If the story involves the kidnapping of a heroine, how would the reactions vary?
The response would differ depending on whether the person encountering the content is a ‘player,’ a ‘viewer,’ or a ‘reader.’
In games, it’s quite common for heroines to be kidnapped.
For example, in some games, a princess heroine is kidnapped in every series for decades, making heroine kidnapping sometimes a central theme of the main story.
If it’s a movie audience, the kidnapping would likely be used as a device for the protagonist to shine in a crisis.
The enemy’s organization would kidnap the heroine and hold her hostage, leading to a scene where the protagonist drives aggressively, kills all the organization members, and rescues the heroine.
But what if the audience is a reader?
And what if it’s a web novel?
– A kidnapped heroine can no longer be considered a heroine!
It would cause an uproar.
I won’t go into detail about the nature of this uproar, but if the kidnapper is a male character rather than a female, the comment section would probably be in flames.
In a game called “Esdinas of Heaven”, there is such a character.
A mid-boss specializing in hypnosis, brainwashing, and drugs: [Regif].
As a mid-boss in a medieval fantasy Academy game, Regif is a character who, out of envy and jealousy towards the protagonist who joined the academy as a new student, kidnaps the heroine. He is a blonde, tanned scoundrel.
– Can’t you stop the Regif b*stard? It’s so shitty every time a heroine is kidnapped.
Players also expressed a lot of displeasure.
It’s understandable; Regif looks like the usual blond delinquent.
Even from just looking in the mirror.
His hair is fortunately (?) not short and spiky from sports but neatly combed, though his bangs are long enough to cover his eyes along with his eyebrows.
Someone once said that Regif, this commoner character, is a device specifically designed to make players uncomfortable.
– The production team must be old-timers; they’ve made the heroine get kidnapped by a blond delinquent and made us play through rescuing her.
I agree.
Among the production team, there must be someone who experienced having a favorite older student, older sister, or classmate being abducted by a bully, only to see that bully eventually putting his hands on the woman he liked and disappearing to some secluded place a few days later.
Or perhaps the main director of the game has such tastes.
Of course, such scenes don’t actually appear in the game.
Even though the heroine is kidnapped, she resists fiercely, and the protagonist rushes to rescue her before Regif can do anything suspicious.
In the process, Regif becomes a ‘demon’ through a contract with the ‘Demon King’, leading to a boss fight. The protagonist solidifies their relationship with the rescued heroine, and an event where the heroine ‘awakens’ unfolds.
That’s right.
Regif is literally a ‘plot device’.
He creates a crisis situation where the protagonist and the heroine are separated, and he’s created to trigger an event where the heroine awakens her clear affection for the protagonist and becomes stronger.
From the moment he was first designed, Regif was prepared to be killed by the protagonist.
And in the secondary creation sphere, he is a character even more popular than the protagonist among those with a certain preference.
– Isn’t it ‘common sense’ that Regif NTRs the heroine?
ㄴ Block this b*stard.
The blond and tanned delinquent.
The epitome of NTR.
Even though it’s an RPG set in a medieval fantasy background, the game’s foundation being an otome game means there was secondary creation, and this secondary creation was significantly fueled by the ‘200 billion upon clearing’ bait thrown by the developers.
Was the game quality bad?
No.
There were some drawbacks due to the otome elements, but as a character RPG, it was an outstanding piece of work.
While the main story revolves around ‘defeating the Demon King with your companions’, the story changes constantly depending on the protagonist’s choices, offering a variety of routes that allow different playthroughs each time.
It’s as if the world is fixed up to the start of the academy, but the world that unfolds afterward deals with numerous parallel worlds.
The settings and character traits of the heroines, the supporting and antagonist characters’ narratives were also quite excellent.
– Even though I played the game because of the 200 billion bait, this game would have been a GOTY contender even without such promotion.
So much so that it actually achieved quite good results in the ‘Game of the Year.’
– If it weren’t for the otome elements, this game would have been chosen by every gaming magazine.
Even Western discussions mentioned such things, so the game quality was truly excellent.
I didn’t play through to the 999th round for no reason.
The achievement of 99.99% in ending and event collection was partly due to the thought ‘I’ve come this far, I might as well get the 200 billion,’ but until reaching about 90%, the game itself was enjoyable.
Who will be the main heroine?
Who will be the companion?
Which heroine will be the enemy, and what will be their relationship with the main heroine?
Will the supporting characters become a couple, sworn brothers, or future in-laws?
Will the characters abandoned in the beginning appear as reinforcements in the later stages for their own reasons, or will they be corrupted by the devil’s temptation and appear as minions?
– Did the developers actually make this game with a multiverse concept? Or not? lol
There’s even a joke about this, showing how diverse the game’s routes were.
Amidst this ever-changing variety, there are three things that remain unchanged.
One.
The protagonist is a male character.
Two.
Regif kidnaps the most likable female character ‘by any means’, and the heroine route is determined as that character awakens.
Three.
The awakened main heroine becomes an ‘angel’, and only beings with the power of this angel can injure the Demon King.
In other words.
The easiest and fastest way to save this world is by having the golden-haired Regif kidnap the protagonist’s lover or love interest, leading to a narrative where the protagonist rescues her, awakening her as an angel, and then killing Regif.
“Master Regif, what are you thinking about?”
“Survival.”
“…??”
And I am Regif.
Currently. Regif, age 7.
After regaining consciousness, I realized that I have become the person who, in the future, must “NTR the heroine and be killed by the protagonist” to create the opportunity to save the world.
Time remaining: roughly 10 years and a bit more.
I’m screwed.
* * *
I don’t know much about the character Regif.
Specifically, while I’m well aware of ‘Regif after entering the Academy,’ I only have a brief understanding of his background before that.
Status: commoner. Presumed to be from a fallen noble family.
The hypnosis, brainwashing, and drugs he specializes in were provided by the background that sent him to the academy.
Isn’t the picture clear?
‘He was a noble who fell into ruin early on, wandered the world as a fallen aristocrat, and eventually made a pact with the Demon King to hinder the protagonist’s forces.’
That’s the kind of past Regif has.
Although there are elements that might make someone say, “Actually, this guy wasn’t so bad!” his actions in the original story make you naturally want to say, “Just kill him.”
Depending on the route, the boss battle against Regif generally falls into three patterns.
One: A fight against Regif, who has become a demon through the Demon King’s schemes.
As a boss fight, it’s quite challenging, but apart from the heroine being held hostage, it isn’t particularly unpleasant.
Two: A battle against Regif, who has turned the hypnotized and brainwashed heroine into his subordinate.
Although the heroine temporarily becomes an enemy in this scenario, after rescuing her, Regif collapses as if he were a man who’d been NTRed, making him relatively easy to defeat.
Three: A fight against Regif while the heroine is addicted to drugs.
This is the most frustrating scenario.
Why, you ask?
‘Isn’t it bad enough that the heroine is kidnapped, but now there’s the added element of drugs?’
Most of the R-18 tags in secondary creations come from this part.
Regif, drugs, and the captive heroine.
Some people even say, ‘Once the heroine is captured, she’s no longer the heroine of that route.’
And to avoid upsetting players with this view, there are cases where the kidnapped heroine is thoroughly defiled.
‘There’s a route where the protagonist takes care of the defiled heroine, and another where he abandons her and immediately starts a relationship with another heroine.’
It’s as if the game even created a route that allows players to make such choices, respecting such tastes.
Especially in the latter case, after this route was discovered, it led to the creation of a “heroine-killing routine.”
Throw the disliked heroine to Regif, awaken her as an angel with the angelic essence—
‘Then make the angel go berserk and turn her into [Apocalypse].’
Apocalypse.
If a heroine with the power of an angel has a mental breakdown, if you don’t kill her, the world will be destroyed.
The [Angel] is a power given by that God to oppose the Demon King in this world, but it also holds the potential to destroy not only the Demon King but the entire world.
Moreover, this power can be transferred to another heroine by killing a fallen angel who has become the [Apocalypse] and granting that heroine the power of the angel.
Based on this, there’s actually an ending route where players deliberately kill a disliked heroine, keep their favorite as a side character, and then give her the angelic power to make her the main heroine.
In short.
To summarize.
I have to avoid the original Regif’s “Golden-Haired Delinquent Heroine NTR Kidnapping” event, escape my death, and at the same time, help the protagonist and heroine fall in love so that the heroine can awaken as an angel.
Otherwise, the Demon King will descend upon this world, enslaving all of humanity and claiming the land.
This must be prevented at all costs.
The Demon King isn’t a busty, white-haired female character, nor a woman with blue skin and a snake’s lower body.
The Demon King is male.
And he doesn’t discriminate between men and women.
He treats humans like ants, but he also does unspeakable things with them.
‘This cannot happen.’
So, while there may be several methods, the immediate goals are twofold.
One.
At least one person must be awakened as an angel.
To bring forth the divine power necessary to oppose the Demon King.
Two.
Prevent the heroine who becomes an angel from having a mental breakdown and going berserk.
To avoid the destruction of the world by a being powerful enough to kill the Demon King.
Therefore, from this point at age 7, having been reincarnated as Regif, I must prepare extensively before entering the Academy….
“Son.”
“Yes, Father.”
“You are the son of the proud Count Habsderk family.”
…Habs?
“Brother.”
And behind me.
“What’s wrong?”
One of the main heroines.
