I was having yaoi withdrawals so I blitzed through this random ass VN I had on hand... and it left me WORSE THAN BEFORE!!
Reincarnated in Another World as the Legendary Hero (Uke)!?
AKA: Kakkouke (Parentheses Uke)
The title explains everything you need to know about this game. But beware. What it doesn't tell you is that it'll leave you with balls bluer than the protagonist.
GAME DETAILS
This is a fully voiced short all ages BL VN that's all light hearted common route fun. This is the only game made by its developer, Additon9² / GARDEN.
Game Website | The game is available digitally on DLSite. Probably other places too but I don't feel like looking. I bought the game there along with some other random ass games that we will see if I ever actually get around to in the future.
While options exist in this VN, they don't matter at all so the story progresses on one single linear plotline.
The Japanese level required to read this game is pretty basic. I'd say even beginners could read it without much issue.
SYNOPSIS
After being hit by a car, Kai finds himself reincarnated into a world where he is destined to be lusted after by men as the world's only legendary hero (uke). Can he defeat the demon lord before his chastity is jeopardized, or will he find himself weak kneed in the grasp of one of his loving party members? Will Kai's dreams of being heterosexual become dust in the wind?
CHARACTERS
Note: I'm no good at romanizing these fantasy ass names
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| Kai |
The Legendary Hero who was born to bottom. After realizing he lives in a yaoi world, he becomes troubled by how all his friends are in love with him.
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| Haino |
Protective yet tsundere childhood friend type seme.
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| Leon |
Dedicated younger puppy type seme.
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| Benjamin |
Kind honest different species type seme.
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| Welner |
Tough cool man of few words aggressive seme.
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Kai's swords. Aggressively clingy possessive shota type seme.
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| Friethelm |
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| Jigiswalt?? |
The demon lord apparently. Obsessive type seme.
REVIEW
STORY || C | There's really not much of an actual story. But I don't think anyone reading the title is actually here for the story, are they... The content is primarily propelled by character dynamics and by yaoi bait moments.
CHARACTERS|| C+ | They're endearing, but they do tend to be very cookie cutter. The game feels very carried by its polish, but the actual depth leaves much to be desired.
ART|| A | The art is very pleasing to the eye. Like I said earlier it's giving polished. Everything is clean and nice to look at. Though the number put CGs is quite low, they're all cute.
YAOINESS|| B- | The energy is very yaoi, and it definitely leaves you itching for more! Which is the problem!! MY BALLS ARE BLUE!!!
OVERALL|| B-| It's a cute and short VN with lots of yaoi bait. Not sure if it was actually worth my time but it was enjoyable besides the lack of any yaoi closure. It's short enough to not overstay its welcome and endearing enough to almost make you forget your blue balls. Almost. I still have to dock points for that though. There's a lot of trope savvy jokes of the yaoi variety, so it's amusing, but still fails to land as something memorable.
Maybe the drama CDs fill the yaoihole void but I'm not gonna bother digging that deep.
I'd say you're better off consuming something where the MC will actually I don't know... GET WITH ONE OF THE GUYS MAYBE... but I did grow fond of this cast. IF ONLY THE MC ACTUALLY HOOKED UP WITH ONE OF THEM!!!!
I mean.. well I'm sure some people don't mind these kind of open ended stories. It's like any harem story except if nobody wins.
Full Plot Summary Below
There's not a lot to summarize though but it's more than Nekopara.
Kai gets bonked on the head in battle and suddenly recalls memories of his past life as a regular Japanese high schooler who died via pushing a child out of the way of a conveniently oncoming vehicle. It then dawns on him that this is actually the world of a BL manga his sister used to read... and that he is actually trapped in a YAOI WORLD!
He looks around at his party members, who all care and worry about him in their own way. While before regaining his memories, he just saw them all as good homeboys, now with his newfound memories... he can see it all so clearly... They're all on the brink of falling in love with him... In order to avoid trouble, his only options is to try to continue his quest to defeat the demon lord without raising any love flags... but is that possible?
After the incident, it's apparent that Haino constantly gives him flustered glances and seems to be hiding a blatant affection behind a jovial and unserious exterior. He's probably already in love with Kai... Bruh moment.
Anyways, Kai still loves his friends (platonically), so he would never snub them just to avoid being yaoi'd. So essentially he just continues as he has been, helping villagers and slaying monsters as the legendary hero! Still, he notices he's a little TOO overpowered. It's almost like he has new game+ stats rather than that of a regular hero... still, even though he's buff as hell, his party members still give their all to protect him even though he obviously doesn't need any protecting. It doesn't help that whenever turning in quests, the villager lassies gush over his party members but completely overlook him. It's as if the female population is incapable of seeing him as a viable man... while the mob perverted old man population is drawn to him like moths to the flame.... why....
Continuing their quest, they end up encountering a blonde prince (idr his name) who immediately falls in love with Kai, as apparently a fortune teller told him that he would be meeting his fated person in the forest today. He kidnaps him and takes him to his castle, where he attempts to marry him immediately. Luckily, Kai manages to escape, though he then runs into Haino who ran over to save him.
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| yaoi prince moment |
Haino becomes concerned about Kai's being so sensitive and acting weird lately and also motivated by the recent pursual from that blonde idiot, makes some subtle moves on Kai. Brushing against the scar on his head causes Kai to get sensitive and emit yaoi uke noises, which turn Haino on of course. Also, getting rubbed causes Kai to have flashbacks of his childhood best friend from his past life... what does this mean. Anyways, Kai gets flustered, but they are thankfully interrupted by a freak dragon attack. The rest of the party roll up as well, and they collaborate to take it down.
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| yaoi osananajimi moment |
Afterwards, everyone in the castle praises them and the King summons them to grant them a boon. of like 10 million gold or something. They quickly abscond before the prince can chase Kai again.
As they adventure they get to a village that desperately wants Kai to marry their local dragon god. Of course almost every questline they encounter seems to put Kai at risk of yaoi moments, but of course he refuses. The villagers also turn out to be racist towards Benjamin, so Kai passionately defends him and tells the villagers to piss off. Benjamin is moved... later they have a tendy moment where he says that he never fit in back at fish country but he feels at home with Kai... he also ends up brushing against Kai's yaoi scar, which causes more uke noises and another flashback to his past life yaoi love interest. He manages to escape Benjamin's tender caresses but a price was paid... Kai has tripped his yaoi flags, so his loving care has grown into something more yaoiful than before..
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| yaoi fish moment |
They end up getting coerced into visiting the dragon god temple anyways, and Kai decides to talk to him instead of marrying him obviously. The god turns out to be a lot more reasonable than expected, and has a private conversation with Kai... apparently it's true that this world is one ruled by a single rule: That the Hero (uke) is someone who will naturally become the object of men's affections and only men. The only way to do something about this would be to find the god who created this world, but that's not something the dragon god has the authority to talk about. Kai decides his new mission is to find god so he can stop being a yaoi uke.
The squad then try to cross the border into the neighboring country of Bestial(?), however apparently Kai is famous and probably won't be allowed past border control so he needs a disguise... of course the team decides to make him crossdress. Due to yaoi logic, the results are stunning and he becomes the most beautiful girl in the world. The entire team is in awe of his beauty except for Welner who seems unmoved and the swords who can't tell the difference between him crossdressing and him normally. Just seeing him in a dress makes Leon realize his feelings of respect for Kai were actually those of love, and he almost jumps Kai when he gets a chance as they're alone in the inn together. Of course he also ends up molesting Kai's yaoi scar and another flashback blablabla. I think either Kai got pissed or Alloyjuice intervened idr. Either way Kai is annoyed by how even though he's buff as hell, as soon as a man starts touching him he loses strength in all his limbs. Is this the cost of being an uke?
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| yaoi this guy moment |
Next the squad goes back to doing random quests in Bestial, and Welner decides to go to the slums to dig for info so Kai of course goes with him. Kai is stupid and oblivious for the most part, so Welner insults him, but he's clearly soft on him in a yaoi way. The team go to a dark auction for suspicious purchasing, but Kai immediately gets drugged and kidnapped. He wakes up once again in a dress and a wig, and gets put on stage for bidding. Of course it's mostly mob old guys who bid on him, but Welner then puts down all 10 mil that the king gave them, winning Kai. He takes Kai back and insults him for being such a fucking dumbass, but of course it's in that caring yaoi way. While Kai is mostly upset about losing all their money, the team seems to collectively agree that his safety is more important than any money.
Back at the inn, Welner visits Kai's room to insult him some more, before kabedon-ing him to try and 'teach him some sense of danger' before yaoi caressing him and causing another yaoi flashback. Welner almost jumps his bones seeing how defenseless Kai is in his embrace, but Alloyjuice intervenes and tells him to fuck off.
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| they should've boned |
By the next day Kai becomes painful aware that he's tripped yaoi flags with all of his friends. They're all in love with him. However, it's not like that fact makes him feel bad or anything... in fact, he almost likes it... but no, he refuses to think further on such yaoi thoughts. He wants to stay platonic forever until he can get a girlfriend.
They then go to another church where they can talk to god. This god seems to be one of the big gods who can answer more questions, and he point blank admits that this is a yaoi world in front of the whole team, so Kai is forced to explain to his party. That since this is a world that's ruled by the rule that he's a yaoi uke who will become loved by everyone, their affection for him too was something caused by god... of course the whole party refutes that and tells him their love is REAL and not affected by any higher power. Anyways, god reveals it's basically impossible to stop the yaoi, so Kai must live with being a yaoi uke.
Kai wants to discuss some more important things besides that, so he makes the party leave for some one on one talk with god, though this time his swords are allowed to stay. He then learns from god that this world was actually on the brink of destruction since its creator wanted to quit. This god then made a bet with the creator god... where their chosen pieces would battle, and whoever won would get their way. This god chose Kai to reincarnate as his hero... while the creator god chose the demon lord who is also a reincarnator... and now they must battle... If the demon lord takes over the world, the world itself is forfeit... Kai gets kind of pissed off upon learning that he and this other random ass guy are being pulled into these guys stupid fight. He also becomes curious if the demon lord is from his own world... maybe even someone he knows...
Afterwards, Kai is so pissed off by the knowledge that he was dragged here by god and now has to be a yaoi uke that he decides to make the party drink at the inn for a day off. He and Haino become piss drunk and Kai then proceeds to kiss all his friends on the cheek. And you say you aren't yaoi...
Anyways, as they continue their journey they get stuck in the woods and start disappearing one by one. Kai freaks out but Welner embraces him to calm his nerves... for some reason, his manly yaoi embrace feels like just what he needed... He then gets flustered and runs off, so of course when he turns around Welner disappears too. Alloyjuice gets really pissed off that Kai is so lovey dovey with his friends and not them, and they reveal that they're actually two separate entities, Alloy and Juice. Just kidding they're named Al and Jil. Also they have a human form. Instead of doing anything about the monster who's trapped them in the woods, they borderline jump Kai's bones before he gets a handle on the situation.
While the two swords used to be very matter of fact and serious, after realizing their love for Kai their personalities do a complete flip and they become extremely aggressively possessive and attached. When Kai reunites with his party after defeating the monster who was causing this trouble, the two swords immediately start mouthing off about how useless everyone else is and how the only ones Kai needs is them. The party almost gets in a fist fight with the two child swords before the stupid prince spawns again and throws off everyone's vibes. They beat the shit out of him because he's so annoying and leave him at the local inn.
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| this kinda spicy tho |
That night, Al and Jil try to jump Kai's bones again, causing another yaoi flashback. Things start getting a little too spicy as the twin swords begin to make an attempt to undress him, so the party bust in to save his chastity. However this just proves to Kai that they were eavesdropping on him, so he forces everyone out. From then on he decides to sleep alone without letting even his swords inside his room.
Shenanigans continue, and they finally reach the demon lord's castle. There, he recognizes the demon lord at first sight: his childhood yaoi love interest best friend from his past life! The demon lord Jigiswalt then traps Kai in his reality marble, telling him that he actually saw Kai die in their past life, and was so depressed he threw himself from the school roof to join him. Life is not worth living without Kai. Now that he's here, he can trap Kai in his prison and they can enter an illusion to continue their school life from before... and be together...forever...
Kai has the option to accept. though he intends for them to just hang together and not do the whole trapped in his prison thing, but of course Jigiswalt does not give him the option and traps him in his illusion where high school lasts forever. Fucked up, I know.
In the correct option though, Kai tells him to wake up and live in the present. They're in a new world so they should take this chance to live new lives. And that even if they are reincarnated, it doesn't change Kai's feelings... that he loves Jigiswalt as his (platonic) bestest buddy. To prove this, he KISSES HIM ON THE LIPS??? Okay... however he still insists that well they should focus on the future and whatever comes can come later and that he's still sorting all the yaoi stuff out.
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| yaoi kai moment |
They exit the reality marble and of course the team was crazy worried, so Kai explains that Jigiswalt's his bestest friend from his past life. This pisses the entire team off and they refuse to accept it. Jigiswalt accepts he did some fucked up shit and decides to spend some time atoning, but will return for Kai in the future if he hasn't decided on a boyfriend yet.
God also appears and tells them that he won the battle, so Jigiswalt is relieved of his demon lord duties. However Kai is not relived of his hero duties. He must continue to be an uke. Kai is flabbergasted.
Time skip to later on, everyone is still passionately in lvoe with Kai and he's still tip toeing around it all without committing to anyone. Siegvolt has also joined the party, though yeah Kai still just wants to keep things E for Everyone.
THE END
FINAL THOUGHTS
That's it... WHERE'S THE ROMANCE.. ANYTHING? KISS?? Like even the single kiss scene didn't feel romantic at all it's crazy. He should have fucked Welner fr though. Or his swords... sorry.
Anyways, that's it.
Okay spoilers end here.
The END!!!!!!!
I NEED A BETTER YAOI TO READ... SOMETHING WITH... Y'know... GEX. Maybe. MY MENTAL IS IN SHAMBLES!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE SO AMNY FUCKING EMAILS TO ANSWER AT WORK TOMORROW TOO...
Anyways, we'll see.
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