[Arisa-chan]

I know that from an event...
I wrote that since I found it funny 
Never once I associate cool with cucumber 

Tsundere can be cute when they're jealous tho I can't stand them if being too rude to kind people
like Keith in his MS (BMPP) when he saw Luke with MC...muttering himself
"that bastard.... cozying up to my woman like that.." 

[milachanbao]

It's interesting reading everyone's romantic preferences...

In general, I prefer the tsundere and emotionally unavailable types. Or the quiet, socially awkward ones.  There's also something to be said for forbidden relationships, like dating your tutor (Giles from Midnight Cinderella).     Other favorites would be Takuto from LLFTX, Soji from NA+, Isuka from CC.

I think it's mostly cause they present a challenge, and it's always fun to see them gradually open up and let you see a side of them that only you get to see.

I can't get into shotas.  It's hard to see them as anything more than my little brother.

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I'm reading Ichicka's route from NA+, and I keep wishing the MC would choose Soji over Ichika.  He's just too overbearing and clingy, like a little puppy.  I guess I'm missing the "chase" factor.

In RL though, I think I always go for the good guy with a hidden bad boy.  It's just too boring if he's completely straight-laced.

[Arisa-chan]

auww....[member=20276]milachanbao[/member]..me likey...
hidden bad boys are sure a magnet...

i love to be teased...like a lot...especially irl...

[MushroomTeaGirl]

I don't play a lot of games so my choices are rather limited, but here we go.

Favourites
- I like Cyril and Maynard from CC a lot. Both are stupidly childish which I think is extremely cute XD That's basically the main reason for liking them, I also like how awkward Cyril is and Maynard has the bearded bonus and looks like a pirate! (Although it's a very small beard)

- Leonhardt from OUAFLT. I didn't notice him too much until I played his route and I saw this

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INSTANT HEARTSHAPED EYESSSS

- From the new 7 Hotties game, Taiga and Haruto look very promising but I haven't played their route yet. :3

Least Favourites
- Silvio from OUAFLT, I just think he's totally unlikable. I don't know why, whenever he pops up I'm like "GO AWAYYY" XD

- Amasawa from Sweet Scandal, actually he made me uninstall the game because of how terrible he was. I couldn't even finish his route because the story was so bad.

Basically I like the cool type of guys with a soft  side ^^ But it shouldn't be too extreme because that's boring too. It's all about balance I guess ^^
That being said, my real life tastes are completely different from my otome taste.

[Vixey]

hehe loving seeing people's fav

[member=19266]Vixey[/member] you are going to have to enlighten me to what a german shepherd type of guy is...is it someone who's loyal and ruggedly handsome?  also, for a lot of your favs, is it a coincidence you seem to like a lot of "princely"/fairy tale men? i've realized that although i do tend to like slice of life stories, i'm pretty much a sucker for fantastical ones...especially if they have a kitsune or animalistic man in there

You should interpret it however you like, it's more or less something I made up. Just imagine a guy with the characteristics of a german shepherd. That's what I want ^^
You know, loyal, protective, sweet, smart, confident, and yeah handsome. A guard dog in the streets and a puppy at home. Oh and he's well trained and does what I say XD

I think it might be a coincidence they're mostly princes. If it's a preferance it must not be a conscious one... I like a modern setting, but it can have fantasy elements. You could drop Luca into the Bodyguard world and I'd still love him.

I also realized in the middle of writing my list that this was about favorites in all medium not just otome. But I didn't want my list to be endless XD so I just stuck to the one.

[tssf]

I probably am too late to join the discussion, but...

The question is extremely hard to begin with... Mainly because I never have that one type I like and sometimes one tiny detail is enough to make change a mind. Not to mention that my taste in otome is not the same as it is in anime/manga. But since we are usually talking about otoge here, I'll focus on that.

Favorites

When it comes to favorites, as superficial as it sounds, it's important for me the character attractive. Good looks aren't enough, sometimes I might dislike a character I find incredibly attractive, but if I don't like their looks to begin with it's a lost case.

I have many different types I like or don't like.

In general, I also love the cool on the outside, but really sweet on the inside ones. I find it incredibly cute and moving when the strict perfect ones opens up and shows that incredibly sweet side. But that side has to be really sweet and caring then, it shouldn't be anywhere near a tsundere, once they are sweet, they stay this way... The perfect example would be Ivan from BMP2.

The extremely sweet, happy, carefree one. Just because it's different from how I view the world and I really like them, because they are so open and loving. As far as I know Yakov from BMP is supposed to be like this and I absolutely love him, though I don't know much about him, I can already say he's perfect and my absolute favorite. But to make it easier: Roberto from BMP.

I have a thing for everything that scream sweet puppy or precious baby. Just because of how unbelievably touching it can be. I have a soft spot for those and simply can't say now. Sometimes it can be a character trying to act cool as long as they fail miserably at that, but I do prefer them if they are just precious and adorable. Luke from BMP (when he isn't trying to mimic Keith), Yelisei from Cinderella Contract - a great example for what I'm talking about - sugar and love to the core.

Sometimes I really like MC's childhood friends. There's something sweet about their stories and I really enjoy the fact that they are usually very caring, protective and overall doing everything they can to help MC.

This one is extremely weird, but at times I actually like the yandere. To a certain extend of course. The thing is that they are usually so caring and loving at first that I simply fall for them and am ready to accept many things, but sooner or later they do go crazy and that's when it stops. The second they threaten other people close to MC, I can't take it anymore.

Another thing I love and many people think of it as too much is extreme sweetness as long as it feels real. I don't mind the whole over the top thing, the sweet words, gestures, just being dreamy... Edward from BMP is one of those people. It's one of my unpopular opinions, but I like him, a lot.

Least Favorite

Older men in general.

The majority of tsundere characters. I really don't like their coldness. They aren't just cool on the outside, not just what seems strict, they are actually denying they like something and end up being mean. This is kind of offending for me, so I often don't like these characters. Nor can I tolerate their on-off behavior.  It's just too hurtful and I can't handle them being so cold, mean and in denial most of the time. I can tolerate some tsundere character better than others, those who quickly show their kind side and don't fall back into their old behavior too often are alright. But tsunderes really can push me away, for example I never read anything from Cyril in Cinderella Contract - not my type to begin with and tsundere at the same time? No, thank you. Also, while I really absolutely love BMP and all the guys there, Glenn definitely comes last simply because of being the kind of tsundere he is.

Often similar to tsundere - I don't like those who obviously are trying too hard to be adults. They won't have fun, because it could be too childish, won't show eagerness because it's oh so mature to do so, will nag whenever someone else shows any kind of improper/immature behavior. Glenn from BMP.

I also don't like oresama types... Too confident, way too arrogant, simply mean. I hate people who are so in love with themselves and see it as their hobby to degrade others and lower their confidence, giving them the feeling of not being good enough/being worthless... Eisuke from KBTBB - if it wasn't for that sweet side he shows way too late I'd hate him.

I can't really give good examples for anything since what I'm playing pretty much is only BMP and Cinderella Contract. Well, I do know KBTBB, but still...

[Aiwethryne]

XD How would this be late? She created the topic, like, one day ago.

While I like shotas, if they act in ways I find unappealing, it's a no. Ichika... No. I don't even like his color scheme. I guess that's another thing for me — color coordination. Ichika has too much yellow. I quite dislike his trigger-happy brash behavior, and it took him too long to start thinking before acting. Other examples of people like Ichika escape me... Still, shota to me means fifteen or less. I imagine that he must be at least sixteen, if not older.

Older men are either a hit or a miss with me. If they look too old... eeehhhhh. Not into it. To me, glasses make guys look older, and I have a beef with glasses sometimes because I wear glasses when I need to. In historical series, you totally know the guys must have been in their late 30s to 50s, but anime renditions turn them into bishies! And you forget all about it. Quite honestly, the reason why I am less interested in older guys is because they are more likely to die before me. I do not want that. Unless he's a magical man who does not age fast... and I do like magical boys.


LOL This entire thread derailed into our favorite/disliked otoge males.

[tssf]

[member=7333]Aiwethryne[/member]: if I understood the topic it's about favorites AND least favorites, so...

When it comes to glasses: I don't like them. Never liked one of those guys, but I guess it's not my fault, at least not entirely, because they tend to turn those guys into one of the groups I don't like most of the time. I mean, often they are just so average I'm not interested in them at all: short dark hair and glasses, usually combined with a businessman suite - well, not appealing to me, not to mention there's an overload of those guys. Then they make them stereotypical: good with computers, actually a businessman... There's been a tendency of making them tsundere too... Or arrogant. Plus, I don't like how the glasses often look the same in certain games.
But before you tell me I just don't like glasses: it's not true. It's really strange, but I like them on some characters, especially if they aren't wearing them all the time. Wil in BMP for example, I love that, Ed too. It might really be that they usually put them on characters I don't like anyway...

And shotas... They are just too young, I guess. They often have some kind of behavior I just don't like, aren't mature at all. Though I usually don't call someone a shota because of their age, but because of what they look like combined with their age in comparison with other characters. I couldn't even list many, but like you said - Ichika... He's not my type, not the kind of childhood friend I like, didn't like the yellow either... And the game wasn't my thing either... Speaking of type of otome games, I'm afraid I might be the next one to open a thread, because I want to know now...

[Aiwethryne]

I meant that this is the General Discussions section and the topic was for everything under the umbrella of anime-styled stuff – male, female, gender neutral – but we're all so caught up with otome games that all the subsequent posts ended up strongly related to otome game guys. XDD Nothing wrong with that, but it's such a one-tracked lane~~ And go ahead and create a thread~ Discussions are engaging~

I am very affectionate towards the shotas who are the "good at everything" type, even if it annoys me that they ARE good at everything. Like Kaizuka Inaho from Aldnoah.Zero. Damn, I adore him, but he's inordinately intelligent. At least one of shotas I like the most has flaws and grows throughout the series. *thinks Ledo from Suisei no Gargantia*

Speaking of the "good at (most) everything" types/so smart it hurts, it just stings that it's always the male protagonist who is like this. It's continued to bother me how there are rarely any anime/manga with cool-headed, smart female leads who fight the world or something. If anything, it is one of the lower tier main female characters, or she's some oujo-sama with a body full of fan service. Then everyone goes into how, ohh, she's just Mary Sue. Yadayadayada. Okay, I'll stop ranting.

[tssf]

Oh... XD Well, I can't discuss both at the same time, because, like I mentioned, my taste in otoge differs from my taste in anime/manga. The difference can be so big, I didn't even bother to mentioned what I like in those XD

And I will, because I have to know.

I guess I don't care whether people are good or bad at things, I care more about how they handle being good at everything, how they treat others... And another thing is that I'm really not into boys that are just too young, so shotas often really aren't my thing, because I often see them as just kids and secondary characters instead of proper characters or even love interests. But I'm not completely ruling out the possibility of finding one I might like.
They just often aren't interesting enough for me. I am so in love with the affectionate puppies, but as soon as one of them is a shota, I lose interest.

[milachanbao]

Quite honestly, the reason why I am less interested in older guys is because they are more likely to die before me.

[member=7333]Aiwethryne[/member]  I totally LoL'd at that. 

I prefer the older guys in general...they just seem more in-charge and the "I'll take care of you" type.  But there's a limit.  Like when the MC starts calling Kunihiko "uncle" in MFWP even though they might not technically be related (not sure since I haven't done his route), it just totally throws me off.  I think total ick factor. 

And the glasses...I love glasses! They instantly make a guy look more mature and intelligent even if it's not the case.  There's something extremely attractive about a guy who can excel in some field, whether he's a computer genius or history geek or talented singer, whatever.  Intelligence earns major bonus pts.

[S.Sumire]

^Kunihiko is MC's not blood-related uncle from her father's side,...I think... It was mentioned in MFW's prologue. (Not party version)

Glasses...it actually depends what kind of glasses they are o3o I like big, black, nerdy glasses like these

or these

not tiny, thin framed, thick, round, irony ones ~.~

NOTE: The picketers are not mine...I just found them in bing o3o

So...I was wondering, shota...does it only refer to younger boys?

As for me, I don't mind older or younger guys/boys as long as they're conscious of what they're doing and have common sense e.e though there is a limit to it, wouldn't want to de dating a baby or a grandpa ~__~

[ArtemiS2]

Speaking of the "good at (most) everything" types/so smart it hurts, it just stings that it's always the male protagonist who is like this. It's continued to bother me how there are rarely any anime/manga with cool-headed, smart female leads who fight the world or something. If anything, it is one of the lower tier main female characters, or she's some oujo-sama with a body full of fan service. Then everyone goes into how, ohh, she's just Mary Sue. Yadayadayada. Okay, I'll stop ranting.

Akane from Psycho Pass! I def consider her intelligent (#1 in everything in exams...), cool, collected and calmly badass :] and she really grows throughout the series (even though i have to admit i did find her slightly annoying in the VERYYY beginning, but not anymore ^^;;;) she's one i just thought of on top of my head though so can probably think of others if i put some effort into it (although like you said, im sure they are far and few in between)

[member=6080]tssf[/member] i agree about the shotas...i mean i adore characters like Koten in EiTM but i am never able to see them as love interests or real character favorites...if i want cuddly puppy love, i'd get a puppy, not a child/teenybopper/immature teen :P i'm also slightly taller than average irl so probably another reason why i tend to not like the shorter shota youngin's....aaaand also the fact i like older men... 

[member=20276]milachanbao[/member] oh.my.goodness. don't even get me started on the moronic MC during Kuni time!! i seriously do like his character but i freakin want to slap the MC every time she calls him uncle (even throughout the events/stories when they've already established being in a relationship together!!) grr come onnn, if i were a guy, i'd compare it to becoming soft every time she says reminds me with that faux-uncle BS. girl ruins my mojojooo lol

wahhh and sorry for making this topic so broad i was actually kinda scared people wouldn't want to open up about their favs/prefs because it's pretty personal so i kept the potential mediums open ^o^;;; but yea seriously, never too late to throw in your fav characters or prefs in men xD i honestly find it fascinating, especially when your favs/otome prefs are vastly different from your real life preferences. if only i were still in university, i'd totally write a paper on this...and perhaps get the gumption to major in psych so i'm not stupidly convincing my finance prof how this off-topic essay is still pertinent lol

[tssf]

Well, older men are out of question for me in both real life and games, it just disgusts me and that uncle part is something that really scares me too much for words, a reason I would never play the game at all.

[member=15717]ArtemiS2[/member]: NO! Don't give me ideas! I have this huge paper to write and a few months to pick a topic, I could totally pull it off, it would easily be accepted, because it's in written form, I would just have to tweak little details here and there and my mentor would absolutely support it.

[Sakuragawa]

It's the cute boyish characteristics that make me consider them shota. They don't actually have to be young pubescent boys to look shota.

I keep trying to wrap  my head around how the MC would call Kunihiko in Japanese. I can't see her calling him uncle. He's not that much older than her. I thought he was more like an older brother figure rather than an uncle type.

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I mean she's always getting upset on her own that he might just think of her as a little sister instead of worrying that he might think of her as just his niece. And isn't Kuni's sis her mom?! Squick. Something doesn't add up.