,000 in October 2018 on the per share value of $298 bought the Tesla stocks and guess what after some time, these Tesla stocks reached $367 by doing this he had got a Profit of $11,500 and he
didn’t want to sell that and after 6 months, when there were some problems in the company because of a Tweet of Elon Musk, the stocks came down to $179 then their Profit of $11,500 converted to a loss of $20,000 but still he didn’t sell his stocks he was still now fast
forward after 2 years, where the entire world market crashed there Tesla stocks were rising then Sam thought, just like last time, these stock will fall one day then what Sam did was, at $888 per share value sold his 75% stock because he didn’t want to handle the volatility of this market due
to which he got a lot of Profit but ya the fact was, after some time Tesla stocks reached to $1,126 thinking of which Sam regretted but as it is said that Hindsight is always 20/20 after doing things we feel that we shouldn’t have done it, but anyways Sam had booked a good
Profit and then he was thinking how stupid Bob is even he should have bought the stocks instead of the car do you know the interesting part was Bob whom he was thinking is stupid he was investing a lot of his money in Tesla, from a long time because of which he had generated a lot
of Profit and with some part of the Profit he bought Tesla Model 3 look friends the things we should learn from this story is wealth is not like that as we think it is many time when you think people are less capable than you you think that they are financially
behind you well many time is is not necessary that they are behind you many times many people do well financially but since all their wealth is in their investment which we can’t see, so they won’t look rich many times and many times even if they look so, they look stupid which is not
always the case ya being financially free doesn’t mean that you have a lot of wealth which is visible to people by which you can live a luxurious life no but the meaning of being financially free is you live a comfortable life where you don’t worry about money where your money keeps you
safe and work for you now Author Jonathan Clements in their book From Here to Financial Happiness in this book they share 77 short lessons I will merge all those points and share with you 4 practical steps which will help you to be financially free as with that as I had gifted you
Shares of Google few weeks ago in this CashNews.co I will gift Tesla’s Shares how? well to know that keep watching the CashNews.co let’s come to lesson no. 1 which is No saving with Debt author says to start your financial freedom
journey first you have to do one thing that is clear all your Debts clear the Loan and this is the most basic rule of Finance that if you
have any kind of Debt specially bad Debt you cannot start your investing journey author says, some people start long term investing with their Debt where they will be paying their Debt and also doing some investment by this their
process of becoming financially free, slows down so author says first clear all your small Debts like mobile phone, laptop emi, car Loan and such things which you can finish early ya sometimes the big amounts like home Loan that can’t be easy
to clear, those are exceptions, keep them aside but clear your small Debts plus the author also says, to use Credit cards wisely because US Department of Labor had did a research on 7,900 citizens of age 20 to 40 by that we know that, those who were at high
Credit card Debt their stress was affecting their physical health overtime by which they faced many problems in daily life pain in joints and stiffness and were facing many problems you should know how you are using your Credit card for not only
your mental peace but also physical health many people don’t know that by using Credit cards the interest starts and it’s amount keeps increasing and there is a solution related to it, which you will know in 4th point but first remember that that clear all your
Debts as much as possible after that start your Savings journey properly Lesson no. 2 Financial safety net this might have even happened with you something needs repair in your home, like your phone is broken or your T.V is not turning on on there is a problem in
the engine of your car or bike like I remember my friend was saying, that the graphic card of his computer was spoilt the price was very high, at that time he didn’t had money to buy it so somehow he started working without graphic card at that time he didn’t had Credit
card and he didn’t want to borrow money from someone he he decided that next month when he gets Income he will buy the graphic card with that Income now look, many people are just like this if there is any problem, for it’s solution they use their
Credit card or depend on next salary if something happens they say, they will do it from next month do the EMI many times but author says, no one thinks what if their source of Income stops many people are salary based and their job is their main source of
Income there are only few people who have passive Income if their main source of Income dies of any reason job went or anything, even then, they will have a different source of Income on which they can depend on now as it was seen
during Covid time where many people lost their job and were destroyed completely so well what is it’s solution, the author says If you want to feel better about your none;">Finances today then you should spend more time thinking about what you are gonna pay for tomorrow which means basically author is saying us here we have to create an emergency fund you store your money, at a place where you can use it even after loosing your main source of
Income you cannot spend this money on any random things like for vacation, for buying a car or anything no here you have to create an emergency fund which should be the backup of your main Income source because of which, in case something happens and you loose your
job you will not get a new job until you can survive and be safe and how to do that, well to do that author says that you have to calculate your monthly expenses let’s say your monthly expenses is 20,000 rupees you should at least keep 1,20,000 rupees safe at side which is your emergency fund
if there is any problem, like covid, lock-down even then you will have a buffer time of 6 months where you can do many things, can find a job or create a new source of Revenue which will be very helpful for your survival and your respect Lesson no. 3 Invest conservatively and buy
stocks with caution to increase your wealth J Walk when they launched a website Priceline of discount offer in the early 2000’s by this their Net Worth reached $1.8 Billion in just one year and at the other side the world’s greatest investor Warren Buffet they had to
wait 55 years to earn their first Billion Dollars look there is how much difference but the thing is J Walk’s Income was not sustainable everyone knew that this dotcom bubble will burst and when that bubble burst, by end of October 2000 in just a few months, out of billions
of dollars of J walk only 33 Million Dollars were left and Warren Buffet were into the top 1% richest club of the world and are still today and for the coming many years, he will be in the top 1% list the reason behind this is, Warren Buffet, is investing from past 7 decades and he had rarely sold
his Shares so even the author says, if someone wants to be financially free so to invest your money Stock Market can be a very good place to you where you get not only returns, but the company pay you Dividends many times which means they share
some percent of their Profit to their share holders for example you might know that Warren Buffet is a major share holder of Coca Cola so the C.E.O of Coca Cola he gets the highest 16 Million Dollar salary per year on the other side, Warren Buffet by the Dividends
of Coca Cola earn 547 Million Dollars so you might have understood where to invest to become financially free author says when you think long term to invest in Stock Market you don’t need to understand any rocket science but the companies which you know about properly or
better use their products daily which you are using from many years, which you believe on you like those products it will be good for you to invest in such companies and one of the most successful Mutual Fund manager Peter Lynns, who had wrote many good books on investment even he says the same
thing you should invest in such companies whose products you use or you know better about them whose products you like and you believe on as many people use I phone eat Maggie, drink Coca Cola use Tesla Cars so it can be good for you to invest in such companies as it was proven in the starting
story and here you don’t need to see the daily fluctuations of the market in the Intelligent Investor, the mentor of Warren Buffet, Benjamin Graham, even they say in their book that we should not focus on the daily fluctuations of the market but you should just pick the good companies and
invest in that for long term this will give you very good returns in long run now look friends ya there are many Unicorns in India, which are doing very well and there are many companies in America which are giving exponential returns it can be easy to find them, because of their technological
innovations so we Indians should know about this opportunity that we can benefit from the opportunities of the growth outside so you can make this resolution this new year that you will globally diversify your Portfolio for better returns and safety in fact even before this new
year starts, any of your favorite company either Apple, Tesla, Google, Amazon or Netflix or whichever company you like, comment it down buy the Shares of that company and to start all things easily what we did was we have collaborated with IND Money and picked few free
Shares which you can get for free before to buy US stocks you had to bare many charges had to spend a lot of money but with the help of IND money you can get 0 account opening fees 0 maintenance fees and with the help of 0 Brokerage fees you can buy or sell US
stocks plus you get the best exchange rates here plus with the help of this app, you can track all your Investments all Investments you have did, whether is Mutual Funds, Stocks or text-decoration: none;">Crypto as I do the same by using this app so if you benefit from this and want to buy Tesla Stocks for free you just need to download IND money from the link given below and you will get few free Shares of Tesla in the reward section you will get a part
of that share only if you go with the link given below but if you download IND money directly from Play Store or App Store you need to enter the code while signing up which I am showing on screen SEEKENTESLA code you have to put that, then you will get those free stocks Point no 4 is Rugality leads
to better Finances look our physical health, mental health and relationships and overall in entire life, habits play the biggest role and this is an universal fact that good
habits makes good life financial success is nothing but the result of your good habits if you think logically if you want to be financially free you have to save money, you have to invest it but you have very less time so it is very important for you to save and invest money author says 90% people
can’t achieve financial freedom because of their bad habits their bad habits impact Savings a lot because people don’t think exponentially they always think linearly example what we think is, I am just eating one pizza, what will happen by that I am just eating one
burger today, what will happen with that with these small things, they make it a habit and start eating outside food order everyday some thing or the other from Zomato at least it happens every week and that becomes a habit because of which a particular amount Zomato gets every time goes to
different junk food companies money is also going plus all these things impact your health I saw a CashNews.co, there were two people both take different choice every day one person gets up early then the other gets up late one person eats junk food everyday the other person eats healthy all these
small choice which comes in front of us everyday our habits one person spends his money on useless things buys and eats useless things on the other hand the other person instead of eating unwanted things he saves it or eats healthy food and all these things of 1 day, 2 day, I month or 1 year
compounds it’s effect becomes so high that the person who had bad habits his health gets worse his money slowly decreases and his relationship life, everything comes to an end on the other side, who had made small habits those small habits brings improvement in his life slowly his
Savings and his Investments start giving him money his health helps him living a good life and in long term one person’s frugality changes his life completely on the other hand, the ignorance, his smoking, eating unhealthy will destroy his life so even you
have to understand this thing that the small decisions which you are taking everyday may be you won’t see it’s results today, tomorrow or even after a month but you will definitely see some difference in some years and that thing will hurt you in the long run so start living your life
frugally instead of spending on unwanted things, start saving start investing ya it might not help you to get rich in some time but definitely in long run, you can save money and make money so don’t keep linear thinking, keep exponential thinking how can you do all these things try not to
spend more than 50% of your Income and you have to invest 12% for long term for retirement and all if you do like this, you will benefit from it in long run I want to say you a bonus point, start working on different sources of Income start working on many
different sources of Income as much as possible if you just have one job then obviously that’s very risky thing you have to create sources of Income side by side which can give you Income at least a little this thing will help you to earn
money in long run and to be financially free if you want me to make a separate CashNews.co on this topic how can you make you r side Income, do comment and let me know if you are interested in buying free share of Tesla there is a link given in description from there you can
download IND money after downloading, you will see those Shares in the reward section if you are directly directing it from Play Store or App Store while signing up you have to enter a code SEEKENTESLA by this you will get the reward that’s all for now, thanks for watching
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Hi friends Sam Dogen a financial advisor they say that in the year 2018 he was going to watch Soft Ball game with his friend Bob on a weekend there Bob had bought his new Tesla Model 3 car which was selling a lot in the market Bob was doing a lot of show off there that how does this car run
on autopilot he was driving his car with his I phone and was saying many interesting things like I heard this in news recently on 9th September a lady gave birth to a baby in Philadelphia in the front seat of Tesla and the delivery happened, when Tesla was running on auto pilot because of which,
that baby is also called as World’s First Tesla Baby so Bob was saying such interesting things to everyone Sam was shocked by listening to all these things he was shocked because that how did Bob a 31 year old pre school teacher had bought a $53,000 car which is obviously a lot of money
according to Sam it was their biggest financial mistake which he shouldn’t have done and at the same time, there was a hype about Tesla after listening to all those things, Sam drove that car one day he says that the experience of driving this was very different even he liked the Tesla Model
3 and even he wanted to buy that car but because this car was very costly to him and as he was a financial advisor, he didn’t want to do that mistake so as a financial advisor what he did was instead of buying this $53,000 car he started calculating it’s opportunity cost where he saw,
if he invest this much money of his Savings what can be better opportunity for him than this car then he started doing research about Tesla Company or Elon Musk’s company he started to realize about this company potential and finally after doing all these things he decided
that instead of buying a Tesla Model 3 of $53,000, will buy the Tesla Stocks worth $53,000 in October 2018 on the per share value of $298 bought the Tesla stocks and guess what after some time, these Tesla stocks reached $367 by doing this he had got a Profit of $11,500 and he
didn’t want to sell that and after 6 months, when there were some problems in the company because of a Tweet of Elon Musk, the stocks came down to $179 then their Profit of $11,500 converted to a loss of $20,000 but still he didn’t sell his stocks he was still now fast
forward after 2 years, where the entire world market crashed there Tesla stocks were rising then Sam thought, just like last time, these stock will fall one day then what Sam did was, at $888 per share value sold his 75% stock because he didn’t want to handle the volatility of this market due
to which he got a lot of Profit but ya the fact was, after some time Tesla stocks reached to $1,126 thinking of which Sam regretted but as it is said that Hindsight is always 20/20 after doing things we feel that we shouldn’t have done it, but anyways Sam had booked a good
Profit and then he was thinking how stupid Bob is even he should have bought the stocks instead of the car do you know the interesting part was Bob whom he was thinking is stupid he was investing a lot of his money in Tesla, from a long time because of which he had generated a lot
of Profit and with some part of the Profit he bought Tesla Model 3 look friends the things we should learn from this story is wealth is not like that as we think it is many time when you think people are less capable than you you think that they are financially
behind you well many time is is not necessary that they are behind you many times many people do well financially but since all their wealth is in their investment which we can’t see, so they won’t look rich many times and many times even if they look so, they look stupid which is not
always the case ya being financially free doesn’t mean that you have a lot of wealth which is visible to people by which you can live a luxurious life no but the meaning of being financially free is you live a comfortable life where you don’t worry about money where your money keeps you
safe and work for you now Author Jonathan Clements in their book From Here to Financial Happiness in this book they share 77 short lessons I will merge all those points and share with you 4 practical steps which will help you to be financially free as with that as I had gifted you
Shares of Google few weeks ago in this CashNews.co I will gift Tesla’s Shares how? well to know that keep watching the CashNews.co let’s come to lesson no. 1 which is No saving with Debt author says to start your financial freedom
journey first you have to do one thing that is clear all your Debts clear the Loan and this is the most basic rule of Finance that if you
have any kind of Debt specially bad Debt you cannot start your investing journey author says, some people start long term investing with their Debt where they will be paying their Debt and also doing some investment by this their
process of becoming financially free, slows down so author says first clear all your small Debts like mobile phone, laptop emi, car Loan and such things which you can finish early ya sometimes the big amounts like home Loan that can’t be easy
to clear, those are exceptions, keep them aside but clear your small Debts plus the author also says, to use Credit cards wisely because US Department of Labor had did a research on 7,900 citizens of age 20 to 40 by that we know that, those who were at high
Credit card Debt their stress was affecting their physical health overtime by which they faced many problems in daily life pain in joints and stiffness and were facing many problems you should know how you are using your Credit card for not only
your mental peace but also physical health many people don’t know that by using Credit cards the interest starts and it’s amount keeps increasing and there is a solution related to it, which you will know in 4th point but first remember that that clear all your
Debts as much as possible after that start your Savings journey properly Lesson no. 2 Financial safety net this might have even happened with you something needs repair in your home, like your phone is broken or your T.V is not turning on on there is a problem in
the engine of your car or bike like I remember my friend was saying, that the graphic card of his computer was spoilt the price was very high, at that time he didn’t had money to buy it so somehow he started working without graphic card at that time he didn’t had Credit
card and he didn’t want to borrow money from someone he he decided that next month when he gets Income he will buy the graphic card with that Income now look, many people are just like this if there is any problem, for it’s solution they use their
Credit card or depend on next salary if something happens they say, they will do it from next month do the EMI many times but author says, no one thinks what if their source of Income stops many people are salary based and their job is their main source of
Income there are only few people who have passive Income if their main source of Income dies of any reason job went or anything, even then, they will have a different source of Income on which they can depend on now as it was seen
during Covid time where many people lost their job and were destroyed completely so well what is it’s solution, the author says If you want to feel better about your none;">Finances today then you should spend more time thinking about what you are gonna pay for tomorrow which means basically author is saying us here we have to create an emergency fund you store your money, at a place where you can use it even after loosing your main source of
Income you cannot spend this money on any random things like for vacation, for buying a car or anything no here you have to create an emergency fund which should be the backup of your main Income source because of which, in case something happens and you loose your
job you will not get a new job until you can survive and be safe and how to do that, well to do that author says that you have to calculate your monthly expenses let’s say your monthly expenses is 20,000 rupees you should at least keep 1,20,000 rupees safe at side which is your emergency fund
if there is any problem, like covid, lock-down even then you will have a buffer time of 6 months where you can do many things, can find a job or create a new source of Revenue which will be very helpful for your survival and your respect Lesson no. 3 Invest conservatively and buy
stocks with caution to increase your wealth J Walk when they launched a website Priceline of discount offer in the early 2000’s by this their Net Worth reached $1.8 Billion in just one year and at the other side the world’s greatest investor Warren Buffet they had to
wait 55 years to earn their first Billion Dollars look there is how much difference but the thing is J Walk’s Income was not sustainable everyone knew that this dotcom bubble will burst and when that bubble burst, by end of October 2000 in just a few months, out of billions
of dollars of J walk only 33 Million Dollars were left and Warren Buffet were into the top 1% richest club of the world and are still today and for the coming many years, he will be in the top 1% list the reason behind this is, Warren Buffet, is investing from past 7 decades and he had rarely sold
his Shares so even the author says, if someone wants to be financially free so to invest your money Stock Market can be a very good place to you where you get not only returns, but the company pay you Dividends many times which means they share
some percent of their Profit to their share holders for example you might know that Warren Buffet is a major share holder of Coca Cola so the C.E.O of Coca Cola he gets the highest 16 Million Dollar salary per year on the other side, Warren Buffet by the Dividends
of Coca Cola earn 547 Million Dollars so you might have understood where to invest to become financially free author says when you think long term to invest in Stock Market you don’t need to understand any rocket science but the companies which you know about properly or
better use their products daily which you are using from many years, which you believe on you like those products it will be good for you to invest in such companies and one of the most successful Mutual Fund manager Peter Lynns, who had wrote many good books on investment even he says the same
thing you should invest in such companies whose products you use or you know better about them whose products you like and you believe on as many people use I phone eat Maggie, drink Coca Cola use Tesla Cars so it can be good for you to invest in such companies as it was proven in the starting
story and here you don’t need to see the daily fluctuations of the market in the Intelligent Investor, the mentor of Warren Buffet, Benjamin Graham, even they say in their book that we should not focus on the daily fluctuations of the market but you should just pick the good companies and
invest in that for long term this will give you very good returns in long run now look friends ya there are many Unicorns in India, which are doing very well and there are many companies in America which are giving exponential returns it can be easy to find them, because of their technological
innovations so we Indians should know about this opportunity that we can benefit from the opportunities of the growth outside so you can make this resolution this new year that you will globally diversify your Portfolio for better returns and safety in fact even before this new
year starts, any of your favorite company either Apple, Tesla, Google, Amazon or Netflix or whichever company you like, comment it down buy the Shares of that company and to start all things easily what we did was we have collaborated with IND Money and picked few free
Shares which you can get for free before to buy US stocks you had to bare many charges had to spend a lot of money but with the help of IND money you can get 0 account opening fees 0 maintenance fees and with the help of 0 Brokerage fees you can buy or sell US
stocks plus you get the best exchange rates here plus with the help of this app, you can track all your Investments all Investments you have did, whether is Mutual Funds, Stocks or text-decoration: none;">Crypto as I do the same by using this app so if you benefit from this and want to buy Tesla Stocks for free you just need to download IND money from the link given below and you will get few free Shares of Tesla in the reward section you will get a part
of that share only if you go with the link given below but if you download IND money directly from Play Store or App Store you need to enter the code while signing up which I am showing on screen SEEKENTESLA code you have to put that, then you will get those free stocks Point no 4 is Rugality leads
to better Finances look our physical health, mental health and relationships and overall in entire life, habits play the biggest role and this is an universal fact that good
habits makes good life financial success is nothing but the result of your good habits if you think logically if you want to be financially free you have to save money, you have to invest it but you have very less time so it is very important for you to save and invest money author says 90% people
can’t achieve financial freedom because of their bad habits their bad habits impact Savings a lot because people don’t think exponentially they always think linearly example what we think is, I am just eating one pizza, what will happen by that I am just eating one
burger today, what will happen with that with these small things, they make it a habit and start eating outside food order everyday some thing or the other from Zomato at least it happens every week and that becomes a habit because of which a particular amount Zomato gets every time goes to
different junk food companies money is also going plus all these things impact your health I saw a CashNews.co, there were two people both take different choice every day one person gets up early then the other gets up late one person eats junk food everyday the other person eats healthy all these
small choice which comes in front of us everyday our habits one person spends his money on useless things buys and eats useless things on the other hand the other person instead of eating unwanted things he saves it or eats healthy food and all these things of 1 day, 2 day, I month or 1 year
compounds it’s effect becomes so high that the person who had bad habits his health gets worse his money slowly decreases and his relationship life, everything comes to an end on the other side, who had made small habits those small habits brings improvement in his life slowly his
Savings and his Investments start giving him money his health helps him living a good life and in long term one person’s frugality changes his life completely on the other hand, the ignorance, his smoking, eating unhealthy will destroy his life so even you
have to understand this thing that the small decisions which you are taking everyday may be you won’t see it’s results today, tomorrow or even after a month but you will definitely see some difference in some years and that thing will hurt you in the long run so start living your life
frugally instead of spending on unwanted things, start saving start investing ya it might not help you to get rich in some time but definitely in long run, you can save money and make money so don’t keep linear thinking, keep exponential thinking how can you do all these things try not to
spend more than 50% of your Income and you have to invest 12% for long term for retirement and all if you do like this, you will benefit from it in long run I want to say you a bonus point, start working on different sources of Income start working on many
different sources of Income as much as possible if you just have one job then obviously that’s very risky thing you have to create sources of Income side by side which can give you Income at least a little this thing will help you to earn
money in long run and to be financially free if you want me to make a separate CashNews.co on this topic how can you make you r side Income, do comment and let me know if you are interested in buying free share of Tesla there is a link given in description from there you can
download IND money after downloading, you will see those Shares in the reward section if you are directly directing it from Play Store or App Store while signing up you have to enter a code SEEKENTESLA by this you will get the reward that’s all for now, thanks for watching
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Hi friends Sam Dogen a financial advisor they say that in the year 2018 he was going to watch Soft Ball game with his friend Bob on a weekend there Bob had bought his new Tesla Model 3 car which was selling a lot in the market Bob was doing a lot of show off there that how does this car run
on autopilot he was driving his car with his I phone and was saying many interesting things like I heard this in news recently on 9th September a lady gave birth to a baby in Philadelphia in the front seat of Tesla and the delivery happened, when Tesla was running on auto pilot because of which,
that baby is also called as World’s First Tesla Baby so Bob was saying such interesting things to everyone Sam was shocked by listening to all these things he was shocked because that how did Bob a 31 year old pre school teacher had bought a $53,000 car which is obviously a lot of money
according to Sam it was their biggest financial mistake which he shouldn’t have done and at the same time, there was a hype about Tesla after listening to all those things, Sam drove that car one day he says that the experience of driving this was very different even he liked the Tesla Model
3 and even he wanted to buy that car but because this car was very costly to him and as he was a financial advisor, he didn’t want to do that mistake so as a financial advisor what he did was instead of buying this $53,000 car he started calculating it’s opportunity cost where he saw,
if he invest this much money of his Savings what can be better opportunity for him than this car then he started doing research about Tesla Company or Elon Musk’s company he started to realize about this company potential and finally after doing all these things he decided
that instead of buying a Tesla Model 3 of $53,000, will buy the Tesla Stocks worth $53,000 in October 2018 on the per share value of $298 bought the Tesla stocks and guess what after some time, these Tesla stocks reached $367 by doing this he had got a Profit of $11,500 and he
didn’t want to sell that and after 6 months, when there were some problems in the company because of a Tweet of Elon Musk, the stocks came down to $179 then their Profit of $11,500 converted to a loss of $20,000 but still he didn’t sell his stocks he was still now fast
forward after 2 years, where the entire world market crashed there Tesla stocks were rising then Sam thought, just like last time, these stock will fall one day then what Sam did was, at $888 per share value sold his 75% stock because he didn’t want to handle the volatility of this market due
to which he got a lot of Profit but ya the fact was, after some time Tesla stocks reached to $1,126 thinking of which Sam regretted but as it is said that Hindsight is always 20/20 after doing things we feel that we shouldn’t have done it, but anyways Sam had booked a good
Profit and then he was thinking how stupid Bob is even he should have bought the stocks instead of the car do you know the interesting part was Bob whom he was thinking is stupid he was investing a lot of his money in Tesla, from a long time because of which he had generated a lot
of Profit and with some part of the Profit he bought Tesla Model 3 look friends the things we should learn from this story is wealth is not like that as we think it is many time when you think people are less capable than you you think that they are financially
behind you well many time is is not necessary that they are behind you many times many people do well financially but since all their wealth is in their investment which we can’t see, so they won’t look rich many times and many times even if they look so, they look stupid which is not
always the case ya being financially free doesn’t mean that you have a lot of wealth which is visible to people by which you can live a luxurious life no but the meaning of being financially free is you live a comfortable life where you don’t worry about money where your money keeps you
safe and work for you now Author Jonathan Clements in their book From Here to Financial Happiness in this book they share 77 short lessons I will merge all those points and share with you 4 practical steps which will help you to be financially free as with that as I had gifted you
Shares of Google few weeks ago in this CashNews.co I will gift Tesla’s Shares how? well to know that keep watching the CashNews.co let’s come to lesson no. 1 which is No saving with Debt author says to start your financial freedom
journey first you have to do one thing that is clear all your Debts clear the Loan and this is the most basic rule of Finance that if you
have any kind of Debt specially bad Debt you cannot start your investing journey author says, some people start long term investing with their Debt where they will be paying their Debt and also doing some investment by this their
process of becoming financially free, slows down so author says first clear all your small Debts like mobile phone, laptop emi, car Loan and such things which you can finish early ya sometimes the big amounts like home Loan that can’t be easy
to clear, those are exceptions, keep them aside but clear your small Debts plus the author also says, to use Credit cards wisely because US Department of Labor had did a research on 7,900 citizens of age 20 to 40 by that we know that, those who were at high
Credit card Debt their stress was affecting their physical health overtime by which they faced many problems in daily life pain in joints and stiffness and were facing many problems you should know how you are using your Credit card for not only
your mental peace but also physical health many people don’t know that by using Credit cards the interest starts and it’s amount keeps increasing and there is a solution related to it, which you will know in 4th point but first remember that that clear all your
Debts as much as possible after that start your Savings journey properly Lesson no. 2 Financial safety net this might have even happened with you something needs repair in your home, like your phone is broken or your T.V is not turning on on there is a problem in
the engine of your car or bike like I remember my friend was saying, that the graphic card of his computer was spoilt the price was very high, at that time he didn’t had money to buy it so somehow he started working without graphic card at that time he didn’t had Credit
card and he didn’t want to borrow money from someone he he decided that next month when he gets Income he will buy the graphic card with that Income now look, many people are just like this if there is any problem, for it’s solution they use their
Credit card or depend on next salary if something happens they say, they will do it from next month do the EMI many times but author says, no one thinks what if their source of Income stops many people are salary based and their job is their main source of
Income there are only few people who have passive Income if their main source of Income dies of any reason job went or anything, even then, they will have a different source of Income on which they can depend on now as it was seen
during Covid time where many people lost their job and were destroyed completely so well what is it’s solution, the author says If you want to feel better about your none;">Finances today then you should spend more time thinking about what you are gonna pay for tomorrow which means basically author is saying us here we have to create an emergency fund you store your money, at a place where you can use it even after loosing your main source of
Income you cannot spend this money on any random things like for vacation, for buying a car or anything no here you have to create an emergency fund which should be the backup of your main Income source because of which, in case something happens and you loose your
job you will not get a new job until you can survive and be safe and how to do that, well to do that author says that you have to calculate your monthly expenses let’s say your monthly expenses is 20,000 rupees you should at least keep 1,20,000 rupees safe at side which is your emergency fund
if there is any problem, like covid, lock-down even then you will have a buffer time of 6 months where you can do many things, can find a job or create a new source of Revenue which will be very helpful for your survival and your respect Lesson no. 3 Invest conservatively and buy
stocks with caution to increase your wealth J Walk when they launched a website Priceline of discount offer in the early 2000’s by this their Net Worth reached $1.8 Billion in just one year and at the other side the world’s greatest investor Warren Buffet they had to
wait 55 years to earn their first Billion Dollars look there is how much difference but the thing is J Walk’s Income was not sustainable everyone knew that this dotcom bubble will burst and when that bubble burst, by end of October 2000 in just a few months, out of billions
of dollars of J walk only 33 Million Dollars were left and Warren Buffet were into the top 1% richest club of the world and are still today and for the coming many years, he will be in the top 1% list the reason behind this is, Warren Buffet, is investing from past 7 decades and he had rarely sold
his Shares so even the author says, if someone wants to be financially free so to invest your money Stock Market can be a very good place to you where you get not only returns, but the company pay you Dividends many times which means they share
some percent of their Profit to their share holders for example you might know that Warren Buffet is a major share holder of Coca Cola so the C.E.O of Coca Cola he gets the highest 16 Million Dollar salary per year on the other side, Warren Buffet by the Dividends
of Coca Cola earn 547 Million Dollars so you might have understood where to invest to become financially free author says when you think long term to invest in Stock Market you don’t need to understand any rocket science but the companies which you know about properly or
better use their products daily which you are using from many years, which you believe on you like those products it will be good for you to invest in such companies and one of the most successful Mutual Fund manager Peter Lynns, who had wrote many good books on investment even he says the same
thing you should invest in such companies whose products you use or you know better about them whose products you like and you believe on as many people use I phone eat Maggie, drink Coca Cola use Tesla Cars so it can be good for you to invest in such companies as it was proven in the starting
story and here you don’t need to see the daily fluctuations of the market in the Intelligent Investor, the mentor of Warren Buffet, Benjamin Graham, even they say in their book that we should not focus on the daily fluctuations of the market but you should just pick the good companies and
invest in that for long term this will give you very good returns in long run now look friends ya there are many Unicorns in India, which are doing very well and there are many companies in America which are giving exponential returns it can be easy to find them, because of their technological
innovations so we Indians should know about this opportunity that we can benefit from the opportunities of the growth outside so you can make this resolution this new year that you will globally diversify your Portfolio for better returns and safety in fact even before this new
year starts, any of your favorite company either Apple, Tesla, Google, Amazon or Netflix or whichever company you like, comment it down buy the Shares of that company and to start all things easily what we did was we have collaborated with IND Money and picked few free
Shares which you can get for free before to buy US stocks you had to bare many charges had to spend a lot of money but with the help of IND money you can get 0 account opening fees 0 maintenance fees and with the help of 0 Brokerage fees you can buy or sell US
stocks plus you get the best exchange rates here plus with the help of this app, you can track all your Investments all Investments you have did, whether is Mutual Funds, Stocks or text-decoration: none;">Crypto as I do the same by using this app so if you benefit from this and want to buy Tesla Stocks for free you just need to download IND money from the link given below and you will get few free Shares of Tesla in the reward section you will get a part
of that share only if you go with the link given below but if you download IND money directly from Play Store or App Store you need to enter the code while signing up which I am showing on screen SEEKENTESLA code you have to put that, then you will get those free stocks Point no 4 is Rugality leads
to better Finances look our physical health, mental health and relationships and overall in entire life, habits play the biggest role and this is an universal fact that good
habits makes good life financial success is nothing but the result of your good habits if you think logically if you want to be financially free you have to save money, you have to invest it but you have very less time so it is very important for you to save and invest money author says 90% people
can’t achieve financial freedom because of their bad habits their bad habits impact Savings a lot because people don’t think exponentially they always think linearly example what we think is, I am just eating one pizza, what will happen by that I am just eating one
burger today, what will happen with that with these small things, they make it a habit and start eating outside food order everyday some thing or the other from Zomato at least it happens every week and that becomes a habit because of which a particular amount Zomato gets every time goes to
different junk food companies money is also going plus all these things impact your health I saw a CashNews.co, there were two people both take different choice every day one person gets up early then the other gets up late one person eats junk food everyday the other person eats healthy all these
small choice which comes in front of us everyday our habits one person spends his money on useless things buys and eats useless things on the other hand the other person instead of eating unwanted things he saves it or eats healthy food and all these things of 1 day, 2 day, I month or 1 year
compounds it’s effect becomes so high that the person who had bad habits his health gets worse his money slowly decreases and his relationship life, everything comes to an end on the other side, who had made small habits those small habits brings improvement in his life slowly his
Savings and his Investments start giving him money his health helps him living a good life and in long term one person’s frugality changes his life completely on the other hand, the ignorance, his smoking, eating unhealthy will destroy his life so even you
have to understand this thing that the small decisions which you are taking everyday may be you won’t see it’s results today, tomorrow or even after a month but you will definitely see some difference in some years and that thing will hurt you in the long run so start living your life
frugally instead of spending on unwanted things, start saving start investing ya it might not help you to get rich in some time but definitely in long run, you can save money and make money so don’t keep linear thinking, keep exponential thinking how can you do all these things try not to
spend more than 50% of your Income and you have to invest 12% for long term for retirement and all if you do like this, you will benefit from it in long run I want to say you a bonus point, start working on different sources of Income start working on many
different sources of Income as much as possible if you just have one job then obviously that’s very risky thing you have to create sources of Income side by side which can give you Income at least a little this thing will help you to earn
money in long run and to be financially free if you want me to make a separate CashNews.co on this topic how can you make you r side Income, do comment and let me know if you are interested in buying free share of Tesla there is a link given in description from there you can
download IND money after downloading, you will see those Shares in the reward section if you are directly directing it from Play Store or App Store while signing up you have to enter a code SEEKENTESLA by this you will get the reward that’s all for now, thanks for watching
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Hi friends Sam Dogen a financial advisor they say that in the year 2018 he was going to watch Soft Ball game with his friend Bob on a weekend there Bob had bought his new Tesla Model 3 car which was selling a lot in the market Bob was doing a lot of show off there that how does this car run
on autopilot he was driving his car with his I phone and was saying many interesting things like I heard this in news recently on 9th September a lady gave birth to a baby in Philadelphia in the front seat of Tesla and the delivery happened, when Tesla was running on auto pilot because of which,
that baby is also called as World’s First Tesla Baby so Bob was saying such interesting things to everyone Sam was shocked by listening to all these things he was shocked because that how did Bob a 31 year old pre school teacher had bought a $53,000 car which is obviously a lot of money
according to Sam it was their biggest financial mistake which he shouldn’t have done and at the same time, there was a hype about Tesla after listening to all those things, Sam drove that car one day he says that the experience of driving this was very different even he liked the Tesla Model
3 and even he wanted to buy that car but because this car was very costly to him and as he was a financial advisor, he didn’t want to do that mistake so as a financial advisor what he did was instead of buying this $53,000 car he started calculating it’s opportunity cost where he saw,
if he invest this much money of his Savings what can be better opportunity for him than this car then he started doing research about Tesla Company or Elon Musk’s company he started to realize about this company potential and finally after doing all these things he decided
that instead of buying a Tesla Model 3 of $53,000, will buy the Tesla Stocks worth $53,000 in October 2018 on the per share value of $298 bought the Tesla stocks and guess what after some time, these Tesla stocks reached $367 by doing this he had got a Profit of $11,500 and he
didn’t want to sell that and after 6 months, when there were some problems in the company because of a Tweet of Elon Musk, the stocks came down to $179 then their Profit of $11,500 converted to a loss of $20,000 but still he didn’t sell his stocks he was still now fast
forward after 2 years, where the entire world market crashed there Tesla stocks were rising then Sam thought, just like last time, these stock will fall one day then what Sam did was, at $888 per share value sold his 75% stock because he didn’t want to handle the volatility of this market due
to which he got a lot of Profit but ya the fact was, after some time Tesla stocks reached to $1,126 thinking of which Sam regretted but as it is said that Hindsight is always 20/20 after doing things we feel that we shouldn’t have done it, but anyways Sam had booked a good
Profit and then he was thinking how stupid Bob is even he should have bought the stocks instead of the car do you know the interesting part was Bob whom he was thinking is stupid he was investing a lot of his money in Tesla, from a long time because of which he had generated a lot
of Profit and with some part of the Profit he bought Tesla Model 3 look friends the things we should learn from this story is wealth is not like that as we think it is many time when you think people are less capable than you you think that they are financially
behind you well many time is is not necessary that they are behind you many times many people do well financially but since all their wealth is in their investment which we can’t see, so they won’t look rich many times and many times even if they look so, they look stupid which is not
always the case ya being financially free doesn’t mean that you have a lot of wealth which is visible to people by which you can live a luxurious life no but the meaning of being financially free is you live a comfortable life where you don’t worry about money where your money keeps you
safe and work for you now Author Jonathan Clements in their book From Here to Financial Happiness in this book they share 77 short lessons I will merge all those points and share with you 4 practical steps which will help you to be financially free as with that as I had gifted you
Shares of Google few weeks ago in this CashNews.co I will gift Tesla’s Shares how? well to know that keep watching the CashNews.co let’s come to lesson no. 1 which is No saving with Debt author says to start your financial freedom
journey first you have to do one thing that is clear all your Debts clear the Loan and this is the most basic rule of Finance that if you
have any kind of Debt specially bad Debt you cannot start your investing journey author says, some people start long term investing with their Debt where they will be paying their Debt and also doing some investment by this their
process of becoming financially free, slows down so author says first clear all your small Debts like mobile phone, laptop emi, car Loan and such things which you can finish early ya sometimes the big amounts like home Loan that can’t be easy
to clear, those are exceptions, keep them aside but clear your small Debts plus the author also says, to use Credit cards wisely because US Department of Labor had did a research on 7,900 citizens of age 20 to 40 by that we know that, those who were at high
Credit card Debt their stress was affecting their physical health overtime by which they faced many problems in daily life pain in joints and stiffness and were facing many problems you should know how you are using your Credit card for not only
your mental peace but also physical health many people don’t know that by using Credit cards the interest starts and it’s amount keeps increasing and there is a solution related to it, which you will know in 4th point but first remember that that clear all your
Debts as much as possible after that start your Savings journey properly Lesson no. 2 Financial safety net this might have even happened with you something needs repair in your home, like your phone is broken or your T.V is not turning on on there is a problem in
the engine of your car or bike like I remember my friend was saying, that the graphic card of his computer was spoilt the price was very high, at that time he didn’t had money to buy it so somehow he started working without graphic card at that time he didn’t had Credit
card and he didn’t want to borrow money from someone he he decided that next month when he gets Income he will buy the graphic card with that Income now look, many people are just like this if there is any problem, for it’s solution they use their
Credit card or depend on next salary if something happens they say, they will do it from next month do the EMI many times but author says, no one thinks what if their source of Income stops many people are salary based and their job is their main source of
Income there are only few people who have passive Income if their main source of Income dies of any reason job went or anything, even then, they will have a different source of Income on which they can depend on now as it was seen
during Covid time where many people lost their job and were destroyed completely so well what is it’s solution, the author says If you want to feel better about your none;">Finances today then you should spend more time thinking about what you are gonna pay for tomorrow which means basically author is saying us here we have to create an emergency fund you store your money, at a place where you can use it even after loosing your main source of
Income you cannot spend this money on any random things like for vacation, for buying a car or anything no here you have to create an emergency fund which should be the backup of your main Income source because of which, in case something happens and you loose your
job you will not get a new job until you can survive and be safe and how to do that, well to do that author says that you have to calculate your monthly expenses let’s say your monthly expenses is 20,000 rupees you should at least keep 1,20,000 rupees safe at side which is your emergency fund
if there is any problem, like covid, lock-down even then you will have a buffer time of 6 months where you can do many things, can find a job or create a new source of Revenue which will be very helpful for your survival and your respect Lesson no. 3 Invest conservatively and buy
stocks with caution to increase your wealth J Walk when they launched a website Priceline of discount offer in the early 2000’s by this their Net Worth reached $1.8 Billion in just one year and at the other side the world’s greatest investor Warren Buffet they had to
wait 55 years to earn their first Billion Dollars look there is how much difference but the thing is J Walk’s Income was not sustainable everyone knew that this dotcom bubble will burst and when that bubble burst, by end of October 2000 in just a few months, out of billions
of dollars of J walk only 33 Million Dollars were left and Warren Buffet were into the top 1% richest club of the world and are still today and for the coming many years, he will be in the top 1% list the reason behind this is, Warren Buffet, is investing from past 7 decades and he had rarely sold
his Shares so even the author says, if someone wants to be financially free so to invest your money Stock Market can be a very good place to you where you get not only returns, but the company pay you Dividends many times which means they share
some percent of their Profit to their share holders for example you might know that Warren Buffet is a major share holder of Coca Cola so the C.E.O of Coca Cola he gets the highest 16 Million Dollar salary per year on the other side, Warren Buffet by the Dividends
of Coca Cola earn 547 Million Dollars so you might have understood where to invest to become financially free author says when you think long term to invest in Stock Market you don’t need to understand any rocket science but the companies which you know about properly or
better use their products daily which you are using from many years, which you believe on you like those products it will be good for you to invest in such companies and one of the most successful Mutual Fund manager Peter Lynns, who had wrote many good books on investment even he says the same
thing you should invest in such companies whose products you use or you know better about them whose products you like and you believe on as many people use I phone eat Maggie, drink Coca Cola use Tesla Cars so it can be good for you to invest in such companies as it was proven in the starting
story and here you don’t need to see the daily fluctuations of the market in the Intelligent Investor, the mentor of Warren Buffet, Benjamin Graham, even they say in their book that we should not focus on the daily fluctuations of the market but you should just pick the good companies and
invest in that for long term this will give you very good returns in long run now look friends ya there are many Unicorns in India, which are doing very well and there are many companies in America which are giving exponential returns it can be easy to find them, because of their technological
innovations so we Indians should know about this opportunity that we can benefit from the opportunities of the growth outside so you can make this resolution this new year that you will globally diversify your Portfolio for better returns and safety in fact even before this new
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can’t achieve financial freedom because of their bad habits their bad habits impact Savings a lot because people don’t think exponentially they always think linearly example what we think is, I am just eating one pizza, what will happen by that I am just eating one
burger today, what will happen with that with these small things, they make it a habit and start eating outside food order everyday some thing or the other from Zomato at least it happens every week and that becomes a habit because of which a particular amount Zomato gets every time goes to
different junk food companies money is also going plus all these things impact your health I saw a CashNews.co, there were two people both take different choice every day one person gets up early then the other gets up late one person eats junk food everyday the other person eats healthy all these
small choice which comes in front of us everyday our habits one person spends his money on useless things buys and eats useless things on the other hand the other person instead of eating unwanted things he saves it or eats healthy food and all these things of 1 day, 2 day, I month or 1 year
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Genso Manège Review (Nintendo Switch)
Release Date: January 31, 2025 (North America)
Developers: MAGES / LOVE&ART
Publishers: PQube
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam)
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)SYNOPSIS
Set in a wondrously evocative re-imagining of France, the story follows the protagonist, Emma, orphaned at a young age, as she fights to uncover her forgotten memories.
A witch who lost her powers when young and now living a quiet life, Emma is led by the memento her father left her and finds herself swept away with the arrival of a travelling amusement park in town.
ART AND MUSIC
Scenario Director: Ayano Ishikawa, Ayano SuehiroArtist/Illustrators: MeijScenario Writers: Uta Amemiya, Muri Sasaki, Touko Fujitani, Nami Tayama, Ayano SuehiroOST: Naoki Chiba (OP Composition), Rico Sasaki (OP vocals), BigBoom (ED composition), H!Superb (ED vocals)I was every bit as surprised to hear a jpop boy group in my otome games. If you’re into these niche spaces, I’m sure you’ve NEVER heard of H!Superb before (lol). And its because they are fairly nugu 누구 (and I dont mean this in a dismissive kind of way, they are just internationally unheard of), but they have a very dedicated fanbase in Japan, so I was pretty happy to find out they did the game’s ED theme. It was my fav track of Genso Manege’s entire OST.
Meij, the illustrator for Genso Manege is a freelance artist, that’ve worked on a few joseimuke games in the past, including character designs for the unit Lancelot in I★CHU. They’ve also done several Nijisanji illustrations, one I can particularly remember was Uki Violeta’s birthday illustrations, which was just *chef kiss*.
Voice Acting
Wataru Hatano as “Hugo” – Wizard (TaiAli), Gekkamaru (Nightshade), Adonis Otogari (Ensemble Stars), Lindo (Dance with Devils), Noah (Cafe Enchante), Kawamura Kyoshirou (Winter’s Wish), Keith Howell (IkePri)
Yuichiro Umehara as “Serge” – Paschalia (Radiant Tale), Kohei Minato (Sympathy Kiss), Benkei (Birushana), Canus Espada (Café Enchanté), Enishi (Jack Jeanne), Demento (Period Cube), Shingen Takeda (IkeSen), Sage (Nekopara Catboys Paradise), Rain (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Oochidori (Touken Ranbu)
Hiro Shimono as “Crier” – Senri (Norn9), Nayuta (Variable Barricade), Sho Kurusu (Utapri), Kuroyuki (Nightshade), Zena (Akatsuki no Yona), Alear (FE Engage), Kiel (RF4), Hakusan (Touken Ranbu), Ray Blackwell (IkeRev), Kokichi Oma (Danganropa), Ryunosuke (The Great Ace Attorney)
Yuto Suzuki as “Lyon” – Shion (CollarxMalice), Noah Reed (Orfleurs), Sosuke (Spiral Memoria), Nine (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Enforcer (Despera Drops)
Shirai Yusuke as “Luciole” – Scarecrow (BUSTAFELLOWS), Eltcreed Valentine (Steam Prison), Watson (London Detective Mysteria), Amemura Ramuda (Hypnosis Mic), Garu (NU:Carnival), Ars (Period Cube), Usui Masumi (A3!), Miki Hiraizumi (Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome), Tsuzumi (Ken ga Kimi), John (Mistonia no Kibou)
Abe Atsushi as “Arnaud” – Chinami (Harukanaru 5), Sorata Suzuhara (Norn9), Kohaku (Harukanaru 6), Suishinshi Masahide (Touken Ranbu), Kishinami Hakuno (FATE/EXTELLA), Musashi Miyamoto (Harukanaru 7), Camael (Tokyo Babel), Hinata Minoru (Digimon Survice)
CHARACTERS AND ROUTES
There are six obtainable romance routes in Genso Manège. The only locked route is Arnaud’s, which becomes available only after completing Hugo’s “Amour End”(Good End). The rest of the guy’s are playable from the start.
The developers have suggested a recommended play order: Hugo → Serge = Crier → Lyon = Luciole → Arnaud. I played in this order, and while I thought the story flowed well this way, I personally think that Crier and Hugo’s routes are interchangeable as starting points since both routes feel more lighthearted compared to the others. Crier’s route, in particular, was a bit vanilla, and while Hugo’s route contained a few plot spoilers, its overall tone falls on the lighthearted side in comparison to others.
Then again, I feel that the first five routes can be played in any order, as long as Arnaud’s is saved for last since his route felt like a culmination of the story that tied up loose ends.
Walkthroughs:
⬇️ Click to view Content Warnings Kidnapping, death, women abuse, human experimentation, angry mobs, violence, gun violence, age gap.HUGO
Hugo is the Director of La Foire du Rêve and was the one who invited the heroine to be part of the Rêve and work there from the start. He possesses a gentle demeanor, and always speaks in a calm manner. He holds a certain authority within the Rêve that everyone respects. Most of the employees/staff, feel indebted to his kindness. At times, he shows his playful side to the heroine.
I actually wondered why Hugo’s route was the devs’ pick to start with. His route had a lot of revelations that related to the game’s overall plot, so I thought it would be best to play it before the finale (Arnaud’s). But, after playing his route, I realized that his story sort of sets you up where you are slowly introduced to the game’s setting, albeit only revealing a few plot points to help you better understand the overarching story. I think playing his route first will also help you understand the circumstances of the other LIs’ routes that you’ll play next, so in my experience, this really helped me grasp everyone else’s situation in the Rêve .
Romance-wise, I’m not exactly sure if I enjoyed Hugo and Emma’s chemistry, to be honest! Their relationship felt more like a guardianship rather than what it would be with lovers, at least to me anyway. Other than that, I wasn’t too thrilled with Hugo’s story either and I was not a fan of Emma here…🤷🏻♀️
⬇️ SpoilersThis route also dragged A LOT! Like, the part where they kept talking about light bulbs… I get that they were trying to connect this to awakening Emma’s powers or make some kind of analogy, but damn, I wasn’t too enthused to sit through all that light bulb talk, my dudes!🤣 (cackles) I thought it was also kind of funny how the story focused so much on the lights in the Reve and their project to fully brighten up the entire amusement park, and that they had to do it in Paris… ??? Like, what a weird choice to move the plot forward.🤔😅 The whole starlights-in-Paris plotline seemed to come out of nowhere???
Emma was also very passive here. Babygurl really was just standing there while the plot tells us, she’s doing something when it’s really a whole lot of nothing… I’m being sarcastic here, please dont take this literally! Hugo was pretty hot in his engineer-outfit sprite though! That low ponytail! Mmhmm 🥵
Serge
- kuudere, megane
- soft
- Caleb at home… (im sorry!)😭
La Foire du Rêve‘s head of finances. Serge, is in charge of all the accounting aspects, and auditing related to the Rêve’s supplies and inventory. He is indebted to Hugo, who once came to his aid in his previous occupation, and has been diligently working for him ever since. Serge is very loyal and respects Hugo as the Reve’s Director. He has a cold, intimidating demeanor and he speaks bluntly, but he is just as harsh on himself as he is on others.
Get you a man who looks at you, the way Serge looks at Hugo! jk!
Serge, is your typical kuudere megane love interest. Blunt, stoic, completely clueless about love, cold, & always direct to the point…He’s very straight-laced on the surface but also a softie at heart. Definitely the perfect stereotypical character to cast Umehara, right?🤭For the most part, I enjoyed his relationship with Emma. I love their banter and how he adored Emma’s cooking. I thought the fluff here was done pretty well. Sad to say, I’m still not a fan of the heroine in this route.🥲
⬇️ SpoilersNormally, it pains me to say something negative about heroines, they’re like my children, I swear! But Emma here was kind of a ditz? Why on earth would you offer to help Serge with accounting when you don’t have a single iota of what accounting even is? At one point, I couldn’t help but resonate with Serge’s annoyance with her (lol). I know it’s her good intention to want to be useful, but sometimes she just doesn’t think logically. Why are they writing heroines like this?🥴 I’m fairly sure 17 years old is old enough to actually have some common sense or critical thinking. My rambling aside, she does get better in other routes!
I was also pretty surprised that Serge’s route took a major turn on to the heavier topics, like the imprisonment and torture of women that were suspected to be witches. It also hints on the Hamelin incident, amongst other things. It’s funny how it’s such a contrast to Hugo’s route where they just flamboyantly talked about light bulbs and then bam, you have Serge’s route and see him being tortured in jail! The whiplash!🤣
Also, this route made it seem that french people aren’t fond of spicy food. Is that true???😭 On a closing note, I honestly couldn’t care less about the age gap here, but I’ve listed it in the content warnings above since I know there are people who aren’t fond of it in their fiction.
CRIER
- tsun
- dere 🥹
Crier is a performer at La Foire du Rêve. He’s skilled at juggling and doing various tricks that the audience, especially the youth, loves. He complains a lot about the heroine at first, but in truth, he’s very attentive and caring towards Emma. When he’s not performing, he’s busy running errands and getting supplies from town for the Reve.
I think tsun Hiro Shimono characters are essentially an otome gamer’s guilty pleasure, don’t you think? That said, I loved this route! Crier is such a cutie-patootie, but what really made him stand out to me was his personality and how caring he is, not only to the heroine, but also to everyone else. He was very likable in other routes too, which gained him plus points from me! Despite his initial harsh tone, the boy has a heart of gold! I also loved his dynamic with Emma, and yes, unlike in the two previous routes, Emma here was great! Hallelujah! She had a lot of agency and wasn’t afraid to bite back, which made her chemistry with Crier very fun, not to mention, believable!
On another note, I found this route to be the most lighthearted compared to the others. Based on the themes alone, I’d consider it fairly vanilla, which isn’t bad; quite the opposite, in fact! Though it wasn’t perfect, it had a clear direction on where it was going. The bad ending, however, was kind of depressing. Oof, I wish I had skipped it, but alas!😢
⬇️ SpoilersI would’ve complained about how odd it was that they were just forced to be *fake lovers* out of nowhere (to appease Clara and the rest of the folks in the Reve), but I didn’t mind this plot device, really! Sure, there could’ve been other ways to tighten their relationship and show their *lovey-dovey* moments, but I thought this one worked fine, so I can’t fault the writing for using what ticked. Emma finally had some agency here! It was also so refreshing to see her get jealous of how Crier was being nice to Clara (not knowing they were twins) and wished that Crier would’ve treated her the same. Girlie is finally boy-crushing, it’s cute!🥹
LYON
- what an angel!🥺
- so pure! must be protected at all times!🥺🤲
Lyon is La Foire du Rêve’s bunny mascot. The children who visit the amusement park love him. He’s very calm, sometimes quiet, and absolutely purehearted. He never takes off his costume, so no one really knows what he looks like in person.
Aw. I actually love this route too.🥺 I liked that there was a strong build-up to the mysteries surrounding the Reve’s magic here, and the way Emma and Lyon uncovered things bit by bit was enjoyable to witness. On top of that, Lyon is absolutely a darling cinnamon roll. His cute bunny mascot embodies his adorable persona to a T. I couldn’t really fault him for anything in his story! He’s an angel!🥺This route made my heart sink because of how wholesome it was. Though, I’d say out of all the guys, Lyon had the most difficult circumstances in the Reve. The angst here was pretty up there. Made me profusely sob.😭
⬇️ SpoilersProtect Lyon at all cost!😤
On the side, Emma was great here as well! She took a lot of initiative for herself. She was even selfish at times and made silly, reckless decisions, especially when she insisted on reviving the dead despite being warned so many times not to. Though given the circumstances, her actions to me felt reasonable, out of pure desperation so I don’t hold this against her.
I think my only issue was that the reincarnation ending wasn’t very clear. It was pretty vague actually! I wish they had clarified where this *new* Lyon came from. The story blatantly ignored the fact that only a year had passed since Emma freed all the souls in the Reve, including Lyon’s. Does that mean this reincarnated Lyon already existed while the soul/phantom Lyon was still trapped in the Reve? So many plot holes are being overlooked here! Oh well… 🤷🏻♀️
LUCIOLE
- the hikikomori mechanic
- secretly a cinamon roll, but…
A man of few words and even fewer appearances, Luciole is the mechanic of La Foire du Rêve. He only comes out at night to perform maintenance around the amusement park and keeps to himself in his tent during the day. He seems to despise the idea of magic and is strongly against the heroine using her powers.
There’s a reason Luciole is so adamant and unwilling to accept the use of magic. In this route, you’ll get to find out why. At the heart of it, I really liked Luciole as a character. His route started off strong, especially during his back-and-forth exchanges with the heroine. Their little tete-a-tete through letter exchanges was cute!🥹 His entire route however, felt pretty weak, in my opinion. They pretty much did a great job building up tension and intrigue with his story, but the turning point and resolution, especially at the end, felt rather too convenient, almost frustratingly so!
**On the positive side, the best part of this route was hearing Shiraimu shift from being a tsun to a total cinnamon roll!🥹
⬇️ SpoilersThere were so many missed opportunities in this route, it hurts! The chance to make him the resident yandere character was wasted. He had the perfect setup for it! Wouldn’t it have been great for Luciole to go twisted because he didn’t want to see MC get hurt anymore? Plus, the trauma he has with his mom fits the typical yandere backstory, so I was surprised they didn’t explore that. I would’ve loved to see it. Instead, we get a yandere ending in his BAD END, and even that one felt half-baked! So disappointing!😭
The angry mob trope honestly feels very tired to me. Because we see it in almost EVERY SINGLE OTOME GAME, and it’s usually just there to create a conflict that puts the heroine in danger, only to be conveniently resolved almost immediately. This route was no exception, but the way it was handled here felt especially sloppy! The resolution they came up with just doesn’t make sense logically. Like no way an angry mob would just calm down because you told them to calm down LOL angry mobs aren’t that easily pacified by mere words, because y’know… they’re angry and their judgements are clouded in the heat of the moment. The whole ordeal of Luciole’s monologue in front of them felt so dumb (I’m sorry!)😭 And the crowd going: “Oh, we messed up and believed a drunk, hur dur…so we started throwing stones at this young lady because drunk man said she bad!” Like wow, really? is this twitter???😂😂😂
I really liked Luciole as a love interest, honest to god! (Dude, just wanna eat some good food and be with his woman) But this route…. it made me lose braincells fr…🥴
ARNAUD
- not the oniichan route
- Arnaud with frenchman hat < Arnaud
Arnaud works as a journalist and is Emma’s childhood friend. After an accident seven years ago, Emma became an orphan and was taken in by Arnaud’s family, so she has been living with him and his mother, Alice, ever since. Arnaud tends to fuss around Emma and dotes on her on account of her amnesia.
This route is meant to be played last, as a lot of plot events from the previous LIs were also revisited here, and I thought that if I had played Arnaud’s route earlier (immediately after Hugo’s), the story likely wouldn’t have made as much sense to me, so I’m glad I stuck with the suggested route order.
I think Arnaud may be my fav LI in this game, and that’s because he’s such a polarizing character… (or maybe I’m just being biased because of Abe Atsushi? lol) He was quite possessive of the heroine, and I didn’t mind his overprotectiveness at all; I actually enjoy that trope! Heh. 🤭 I can understand why some might find it uncomfortable though, given their familial relationship and the fact that they were raised under the same roof. But for me, it didn’t come off as creepy in the slightest. Plus, he has the most gorgeous CGs in the game!
⬇️ SpoilersOn the romance side of things, I really liked how Arnaud confessed to Emma early on in his route. Like, wow, the boy is fast! And the plot twist with him secretly reporting to his father about Emma was maybe a little too predictable; like clearly you could see that coming from a mile away. Regardless, I still enjoyed how his story progressed!
I also liked that they revisited the Hamelin incident here and expanded on it a bit from Serge’s route. However, I felt this route had a lot of things going on that didn’t really favor Arnaud and the heroine, nor their relationship. Is it just me, or did it seem like everything got convoluted toward the end? There were a lot of unnecessary scenes that could’ve just been scraped off. This route seemed to put more emphasis on being the ‘truth’ route rather than its focus on romance.🤷🏻♀️
On a side note, Arnaud’s military sprite was hawt! Seriously, everyone seems to look good without their hats. Hugo looked hot with his low ponytail, and without that ugly tophat, and Arnaud looked incredibly fine without his frenchman hat. THROW AWAY THOSE HATS MAN!
EMMA (Main Heroine)
- macaron girlie
- sometimes good, sometimes 🧍♀️
Emma is alright, I guess? There were routes where I considered her decently written, like in Crier’s and Lyon’s routes. I thought these were the stories where she had the most agency and displayed a bit of critical thinking. However, a lot of the time, she remained very passive that it got on my nerves.😭 There were situations where she’d dawdle the heck out when something is urgently needed of her. She is aware of this though so I’d credit her that self awareness. And in her defense, she’s only 17 and was raised very sheltered. But still… sometimes, she just… really isn’t… logically thinking through her decisions. The scenarios where she fell short seemed to outweigh the good (at least in my opinion). There were scenes in the game that would literally go like this:
Emma: (After everyone repeatedly told her not to use magic in public) 🧍♀️
Also Emma: *Proceeds to use magic in public*Emma: “This town doesnt like newcomers, I must not act suspicious”
Also Emma: *Proceeds to act suspicious*😭😭😭
There were a lot of inconsistencies in how she was written across all routes. And while I’ve facepalmed several times during her 🧍♀️🧍♀️🧍♀️ moments, I don’t think she was terrible overall, to be honest. Like I said, she’s alright!🙂Not a fav, & she could’ve been better.
I have to say, though, her love for macarons made me crave for them too, that I had to get out of the house in the dead cold winter afternoon and drive up to a local pâtisserie to get some french macarons myself!😭
SYSTEM AND LOCALIZATION
The UI for Genso Manège was a standout to me. The animated clip that plays before the menu screen was absolutely beautiful, and to top it off, the pastel-colored manège/carousel on the opening screen ticked all my aesthetic boxes! Ha!
PROS:
- Heroine’s Name Customization: The heroine’s name can be changed. Great for those who prefer to self-insert.
- Heroine Side Image Sprite ON/OFF
- Love Catch System
- Quick Save/Quick Load
- Clear List – to track what endings you’ve unlocked so far.
- Sound Library
- Character Profiles (with voices)
- Seiyuu Commentaries
- CG Library
- Manual Instructions
- Status Screen: allows you to check the LI affection points you’ve accumulated during gameplay.
- Backlog and Rewind function
- MINI GAME – can be skipped and does not affect your endings, if you choose to do so.
- Font Style Selection
CONS:
- No Chapter Select – You can however, replay scenes in the CG gallery.
- No SKIP to Next choice function.
- SLOW Skip Reads
- Black screen bugs
I experienced a couple of black-screen bugs in the game where if a scene transitions to the next chapter or slide and you accidentally press any button during the transition, the screen completely blacks out while the game continues running. The only way to circumvent this was to completely close the game and restart, which really sucks if you forgot to save beforehand.
About the Mini Game
Eveil System – is a mini-game that lets you collect stars that appear in random locations on your screen. If you’re playing in handheld mode, you can simply tap or glide your fingers on the screen to collect them. If you’re playing in TV mode, you can use the L and R joysticks to collect the stars. After completing the tutorial (on your first playthrough), you should be able to skip this mini-game whenever it comes up. There are no consequences for skipping it during the story, and it won’t affect your endings.Localization
The localization was well done, and the translations flowed smoothly in the game. Granted, I blitzed through this pretty fast, so I didn’t really notice any typos or text errors during my gameplay. There also weren’t any text box issues, so overall, it was pretty solid!
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMvcr8Y8Gzk
OVERALL THOUGHTS
This was a decent-length title, not too short but not overly long either. It took me around 40 hours to complete everything (playing docked on TV). Chapters 1-3 make up the game’s common route, and Chapter 4 is where the LI’s route branches off. There are also only two endings for each love interest: the “Amour End” (good end) and the “Rêve End” (bad end).
Not as Fluffy as You Think
My initial impression after finishing my first route (Hugo) was that the game kind of deceives you into thinking it’s all going to be a fluffy ride throughout due to its bright pastel, sparkly-colored theme. But in contrast, the game actually carries a whole lot of angst. It’s not on the level of Cafe Enchante deception, though, so you can rest easy on that!😂
This title was a mixed bag for me, some routes were decently paced, while some faltered and dragged the narrative too much with trivial things. Given how often the titular manège (magical carousel) was mentioned in the common route, and the fact that it’s even plastered in the game’s title, I expected it to play a significant role throughout the story. But, it turned out to be crucial only in Hugo’s route and was barely relevant elsewhere. It would’ve been more satisfying if all the routes had some connection to the manège, allowing it to be the central element that tied the story together. That would’ve been a nice full-circle to its overarching story, no? Unfortunately, this wasn’t the case. The entire *magical manège* theme felt underutilized, which I found disappointing.
TBF, I’ve already mentally prepared and toned down my expectations knowing that the writing team for this game included a few writers from past games I wasn’t the biggest fan of (e.g., ChariMani and ParaPara). As a result, when certain aspects didn’t quite hit the mark for me, the impact wasn’t as bad as it might’ve been if I hadn’t set those expectations. If you know what I mean!
On a different note, I have to say, unlocking the reverse harem ending was a good reason to finish all the routes in this game! 😆
Speaking of routes (and love interests), I think, Arnaud ended up as my favorite LI just because his character was a bit polarizing at first. I’m also a big box-pusher (hako-oshi), so I thought all the guys were great in my opinion. None of them really annoyed me, and that’s a good thing! As for their individual routes, the one I enjoyed the most from start to finish was Lyon’s.🥺 Albeit, his story had one of the most angsty themes in the game (I still ate it up, haha).😆
LI RANKING:
Arnaud > Lyon = Crier > Serge > Luciole > Hugo
ROUTE RANKING:
Lyon > Crier > Serge > Arnaud > Hugo > Luciole
Arnaud is literally me irl😭😭😭As for the romance, this game showcased a lot of sweet scenarios between the heroine, and her LI. It’s also worth noting that this otome game is rated CERO B in Japan, so I think it’s designed to appeal to all audiences, especially the younger crowd. There are no spicy, mature scenes here, so if you’re after that, you are going to be disappointed.
**As for the ratio of kiss CGs, well… I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed in that regard as well.🥲 All gripes aside, I do think Lyon’s very wholesome story was a breath of fresh air,🥺💛🐇💛so if you’re a fan of the wholesome cinamon roll type, I really recommend not skipping his route!🥹
Do I recommend this game? YES.
In all honesty, I never thought I’d see the day where Genso Manège would get localized. I remember it being one of the few non-Otomate titles announced in Japan, back when the otome genre was slowly transitioning to the Switch console in 2020. This title also garnered a couple of votes in the localization survey, I did five years ago.🥹 So getting to play it in English now feels rather surreal.Genso Manège feels light on the surface, but it’s actually a title that isn’t afraid to reveal its hidden gray undertones. While I wouldn’t go so far as to call it “dark,” the story can definitely get pretty heavy. This is also a game that I think would be great for beginners in the otome genre who aren’t afraid to explore heavier themes in fiction.
For the seasoned players who love angst, I definitely think you’ll enjoy this too, though I’d suggest tempering your expectations, as it isn’t on the grandiose level of Hakuoki. But, it has the right touch and balance of romance & adventure, not to mention, likable love interests, to keep you sufficiently entertained! Do pick it up when you get the chance!🫶
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Genso Manège Review (Nintendo Switch)
Release Date: January 31, 2025 (North America)
Developers: MAGES / LOVE&ART
Publishers: PQube
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam)
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)SYNOPSIS
Set in a wondrously evocative re-imagining of France, the story follows the protagonist, Emma, orphaned at a young age, as she fights to uncover her forgotten memories.
A witch who lost her powers when young and now living a quiet life, Emma is led by the memento her father left her and finds herself swept away with the arrival of a travelling amusement park in town.
ART AND MUSIC
Scenario Director: Ayano Ishikawa, Ayano SuehiroArtist/Illustrators: MeijScenario Writers: Uta Amemiya, Muri Sasaki, Touko Fujitani, Nami Tayama, Ayano SuehiroOST: Naoki Chiba (OP Composition), Rico Sasaki (OP vocals), BigBoom (ED composition), H!Superb (ED vocals)I was every bit as surprised to hear a jpop boy group in my otome games. If you’re into these niche spaces, I’m sure you’ve NEVER heard of H!Superb before (lol). And its because they are fairly nugu 누구 (and I dont mean this in a dismissive kind of way, they are just internationally unheard of), but they have a very dedicated fanbase in Japan, so I was pretty happy to find out they did the game’s ED theme. It was my fav track of Genso Manege’s entire OST.
Meij, the illustrator for Genso Manege is a freelance artist, that’ve worked on a few joseimuke games in the past, including character designs for the unit Lancelot in I★CHU. They’ve also done several Nijisanji illustrations, one I can particularly remember was Uki Violeta’s birthday illustrations, which was just *chef kiss*.
Voice Acting
Wataru Hatano as “Hugo” – Wizard (TaiAli), Gekkamaru (Nightshade), Adonis Otogari (Ensemble Stars), Lindo (Dance with Devils), Noah (Cafe Enchante), Kawamura Kyoshirou (Winter’s Wish), Keith Howell (IkePri)
Yuichiro Umehara as “Serge” – Paschalia (Radiant Tale), Kohei Minato (Sympathy Kiss), Benkei (Birushana), Canus Espada (Café Enchanté), Enishi (Jack Jeanne), Demento (Period Cube), Shingen Takeda (IkeSen), Sage (Nekopara Catboys Paradise), Rain (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Oochidori (Touken Ranbu)
Hiro Shimono as “Crier” – Senri (Norn9), Nayuta (Variable Barricade), Sho Kurusu (Utapri), Kuroyuki (Nightshade), Zena (Akatsuki no Yona), Alear (FE Engage), Kiel (RF4), Hakusan (Touken Ranbu), Ray Blackwell (IkeRev), Kokichi Oma (Danganropa), Ryunosuke (The Great Ace Attorney)
Yuto Suzuki as “Lyon” – Shion (CollarxMalice), Noah Reed (Orfleurs), Sosuke (Spiral Memoria), Nine (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Enforcer (Despera Drops)
Shirai Yusuke as “Luciole” – Scarecrow (BUSTAFELLOWS), Eltcreed Valentine (Steam Prison), Watson (London Detective Mysteria), Amemura Ramuda (Hypnosis Mic), Garu (NU:Carnival), Ars (Period Cube), Usui Masumi (A3!), Miki Hiraizumi (Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome), Tsuzumi (Ken ga Kimi), John (Mistonia no Kibou)
Abe Atsushi as “Arnaud” – Chinami (Harukanaru 5), Sorata Suzuhara (Norn9), Kohaku (Harukanaru 6), Suishinshi Masahide (Touken Ranbu), Kishinami Hakuno (FATE/EXTELLA), Musashi Miyamoto (Harukanaru 7), Camael (Tokyo Babel), Hinata Minoru (Digimon Survice)
CHARACTERS AND ROUTES
There are six obtainable romance routes in Genso Manège. The only locked route is Arnaud’s, which becomes available only after completing Hugo’s “Amour End”(Good End). The rest of the guy’s are playable from the start.
The developers have suggested a recommended play order: Hugo → Serge = Crier → Lyon = Luciole → Arnaud. I played in this order, and while I thought the story flowed well this way, I personally think that Crier and Hugo’s routes are interchangeable as starting points since both routes feel more lighthearted compared to the others. Crier’s route, in particular, was a bit vanilla, and while Hugo’s route contained a few plot spoilers, its overall tone falls on the lighthearted side in comparison to others.
Then again, I feel that the first five routes can be played in any order, as long as Arnaud’s is saved for last since his route felt like a culmination of the story that tied up loose ends.
Walkthroughs:
⬇️ Click to view Content Warnings Kidnapping, death, women abuse, human experimentation, angry mobs, violence, gun violence, age gap.HUGO
Hugo is the Director of La Foire du Rêve and was the one who invited the heroine to be part of the Rêve and work there from the start. He possesses a gentle demeanor, and always speaks in a calm manner. He holds a certain authority within the Rêve that everyone respects. Most of the employees/staff, feel indebted to his kindness. At times, he shows his playful side to the heroine.
I actually wondered why Hugo’s route was the devs’ pick to start with. His route had a lot of revelations that related to the game’s overall plot, so I thought it would be best to play it before the finale (Arnaud’s). But, after playing his route, I realized that his story sort of sets you up where you are slowly introduced to the game’s setting, albeit only revealing a few plot points to help you better understand the overarching story. I think playing his route first will also help you understand the circumstances of the other LIs’ routes that you’ll play next, so in my experience, this really helped me grasp everyone else’s situation in the Rêve .
Romance-wise, I’m not exactly sure if I enjoyed Hugo and Emma’s chemistry, to be honest! Their relationship felt more like a guardianship rather than what it would be with lovers, at least to me anyway. Other than that, I wasn’t too thrilled with Hugo’s story either and I was not a fan of Emma here…🤷🏻♀️
⬇️ SpoilersThis route also dragged A LOT! Like, the part where they kept talking about light bulbs… I get that they were trying to connect this to awakening Emma’s powers or make some kind of analogy, but damn, I wasn’t too enthused to sit through all that light bulb talk, my dudes!🤣 (cackles) I thought it was also kind of funny how the story focused so much on the lights in the Reve and their project to fully brighten up the entire amusement park, and that they had to do it in Paris… ??? Like, what a weird choice to move the plot forward.🤔😅 The whole starlights-in-Paris plotline seemed to come out of nowhere???
Emma was also very passive here. Babygurl really was just standing there while the plot tells us, she’s doing something when it’s really a whole lot of nothing… I’m being sarcastic here, please dont take this literally! Hugo was pretty hot in his engineer-outfit sprite though! That low ponytail! Mmhmm 🥵
Serge
- kuudere, megane
- soft
- Caleb at home… (im sorry!)😭
La Foire du Rêve‘s head of finances. Serge, is in charge of all the accounting aspects, and auditing related to the Rêve’s supplies and inventory. He is indebted to Hugo, who once came to his aid in his previous occupation, and has been diligently working for him ever since. Serge is very loyal and respects Hugo as the Reve’s Director. He has a cold, intimidating demeanor and he speaks bluntly, but he is just as harsh on himself as he is on others.
Get you a man who looks at you, the way Serge looks at Hugo! jk!
Serge, is your typical kuudere megane love interest. Blunt, stoic, completely clueless about love, cold, & always direct to the point…He’s very straight-laced on the surface but also a softie at heart. Definitely the perfect stereotypical character to cast Umehara, right?🤭For the most part, I enjoyed his relationship with Emma. I love their banter and how he adored Emma’s cooking. I thought the fluff here was done pretty well. Sad to say, I’m still not a fan of the heroine in this route.🥲
⬇️ SpoilersNormally, it pains me to say something negative about heroines, they’re like my children, I swear! But Emma here was kind of a ditz? Why on earth would you offer to help Serge with accounting when you don’t have a single iota of what accounting even is? At one point, I couldn’t help but resonate with Serge’s annoyance with her (lol). I know it’s her good intention to want to be useful, but sometimes she just doesn’t think logically. Why are they writing heroines like this?🥴 I’m fairly sure 17 years old is old enough to actually have some common sense or critical thinking. My rambling aside, she does get better in other routes!
I was also pretty surprised that Serge’s route took a major turn on to the heavier topics, like the imprisonment and torture of women that were suspected to be witches. It also hints on the Hamelin incident, amongst other things. It’s funny how it’s such a contrast to Hugo’s route where they just flamboyantly talked about light bulbs and then bam, you have Serge’s route and see him being tortured in jail! The whiplash!🤣
Also, this route made it seem that french people aren’t fond of spicy food. Is that true???😭 On a closing note, I honestly couldn’t care less about the age gap here, but I’ve listed it in the content warnings above since I know there are people who aren’t fond of it in their fiction.
CRIER
- tsun
- dere 🥹
Crier is a performer at La Foire du Rêve. He’s skilled at juggling and doing various tricks that the audience, especially the youth, loves. He complains a lot about the heroine at first, but in truth, he’s very attentive and caring towards Emma. When he’s not performing, he’s busy running errands and getting supplies from town for the Reve.
I think tsun Hiro Shimono characters are essentially an otome gamer’s guilty pleasure, don’t you think? That said, I loved this route! Crier is such a cutie-patootie, but what really made him stand out to me was his personality and how caring he is, not only to the heroine, but also to everyone else. He was very likable in other routes too, which gained him plus points from me! Despite his initial harsh tone, the boy has a heart of gold! I also loved his dynamic with Emma, and yes, unlike in the two previous routes, Emma here was great! Hallelujah! She had a lot of agency and wasn’t afraid to bite back, which made her chemistry with Crier very fun, not to mention, believable!
On another note, I found this route to be the most lighthearted compared to the others. Based on the themes alone, I’d consider it fairly vanilla, which isn’t bad; quite the opposite, in fact! Though it wasn’t perfect, it had a clear direction on where it was going. The bad ending, however, was kind of depressing. Oof, I wish I had skipped it, but alas!😢
⬇️ SpoilersI would’ve complained about how odd it was that they were just forced to be *fake lovers* out of nowhere (to appease Clara and the rest of the folks in the Reve), but I didn’t mind this plot device, really! Sure, there could’ve been other ways to tighten their relationship and show their *lovey-dovey* moments, but I thought this one worked fine, so I can’t fault the writing for using what ticked. Emma finally had some agency here! It was also so refreshing to see her get jealous of how Crier was being nice to Clara (not knowing they were twins) and wished that Crier would’ve treated her the same. Girlie is finally boy-crushing, it’s cute!🥹
LYON
- what an angel!🥺
- so pure! must be protected at all times!🥺🤲
Lyon is La Foire du Rêve’s bunny mascot. The children who visit the amusement park love him. He’s very calm, sometimes quiet, and absolutely purehearted. He never takes off his costume, so no one really knows what he looks like in person.
Aw. I actually love this route too.🥺 I liked that there was a strong build-up to the mysteries surrounding the Reve’s magic here, and the way Emma and Lyon uncovered things bit by bit was enjoyable to witness. On top of that, Lyon is absolutely a darling cinnamon roll. His cute bunny mascot embodies his adorable persona to a T. I couldn’t really fault him for anything in his story! He’s an angel!🥺This route made my heart sink because of how wholesome it was. Though, I’d say out of all the guys, Lyon had the most difficult circumstances in the Reve. The angst here was pretty up there. Made me profusely sob.😭
⬇️ SpoilersProtect Lyon at all cost!😤
On the side, Emma was great here as well! She took a lot of initiative for herself. She was even selfish at times and made silly, reckless decisions, especially when she insisted on reviving the dead despite being warned so many times not to. Though given the circumstances, her actions to me felt reasonable, out of pure desperation so I don’t hold this against her.
I think my only issue was that the reincarnation ending wasn’t very clear. It was pretty vague actually! I wish they had clarified where this *new* Lyon came from. The story blatantly ignored the fact that only a year had passed since Emma freed all the souls in the Reve, including Lyon’s. Does that mean this reincarnated Lyon already existed while the soul/phantom Lyon was still trapped in the Reve? So many plot holes are being overlooked here! Oh well… 🤷🏻♀️
LUCIOLE
- the hikikomori mechanic
- secretly a cinamon roll, but…
A man of few words and even fewer appearances, Luciole is the mechanic of La Foire du Rêve. He only comes out at night to perform maintenance around the amusement park and keeps to himself in his tent during the day. He seems to despise the idea of magic and is strongly against the heroine using her powers.
There’s a reason Luciole is so adamant and unwilling to accept the use of magic. In this route, you’ll get to find out why. At the heart of it, I really liked Luciole as a character. His route started off strong, especially during his back-and-forth exchanges with the heroine. Their little tete-a-tete through letter exchanges was cute!🥹 His entire route however, felt pretty weak, in my opinion. They pretty much did a great job building up tension and intrigue with his story, but the turning point and resolution, especially at the end, felt rather too convenient, almost frustratingly so!
**On the positive side, the best part of this route was hearing Shiraimu shift from being a tsun to a total cinnamon roll!🥹
⬇️ SpoilersThere were so many missed opportunities in this route, it hurts! The chance to make him the resident yandere character was wasted. He had the perfect setup for it! Wouldn’t it have been great for Luciole to go twisted because he didn’t want to see MC get hurt anymore? Plus, the trauma he has with his mom fits the typical yandere backstory, so I was surprised they didn’t explore that. I would’ve loved to see it. Instead, we get a yandere ending in his BAD END, and even that one felt half-baked! So disappointing!😭
The angry mob trope honestly feels very tired to me. Because we see it in almost EVERY SINGLE OTOME GAME, and it’s usually just there to create a conflict that puts the heroine in danger, only to be conveniently resolved almost immediately. This route was no exception, but the way it was handled here felt especially sloppy! The resolution they came up with just doesn’t make sense logically. Like no way an angry mob would just calm down because you told them to calm down LOL angry mobs aren’t that easily pacified by mere words, because y’know… they’re angry and their judgements are clouded in the heat of the moment. The whole ordeal of Luciole’s monologue in front of them felt so dumb (I’m sorry!)😭 And the crowd going: “Oh, we messed up and believed a drunk, hur dur…so we started throwing stones at this young lady because drunk man said she bad!” Like wow, really? is this twitter???😂😂😂
I really liked Luciole as a love interest, honest to god! (Dude, just wanna eat some good food and be with his woman) But this route…. it made me lose braincells fr…🥴
ARNAUD
- not the oniichan route
- Arnaud with frenchman hat < Arnaud
Arnaud works as a journalist and is Emma’s childhood friend. After an accident seven years ago, Emma became an orphan and was taken in by Arnaud’s family, so she has been living with him and his mother, Alice, ever since. Arnaud tends to fuss around Emma and dotes on her on account of her amnesia.
This route is meant to be played last, as a lot of plot events from the previous LIs were also revisited here, and I thought that if I had played Arnaud’s route earlier (immediately after Hugo’s), the story likely wouldn’t have made as much sense to me, so I’m glad I stuck with the suggested route order.
I think Arnaud may be my fav LI in this game, and that’s because he’s such a polarizing character… (or maybe I’m just being biased because of Abe Atsushi? lol) He was quite possessive of the heroine, and I didn’t mind his overprotectiveness at all; I actually enjoy that trope! Heh. 🤭 I can understand why some might find it uncomfortable though, given their familial relationship and the fact that they were raised under the same roof. But for me, it didn’t come off as creepy in the slightest. Plus, he has the most gorgeous CGs in the game!
⬇️ SpoilersOn the romance side of things, I really liked how Arnaud confessed to Emma early on in his route. Like, wow, the boy is fast! And the plot twist with him secretly reporting to his father about Emma was maybe a little too predictable; like clearly you could see that coming from a mile away. Regardless, I still enjoyed how his story progressed!
I also liked that they revisited the Hamelin incident here and expanded on it a bit from Serge’s route. However, I felt this route had a lot of things going on that didn’t really favor Arnaud and the heroine, nor their relationship. Is it just me, or did it seem like everything got convoluted toward the end? There were a lot of unnecessary scenes that could’ve just been scraped off. This route seemed to put more emphasis on being the ‘truth’ route rather than its focus on romance.🤷🏻♀️
On a side note, Arnaud’s military sprite was hawt! Seriously, everyone seems to look good without their hats. Hugo looked hot with his low ponytail, and without that ugly tophat, and Arnaud looked incredibly fine without his frenchman hat. THROW AWAY THOSE HATS MAN!
EMMA (Main Heroine)
- macaron girlie
- sometimes good, sometimes 🧍♀️
Emma is alright, I guess? There were routes where I considered her decently written, like in Crier’s and Lyon’s routes. I thought these were the stories where she had the most agency and displayed a bit of critical thinking. However, a lot of the time, she remained very passive that it got on my nerves.😭 There were situations where she’d dawdle the heck out when something is urgently needed of her. She is aware of this though so I’d credit her that self awareness. And in her defense, she’s only 17 and was raised very sheltered. But still… sometimes, she just… really isn’t… logically thinking through her decisions. The scenarios where she fell short seemed to outweigh the good (at least in my opinion). There were scenes in the game that would literally go like this:
Emma: (After everyone repeatedly told her not to use magic in public) 🧍♀️
Also Emma: *Proceeds to use magic in public*Emma: “This town doesnt like newcomers, I must not act suspicious”
Also Emma: *Proceeds to act suspicious*😭😭😭
There were a lot of inconsistencies in how she was written across all routes. And while I’ve facepalmed several times during her 🧍♀️🧍♀️🧍♀️ moments, I don’t think she was terrible overall, to be honest. Like I said, she’s alright!🙂Not a fav, & she could’ve been better.
I have to say, though, her love for macarons made me crave for them too, that I had to get out of the house in the dead cold winter afternoon and drive up to a local pâtisserie to get some french macarons myself!😭
SYSTEM AND LOCALIZATION
The UI for Genso Manège was a standout to me. The animated clip that plays before the menu screen was absolutely beautiful, and to top it off, the pastel-colored manège/carousel on the opening screen ticked all my aesthetic boxes! Ha!
PROS:
- Heroine’s Name Customization: The heroine’s name can be changed. Great for those who prefer to self-insert.
- Heroine Side Image Sprite ON/OFF
- Love Catch System
- Quick Save/Quick Load
- Clear List – to track what endings you’ve unlocked so far.
- Sound Library
- Character Profiles (with voices)
- Seiyuu Commentaries
- CG Library
- Manual Instructions
- Status Screen: allows you to check the LI affection points you’ve accumulated during gameplay.
- Backlog and Rewind function
- MINI GAME – can be skipped and does not affect your endings, if you choose to do so.
- Font Style Selection
CONS:
- No Chapter Select – You can however, replay scenes in the CG gallery.
- No SKIP to Next choice function.
- SLOW Skip Reads
- Black screen bugs
I experienced a couple of black-screen bugs in the game where if a scene transitions to the next chapter or slide and you accidentally press any button during the transition, the screen completely blacks out while the game continues running. The only way to circumvent this was to completely close the game and restart, which really sucks if you forgot to save beforehand.
About the Mini Game
Eveil System – is a mini-game that lets you collect stars that appear in random locations on your screen. If you’re playing in handheld mode, you can simply tap or glide your fingers on the screen to collect them. If you’re playing in TV mode, you can use the L and R joysticks to collect the stars. After completing the tutorial (on your first playthrough), you should be able to skip this mini-game whenever it comes up. There are no consequences for skipping it during the story, and it won’t affect your endings.Localization
The localization was well done, and the translations flowed smoothly in the game. Granted, I blitzed through this pretty fast, so I didn’t really notice any typos or text errors during my gameplay. There also weren’t any text box issues, so overall, it was pretty solid!
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMvcr8Y8Gzk
OVERALL THOUGHTS
This was a decent-length title, not too short but not overly long either. It took me around 40 hours to complete everything (playing docked on TV). Chapters 1-3 make up the game’s common route, and Chapter 4 is where the LI’s route branches off. There are also only two endings for each love interest: the “Amour End” (good end) and the “Rêve End” (bad end).
Not as Fluffy as You Think
My initial impression after finishing my first route (Hugo) was that the game kind of deceives you into thinking it’s all going to be a fluffy ride throughout due to its bright pastel, sparkly-colored theme. But in contrast, the game actually carries a whole lot of angst. It’s not on the level of Cafe Enchante deception, though, so you can rest easy on that!😂
This title was a mixed bag for me, some routes were decently paced, while some faltered and dragged the narrative too much with trivial things. Given how often the titular manège (magical carousel) was mentioned in the common route, and the fact that it’s even plastered in the game’s title, I expected it to play a significant role throughout the story. But, it turned out to be crucial only in Hugo’s route and was barely relevant elsewhere. It would’ve been more satisfying if all the routes had some connection to the manège, allowing it to be the central element that tied the story together. That would’ve been a nice full-circle to its overarching story, no? Unfortunately, this wasn’t the case. The entire *magical manège* theme felt underutilized, which I found disappointing.
TBF, I’ve already mentally prepared and toned down my expectations knowing that the writing team for this game included a few writers from past games I wasn’t the biggest fan of (e.g., ChariMani and ParaPara). As a result, when certain aspects didn’t quite hit the mark for me, the impact wasn’t as bad as it might’ve been if I hadn’t set those expectations. If you know what I mean!
On a different note, I have to say, unlocking the reverse harem ending was a good reason to finish all the routes in this game! 😆
Speaking of routes (and love interests), I think, Arnaud ended up as my favorite LI just because his character was a bit polarizing at first. I’m also a big box-pusher (hako-oshi), so I thought all the guys were great in my opinion. None of them really annoyed me, and that’s a good thing! As for their individual routes, the one I enjoyed the most from start to finish was Lyon’s.🥺 Albeit, his story had one of the most angsty themes in the game (I still ate it up, haha).😆
LI RANKING:
Arnaud > Lyon = Crier > Serge > Luciole > Hugo
ROUTE RANKING:
Lyon > Crier > Serge > Arnaud > Hugo > Luciole
Arnaud is literally me irl😭😭😭As for the romance, this game showcased a lot of sweet scenarios between the heroine, and her LI. It’s also worth noting that this otome game is rated CERO B in Japan, so I think it’s designed to appeal to all audiences, especially the younger crowd. There are no spicy, mature scenes here, so if you’re after that, you are going to be disappointed.
**As for the ratio of kiss CGs, well… I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed in that regard as well.🥲 All gripes aside, I do think Lyon’s very wholesome story was a breath of fresh air,🥺💛🐇💛so if you’re a fan of the wholesome cinamon roll type, I really recommend not skipping his route!🥹
Do I recommend this game? YES.
In all honesty, I never thought I’d see the day where Genso Manège would get localized. I remember it being one of the few non-Otomate titles announced in Japan, back when the otome genre was slowly transitioning to the Switch console in 2020. This title also garnered a couple of votes in the localization survey, I did five years ago.🥹 So getting to play it in English now feels rather surreal.Genso Manège feels light on the surface, but it’s actually a title that isn’t afraid to reveal its hidden gray undertones. While I wouldn’t go so far as to call it “dark,” the story can definitely get pretty heavy. This is also a game that I think would be great for beginners in the otome genre who aren’t afraid to explore heavier themes in fiction.
For the seasoned players who love angst, I definitely think you’ll enjoy this too, though I’d suggest tempering your expectations, as it isn’t on the grandiose level of Hakuoki. But, it has the right touch and balance of romance & adventure, not to mention, likable love interests, to keep you sufficiently entertained! Do pick it up when you get the chance!🫶
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Genso Manège Review (Nintendo Switch)
Release Date: January 31, 2025 (North America)
Developers: MAGES / LOVE&ART
Publishers: PQube
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam)
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)SYNOPSIS
Set in a wondrously evocative re-imagining of France, the story follows the protagonist, Emma, orphaned at a young age, as she fights to uncover her forgotten memories.
A witch who lost her powers when young and now living a quiet life, Emma is led by the memento her father left her and finds herself swept away with the arrival of a travelling amusement park in town.
ART AND MUSIC
Scenario Director: Ayano Ishikawa, Ayano SuehiroArtist/Illustrators: MeijScenario Writers: Uta Amemiya, Muri Sasaki, Touko Fujitani, Nami Tayama, Ayano SuehiroOST: Naoki Chiba (OP Composition), Rico Sasaki (OP vocals), BigBoom (ED composition), H!Superb (ED vocals)I was every bit as surprised to hear a jpop boy group in my otome games. If you’re into these niche spaces, I’m sure you’ve NEVER heard of H!Superb before (lol). And its because they are fairly nugu 누구 (and I dont mean this in a dismissive kind of way, they are just internationally unheard of), but they have a very dedicated fanbase in Japan, so I was pretty happy to find out they did the game’s ED theme. It was my fav track of Genso Manege’s entire OST.
Meij, the illustrator for Genso Manege is a freelance artist, that’ve worked on a few joseimuke games in the past, including character designs for the unit Lancelot in I★CHU. They’ve also done several Nijisanji illustrations, one I can particularly remember was Uki Violeta’s birthday illustrations, which was just *chef kiss*.
Voice Acting
Wataru Hatano as “Hugo” – Wizard (TaiAli), Gekkamaru (Nightshade), Adonis Otogari (Ensemble Stars), Lindo (Dance with Devils), Noah (Cafe Enchante), Kawamura Kyoshirou (Winter’s Wish), Keith Howell (IkePri)
Yuichiro Umehara as “Serge” – Paschalia (Radiant Tale), Kohei Minato (Sympathy Kiss), Benkei (Birushana), Canus Espada (Café Enchanté), Enishi (Jack Jeanne), Demento (Period Cube), Shingen Takeda (IkeSen), Sage (Nekopara Catboys Paradise), Rain (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Oochidori (Touken Ranbu)
Hiro Shimono as “Crier” – Senri (Norn9), Nayuta (Variable Barricade), Sho Kurusu (Utapri), Kuroyuki (Nightshade), Zena (Akatsuki no Yona), Alear (FE Engage), Kiel (RF4), Hakusan (Touken Ranbu), Ray Blackwell (IkeRev), Kokichi Oma (Danganropa), Ryunosuke (The Great Ace Attorney)
Yuto Suzuki as “Lyon” – Shion (CollarxMalice), Noah Reed (Orfleurs), Sosuke (Spiral Memoria), Nine (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Enforcer (Despera Drops)
Shirai Yusuke as “Luciole” – Scarecrow (BUSTAFELLOWS), Eltcreed Valentine (Steam Prison), Watson (London Detective Mysteria), Amemura Ramuda (Hypnosis Mic), Garu (NU:Carnival), Ars (Period Cube), Usui Masumi (A3!), Miki Hiraizumi (Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome), Tsuzumi (Ken ga Kimi), John (Mistonia no Kibou)
Abe Atsushi as “Arnaud” – Chinami (Harukanaru 5), Sorata Suzuhara (Norn9), Kohaku (Harukanaru 6), Suishinshi Masahide (Touken Ranbu), Kishinami Hakuno (FATE/EXTELLA), Musashi Miyamoto (Harukanaru 7), Camael (Tokyo Babel), Hinata Minoru (Digimon Survice)
CHARACTERS AND ROUTES
There are six obtainable romance routes in Genso Manège. The only locked route is Arnaud’s, which becomes available only after completing Hugo’s “Amour End”(Good End). The rest of the guy’s are playable from the start.
The developers have suggested a recommended play order: Hugo → Serge = Crier → Lyon = Luciole → Arnaud. I played in this order, and while I thought the story flowed well this way, I personally think that Crier and Hugo’s routes are interchangeable as starting points since both routes feel more lighthearted compared to the others. Crier’s route, in particular, was a bit vanilla, and while Hugo’s route contained a few plot spoilers, its overall tone falls on the lighthearted side in comparison to others.
Then again, I feel that the first five routes can be played in any order, as long as Arnaud’s is saved for last since his route felt like a culmination of the story that tied up loose ends.
Walkthroughs:
⬇️ Click to view Content Warnings Kidnapping, death, women abuse, human experimentation, angry mobs, violence, gun violence, age gap.HUGO
Hugo is the Director of La Foire du Rêve and was the one who invited the heroine to be part of the Rêve and work there from the start. He possesses a gentle demeanor, and always speaks in a calm manner. He holds a certain authority within the Rêve that everyone respects. Most of the employees/staff, feel indebted to his kindness. At times, he shows his playful side to the heroine.
I actually wondered why Hugo’s route was the devs’ pick to start with. His route had a lot of revelations that related to the game’s overall plot, so I thought it would be best to play it before the finale (Arnaud’s). But, after playing his route, I realized that his story sort of sets you up where you are slowly introduced to the game’s setting, albeit only revealing a few plot points to help you better understand the overarching story. I think playing his route first will also help you understand the circumstances of the other LIs’ routes that you’ll play next, so in my experience, this really helped me grasp everyone else’s situation in the Rêve .
Romance-wise, I’m not exactly sure if I enjoyed Hugo and Emma’s chemistry, to be honest! Their relationship felt more like a guardianship rather than what it would be with lovers, at least to me anyway. Other than that, I wasn’t too thrilled with Hugo’s story either and I was not a fan of Emma here…🤷🏻♀️
⬇️ SpoilersThis route also dragged A LOT! Like, the part where they kept talking about light bulbs… I get that they were trying to connect this to awakening Emma’s powers or make some kind of analogy, but damn, I wasn’t too enthused to sit through all that light bulb talk, my dudes!🤣 (cackles) I thought it was also kind of funny how the story focused so much on the lights in the Reve and their project to fully brighten up the entire amusement park, and that they had to do it in Paris… ??? Like, what a weird choice to move the plot forward.🤔😅 The whole starlights-in-Paris plotline seemed to come out of nowhere???
Emma was also very passive here. Babygurl really was just standing there while the plot tells us, she’s doing something when it’s really a whole lot of nothing… I’m being sarcastic here, please dont take this literally! Hugo was pretty hot in his engineer-outfit sprite though! That low ponytail! Mmhmm 🥵
Serge
- kuudere, megane
- soft
- Caleb at home… (im sorry!)😭
La Foire du Rêve‘s head of finances. Serge, is in charge of all the accounting aspects, and auditing related to the Rêve’s supplies and inventory. He is indebted to Hugo, who once came to his aid in his previous occupation, and has been diligently working for him ever since. Serge is very loyal and respects Hugo as the Reve’s Director. He has a cold, intimidating demeanor and he speaks bluntly, but he is just as harsh on himself as he is on others.
Get you a man who looks at you, the way Serge looks at Hugo! jk!
Serge, is your typical kuudere megane love interest. Blunt, stoic, completely clueless about love, cold, & always direct to the point…He’s very straight-laced on the surface but also a softie at heart. Definitely the perfect stereotypical character to cast Umehara, right?🤭For the most part, I enjoyed his relationship with Emma. I love their banter and how he adored Emma’s cooking. I thought the fluff here was done pretty well. Sad to say, I’m still not a fan of the heroine in this route.🥲
⬇️ SpoilersNormally, it pains me to say something negative about heroines, they’re like my children, I swear! But Emma here was kind of a ditz? Why on earth would you offer to help Serge with accounting when you don’t have a single iota of what accounting even is? At one point, I couldn’t help but resonate with Serge’s annoyance with her (lol). I know it’s her good intention to want to be useful, but sometimes she just doesn’t think logically. Why are they writing heroines like this?🥴 I’m fairly sure 17 years old is old enough to actually have some common sense or critical thinking. My rambling aside, she does get better in other routes!
I was also pretty surprised that Serge’s route took a major turn on to the heavier topics, like the imprisonment and torture of women that were suspected to be witches. It also hints on the Hamelin incident, amongst other things. It’s funny how it’s such a contrast to Hugo’s route where they just flamboyantly talked about light bulbs and then bam, you have Serge’s route and see him being tortured in jail! The whiplash!🤣
Also, this route made it seem that french people aren’t fond of spicy food. Is that true???😭 On a closing note, I honestly couldn’t care less about the age gap here, but I’ve listed it in the content warnings above since I know there are people who aren’t fond of it in their fiction.
CRIER
- tsun
- dere 🥹
Crier is a performer at La Foire du Rêve. He’s skilled at juggling and doing various tricks that the audience, especially the youth, loves. He complains a lot about the heroine at first, but in truth, he’s very attentive and caring towards Emma. When he’s not performing, he’s busy running errands and getting supplies from town for the Reve.
I think tsun Hiro Shimono characters are essentially an otome gamer’s guilty pleasure, don’t you think? That said, I loved this route! Crier is such a cutie-patootie, but what really made him stand out to me was his personality and how caring he is, not only to the heroine, but also to everyone else. He was very likable in other routes too, which gained him plus points from me! Despite his initial harsh tone, the boy has a heart of gold! I also loved his dynamic with Emma, and yes, unlike in the two previous routes, Emma here was great! Hallelujah! She had a lot of agency and wasn’t afraid to bite back, which made her chemistry with Crier very fun, not to mention, believable!
On another note, I found this route to be the most lighthearted compared to the others. Based on the themes alone, I’d consider it fairly vanilla, which isn’t bad; quite the opposite, in fact! Though it wasn’t perfect, it had a clear direction on where it was going. The bad ending, however, was kind of depressing. Oof, I wish I had skipped it, but alas!😢
⬇️ SpoilersI would’ve complained about how odd it was that they were just forced to be *fake lovers* out of nowhere (to appease Clara and the rest of the folks in the Reve), but I didn’t mind this plot device, really! Sure, there could’ve been other ways to tighten their relationship and show their *lovey-dovey* moments, but I thought this one worked fine, so I can’t fault the writing for using what ticked. Emma finally had some agency here! It was also so refreshing to see her get jealous of how Crier was being nice to Clara (not knowing they were twins) and wished that Crier would’ve treated her the same. Girlie is finally boy-crushing, it’s cute!🥹
LYON
- what an angel!🥺
- so pure! must be protected at all times!🥺🤲
Lyon is La Foire du Rêve’s bunny mascot. The children who visit the amusement park love him. He’s very calm, sometimes quiet, and absolutely purehearted. He never takes off his costume, so no one really knows what he looks like in person.
Aw. I actually love this route too.🥺 I liked that there was a strong build-up to the mysteries surrounding the Reve’s magic here, and the way Emma and Lyon uncovered things bit by bit was enjoyable to witness. On top of that, Lyon is absolutely a darling cinnamon roll. His cute bunny mascot embodies his adorable persona to a T. I couldn’t really fault him for anything in his story! He’s an angel!🥺This route made my heart sink because of how wholesome it was. Though, I’d say out of all the guys, Lyon had the most difficult circumstances in the Reve. The angst here was pretty up there. Made me profusely sob.😭
⬇️ SpoilersProtect Lyon at all cost!😤
On the side, Emma was great here as well! She took a lot of initiative for herself. She was even selfish at times and made silly, reckless decisions, especially when she insisted on reviving the dead despite being warned so many times not to. Though given the circumstances, her actions to me felt reasonable, out of pure desperation so I don’t hold this against her.
I think my only issue was that the reincarnation ending wasn’t very clear. It was pretty vague actually! I wish they had clarified where this *new* Lyon came from. The story blatantly ignored the fact that only a year had passed since Emma freed all the souls in the Reve, including Lyon’s. Does that mean this reincarnated Lyon already existed while the soul/phantom Lyon was still trapped in the Reve? So many plot holes are being overlooked here! Oh well… 🤷🏻♀️
LUCIOLE
- the hikikomori mechanic
- secretly a cinamon roll, but…
A man of few words and even fewer appearances, Luciole is the mechanic of La Foire du Rêve. He only comes out at night to perform maintenance around the amusement park and keeps to himself in his tent during the day. He seems to despise the idea of magic and is strongly against the heroine using her powers.
There’s a reason Luciole is so adamant and unwilling to accept the use of magic. In this route, you’ll get to find out why. At the heart of it, I really liked Luciole as a character. His route started off strong, especially during his back-and-forth exchanges with the heroine. Their little tete-a-tete through letter exchanges was cute!🥹 His entire route however, felt pretty weak, in my opinion. They pretty much did a great job building up tension and intrigue with his story, but the turning point and resolution, especially at the end, felt rather too convenient, almost frustratingly so!
**On the positive side, the best part of this route was hearing Shiraimu shift from being a tsun to a total cinnamon roll!🥹
⬇️ SpoilersThere were so many missed opportunities in this route, it hurts! The chance to make him the resident yandere character was wasted. He had the perfect setup for it! Wouldn’t it have been great for Luciole to go twisted because he didn’t want to see MC get hurt anymore? Plus, the trauma he has with his mom fits the typical yandere backstory, so I was surprised they didn’t explore that. I would’ve loved to see it. Instead, we get a yandere ending in his BAD END, and even that one felt half-baked! So disappointing!😭
The angry mob trope honestly feels very tired to me. Because we see it in almost EVERY SINGLE OTOME GAME, and it’s usually just there to create a conflict that puts the heroine in danger, only to be conveniently resolved almost immediately. This route was no exception, but the way it was handled here felt especially sloppy! The resolution they came up with just doesn’t make sense logically. Like no way an angry mob would just calm down because you told them to calm down LOL angry mobs aren’t that easily pacified by mere words, because y’know… they’re angry and their judgements are clouded in the heat of the moment. The whole ordeal of Luciole’s monologue in front of them felt so dumb (I’m sorry!)😭 And the crowd going: “Oh, we messed up and believed a drunk, hur dur…so we started throwing stones at this young lady because drunk man said she bad!” Like wow, really? is this twitter???😂😂😂
I really liked Luciole as a love interest, honest to god! (Dude, just wanna eat some good food and be with his woman) But this route…. it made me lose braincells fr…🥴
ARNAUD
- not the oniichan route
- Arnaud with frenchman hat < Arnaud
Arnaud works as a journalist and is Emma’s childhood friend. After an accident seven years ago, Emma became an orphan and was taken in by Arnaud’s family, so she has been living with him and his mother, Alice, ever since. Arnaud tends to fuss around Emma and dotes on her on account of her amnesia.
This route is meant to be played last, as a lot of plot events from the previous LIs were also revisited here, and I thought that if I had played Arnaud’s route earlier (immediately after Hugo’s), the story likely wouldn’t have made as much sense to me, so I’m glad I stuck with the suggested route order.
I think Arnaud may be my fav LI in this game, and that’s because he’s such a polarizing character… (or maybe I’m just being biased because of Abe Atsushi? lol) He was quite possessive of the heroine, and I didn’t mind his overprotectiveness at all; I actually enjoy that trope! Heh. 🤭 I can understand why some might find it uncomfortable though, given their familial relationship and the fact that they were raised under the same roof. But for me, it didn’t come off as creepy in the slightest. Plus, he has the most gorgeous CGs in the game!
⬇️ SpoilersOn the romance side of things, I really liked how Arnaud confessed to Emma early on in his route. Like, wow, the boy is fast! And the plot twist with him secretly reporting to his father about Emma was maybe a little too predictable; like clearly you could see that coming from a mile away. Regardless, I still enjoyed how his story progressed!
I also liked that they revisited the Hamelin incident here and expanded on it a bit from Serge’s route. However, I felt this route had a lot of things going on that didn’t really favor Arnaud and the heroine, nor their relationship. Is it just me, or did it seem like everything got convoluted toward the end? There were a lot of unnecessary scenes that could’ve just been scraped off. This route seemed to put more emphasis on being the ‘truth’ route rather than its focus on romance.🤷🏻♀️
On a side note, Arnaud’s military sprite was hawt! Seriously, everyone seems to look good without their hats. Hugo looked hot with his low ponytail, and without that ugly tophat, and Arnaud looked incredibly fine without his frenchman hat. THROW AWAY THOSE HATS MAN!
EMMA (Main Heroine)
- macaron girlie
- sometimes good, sometimes 🧍♀️
Emma is alright, I guess? There were routes where I considered her decently written, like in Crier’s and Lyon’s routes. I thought these were the stories where she had the most agency and displayed a bit of critical thinking. However, a lot of the time, she remained very passive that it got on my nerves.😭 There were situations where she’d dawdle the heck out when something is urgently needed of her. She is aware of this though so I’d credit her that self awareness. And in her defense, she’s only 17 and was raised very sheltered. But still… sometimes, she just… really isn’t… logically thinking through her decisions. The scenarios where she fell short seemed to outweigh the good (at least in my opinion). There were scenes in the game that would literally go like this:
Emma: (After everyone repeatedly told her not to use magic in public) 🧍♀️
Also Emma: *Proceeds to use magic in public*Emma: “This town doesnt like newcomers, I must not act suspicious”
Also Emma: *Proceeds to act suspicious*😭😭😭
There were a lot of inconsistencies in how she was written across all routes. And while I’ve facepalmed several times during her 🧍♀️🧍♀️🧍♀️ moments, I don’t think she was terrible overall, to be honest. Like I said, she’s alright!🙂Not a fav, & she could’ve been better.
I have to say, though, her love for macarons made me crave for them too, that I had to get out of the house in the dead cold winter afternoon and drive up to a local pâtisserie to get some french macarons myself!😭
SYSTEM AND LOCALIZATION
The UI for Genso Manège was a standout to me. The animated clip that plays before the menu screen was absolutely beautiful, and to top it off, the pastel-colored manège/carousel on the opening screen ticked all my aesthetic boxes! Ha!
PROS:
- Heroine’s Name Customization: The heroine’s name can be changed. Great for those who prefer to self-insert.
- Heroine Side Image Sprite ON/OFF
- Love Catch System
- Quick Save/Quick Load
- Clear List – to track what endings you’ve unlocked so far.
- Sound Library
- Character Profiles (with voices)
- Seiyuu Commentaries
- CG Library
- Manual Instructions
- Status Screen: allows you to check the LI affection points you’ve accumulated during gameplay.
- Backlog and Rewind function
- MINI GAME – can be skipped and does not affect your endings, if you choose to do so.
- Font Style Selection
CONS:
- No Chapter Select – You can however, replay scenes in the CG gallery.
- No SKIP to Next choice function.
- SLOW Skip Reads
- Black screen bugs
I experienced a couple of black-screen bugs in the game where if a scene transitions to the next chapter or slide and you accidentally press any button during the transition, the screen completely blacks out while the game continues running. The only way to circumvent this was to completely close the game and restart, which really sucks if you forgot to save beforehand.
About the Mini Game
Eveil System – is a mini-game that lets you collect stars that appear in random locations on your screen. If you’re playing in handheld mode, you can simply tap or glide your fingers on the screen to collect them. If you’re playing in TV mode, you can use the L and R joysticks to collect the stars. After completing the tutorial (on your first playthrough), you should be able to skip this mini-game whenever it comes up. There are no consequences for skipping it during the story, and it won’t affect your endings.Localization
The localization was well done, and the translations flowed smoothly in the game. Granted, I blitzed through this pretty fast, so I didn’t really notice any typos or text errors during my gameplay. There also weren’t any text box issues, so overall, it was pretty solid!
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMvcr8Y8Gzk
OVERALL THOUGHTS
This was a decent-length title, not too short but not overly long either. It took me around 40 hours to complete everything (playing docked on TV). Chapters 1-3 make up the game’s common route, and Chapter 4 is where the LI’s route branches off. There are also only two endings for each love interest: the “Amour End” (good end) and the “Rêve End” (bad end).
Not as Fluffy as You Think
My initial impression after finishing my first route (Hugo) was that the game kind of deceives you into thinking it’s all going to be a fluffy ride throughout due to its bright pastel, sparkly-colored theme. But in contrast, the game actually carries a whole lot of angst. It’s not on the level of Cafe Enchante deception, though, so you can rest easy on that!😂
This title was a mixed bag for me, some routes were decently paced, while some faltered and dragged the narrative too much with trivial things. Given how often the titular manège (magical carousel) was mentioned in the common route, and the fact that it’s even plastered in the game’s title, I expected it to play a significant role throughout the story. But, it turned out to be crucial only in Hugo’s route and was barely relevant elsewhere. It would’ve been more satisfying if all the routes had some connection to the manège, allowing it to be the central element that tied the story together. That would’ve been a nice full-circle to its overarching story, no? Unfortunately, this wasn’t the case. The entire *magical manège* theme felt underutilized, which I found disappointing.
TBF, I’ve already mentally prepared and toned down my expectations knowing that the writing team for this game included a few writers from past games I wasn’t the biggest fan of (e.g., ChariMani and ParaPara). As a result, when certain aspects didn’t quite hit the mark for me, the impact wasn’t as bad as it might’ve been if I hadn’t set those expectations. If you know what I mean!
On a different note, I have to say, unlocking the reverse harem ending was a good reason to finish all the routes in this game! 😆
Speaking of routes (and love interests), I think, Arnaud ended up as my favorite LI just because his character was a bit polarizing at first. I’m also a big box-pusher (hako-oshi), so I thought all the guys were great in my opinion. None of them really annoyed me, and that’s a good thing! As for their individual routes, the one I enjoyed the most from start to finish was Lyon’s.🥺 Albeit, his story had one of the most angsty themes in the game (I still ate it up, haha).😆
LI RANKING:
Arnaud > Lyon = Crier > Serge > Luciole > Hugo
ROUTE RANKING:
Lyon > Crier > Serge > Arnaud > Hugo > Luciole
Arnaud is literally me irl😭😭😭As for the romance, this game showcased a lot of sweet scenarios between the heroine, and her LI. It’s also worth noting that this otome game is rated CERO B in Japan, so I think it’s designed to appeal to all audiences, especially the younger crowd. There are no spicy, mature scenes here, so if you’re after that, you are going to be disappointed.
**As for the ratio of kiss CGs, well… I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed in that regard as well.🥲 All gripes aside, I do think Lyon’s very wholesome story was a breath of fresh air,🥺💛🐇💛so if you’re a fan of the wholesome cinamon roll type, I really recommend not skipping his route!🥹
Do I recommend this game? YES.
In all honesty, I never thought I’d see the day where Genso Manège would get localized. I remember it being one of the few non-Otomate titles announced in Japan, back when the otome genre was slowly transitioning to the Switch console in 2020. This title also garnered a couple of votes in the localization survey, I did five years ago.🥹 So getting to play it in English now feels rather surreal.Genso Manège feels light on the surface, but it’s actually a title that isn’t afraid to reveal its hidden gray undertones. While I wouldn’t go so far as to call it “dark,” the story can definitely get pretty heavy. This is also a game that I think would be great for beginners in the otome genre who aren’t afraid to explore heavier themes in fiction.
For the seasoned players who love angst, I definitely think you’ll enjoy this too, though I’d suggest tempering your expectations, as it isn’t on the grandiose level of Hakuoki. But, it has the right touch and balance of romance & adventure, not to mention, likable love interests, to keep you sufficiently entertained! Do pick it up when you get the chance!🫶
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Genso Manège Review (Nintendo Switch)
Release Date: January 31, 2025 (North America)
Developers: MAGES / LOVE&ART
Publishers: PQube
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam)
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)SYNOPSIS
Set in a wondrously evocative re-imagining of France, the story follows the protagonist, Emma, orphaned at a young age, as she fights to uncover her forgotten memories.
A witch who lost her powers when young and now living a quiet life, Emma is led by the memento her father left her and finds herself swept away with the arrival of a travelling amusement park in town.
ART AND MUSIC
Scenario Director: Ayano Ishikawa, Ayano SuehiroArtist/Illustrators: MeijScenario Writers: Uta Amemiya, Muri Sasaki, Touko Fujitani, Nami Tayama, Ayano SuehiroOST: Naoki Chiba (OP Composition), Rico Sasaki (OP vocals), BigBoom (ED composition), H!Superb (ED vocals)I was every bit as surprised to hear a jpop boy group in my otome games. If you’re into these niche spaces, I’m sure you’ve NEVER heard of H!Superb before (lol). And its because they are fairly nugu 누구 (and I dont mean this in a dismissive kind of way, they are just internationally unheard of), but they have a very dedicated fanbase in Japan, so I was pretty happy to find out they did the game’s ED theme. It was my fav track of Genso Manege’s entire OST.
Meij, the illustrator for Genso Manege is a freelance artist, that’ve worked on a few joseimuke games in the past, including character designs for the unit Lancelot in I★CHU. They’ve also done several Nijisanji illustrations, one I can particularly remember was Uki Violeta’s birthday illustrations, which was just *chef kiss*.
Voice Acting
Wataru Hatano as “Hugo” – Wizard (TaiAli), Gekkamaru (Nightshade), Adonis Otogari (Ensemble Stars), Lindo (Dance with Devils), Noah (Cafe Enchante), Kawamura Kyoshirou (Winter’s Wish), Keith Howell (IkePri)
Yuichiro Umehara as “Serge” – Paschalia (Radiant Tale), Kohei Minato (Sympathy Kiss), Benkei (Birushana), Canus Espada (Café Enchanté), Enishi (Jack Jeanne), Demento (Period Cube), Shingen Takeda (IkeSen), Sage (Nekopara Catboys Paradise), Rain (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Oochidori (Touken Ranbu)
Hiro Shimono as “Crier” – Senri (Norn9), Nayuta (Variable Barricade), Sho Kurusu (Utapri), Kuroyuki (Nightshade), Zena (Akatsuki no Yona), Alear (FE Engage), Kiel (RF4), Hakusan (Touken Ranbu), Ray Blackwell (IkeRev), Kokichi Oma (Danganropa), Ryunosuke (The Great Ace Attorney)
Yuto Suzuki as “Lyon” – Shion (CollarxMalice), Noah Reed (Orfleurs), Sosuke (Spiral Memoria), Nine (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Enforcer (Despera Drops)
Shirai Yusuke as “Luciole” – Scarecrow (BUSTAFELLOWS), Eltcreed Valentine (Steam Prison), Watson (London Detective Mysteria), Amemura Ramuda (Hypnosis Mic), Garu (NU:Carnival), Ars (Period Cube), Usui Masumi (A3!), Miki Hiraizumi (Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome), Tsuzumi (Ken ga Kimi), John (Mistonia no Kibou)
Abe Atsushi as “Arnaud” – Chinami (Harukanaru 5), Sorata Suzuhara (Norn9), Kohaku (Harukanaru 6), Suishinshi Masahide (Touken Ranbu), Kishinami Hakuno (FATE/EXTELLA), Musashi Miyamoto (Harukanaru 7), Camael (Tokyo Babel), Hinata Minoru (Digimon Survice)
CHARACTERS AND ROUTES
There are six obtainable romance routes in Genso Manège. The only locked route is Arnaud’s, which becomes available only after completing Hugo’s “Amour End”(Good End). The rest of the guy’s are playable from the start.
The developers have suggested a recommended play order: Hugo → Serge = Crier → Lyon = Luciole → Arnaud. I played in this order, and while I thought the story flowed well this way, I personally think that Crier and Hugo’s routes are interchangeable as starting points since both routes feel more lighthearted compared to the others. Crier’s route, in particular, was a bit vanilla, and while Hugo’s route contained a few plot spoilers, its overall tone falls on the lighthearted side in comparison to others.
Then again, I feel that the first five routes can be played in any order, as long as Arnaud’s is saved for last since his route felt like a culmination of the story that tied up loose ends.
Walkthroughs:
⬇️ Click to view Content Warnings Kidnapping, death, women abuse, human experimentation, angry mobs, violence, gun violence, age gap.HUGO
Hugo is the Director of La Foire du Rêve and was the one who invited the heroine to be part of the Rêve and work there from the start. He possesses a gentle demeanor, and always speaks in a calm manner. He holds a certain authority within the Rêve that everyone respects. Most of the employees/staff, feel indebted to his kindness. At times, he shows his playful side to the heroine.
I actually wondered why Hugo’s route was the devs’ pick to start with. His route had a lot of revelations that related to the game’s overall plot, so I thought it would be best to play it before the finale (Arnaud’s). But, after playing his route, I realized that his story sort of sets you up where you are slowly introduced to the game’s setting, albeit only revealing a few plot points to help you better understand the overarching story. I think playing his route first will also help you understand the circumstances of the other LIs’ routes that you’ll play next, so in my experience, this really helped me grasp everyone else’s situation in the Rêve .
Romance-wise, I’m not exactly sure if I enjoyed Hugo and Emma’s chemistry, to be honest! Their relationship felt more like a guardianship rather than what it would be with lovers, at least to me anyway. Other than that, I wasn’t too thrilled with Hugo’s story either and I was not a fan of Emma here…🤷🏻♀️
⬇️ SpoilersThis route also dragged A LOT! Like, the part where they kept talking about light bulbs… I get that they were trying to connect this to awakening Emma’s powers or make some kind of analogy, but damn, I wasn’t too enthused to sit through all that light bulb talk, my dudes!🤣 (cackles) I thought it was also kind of funny how the story focused so much on the lights in the Reve and their project to fully brighten up the entire amusement park, and that they had to do it in Paris… ??? Like, what a weird choice to move the plot forward.🤔😅 The whole starlights-in-Paris plotline seemed to come out of nowhere???
Emma was also very passive here. Babygurl really was just standing there while the plot tells us, she’s doing something when it’s really a whole lot of nothing… I’m being sarcastic here, please dont take this literally! Hugo was pretty hot in his engineer-outfit sprite though! That low ponytail! Mmhmm 🥵
Serge
- kuudere, megane
- soft
- Caleb at home… (im sorry!)😭
La Foire du Rêve‘s head of finances. Serge, is in charge of all the accounting aspects, and auditing related to the Rêve’s supplies and inventory. He is indebted to Hugo, who once came to his aid in his previous occupation, and has been diligently working for him ever since. Serge is very loyal and respects Hugo as the Reve’s Director. He has a cold, intimidating demeanor and he speaks bluntly, but he is just as harsh on himself as he is on others.
Get you a man who looks at you, the way Serge looks at Hugo! jk!
Serge, is your typical kuudere megane love interest. Blunt, stoic, completely clueless about love, cold, & always direct to the point…He’s very straight-laced on the surface but also a softie at heart. Definitely the perfect stereotypical character to cast Umehara, right?🤭For the most part, I enjoyed his relationship with Emma. I love their banter and how he adored Emma’s cooking. I thought the fluff here was done pretty well. Sad to say, I’m still not a fan of the heroine in this route.🥲
⬇️ SpoilersNormally, it pains me to say something negative about heroines, they’re like my children, I swear! But Emma here was kind of a ditz? Why on earth would you offer to help Serge with accounting when you don’t have a single iota of what accounting even is? At one point, I couldn’t help but resonate with Serge’s annoyance with her (lol). I know it’s her good intention to want to be useful, but sometimes she just doesn’t think logically. Why are they writing heroines like this?🥴 I’m fairly sure 17 years old is old enough to actually have some common sense or critical thinking. My rambling aside, she does get better in other routes!
I was also pretty surprised that Serge’s route took a major turn on to the heavier topics, like the imprisonment and torture of women that were suspected to be witches. It also hints on the Hamelin incident, amongst other things. It’s funny how it’s such a contrast to Hugo’s route where they just flamboyantly talked about light bulbs and then bam, you have Serge’s route and see him being tortured in jail! The whiplash!🤣
Also, this route made it seem that french people aren’t fond of spicy food. Is that true???😭 On a closing note, I honestly couldn’t care less about the age gap here, but I’ve listed it in the content warnings above since I know there are people who aren’t fond of it in their fiction.
CRIER
- tsun
- dere 🥹
Crier is a performer at La Foire du Rêve. He’s skilled at juggling and doing various tricks that the audience, especially the youth, loves. He complains a lot about the heroine at first, but in truth, he’s very attentive and caring towards Emma. When he’s not performing, he’s busy running errands and getting supplies from town for the Reve.
I think tsun Hiro Shimono characters are essentially an otome gamer’s guilty pleasure, don’t you think? That said, I loved this route! Crier is such a cutie-patootie, but what really made him stand out to me was his personality and how caring he is, not only to the heroine, but also to everyone else. He was very likable in other routes too, which gained him plus points from me! Despite his initial harsh tone, the boy has a heart of gold! I also loved his dynamic with Emma, and yes, unlike in the two previous routes, Emma here was great! Hallelujah! She had a lot of agency and wasn’t afraid to bite back, which made her chemistry with Crier very fun, not to mention, believable!
On another note, I found this route to be the most lighthearted compared to the others. Based on the themes alone, I’d consider it fairly vanilla, which isn’t bad; quite the opposite, in fact! Though it wasn’t perfect, it had a clear direction on where it was going. The bad ending, however, was kind of depressing. Oof, I wish I had skipped it, but alas!😢
⬇️ SpoilersI would’ve complained about how odd it was that they were just forced to be *fake lovers* out of nowhere (to appease Clara and the rest of the folks in the Reve), but I didn’t mind this plot device, really! Sure, there could’ve been other ways to tighten their relationship and show their *lovey-dovey* moments, but I thought this one worked fine, so I can’t fault the writing for using what ticked. Emma finally had some agency here! It was also so refreshing to see her get jealous of how Crier was being nice to Clara (not knowing they were twins) and wished that Crier would’ve treated her the same. Girlie is finally boy-crushing, it’s cute!🥹
LYON
- what an angel!🥺
- so pure! must be protected at all times!🥺🤲
Lyon is La Foire du Rêve’s bunny mascot. The children who visit the amusement park love him. He’s very calm, sometimes quiet, and absolutely purehearted. He never takes off his costume, so no one really knows what he looks like in person.
Aw. I actually love this route too.🥺 I liked that there was a strong build-up to the mysteries surrounding the Reve’s magic here, and the way Emma and Lyon uncovered things bit by bit was enjoyable to witness. On top of that, Lyon is absolutely a darling cinnamon roll. His cute bunny mascot embodies his adorable persona to a T. I couldn’t really fault him for anything in his story! He’s an angel!🥺This route made my heart sink because of how wholesome it was. Though, I’d say out of all the guys, Lyon had the most difficult circumstances in the Reve. The angst here was pretty up there. Made me profusely sob.😭
⬇️ SpoilersProtect Lyon at all cost!😤
On the side, Emma was great here as well! She took a lot of initiative for herself. She was even selfish at times and made silly, reckless decisions, especially when she insisted on reviving the dead despite being warned so many times not to. Though given the circumstances, her actions to me felt reasonable, out of pure desperation so I don’t hold this against her.
I think my only issue was that the reincarnation ending wasn’t very clear. It was pretty vague actually! I wish they had clarified where this *new* Lyon came from. The story blatantly ignored the fact that only a year had passed since Emma freed all the souls in the Reve, including Lyon’s. Does that mean this reincarnated Lyon already existed while the soul/phantom Lyon was still trapped in the Reve? So many plot holes are being overlooked here! Oh well… 🤷🏻♀️
LUCIOLE
- the hikikomori mechanic
- secretly a cinamon roll, but…
A man of few words and even fewer appearances, Luciole is the mechanic of La Foire du Rêve. He only comes out at night to perform maintenance around the amusement park and keeps to himself in his tent during the day. He seems to despise the idea of magic and is strongly against the heroine using her powers.
There’s a reason Luciole is so adamant and unwilling to accept the use of magic. In this route, you’ll get to find out why. At the heart of it, I really liked Luciole as a character. His route started off strong, especially during his back-and-forth exchanges with the heroine. Their little tete-a-tete through letter exchanges was cute!🥹 His entire route however, felt pretty weak, in my opinion. They pretty much did a great job building up tension and intrigue with his story, but the turning point and resolution, especially at the end, felt rather too convenient, almost frustratingly so!
**On the positive side, the best part of this route was hearing Shiraimu shift from being a tsun to a total cinnamon roll!🥹
⬇️ SpoilersThere were so many missed opportunities in this route, it hurts! The chance to make him the resident yandere character was wasted. He had the perfect setup for it! Wouldn’t it have been great for Luciole to go twisted because he didn’t want to see MC get hurt anymore? Plus, the trauma he has with his mom fits the typical yandere backstory, so I was surprised they didn’t explore that. I would’ve loved to see it. Instead, we get a yandere ending in his BAD END, and even that one felt half-baked! So disappointing!😭
The angry mob trope honestly feels very tired to me. Because we see it in almost EVERY SINGLE OTOME GAME, and it’s usually just there to create a conflict that puts the heroine in danger, only to be conveniently resolved almost immediately. This route was no exception, but the way it was handled here felt especially sloppy! The resolution they came up with just doesn’t make sense logically. Like no way an angry mob would just calm down because you told them to calm down LOL angry mobs aren’t that easily pacified by mere words, because y’know… they’re angry and their judgements are clouded in the heat of the moment. The whole ordeal of Luciole’s monologue in front of them felt so dumb (I’m sorry!)😭 And the crowd going: “Oh, we messed up and believed a drunk, hur dur…so we started throwing stones at this young lady because drunk man said she bad!” Like wow, really? is this twitter???😂😂😂
I really liked Luciole as a love interest, honest to god! (Dude, just wanna eat some good food and be with his woman) But this route…. it made me lose braincells fr…🥴
ARNAUD
- not the oniichan route
- Arnaud with frenchman hat < Arnaud
Arnaud works as a journalist and is Emma’s childhood friend. After an accident seven years ago, Emma became an orphan and was taken in by Arnaud’s family, so she has been living with him and his mother, Alice, ever since. Arnaud tends to fuss around Emma and dotes on her on account of her amnesia.
This route is meant to be played last, as a lot of plot events from the previous LIs were also revisited here, and I thought that if I had played Arnaud’s route earlier (immediately after Hugo’s), the story likely wouldn’t have made as much sense to me, so I’m glad I stuck with the suggested route order.
I think Arnaud may be my fav LI in this game, and that’s because he’s such a polarizing character… (or maybe I’m just being biased because of Abe Atsushi? lol) He was quite possessive of the heroine, and I didn’t mind his overprotectiveness at all; I actually enjoy that trope! Heh. 🤭 I can understand why some might find it uncomfortable though, given their familial relationship and the fact that they were raised under the same roof. But for me, it didn’t come off as creepy in the slightest. Plus, he has the most gorgeous CGs in the game!
⬇️ SpoilersOn the romance side of things, I really liked how Arnaud confessed to Emma early on in his route. Like, wow, the boy is fast! And the plot twist with him secretly reporting to his father about Emma was maybe a little too predictable; like clearly you could see that coming from a mile away. Regardless, I still enjoyed how his story progressed!
I also liked that they revisited the Hamelin incident here and expanded on it a bit from Serge’s route. However, I felt this route had a lot of things going on that didn’t really favor Arnaud and the heroine, nor their relationship. Is it just me, or did it seem like everything got convoluted toward the end? There were a lot of unnecessary scenes that could’ve just been scraped off. This route seemed to put more emphasis on being the ‘truth’ route rather than its focus on romance.🤷🏻♀️
On a side note, Arnaud’s military sprite was hawt! Seriously, everyone seems to look good without their hats. Hugo looked hot with his low ponytail, and without that ugly tophat, and Arnaud looked incredibly fine without his frenchman hat. THROW AWAY THOSE HATS MAN!
EMMA (Main Heroine)
- macaron girlie
- sometimes good, sometimes 🧍♀️
Emma is alright, I guess? There were routes where I considered her decently written, like in Crier’s and Lyon’s routes. I thought these were the stories where she had the most agency and displayed a bit of critical thinking. However, a lot of the time, she remained very passive that it got on my nerves.😭 There were situations where she’d dawdle the heck out when something is urgently needed of her. She is aware of this though so I’d credit her that self awareness. And in her defense, she’s only 17 and was raised very sheltered. But still… sometimes, she just… really isn’t… logically thinking through her decisions. The scenarios where she fell short seemed to outweigh the good (at least in my opinion). There were scenes in the game that would literally go like this:
Emma: (After everyone repeatedly told her not to use magic in public) 🧍♀️
Also Emma: *Proceeds to use magic in public*Emma: “This town doesnt like newcomers, I must not act suspicious”
Also Emma: *Proceeds to act suspicious*😭😭😭
There were a lot of inconsistencies in how she was written across all routes. And while I’ve facepalmed several times during her 🧍♀️🧍♀️🧍♀️ moments, I don’t think she was terrible overall, to be honest. Like I said, she’s alright!🙂Not a fav, & she could’ve been better.
I have to say, though, her love for macarons made me crave for them too, that I had to get out of the house in the dead cold winter afternoon and drive up to a local pâtisserie to get some french macarons myself!😭
SYSTEM AND LOCALIZATION
The UI for Genso Manège was a standout to me. The animated clip that plays before the menu screen was absolutely beautiful, and to top it off, the pastel-colored manège/carousel on the opening screen ticked all my aesthetic boxes! Ha!
PROS:
- Heroine’s Name Customization: The heroine’s name can be changed. Great for those who prefer to self-insert.
- Heroine Side Image Sprite ON/OFF
- Love Catch System
- Quick Save/Quick Load
- Clear List – to track what endings you’ve unlocked so far.
- Sound Library
- Character Profiles (with voices)
- Seiyuu Commentaries
- CG Library
- Manual Instructions
- Status Screen: allows you to check the LI affection points you’ve accumulated during gameplay.
- Backlog and Rewind function
- MINI GAME – can be skipped and does not affect your endings, if you choose to do so.
- Font Style Selection
CONS:
- No Chapter Select – You can however, replay scenes in the CG gallery.
- No SKIP to Next choice function.
- SLOW Skip Reads
- Black screen bugs
I experienced a couple of black-screen bugs in the game where if a scene transitions to the next chapter or slide and you accidentally press any button during the transition, the screen completely blacks out while the game continues running. The only way to circumvent this was to completely close the game and restart, which really sucks if you forgot to save beforehand.
About the Mini Game
Eveil System – is a mini-game that lets you collect stars that appear in random locations on your screen. If you’re playing in handheld mode, you can simply tap or glide your fingers on the screen to collect them. If you’re playing in TV mode, you can use the L and R joysticks to collect the stars. After completing the tutorial (on your first playthrough), you should be able to skip this mini-game whenever it comes up. There are no consequences for skipping it during the story, and it won’t affect your endings.Localization
The localization was well done, and the translations flowed smoothly in the game. Granted, I blitzed through this pretty fast, so I didn’t really notice any typos or text errors during my gameplay. There also weren’t any text box issues, so overall, it was pretty solid!
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMvcr8Y8Gzk
OVERALL THOUGHTS
This was a decent-length title, not too short but not overly long either. It took me around 40 hours to complete everything (playing docked on TV). Chapters 1-3 make up the game’s common route, and Chapter 4 is where the LI’s route branches off. There are also only two endings for each love interest: the “Amour End” (good end) and the “Rêve End” (bad end).
Not as Fluffy as You Think
My initial impression after finishing my first route (Hugo) was that the game kind of deceives you into thinking it’s all going to be a fluffy ride throughout due to its bright pastel, sparkly-colored theme. But in contrast, the game actually carries a whole lot of angst. It’s not on the level of Cafe Enchante deception, though, so you can rest easy on that!😂
This title was a mixed bag for me, some routes were decently paced, while some faltered and dragged the narrative too much with trivial things. Given how often the titular manège (magical carousel) was mentioned in the common route, and the fact that it’s even plastered in the game’s title, I expected it to play a significant role throughout the story. But, it turned out to be crucial only in Hugo’s route and was barely relevant elsewhere. It would’ve been more satisfying if all the routes had some connection to the manège, allowing it to be the central element that tied the story together. That would’ve been a nice full-circle to its overarching story, no? Unfortunately, this wasn’t the case. The entire *magical manège* theme felt underutilized, which I found disappointing.
TBF, I’ve already mentally prepared and toned down my expectations knowing that the writing team for this game included a few writers from past games I wasn’t the biggest fan of (e.g., ChariMani and ParaPara). As a result, when certain aspects didn’t quite hit the mark for me, the impact wasn’t as bad as it might’ve been if I hadn’t set those expectations. If you know what I mean!
On a different note, I have to say, unlocking the reverse harem ending was a good reason to finish all the routes in this game! 😆
Speaking of routes (and love interests), I think, Arnaud ended up as my favorite LI just because his character was a bit polarizing at first. I’m also a big box-pusher (hako-oshi), so I thought all the guys were great in my opinion. None of them really annoyed me, and that’s a good thing! As for their individual routes, the one I enjoyed the most from start to finish was Lyon’s.🥺 Albeit, his story had one of the most angsty themes in the game (I still ate it up, haha).😆
LI RANKING:
Arnaud > Lyon = Crier > Serge > Luciole > Hugo
ROUTE RANKING:
Lyon > Crier > Serge > Arnaud > Hugo > Luciole
Arnaud is literally me irl😭😭😭As for the romance, this game showcased a lot of sweet scenarios between the heroine, and her LI. It’s also worth noting that this otome game is rated CERO B in Japan, so I think it’s designed to appeal to all audiences, especially the younger crowd. There are no spicy, mature scenes here, so if you’re after that, you are going to be disappointed.
**As for the ratio of kiss CGs, well… I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed in that regard as well.🥲 All gripes aside, I do think Lyon’s very wholesome story was a breath of fresh air,🥺💛🐇💛so if you’re a fan of the wholesome cinamon roll type, I really recommend not skipping his route!🥹
Do I recommend this game? YES.
In all honesty, I never thought I’d see the day where Genso Manège would get localized. I remember it being one of the few non-Otomate titles announced in Japan, back when the otome genre was slowly transitioning to the Switch console in 2020. This title also garnered a couple of votes in the localization survey, I did five years ago.🥹 So getting to play it in English now feels rather surreal.Genso Manège feels light on the surface, but it’s actually a title that isn’t afraid to reveal its hidden gray undertones. While I wouldn’t go so far as to call it “dark,” the story can definitely get pretty heavy. This is also a game that I think would be great for beginners in the otome genre who aren’t afraid to explore heavier themes in fiction.
For the seasoned players who love angst, I definitely think you’ll enjoy this too, though I’d suggest tempering your expectations, as it isn’t on the grandiose level of Hakuoki. But, it has the right touch and balance of romance & adventure, not to mention, likable love interests, to keep you sufficiently entertained! Do pick it up when you get the chance!🫶
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Genso Manège Review (Nintendo Switch)
Release Date: January 31, 2025 (North America)
Developers: MAGES / LOVE&ART
Publishers: PQube
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam)
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)SYNOPSIS
Set in a wondrously evocative re-imagining of France, the story follows the protagonist, Emma, orphaned at a young age, as she fights to uncover her forgotten memories.
A witch who lost her powers when young and now living a quiet life, Emma is led by the memento her father left her and finds herself swept away with the arrival of a travelling amusement park in town.
ART AND MUSIC
Scenario Director: Ayano Ishikawa, Ayano SuehiroArtist/Illustrators: MeijScenario Writers: Uta Amemiya, Muri Sasaki, Touko Fujitani, Nami Tayama, Ayano SuehiroOST: Naoki Chiba (OP Composition), Rico Sasaki (OP vocals), BigBoom (ED composition), H!Superb (ED vocals)I was every bit as surprised to hear a jpop boy group in my otome games. If you’re into these niche spaces, I’m sure you’ve NEVER heard of H!Superb before (lol). And its because they are fairly nugu 누구 (and I dont mean this in a dismissive kind of way, they are just internationally unheard of), but they have a very dedicated fanbase in Japan, so I was pretty happy to find out they did the game’s ED theme. It was my fav track of Genso Manege’s entire OST.
Meij, the illustrator for Genso Manege is a freelance artist, that’ve worked on a few joseimuke games in the past, including character designs for the unit Lancelot in I★CHU. They’ve also done several Nijisanji illustrations, one I can particularly remember was Uki Violeta’s birthday illustrations, which was just *chef kiss*.
Voice Acting
Wataru Hatano as “Hugo” – Wizard (TaiAli), Gekkamaru (Nightshade), Adonis Otogari (Ensemble Stars), Lindo (Dance with Devils), Noah (Cafe Enchante), Kawamura Kyoshirou (Winter’s Wish), Keith Howell (IkePri)
Yuichiro Umehara as “Serge” – Paschalia (Radiant Tale), Kohei Minato (Sympathy Kiss), Benkei (Birushana), Canus Espada (Café Enchanté), Enishi (Jack Jeanne), Demento (Period Cube), Shingen Takeda (IkeSen), Sage (Nekopara Catboys Paradise), Rain (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Oochidori (Touken Ranbu)
Hiro Shimono as “Crier” – Senri (Norn9), Nayuta (Variable Barricade), Sho Kurusu (Utapri), Kuroyuki (Nightshade), Zena (Akatsuki no Yona), Alear (FE Engage), Kiel (RF4), Hakusan (Touken Ranbu), Ray Blackwell (IkeRev), Kokichi Oma (Danganropa), Ryunosuke (The Great Ace Attorney)
Yuto Suzuki as “Lyon” – Shion (CollarxMalice), Noah Reed (Orfleurs), Sosuke (Spiral Memoria), Nine (Shiro to Kuro no Alice), Enforcer (Despera Drops)
Shirai Yusuke as “Luciole” – Scarecrow (BUSTAFELLOWS), Eltcreed Valentine (Steam Prison), Watson (London Detective Mysteria), Amemura Ramuda (Hypnosis Mic), Garu (NU:Carnival), Ars (Period Cube), Usui Masumi (A3!), Miki Hiraizumi (Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome), Tsuzumi (Ken ga Kimi), John (Mistonia no Kibou)
Abe Atsushi as “Arnaud” – Chinami (Harukanaru 5), Sorata Suzuhara (Norn9), Kohaku (Harukanaru 6), Suishinshi Masahide (Touken Ranbu), Kishinami Hakuno (FATE/EXTELLA), Musashi Miyamoto (Harukanaru 7), Camael (Tokyo Babel), Hinata Minoru (Digimon Survice)
CHARACTERS AND ROUTES
There are six obtainable romance routes in Genso Manège. The only locked route is Arnaud’s, which becomes available only after completing Hugo’s “Amour End”(Good End). The rest of the guy’s are playable from the start.
The developers have suggested a recommended play order: Hugo → Serge = Crier → Lyon = Luciole → Arnaud. I played in this order, and while I thought the story flowed well this way, I personally think that Crier and Hugo’s routes are interchangeable as starting points since both routes feel more lighthearted compared to the others. Crier’s route, in particular, was a bit vanilla, and while Hugo’s route contained a few plot spoilers, its overall tone falls on the lighthearted side in comparison to others.
Then again, I feel that the first five routes can be played in any order, as long as Arnaud’s is saved for last since his route felt like a culmination of the story that tied up loose ends.
Walkthroughs:
⬇️ Click to view Content Warnings Kidnapping, death, women abuse, human experimentation, angry mobs, violence, gun violence, age gap.HUGO
Hugo is the Director of La Foire du Rêve and was the one who invited the heroine to be part of the Rêve and work there from the start. He possesses a gentle demeanor, and always speaks in a calm manner. He holds a certain authority within the Rêve that everyone respects. Most of the employees/staff, feel indebted to his kindness. At times, he shows his playful side to the heroine.
I actually wondered why Hugo’s route was the devs’ pick to start with. His route had a lot of revelations that related to the game’s overall plot, so I thought it would be best to play it before the finale (Arnaud’s). But, after playing his route, I realized that his story sort of sets you up where you are slowly introduced to the game’s setting, albeit only revealing a few plot points to help you better understand the overarching story. I think playing his route first will also help you understand the circumstances of the other LIs’ routes that you’ll play next, so in my experience, this really helped me grasp everyone else’s situation in the Rêve .
Romance-wise, I’m not exactly sure if I enjoyed Hugo and Emma’s chemistry, to be honest! Their relationship felt more like a guardianship rather than what it would be with lovers, at least to me anyway. Other than that, I wasn’t too thrilled with Hugo’s story either and I was not a fan of Emma here…🤷🏻♀️
⬇️ SpoilersThis route also dragged A LOT! Like, the part where they kept talking about light bulbs… I get that they were trying to connect this to awakening Emma’s powers or make some kind of analogy, but damn, I wasn’t too enthused to sit through all that light bulb talk, my dudes!🤣 (cackles) I thought it was also kind of funny how the story focused so much on the lights in the Reve and their project to fully brighten up the entire amusement park, and that they had to do it in Paris… ??? Like, what a weird choice to move the plot forward.🤔😅 The whole starlights-in-Paris plotline seemed to come out of nowhere???
Emma was also very passive here. Babygurl really was just standing there while the plot tells us, she’s doing something when it’s really a whole lot of nothing… I’m being sarcastic here, please dont take this literally! Hugo was pretty hot in his engineer-outfit sprite though! That low ponytail! Mmhmm 🥵
Serge
- kuudere, megane
- soft
- Caleb at home… (im sorry!)😭
La Foire du Rêve‘s head of finances. Serge, is in charge of all the accounting aspects, and auditing related to the Rêve’s supplies and inventory. He is indebted to Hugo, who once came to his aid in his previous occupation, and has been diligently working for him ever since. Serge is very loyal and respects Hugo as the Reve’s Director. He has a cold, intimidating demeanor and he speaks bluntly, but he is just as harsh on himself as he is on others.
Get you a man who looks at you, the way Serge looks at Hugo! jk!
Serge, is your typical kuudere megane love interest. Blunt, stoic, completely clueless about love, cold, & always direct to the point…He’s very straight-laced on the surface but also a softie at heart. Definitely the perfect stereotypical character to cast Umehara, right?🤭For the most part, I enjoyed his relationship with Emma. I love their banter and how he adored Emma’s cooking. I thought the fluff here was done pretty well. Sad to say, I’m still not a fan of the heroine in this route.🥲
⬇️ SpoilersNormally, it pains me to say something negative about heroines, they’re like my children, I swear! But Emma here was kind of a ditz? Why on earth would you offer to help Serge with accounting when you don’t have a single iota of what accounting even is? At one point, I couldn’t help but resonate with Serge’s annoyance with her (lol). I know it’s her good intention to want to be useful, but sometimes she just doesn’t think logically. Why are they writing heroines like this?🥴 I’m fairly sure 17 years old is old enough to actually have some common sense or critical thinking. My rambling aside, she does get better in other routes!
I was also pretty surprised that Serge’s route took a major turn on to the heavier topics, like the imprisonment and torture of women that were suspected to be witches. It also hints on the Hamelin incident, amongst other things. It’s funny how it’s such a contrast to Hugo’s route where they just flamboyantly talked about light bulbs and then bam, you have Serge’s route and see him being tortured in jail! The whiplash!🤣
Also, this route made it seem that french people aren’t fond of spicy food. Is that true???😭 On a closing note, I honestly couldn’t care less about the age gap here, but I’ve listed it in the content warnings above since I know there are people who aren’t fond of it in their fiction.
CRIER
- tsun
- dere 🥹
Crier is a performer at La Foire du Rêve. He’s skilled at juggling and doing various tricks that the audience, especially the youth, loves. He complains a lot about the heroine at first, but in truth, he’s very attentive and caring towards Emma. When he’s not performing, he’s busy running errands and getting supplies from town for the Reve.
I think tsun Hiro Shimono characters are essentially an otome gamer’s guilty pleasure, don’t you think? That said, I loved this route! Crier is such a cutie-patootie, but what really made him stand out to me was his personality and how caring he is, not only to the heroine, but also to everyone else. He was very likable in other routes too, which gained him plus points from me! Despite his initial harsh tone, the boy has a heart of gold! I also loved his dynamic with Emma, and yes, unlike in the two previous routes, Emma here was great! Hallelujah! She had a lot of agency and wasn’t afraid to bite back, which made her chemistry with Crier very fun, not to mention, believable!
On another note, I found this route to be the most lighthearted compared to the others. Based on the themes alone, I’d consider it fairly vanilla, which isn’t bad; quite the opposite, in fact! Though it wasn’t perfect, it had a clear direction on where it was going. The bad ending, however, was kind of depressing. Oof, I wish I had skipped it, but alas!😢
⬇️ SpoilersI would’ve complained about how odd it was that they were just forced to be *fake lovers* out of nowhere (to appease Clara and the rest of the folks in the Reve), but I didn’t mind this plot device, really! Sure, there could’ve been other ways to tighten their relationship and show their *lovey-dovey* moments, but I thought this one worked fine, so I can’t fault the writing for using what ticked. Emma finally had some agency here! It was also so refreshing to see her get jealous of how Crier was being nice to Clara (not knowing they were twins) and wished that Crier would’ve treated her the same. Girlie is finally boy-crushing, it’s cute!🥹
LYON
- what an angel!🥺
- so pure! must be protected at all times!🥺🤲
Lyon is La Foire du Rêve’s bunny mascot. The children who visit the amusement park love him. He’s very calm, sometimes quiet, and absolutely purehearted. He never takes off his costume, so no one really knows what he looks like in person.
Aw. I actually love this route too.🥺 I liked that there was a strong build-up to the mysteries surrounding the Reve’s magic here, and the way Emma and Lyon uncovered things bit by bit was enjoyable to witness. On top of that, Lyon is absolutely a darling cinnamon roll. His cute bunny mascot embodies his adorable persona to a T. I couldn’t really fault him for anything in his story! He’s an angel!🥺This route made my heart sink because of how wholesome it was. Though, I’d say out of all the guys, Lyon had the most difficult circumstances in the Reve. The angst here was pretty up there. Made me profusely sob.😭
⬇️ SpoilersProtect Lyon at all cost!😤
On the side, Emma was great here as well! She took a lot of initiative for herself. She was even selfish at times and made silly, reckless decisions, especially when she insisted on reviving the dead despite being warned so many times not to. Though given the circumstances, her actions to me felt reasonable, out of pure desperation so I don’t hold this against her.
I think my only issue was that the reincarnation ending wasn’t very clear. It was pretty vague actually! I wish they had clarified where this *new* Lyon came from. The story blatantly ignored the fact that only a year had passed since Emma freed all the souls in the Reve, including Lyon’s. Does that mean this reincarnated Lyon already existed while the soul/phantom Lyon was still trapped in the Reve? So many plot holes are being overlooked here! Oh well… 🤷🏻♀️
LUCIOLE
- the hikikomori mechanic
- secretly a cinamon roll, but…
A man of few words and even fewer appearances, Luciole is the mechanic of La Foire du Rêve. He only comes out at night to perform maintenance around the amusement park and keeps to himself in his tent during the day. He seems to despise the idea of magic and is strongly against the heroine using her powers.
There’s a reason Luciole is so adamant and unwilling to accept the use of magic. In this route, you’ll get to find out why. At the heart of it, I really liked Luciole as a character. His route started off strong, especially during his back-and-forth exchanges with the heroine. Their little tete-a-tete through letter exchanges was cute!🥹 His entire route however, felt pretty weak, in my opinion. They pretty much did a great job building up tension and intrigue with his story, but the turning point and resolution, especially at the end, felt rather too convenient, almost frustratingly so!
**On the positive side, the best part of this route was hearing Shiraimu shift from being a tsun to a total cinnamon roll!🥹
⬇️ SpoilersThere were so many missed opportunities in this route, it hurts! The chance to make him the resident yandere character was wasted. He had the perfect setup for it! Wouldn’t it have been great for Luciole to go twisted because he didn’t want to see MC get hurt anymore? Plus, the trauma he has with his mom fits the typical yandere backstory, so I was surprised they didn’t explore that. I would’ve loved to see it. Instead, we get a yandere ending in his BAD END, and even that one felt half-baked! So disappointing!😭
The angry mob trope honestly feels very tired to me. Because we see it in almost EVERY SINGLE OTOME GAME, and it’s usually just there to create a conflict that puts the heroine in danger, only to be conveniently resolved almost immediately. This route was no exception, but the way it was handled here felt especially sloppy! The resolution they came up with just doesn’t make sense logically. Like no way an angry mob would just calm down because you told them to calm down LOL angry mobs aren’t that easily pacified by mere words, because y’know… they’re angry and their judgements are clouded in the heat of the moment. The whole ordeal of Luciole’s monologue in front of them felt so dumb (I’m sorry!)😭 And the crowd going: “Oh, we messed up and believed a drunk, hur dur…so we started throwing stones at this young lady because drunk man said she bad!” Like wow, really? is this twitter???😂😂😂
I really liked Luciole as a love interest, honest to god! (Dude, just wanna eat some good food and be with his woman) But this route…. it made me lose braincells fr…🥴
ARNAUD
- not the oniichan route
- Arnaud with frenchman hat < Arnaud
Arnaud works as a journalist and is Emma’s childhood friend. After an accident seven years ago, Emma became an orphan and was taken in by Arnaud’s family, so she has been living with him and his mother, Alice, ever since. Arnaud tends to fuss around Emma and dotes on her on account of her amnesia.
This route is meant to be played last, as a lot of plot events from the previous LIs were also revisited here, and I thought that if I had played Arnaud’s route earlier (immediately after Hugo’s), the story likely wouldn’t have made as much sense to me, so I’m glad I stuck with the suggested route order.
I think Arnaud may be my fav LI in this game, and that’s because he’s such a polarizing character… (or maybe I’m just being biased because of Abe Atsushi? lol) He was quite possessive of the heroine, and I didn’t mind his overprotectiveness at all; I actually enjoy that trope! Heh. 🤭 I can understand why some might find it uncomfortable though, given their familial relationship and the fact that they were raised under the same roof. But for me, it didn’t come off as creepy in the slightest. Plus, he has the most gorgeous CGs in the game!
⬇️ SpoilersOn the romance side of things, I really liked how Arnaud confessed to Emma early on in his route. Like, wow, the boy is fast! And the plot twist with him secretly reporting to his father about Emma was maybe a little too predictable; like clearly you could see that coming from a mile away. Regardless, I still enjoyed how his story progressed!
I also liked that they revisited the Hamelin incident here and expanded on it a bit from Serge’s route. However, I felt this route had a lot of things going on that didn’t really favor Arnaud and the heroine, nor their relationship. Is it just me, or did it seem like everything got convoluted toward the end? There were a lot of unnecessary scenes that could’ve just been scraped off. This route seemed to put more emphasis on being the ‘truth’ route rather than its focus on romance.🤷🏻♀️
On a side note, Arnaud’s military sprite was hawt! Seriously, everyone seems to look good without their hats. Hugo looked hot with his low ponytail, and without that ugly tophat, and Arnaud looked incredibly fine without his frenchman hat. THROW AWAY THOSE HATS MAN!
EMMA (Main Heroine)
- macaron girlie
- sometimes good, sometimes 🧍♀️
Emma is alright, I guess? There were routes where I considered her decently written, like in Crier’s and Lyon’s routes. I thought these were the stories where she had the most agency and displayed a bit of critical thinking. However, a lot of the time, she remained very passive that it got on my nerves.😭 There were situations where she’d dawdle the heck out when something is urgently needed of her. She is aware of this though so I’d credit her that self awareness. And in her defense, she’s only 17 and was raised very sheltered. But still… sometimes, she just… really isn’t… logically thinking through her decisions. The scenarios where she fell short seemed to outweigh the good (at least in my opinion). There were scenes in the game that would literally go like this:
Emma: (After everyone repeatedly told her not to use magic in public) 🧍♀️
Also Emma: *Proceeds to use magic in public*Emma: “This town doesnt like newcomers, I must not act suspicious”
Also Emma: *Proceeds to act suspicious*😭😭😭
There were a lot of inconsistencies in how she was written across all routes. And while I’ve facepalmed several times during her 🧍♀️🧍♀️🧍♀️ moments, I don’t think she was terrible overall, to be honest. Like I said, she’s alright!🙂Not a fav, & she could’ve been better.
I have to say, though, her love for macarons made me crave for them too, that I had to get out of the house in the dead cold winter afternoon and drive up to a local pâtisserie to get some french macarons myself!😭
SYSTEM AND LOCALIZATION
The UI for Genso Manège was a standout to me. The animated clip that plays before the menu screen was absolutely beautiful, and to top it off, the pastel-colored manège/carousel on the opening screen ticked all my aesthetic boxes! Ha!
PROS:
- Heroine’s Name Customization: The heroine’s name can be changed. Great for those who prefer to self-insert.
- Heroine Side Image Sprite ON/OFF
- Love Catch System
- Quick Save/Quick Load
- Clear List – to track what endings you’ve unlocked so far.
- Sound Library
- Character Profiles (with voices)
- Seiyuu Commentaries
- CG Library
- Manual Instructions
- Status Screen: allows you to check the LI affection points you’ve accumulated during gameplay.
- Backlog and Rewind function
- MINI GAME – can be skipped and does not affect your endings, if you choose to do so.
- Font Style Selection
CONS:
- No Chapter Select – You can however, replay scenes in the CG gallery.
- No SKIP to Next choice function.
- SLOW Skip Reads
- Black screen bugs
I experienced a couple of black-screen bugs in the game where if a scene transitions to the next chapter or slide and you accidentally press any button during the transition, the screen completely blacks out while the game continues running. The only way to circumvent this was to completely close the game and restart, which really sucks if you forgot to save beforehand.
About the Mini Game
Eveil System – is a mini-game that lets you collect stars that appear in random locations on your screen. If you’re playing in handheld mode, you can simply tap or glide your fingers on the screen to collect them. If you’re playing in TV mode, you can use the L and R joysticks to collect the stars. After completing the tutorial (on your first playthrough), you should be able to skip this mini-game whenever it comes up. There are no consequences for skipping it during the story, and it won’t affect your endings.Localization
The localization was well done, and the translations flowed smoothly in the game. Granted, I blitzed through this pretty fast, so I didn’t really notice any typos or text errors during my gameplay. There also weren’t any text box issues, so overall, it was pretty solid!
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMvcr8Y8Gzk
OVERALL THOUGHTS
This was a decent-length title, not too short but not overly long either. It took me around 40 hours to complete everything (playing docked on TV). Chapters 1-3 make up the game’s common route, and Chapter 4 is where the LI’s route branches off. There are also only two endings for each love interest: the “Amour End” (good end) and the “Rêve End” (bad end).
Not as Fluffy as You Think
My initial impression after finishing my first route (Hugo) was that the game kind of deceives you into thinking it’s all going to be a fluffy ride throughout due to its bright pastel, sparkly-colored theme. But in contrast, the game actually carries a whole lot of angst. It’s not on the level of Cafe Enchante deception, though, so you can rest easy on that!😂
This title was a mixed bag for me, some routes were decently paced, while some faltered and dragged the narrative too much with trivial things. Given how often the titular manège (magical carousel) was mentioned in the common route, and the fact that it’s even plastered in the game’s title, I expected it to play a significant role throughout the story. But, it turned out to be crucial only in Hugo’s route and was barely relevant elsewhere. It would’ve been more satisfying if all the routes had some connection to the manège, allowing it to be the central element that tied the story together. That would’ve been a nice full-circle to its overarching story, no? Unfortunately, this wasn’t the case. The entire *magical manège* theme felt underutilized, which I found disappointing.
TBF, I’ve already mentally prepared and toned down my expectations knowing that the writing team for this game included a few writers from past games I wasn’t the biggest fan of (e.g., ChariMani and ParaPara). As a result, when certain aspects didn’t quite hit the mark for me, the impact wasn’t as bad as it might’ve been if I hadn’t set those expectations. If you know what I mean!
On a different note, I have to say, unlocking the reverse harem ending was a good reason to finish all the routes in this game! 😆
Speaking of routes (and love interests), I think, Arnaud ended up as my favorite LI just because his character was a bit polarizing at first. I’m also a big box-pusher (hako-oshi), so I thought all the guys were great in my opinion. None of them really annoyed me, and that’s a good thing! As for their individual routes, the one I enjoyed the most from start to finish was Lyon’s.🥺 Albeit, his story had one of the most angsty themes in the game (I still ate it up, haha).😆
LI RANKING:
Arnaud > Lyon = Crier > Serge > Luciole > Hugo
ROUTE RANKING:
Lyon > Crier > Serge > Arnaud > Hugo > Luciole
Arnaud is literally me irl😭😭😭As for the romance, this game showcased a lot of sweet scenarios between the heroine, and her LI. It’s also worth noting that this otome game is rated CERO B in Japan, so I think it’s designed to appeal to all audiences, especially the younger crowd. There are no spicy, mature scenes here, so if you’re after that, you are going to be disappointed.
**As for the ratio of kiss CGs, well… I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed in that regard as well.🥲 All gripes aside, I do think Lyon’s very wholesome story was a breath of fresh air,🥺💛🐇💛so if you’re a fan of the wholesome cinamon roll type, I really recommend not skipping his route!🥹
Do I recommend this game? YES.
In all honesty, I never thought I’d see the day where Genso Manège would get localized. I remember it being one of the few non-Otomate titles announced in Japan, back when the otome genre was slowly transitioning to the Switch console in 2020. This title also garnered a couple of votes in the localization survey, I did five years ago.🥹 So getting to play it in English now feels rather surreal.Genso Manège feels light on the surface, but it’s actually a title that isn’t afraid to reveal its hidden gray undertones. While I wouldn’t go so far as to call it “dark,” the story can definitely get pretty heavy. This is also a game that I think would be great for beginners in the otome genre who aren’t afraid to explore heavier themes in fiction.
For the seasoned players who love angst, I definitely think you’ll enjoy this too, though I’d suggest tempering your expectations, as it isn’t on the grandiose level of Hakuoki. But, it has the right touch and balance of romance & adventure, not to mention, likable love interests, to keep you sufficiently entertained! Do pick it up when you get the chance!🫶
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