A summary to the family relationships in Voltage Inc stories
I once posted about how the MCs from Voltage Inc are mostly mentally healthy girls from complete families, with both parents being more than adequate and usually with siblings. The statistics for the games I am writing for are like this:
Her Love in the Force: Two alive parents that are good at parenting and an alive sibling good at "siblinging"
Irresistible Mistakes: Two alive parents that are good at parenting and an alive sibling that briefly mentioned
Oops! I Said Yes?!: Two alive parents that are adequate at parenting
Plust: Love U So True: Two alive parents that seem to be good at parenting
Romance MD: Always on Call: ... She is the one whose family status can be compared to the LIs
Tokyo Love Hustle: I don't remember, but I'm not sure both her parents are alive
So, out of 7 MCs, only one and a half (if anyone remembers TLH's MC's backstory, tell me what's up with her) have a tragic backstory regarding their families, which makes up around 80% of MCs with no family trauma. If we take more MCs, then it probably is 85%. Now, let's see how we are with the boys. (I don't remember or know all their stories, so correct me if I wrote something wrong).
Alive parents with alive siblings (if they have any): Seiji Goto, Toshiaki Kijima, Toma Kiriya, Natsume Asaoka, Kuranosuke Kiba, Shu Hasunuma, Munechika Takado
Alive parents with dead siblings: Shusuke Soma
Alive parents with dead siblings and questionable love for them: Eiji Takao, Tetsuya Hosho, Sentaro Kyogoku
Alive parents with questionable love for their children: Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Ukyo Senkawa, Kunihiro Kasai, Sui Claude Saigu, Mikoto Amamitsu, Kaede Ekuni
Another fatherless child with his dad away: Hyogo Kaga (he can fall in the previous category too), Taku Hayama
Adopted orphan: Ayumu Shinonome, Rei Kamiki, Keita Mitsuura, Go Okubo, Daimon Togo, Toshiki Kasumi, Suzumu Mado
Adopted orphan with dead siblings: Takaomi Tsugaru
Adopted orphan with dead siblings and questionable relationship with the parents whose at least one adopted parent died: Hideki Ishigami
Not adopted orphan: Jun Araki, Taro Akuchi
Characters about whom I don't remember/know anything (please, tell me in the comments what's up with them): Jin Namba, Toru Kurosawa, Eiichi Matsunaga
Status unknown (please, tell me if you know anything): Ryoga Buto
So, here we have 35 characters. The ones about whom I don't know anything don't fall into the first category, from what I remember. And even if we put the last one in the first category, we still have a rate of 23% with no family trauma. By games, it looks like this:
Her Love in the Force: No trauma = 12,5% (1/8)
Irresistible Mistakes: No trauma = 30% (3/10)
Oops! I Said Yes?!: No trauma = 33,3% (2/6)
Plust: Loving U So True: No trauma = 66,6% (2/3)
Romance MD: Always on Call: No trauma = 16,6% (1/6)
Tokyo Love Hustle: No trauma = 0% (0/2)
Besides the fact that we don't have information about Ryoga yet, these are still not accurate because Kuranosuke theoretically falls into the "No family trauma" category, even if this man has trauma regarding his family and his entire personality can be explained by his family's behavior towards him.
Even the story with the "happiest" families (Plust with 66,6%) isn't close to MCs' 80%.
I want MCs with traumas who went through something and overcame it. And if Voltage Inc likes to make it hard from the beginning, using their families, then there it be. I don't want men characters who went through hell and back to come to MC so that she could fix them. I want MC to have her struggles that don't involve her man. Women's lives don't revolve around their men. They can have struggles outside their relationship.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that it is important to support your partner and everything. I like how the LIs have character development. But if you look at these games, MCs' lives seem so good and careless before meeting their SO. Their problems begin after men appear in their lives. They go through problems that aren't as serious as their partners, while the men save the day and are named heroes.
The family thing is only ONE aspect of the traumas that Voltage gives to MEN in their stories. There are so many struggles that a woman can go through: toxic exes, physically present but morally absent parents (especially fathers), high expectations, double standards, and sexual harassment.
I have had a pretty normal life compared to Voltage Inc men's. But I still can't identify myself with the MCs in here. I'm only 21, and I have seen more sh*t than the MC from "Her Love in the Force" when she entered the Academy. It makes me uncomfortable when I play for a plant from a greenhouse whose strongest personality trait at 23+ is naivety.
I want to live in a world with parents that love me nonetheless, there's no depression, sexual harassment, toxic relationships, messy breakups, divorces, bad relationships with siblings, mental illnesses, double standards, or high expectations. But it's not possible right now, and I want to see problems depicted in fiction to know that I am not alone.
I want to see a LI who goes out of his way to help MC with her problems, at least sometimes. I don't live on this earth to save men from themselves. I also want to have support to overcome my problems.
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Games: Her Love in the Force, Irresistible Mistakes, Oops! I Said Yes?!, Romance MD: Always on Call, Tokyo Love Hustle.
Characters: Jin Namba, Hideki Ishigami, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Takaomi Tsugaru, Seiji Goto, Ayumu Shinonome, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Jun Araki, Toshiaki Kijima, Rei Kamiki, Toma Kiriya, Keita Mitsuura, Taku Hayama, Natsume Asaoka, Go Okubo, Ukyo Senkawa, Daimon Togo, Kunihiro Kasai, Kuranosuke Kiba, Eiji Takao, Shu Hasunuma, Eiichi Matsunaga, Toshiki Kasumi, Munechika Takado, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Sentaro Kyogoku, Taro Akuchi, Aiji Mamonaka, Harushige Chikuma, Ayataka Shiki, Suzumu Mado
Never eats the last piece of something: Hideki Ishigami, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Seiji Goto, Toshiaki Kijima, Natsume Asaoka, Go Okubo, Daimon Togo, Kunihiro Kasai, Eiichi Matsunaga, Toshiki Kasumi, Tetsuya Hosho, Taro Akuchi, Aiji Mamonaka, Harushige Chikuma
Remembers the birthdays of important people for MC: Hideki Ishigami, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Ayumu Shinonome, Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Jun Araki, Toshiaki Kijima, Keita Mitsuura, Daimon Togo, Kuranosuke Kiba, Eiji Takao, Shu Hasunuma, Toshiki Kasumi, Munechika Takado, Sentaro Kyogoku, Aiji Mamonaka, Harushige Chikuma
Puts MC's phone to charge during night if she hasn't done it: Hideki Ishigami, Shusuke Soma, Jun Araki, Toshiaki Kijima, Keita Mitsuura, Natsume Asaoka, Daimon Togo, Kuranosuke Kiba, Eiji Takao, Shu Hasunuma, Toshiki Kasumi, Munechika Takado, Aiji Mamonaka, Harushige Chikuma
Warms MC's side of the bed during cold seasons: Jin Namba, Hideki Ishigami, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Shunichiro Tachibana, Jun Araki, Toshiaki Kijima, Rei Kamiki, Toma Kiriya, Natsume Asaoka, Ukyo Senkawa, Daimon Togo, Kunihiro Kasai, Kuranosuke Kiba, Shu Hasunuma, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Taro Akuchi, Aiji Mamonaka, Harushige Chikuma
Buys pads in advance: Jin Namba, Hideki Ishigami, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Ayumu Shinonome, Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Jun Araki, Toshiaki Kijima, Toma Kiriya, Taku Hayama, Natsume Asaoka, Go Okubo, Ukyo Senkawa, Daimon Togo, Kuranosuke Kiba, Eiji Takao, Eiichi Matsunaga, Toshiki Kasumi, Munechika Takado, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Sentaro Kyogoku, Aiji Mamonaka, Harushige Chikuma
Has pads in his bathroom even before MC moved in with him (some of his friends got that he has a girlfriend because of this): Jin Namba, Hideki Ishigami, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Yukihisa Maki, Jun Araki, Toshiaki Kijima, Toma Kiriya, Taku Hayama, Natsume Asaoka, Go Okubo, Eiichi Matsunaga, Toshiki Kasumi, Munechika Takado, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Sentaro Kyogoku, Taro Akuchi, Aiji Mamonaka, Harushige Chikuma, Suzumu Mado
Lets MC choose the music in the car: Jin Namba, Hideki Ishigami, Seiji Goto, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Toshiaki Kijima, Natsume Asaoka, Daimon Togo, Kunihiro Kasai, Eiichi Matsunaga, Toshiki Kasumi, Tetsuya Hosho, Taro Akuchi, Aiji Mamonaka, Harushige Chikuma
Plays with MC's hair every time she is in his closest proximity: Jin Namba, Shusuke Soma, Takaomi Tsugaru, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Toshiaki Kijima, Rei Kamiki, Taku Hayama, Go Okubo, Ukyo Senkawa, Kunihiro Kasai, Shu Hasunuma, Eiichi Matsunaga, Toshiki Kasumi, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Ayataka Shiki, Suzumu Mado
Tightens his grip around MC when he feels she is dangerously close to falling from the bed during the night: Jin Namba, Hideki Ishigami, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Ayumu Shinonome, Jun Araki, Toshiaki Kijima, Ukyo Senkawa, Daimon Togo, Kunihiro Kasai, Kuranosuke Kiba, Eiji Takao, Shu Hasunuma, Toshiki Kasumi, Munechika Takado, Taro Akuchi, Harushige Chikuma
Lets MC take the first bite of everything he has: Hideki Ishigami, Shusuke Soma, Takaomi Tsugaru (just to piss her off), Seiji Goto, Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Toshiaki Kijima, Daimon Togo, Eiichi Matsunaga, Kaede Ekuni, Taro Akuchi, Aiji Mamonaka, Harushige Chikuma
Doesn't tell MC if she has something on her face, instead wipes it away by himself: Hyogo Kaga, Takaomi Tsugaru, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Jun Araki, Rei Kamiki, Natsume Asaoka, Ukyo Senkawa, Kunihiro Kasai, Kuranosuke Kiba, Toshiki Kasumi, Munechika Takado, Sentaro Kyogoku, Taro Akuchi, Suzumu Mado
When they have to walk in narrow places, stays behind MC to prevent someone from harassing her: Jin Namba, Hideki Ishigami, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Takaomi Tsugaru, Seiji Goto, Ayumu Shinonome, Toru Kurosawa, Jun Araki, Toshiaki Kijima, Taku Hayama, Daimon Togo, Kuranosuke Kiba, Munechika Takado, Taro Akuchi, Aiji Mamonaka, Harushige Chikuma
If he doesn't know what thing of common use to choose, always takes what MC likes the most: Jin Namba, Hideki Ishigami, Seiji Goto, Toru Kurosawa, Toshiaki Kijima, Taku Hayama, Natsume Asaoka, Go Okubo, Daimon Togo, Kunihiro Kasai, Shu Hasunuma, Eiichi Matsunaga, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Taro Akuchi
Lifts MC up every time they hug tightly, even if they are in public: Jin Namba, Shusuke Soma, Takaomi Tsugaru, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Keita Mitsuura, Taku Hayama, Ukyo Senkawa, Daimon Togo, Kunihiro Kasai, Tetsuya Hosho, Taro Akuchi
Always arrive first at a date: Hideki Ishigami, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Seiji Goto, Ayumu Shinonome, Toshiaki Kijima, Natsume Asaoka, Daimon Togo, Kuranosuke Kiba, Eiji Takao, Toshiki Kasumi, Munechika Takado, Sentaro Kyogoku, Taro Akuchi, Harushige Chikuma
Wakes MC up himself instead of the alarm: Hideki Ishigami, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Ayumu Shinonome, Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Jun Araki, Toshiaki Kijima, Taku Hayama, Natsume Asaoka, Ukyo Senkawa, Daimon Togo, Kuranosuke Kiba, Eiji Takao, Eiichi Matsunaga, Toshiki Kasumi, Munechika Takado, Tetsuya Hosho, Sentaro Kyogoku, Aiji Mamonaka, Harushige Chikuma, Ayataka Shiki
If MC has a fixable wardrobe malfunction, he fixes it before she even observes: Hideki Ishigami, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Shunichiro Tachibana, Toshiaki Kijima, Keita Mitsuura, Taku Hayama, Go Okubo, Ukyo Senkawa, Daimon Togo, Eiji Takao, Toshiki Kasumi, Munechika Takado, Kaede Ekuni, Sentaro Kyogoku, Aiji Mamonaka, Harushige Chikuma, Ayataka Shiki
Every time MC is busy and he is bored, he goes to her and puts his head on her shoulder, usually from behind: Jin Namba, Takaomi Tsugaru, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Rei Kamiki, Keita Mitsuura, Taku Hayama, Go Okubo, Ukyo Senkawa, Kunihiro Kasai, Eiji Takao, Eiichi Matsunaga, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Ayataka Shiki, Suzumu Mado
Doesn't smoke near MC: Seiji Goto (he used to smoke in his 1st season and in My Sweet Bodyguard), Toshiaki Kijima, Kuranosuke Kiba, Suzumu Mado
If they are playing board/card games and he can win or make a draw, he always makes a draw: Hideki Ishigami, Seiji Goto, Yukihisa Maki, Toshiaki Kijima, Go Okubo, Kunihiro Kasai, Eiichi Matsunaga, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Taro Akuchi, Aiji Mamonaka
Randomly sings old love songs every time MC is near them: Jin Namba, Shusuke Soma, Takaomi Tsugaru, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Toma Kiriya, Keita Mitsuura, Go Okubo, Ukyo Senkawa, Kunihiro Kasai, Shu Hasunuma, Eiichi Matsunaga, Tetsuya Hosho, Ayataka Shiki
Tucks MC to sleep and puts the blanket over her every time she is sleeping or napping. Does it even if it's hot outside, just to mess with her: Jin Namba, Takaomi Tsugaru, Ayumu Shinonome, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Rei Kamiki, Toma Kiriya, Keita Mitsuura, Taku Hayama, Ukyo Senkawa, Shu Hasunuma, Toshiki Kasumi, Kaede Ekuni, Sentaro Kyogoku, Ayataka Shiki, Suzumu Mado
Texts or calls MC, even if she is in the closest proximity to him, to get her attention: Takaomi Tsugaru, Ayumu Shinonome, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Jun Araki, Rei Kamiki, Toma Kiriya, Keita Mitsuura, Eiji Takao, Shu Hasunuma, Tetsuya Hosho, Sentaro Kyogoku, Ayataka Shiki, Suzumu Mado
Tickles MC to get her attention: Jin Namba, Shusuke Soma, Takaomi Tsugaru, Ayumu Shinonome, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Toma Kiriya, Keita Mitsuura, Taku Hayama, Ukyo Senkawa, Kunihiro Kasai, Kuranosuke Kiba, Shu Hasunuma, Toshiki Kasumi, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Sentaro Kyogoku, Ayataka Shiki, Suzumu Mado
Repairs or at least tries to repair the broken things in the house (by going to therapy. JK, JK): Hideki Ishigami, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Jun Araki, Toshiaki Kijima, Keita Mitsuura, Daimon Togo, Kuranosuke Kiba, Eiji Takao, Munechika Takado, Taro Akuchi, Harushige Chikuma
Every time he wants MC to try a snack or get a bite of something, he puts it directly under her nose and pushes it to her: Hyogo Kaga, Takaomi Tsugaru, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Rei Kamiki, Toma Kiriya, Keita Mitsuura, Taku Hayama, Go Okubo, Ukyo Senkawa, Kunihiro Kasai, Kuranosuke Kiba, Shu Hasunuma, Toshiki Kasumi, Munechika Takado, Sentaro Kyogoku, Ayataka Shiki, Suzumu Mado
Sends MC pics of the sunset/sunrise if he is away from her: Hideki Ishigami, Shusuke Soma, Seiji Goto, Shunichiro Tachibana, Toshiaki Kijima, Rei Kamiki, Keita Mitsuura, Natsume Asaoka, Go Okubo, Ukyo Senkawa, Kunihiro Kasai, Kuranosuke Kiba, Eiji Takao, Shu Hasunuma, Toshiki Kasumi, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Harushige Chikuma, Ayataka Shiki
Invites MC to dance when they are chilling together: Jin Namba, Shusuke Soma, Takaomi Tsugaru, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Keita Mitsuura, Taku Hayama, Go Okubo, Ukyo Senkawa, Kunihiro Kasai, Shu Hasunuma, Eiichi Matsunaga, Tetsuya Hosho, Aiji Mamonaka, Ayataka Shiki
Takes secret photos of MC when he thinks she is cute: Hideki Ishigami, Shusuke Soma, Takaomi Tsugaru, Ayumu Shinonome, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Rei Kamiki, Toma Kiriya, Keita Mitsuura, Taku Hayama, Go Okubo, Ukyo Senkawa, Daimon Togo, Kunihiro Kasai, Shu Hasunuma, Munechika Takado, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Sentaro Kyogoku, Ayataka Shiki
Chill in the bath together without any sexual innuendoes: Hideki Ishigami, Seiji Goto, Ayumu Shinonome, Toshiaki Kijima, Rei Kamiki, Toma Kiriya, Natsume Asaoka, Go Okubo, Daimon Togo, Kuranosuke Kiba, Eiji Takao, Shu Hasunuma, Eiichi Matsunaga, Toshiki Kasumi, Munechika Takado, Kaede Ekuni, Sentaro Kyogoku, Taro Akuchi, Harushige Chikuma, Suzumu Mado
Talks with her in a baby voice when she is just woken up: Jin Namba, Hideki Ishigami, Takaomi Tsugaru, Seiji Goto, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Keita Mitsuura, Taku Hayama, Ukyo Senkawa, Kunihiro Kasai, Eiichi Matsunaga, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Ayataka Shiki, Suzumu Mado
Reads aloud funny passages, or things that remind him of her: Hideki Ishigami, Shusuke Soma, Ayumu Shinonome, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Rei Kamiki, Toma Kiriya, Keita Mitsuura, Go Okubo, Ukyo Senkawa, Kunihiro Kasai, Toshiki Kasumi, Tetsuya Hosho, Sentaro Kyogoku, Aiji Mamonaka, Suzumu Mado
Plans dates about which tells MC last minute: Jin Namba, Hyogo Kaga, Shusuke Soma, Takaomi Tsugaru, Toru Kurosawa, Yukihisa Maki, Rei Kamiki, Ukyo Senkawa, Kunihiro Kasai, Toshiki Kasumi, Tetsuya Hosho, Kaede Ekuni, Sentaro Kyogoku, Ayataka Shiki, Suzumu Mado
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