Plot
Cupid Parasite starts off with a Young Woman name Lynette Mirror, who is a the Top Bridal Adviser for Cupid Corporation located in Los York.
One day she got called in by her Boss and Founder Shelby Snail (voiced by KENN) in assigning her to help out with these five Men who are called among the workers in Cupid Corporation call “The Parasite 5”.
Lynette’s Goal is to help the members of the Parasite 5 in finding their perfect match in anyway she can while along the way finding out more about them and their troubling issues.
My take
Playing Cupid Parasite was an enjoyable read for me and seeing how relatable the LIs are in this Otome. With out going too deep into spoilers territory, the two Characters that I can relate with the most is Ryuki and Shelby. I could do a rant post of why Ryuki and Shelby hit too close to home for me especially Shelby. Since even to this day we live in a time now where there is a Strong movement of Adults who want to live ether the DINK or SINK lifestyle or in shorts they just want to be Child-Free and have no shame in it.
(And sadly even people on the Internet guilt trip or shame these Individuals who strongly choose to be Child-Free. Well shame on them for shaming or guilting others who want to live how they happily want to live, but also me where I want to stay out of the heat from watching the hot take from the sidelines. I don't like getting into heated conflicts unless is justified.)
Along with dealing with Society's pressure in what is expected from not only Women but Men as well, which this hits hard for me as I get older having where i'm having a type of Crisis thinking of what Society expect of me as a "Age something" Year old Woman and I need to do this at this age or that age. Along with showing accuracy of what is going on this present day.
(Aside from hearing Celebrities and Social Media Influencers flexing on being Baby-mamas).
Divorce rates dropping like crazy, Individuals choose to rely on Dating Apps and Websites to find the love of their life if those Individuals are desperate in wanting to find someone if their friends or family can’t even help hook them up a date. Despite the moments that hit close to home thier the comic humor to get your mind off the moment that made you feel called out. I enjoyed the Humor but not as much as I enjoy the Steamy moments in each route.
I love the music in the game, especially Shelby’s theme intro I could happily dance to it until I get tired that is really good. 💗
Fair warning
This Otome game is not like most Otome and Visual Novels where you have only a Good and Bad ending. Cupid Parasite as well as some Otome games that I won’t mention in this review have multiple endings. For Cupid Parasite they have is:
Love ending
Bad ending
Wrong Love type ending (As what I would call it)
Base on how you score from the Love test that you have to do in the Otome and depending on how you score will reviled the outcome base on who you choose. And if you end up getting this Type and your like
"Ew, I don't want to play this LI's route, I want to play the LI that catch my interest"
That's great because then you will get the Wrong Love type end and you will get a good surprised in the end and no I'm not being Sarcastic. You will not get any punishment for doing that because you will earn a special CG and another Spoiler surprised when you finish the route.
So if you complete this entire game without having to going back using a Walk-thru because you ether missing some CGs or Events then I give you a standing ovation. Giving you applause is not enough, you deserve a standing ovation, because I don’t think I could complete this Otome if it wasn’t for a Walk thru. So if you play this game with out using a Walk-thru is a possibility that you may or may not miss a lot of Events or CGs.
Route Tier
To rank the route in Tiers
S Riyuki, Shelby, and Allen
I didn’t expect I would love Allen's route so much. His Route was really good that I actually wish his Route was the True Route, because with out going into any spoilers Allen has a more deeper connection with Lynette then Gil dose. His route is replay value worthy in my personal opinion, same with Riyuki and maybe I feel that way because I have the same love type as him. I already talk about Shelby in My take why I put him into S-tier.
I almost was going to put Raul’s route in B tier, when I played his Route for the first time I couldn't get into since it wasn’t as engaging as Riyuki, Shelby, and Allen’s route. But it was a good and interesting route on top of that his CGs were hot, so he deserve to be put in A tier. Is worth replaying his route again especially Gill's.
The Secret route charter’s route was cute, but I can’t say is replay value. Despite that I love Nobuhiko's Performance playing the Secret route Character. Nobuhiko-San made me really love Chii and Peter, especially Chii.
I really love Lynette as a MC and it makes me want to root for her in what she is trying to accomplish as a Top Bridal adviser and proving to her Dad that she got what it takes to help people find Love with out using her Bow and Arrow. And I have a similar drive when theirs something I want to go after and refuse to accept defeat until I can't do anymore that I can.
Overall
I recommend getting Cupid Parasite if you:
*Love Rom-Coms
*Greek Mythology
*Romantic moments
*Plot-Twists.
I don’t recommenced playing Cupid Parasite if you:
*Don’t like Rom-Coms
*Playing Routes that hits too close to home.
At first I though those were the only thing I can think of cons for playing Cupid Parasite, but if you don’t like playing an Otome or Visual Novel with a lot of Endings that your trying to figure out how to unlock. I don’t think that would be a deal breaker, but I know everyone has diffrent taste in how they love to play thier Otome. Some love playing it Short and Sweet, some love to play it Long and Fun. But this is not a problematic Otome game, Theres no Trigger Warning, The Steam is there, The Sweet-ness is there.
Thank you so much for reading my in depth Review, I hope you enjoy the Cupid Parasite especially when you get it at really good sell. I already bought the FD and can't wait to play it. 💘
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