Hiroyuki is both kind and honest, and is the first to befriend Haru.
Hiroyuki Akiyama, or ‘brown hair’ as Haru likes to call him, works hard as a bartender at Kouichi’s bar. Indeed the saying, ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’, is well suited to this character… in more ways than one. The act of survival is something he values above all else, and the importance of happy memories is something he treasures close to his heart. Being forgetful may actually be a well-practiced convenience. His personality may well have less to do with ‘amnesia’, and more to do with how he was brought up. The whole No, Thank You!!! story revolves around Haru and his actions, and slowly, we learn how extremely capable and complex he really is. Bisexual and confident, he prefers to be the dominant partner in the bedroom. He has principles that are difficult to understand, and a libido that’s seemingly insatiable. Let’s have sex!’ Haru may appear a bit simple, but in reality he’s anything but. Are you in a bad mood? Haru’s sure-fire cure is, ‘ok, I get it. He forgets things very easily and has a very upbeat attitude. Our protagonist, Haru, is an attractive young man surrounded by an unnervingly childish air. My advice is to stick to the ‘true’ endings of routes, and to stay away from any ‘other’ or ‘bad’ endings if you are easily upset. Once you have finished one route, more is revealed on the second, third and so on.
I’ll not ruin the story for you all by revealing spoilers, but I will say that the story isn’t a short one and it is well written. Those scenes where Haru plays happily with a crow? Yeah, that’s symbolism in its most obvious form. Watch out for hints and take note of those double-meanings. It’s not for the fainthearted, but it certainly provides an interesting story. This dark undertone stops any ‘happily ever after’ endings in the game, but they do not end without hinting at hope for the future. There are some very dark themes in No, Thank You!!!, including rape, violence, child abuse and extreme body mutilation. Do not be fooled by Haru’s carefree smile, Kouichi’s kindly demeanour or Maki’s lazy persona. There is nothing particularly offensive about the jokes, and you will find yourself smirking over Haru’s antics, more so perhaps when he receives a roundhouse kick from Ryu or a slap upside the head by Maki for his troubles.Ĭomedy is not the only genre that takes precedence in this game, however. The humour may not be to everyone’s taste, but it has nevertheless been done well and consistent.
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Comments like ‘let me touch your boobs’ or ‘can I squeeze your butt?’ aimed at full grown men, commonly come out of Haru’s mouth. The humour is mostly centred around Haru and his very bubbly, very forward, nature.
Comedy does indeed play a part in this game. On the surface this visual novel looks to be all about the comedy, presenting us with an airhead hero and some grumpy men unwilling to put up with Haru’s advances. His colleagues (and potential love interests) dub the newcomer as Haru. The premise is that the protagonist loses his memories in the accident, and so Kouichi kindly offers to repay his saviour by giving him an apartment and a place to work at his bar until his memories come back. Our protagonist, a young twenty-something male with an impish grin, becomes the victim of this crime by pushing the car’s original target, a burly man named Kouichi, out of the vehicle’s path. No, Thank You!!! throws us right in by starting with a hit-and-run incident. The plot for this game is anything but simple or straightforward. This caution by Manga Gamer is completely understandable, as the failure of Absolute Obedience and Enzai came down to poor sale figures in the end. The reasoning is that No, Thank You!!! should have a wider appeal for buyers, supposedly making it a safer choice in terms of sale figures.
This mixture of audiences is one of the key reasons why Manga Gamer chose No, Thank You!!! as its first BL game. Saying that, No, Thank You!!! has made a great effort to attract male fans, even going as far as to create sexual scenes in the form of male- eroge, rather than the slightly sweeter scenes a fujoshi (female BL fan) may expect. Despite what people may think at first, the genre is less targeted at a male audience (though it does have male fans), and more targeted at a female fan base. BL is a genre where male characters romance other male characters.
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