Hmm, well!  I guess I can form more complete thoughts than 'moar game prz' if that's what we're doing.<em>Maybe</em>.<br/><br/><strong>Ichigo:</strong>There's so many layers to the incest/Doll thing that it's hard not to love.  The great thing about it is that it's insidious in the way it makes you accidentally push or question your own boundaries; normally, I'd say incest is wrong (but not Wrong [tm]), but instead I find myself asking, "Is it wrong if they were created and not born?  Is incest a purely genetic concern, or is it about positions of trust and authority?  Are they 'related' enough for it to count?"  And you know, as soon as you start asking those sort of questions, someone's doing something right.  That's part of what erotic horror is about, I think.<br/><br/>Also, I apologize in advance for the fact that I'm going to jump Sanro's bones like he's a skeleton pinata.  I don't want to get in the middle of the incest-triangle, but I need him to complete the Hot for Teacher Achievement!  It's 30 Gamer Points!<br/><br/><strong>Masato:</strong>You always need a Big Guy.  Okay, it's more of a shonen trope, but I watch way too much shonen anime anyway, so it sort of bleeds into my thought process on<em>any</em>type of anime.  I like that he's got a built-in 'tick' to get him involved in the action; that's not something I imagine you get with male characters as often, as the assumption seems to be 'if the opportunity is there, that's all they need', but that's more of a porn-movie assumption than a porn-game assumption and not necessarily safe to make.  Also, I like the Buddy Cop dynamic with him and Matt.  Aside from the obvious 'brains and brawn' aspect, you have the fact that Masato (despite his flaws) is basically a good-hearted person who<em>seems</em>terrible, while Matt is a much sleazier sort who gets mistaken for being good because he's a bit nerdish.<br/><br/><strong>Matt:</strong>As above, he pairs up well with Masato.  He makes a good 'fulcrum', and not just for Masato; he's a character that's good at making things happen proactively, and has the right 'ticks' to drag other people into it along with him, which is very useful.  A game like this where the 'party' almost<em>isn't</em>a party really requires more mileage out of those sort of character traits, because people need to have an excuse to get to the action and to do what they do.  I'm not quite sure how to articulate his morality--I don't know a good 'Christian' definition for someone who's good when it<em>really</em>counts but sort of sleazy when it comes to small, less important things (the dictionary recommends 'vicious' but that's no good)--but it works well, and hopefully will help keep him in the right kinds of trouble.<br/><br/><strong>Jessica:</strong>I like that she's the proverbial 'straight man', as compared to Hikari and Ichigo, with their built-in flaws that push them toward more erotic sorts of scenes.  Those kinds of flaws are good for making sure there aren't lulls in the action, because they make it easier to introduce 'interludes' during slow sections, but they can also dampen the actual horror of scenes as well; it's just not as terrible when Hikari's being molested as a demon, because she<em>is</em>part demon and it's almost in her nature.  The fact that I think of her as being Lady from Devil May Cry, of course, makes me love her immensely.  Even if she's not as angry, has fewer rocket launchers, and<em>probably</em>doesn't have a father who sacrificed her mother to the Devil to become a demon.  Probably.  I mean, it's got to be a 50/50 chance, tops.<br/><br/>Moar game prz!