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Hi there! This is the writer here replying to your comment. Thank you for playing LOVE BAKUDAN. I've given how to reply to this comment some thought, so I hope you can appreciate my honesty.

First of all, regardless of your viewpoint, making comments such as 'none of them feel queer' and 'relationships feel unexpectedly straight' feels thoughtlessly offensive to make directly to developers that are explicitly lesbian. As someone who has even talked about the real problem of heteronormative society, I would hope you can understand why I feel this is such an off-colour comparison to make. I am a lesbian, and I am personally only interested in lesbian stories, which is what I set out to do.

Secondly, I'd like to talk about that viewpoint you mentioned of not seeing them as 'queer'. They are queer. They're gay, in fact. And this is a game that was made by lesbians, with the intention of celebrating being a lesbian without the typical issues or confines that we have to face each day in a patriarchal society. Whether or not you view it as such, it isn't supposed to be defined by the presence OR absence of men. It's not about erasing them; they simply just don't have a place in it, so I chose not to write about them.

Thirdly, I have no interest in adhering to the ways that the real world treats lesbians within the confines of my own stories. This is a game that is just supposed to be a good time and honestly, not as deep as you're trying to make it seem. Every queer person has a different experience with approaching their own identity; this was a reflection of the developers of this game. I've tried to answer your view candidly as you sound like you thought a lot about it as well, so I hope that my point comes across, too.

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Hello again, this is the writer here once more. Thank you for your reply, and I appreciate the apology. I'm glad to hear that you find the game to be a cathartic experience and at large sound like you are enjoying it. I hope that our brief discussion has made it clear of our stance, which is that lesbians (bluntly speaking) never get anything for ourselves, so we simply wanted to do a game with just lesbian characters. Regardless, I won't continue to go over it! I think I've made my point, and I hope you continue to enjoy the game.

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Hi! As a lesbian game dev who also received comments as such I want to give you a big Thank You as simply pressing an upvote makes me feel horrible, you deserve more than this. You did a great job! Not only did you handle it professionally, but also you managed to protect our community as well! I just came across this comment after finishing the game(OMG I can’t decide between Himeko or the handsome Akane is the best girl of Love Bakudan as I love them both!) and I must say that we have many things in common. I don’t know, I just feel that your words awaken something inside me, and it fired up my love for making Yuri! As a lesbian who grew up reading, playing, and listening to lesbian media, your game is one of the gayest things I read! 

All in all, I’m sorry that this happened to you, I don’t think the one who comments this has bad intentions as they spent their valuable time commenting. I admire your point of view and let me just say this: I LOVE YOU! I can’t wait to read Good luck baby when I have time! Best wishes to your studio! Thanks so so much for reading my comment!

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Hey there! Aww, thank you so much - what a lovely comment to receive! We're really touched to read this - thank you for all of the support and very high praise included here, we're very honored! ♥ We truly wish you all the best too!

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Omg tell me about it we literally can never have our own content. It's either straight or it doesn't depict real lesbian relationships aka for the male gaze instead. Good on you for creating this reply and making this point clear! Ugh, and side note, I would say it's between Himeko and Akane for me as my favorite characters. Between Akane's abs and Himekoe's shy cute personality, I just can't lol.  It's just gay panic overload. lol