Since I saw this being released on steam I thought I'd give it a try. Unless it's one of those ML (Master Love) kind of gachas.
coolsnail
Jun 24, 2025 9:31AM
^ it isn't, at least not in the traditional sense. you can play as a female trainer and still get all shippy scenes that exist (varies by girl), and there's at least one girl whose route becomes more intimate with a female trainer (entirely separate route, or exclusive writing...)
(and if that's still not your thing, yeah there's a ton of shippy stuff between the girls themselves that you can focus on. sometimes like in tama's case, that even overshadows the trainer stuff in quantity. i just specify the above because, as somebody who came from imas, it's crazy how lesbian friendly it is)
FluffyCow
Jun 24, 2025 1:48PM
Also this ship art is largely inspired by the current anime, which has nothing to do with anything self insert at all. The current anime is Cinderella Gray, and it's based off a manga about Oguri Cap's legacy. So it can be watched by anyone and as an entry point into the series. I'll check out the game a little bit I think, but I'll enjoy the anime regardless and I'd recommend the anime at the very least.
PineconeJuice
Jun 24, 2025 6:25PM
^^Thanks! A more detailed answer than I expected. I'll give it a go for sure
^I was interested in the game for a bit, and since it's being released on Steam, I thought I would finally try it out. But then I just started wondering if it's not the typical ML gacha, considering it's all horse girls.
FluffyCow
Jun 24, 2025 7:03PM
^Fair yeah. I've seen some of the Western fandom for the gacha being weird (putting it mildly)...but I've also seen some push back. In general I try to avoid a lot of fandom stuff outside of art.
I figure though that if the gacha game doesn't click for you, myself, or anyone else here, it can't hurt to recommend the anime. Which outside of the original Special Week season the anime has just been a solid sports drama imo. So even if I don't like the game I'll keep enjoying the anime releases for now at the very least.
PineconeJuice
Jun 25, 2025 3:28PM
^Cool, I'll check it out then. Most gacha anime are kind of mid. Like I love Arknights, but I won't lie that the anime... Well, it sure exists, I guess. So if Honse girls have a decent anime, I'll be sure to give it a go.
FluffyCow
Jun 25, 2025 4:21PM
^Yeah the Arknights anime is "okay", not as good as it could be but it could be way worse as well with how bad some gacha adaptions are. With Uma Musume it's focus is on the real life sports legacy of the horses, including real life race results, injuries, and other aspects. Where you have the 3 season series on Crunchyroll, season 1 is the just okay season by PA works focusing on Special Week that I think is bit looser with the historical element, and then season 2 and 3 are by Studio Kai, where season 2 focusing on Tokai Teio is great and is the best of those 3 seasons in my opinion, and season 3 focusing Kitasan Black is better then season 1 but not as good as season 2 imo.
Outside of that the main anime going forward are all by Cygame's own anime studio I believe. Where you have "Road to the Top", which is a 4 episode Youtube series focusing on a trio and I love it. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzFNGS7Rcf-PZC8MfcTJX7srArpLdvyfb - it's watchable with subtitles turned on, and the series it's self is the 4 episodes that are 20+ minutes in length.
There's also the movie that came out last year, Beginning of a New Era. I haven't seen it yet but I really want to, I've heard it's incredible. It's coming to AX (anime expo LA) in July, and I hope it will be in theaters in the USA afterwards as I've been holding off on seeing the movie for that reason.
Currently there's the newest anime based off the popular manga Cinderella Gray, which is focusing on Oguri Cap here. This is a series I've been watching on Amazon, and I think it's fantastic so far. It's returning for the next 12 episodes in October I heard.
I think you can watch these pretty much however you want? As they're focusing on different main characters, you could give the 4 episode Youtube series a watch since it's an easily binged introduction, or season 2 on Crunchyroll focusing on Tokai Teio as that season made a lot of people (including myself) fall in love with the anime.
FluffyCow
Jun 25, 2025 4:49PM
As a side note though, I'm kind of hesitant to try the game?
I'm always nervous around Kernel Anti-Cheat, and my friend said this is as invasive as it gets...
Moedred
Jun 25, 2025 5:09PM
Most online games today use kernel-level Anti-Cheats. I can't say about this one, but for example all Hoyogames use Kernel-levels, same like Fortnite, Valorant, WuWa etc. PCGaming have little over 500 games and they are probably not all of them.
FluffyCow
Jun 25, 2025 6:37PM
^I think that's part of why I've been sticking closer to single player / indy games in the last few years. I did play Genshin at one point but stopped, League I stopped playing when they added Kernel, Valorant I only installed briefly at one point for a redeem. It seems like it became the norm...but it still feels weirdly invasive to me.
Aureole
Jun 26, 2025 2:19AM
^^^ Yeah that's super invasive. I almost always gave up on the game entirely or only play its mobile counterpart (if exist) if they choose to force me to install their kernel drivers. It's almost impossible to gain persistent root or kernel privilege on Android or iOS without users actively providing assistance now.
By the way there were known security incidents where computer criminals use HoYoverse' poorly written anti-cheat drivers to evade (or even kill) antivirus detection. If such kernel-level anti-cheat is not written with care it's only a problem of time before it's used as other attackers' backdoor.
Also note that HoYoverse' anti-cheat driver is not automatically removed even if you remove Genshin afterwards. You can remove the driver by executing sc delete mhyprot2 as administrator and (important) reboot your computer.
last edited at Jun 26, 2025 6:44AM
FluffyCow
Jun 26, 2025 2:32AM
^Unfortunately I can't say I'm surprised, I think League had issues involving their kernel anti-cheat after I uninstalled...which was interesting with how some people were really defending Riot when they first announced plans to add it...I thought well that aged badly...
Also thanks for the info!
Aureole
Jun 26, 2025 2:34AM
^ Ahhh extreme game fans, never a suprise^^;
Also searched Riot's anticheat driver (Riot Vanguard?). It's also always loaded even if the game is not being played... which remind me of Genshin. Wish them burn in hell.
^That's why you keep your gaming pc separate from your work laptop. And put your Steam password as "Urmomisfat" so any haxxor that might try will cry and abandon the idea of hacking ur account(s) obviously I'm not being serious
Aureole
Jun 26, 2025 4:43AM
^ I make sure my passwords are like BZkn7TpHD@*tHGcFdez8b2cNDsM and write them down in a ∼∼notebook so everyone trying to break in would either have to physically break in or social engineer me∼∼ password manager.
Edit: Damn, DS didn't support strikethrough in markdown, lmao
last edited at Jun 26, 2025 6:44AM
FluffyCow
Jun 26, 2025 5:20AM
Yeah Riot Vanguard, from my understanding it's not great for various reasons. Also I really don't trust Riot with kernel access, as a company I wouldn't trust Riot to boil water for tea without burning the place down in all honesty lol
coolsnail
Jun 26, 2025 9:06AM
you guys might wanna take this to the forum or something, the topic has drifted really far away lol
FluffyCow
Jun 26, 2025 3:41PM
^Yeah I think it pretty much already ended, nothing more to say on it. It was at least good to mention with the game just coming out and this fanart making people curious about it.
FluffyCow Jun 23, 2025 10:01PM
Smooching is a natural part of being rivals
coolsnail Jun 24, 2025 2:14AM
their hand size difference always kills me...
PineconeJuice Jun 24, 2025 6:34AM
Since I saw this being released on steam I thought I'd give it a try. Unless it's one of those ML (Master Love) kind of gachas.
coolsnail Jun 24, 2025 9:31AM
^ it isn't, at least not in the traditional sense. you can play as a female trainer and still get all shippy scenes that exist (varies by girl), and there's at least one girl whose route becomes more intimate with a female trainer (entirely separate route, or exclusive writing...)
(and if that's still not your thing, yeah there's a ton of shippy stuff between the girls themselves that you can focus on. sometimes like in tama's case, that even overshadows the trainer stuff in quantity. i just specify the above because, as somebody who came from imas, it's crazy how lesbian friendly it is)
FluffyCow Jun 24, 2025 1:48PM
Also this ship art is largely inspired by the current anime, which has nothing to do with anything self insert at all. The current anime is Cinderella Gray, and it's based off a manga about Oguri Cap's legacy. So it can be watched by anyone and as an entry point into the series. I'll check out the game a little bit I think, but I'll enjoy the anime regardless and I'd recommend the anime at the very least.
PineconeJuice Jun 24, 2025 6:25PM
^^Thanks! A more detailed answer than I expected. I'll give it a go for sure
^I was interested in the game for a bit, and since it's being released on Steam, I thought I would finally try it out. But then I just started wondering if it's not the typical ML gacha, considering it's all horse girls.
FluffyCow Jun 24, 2025 7:03PM
^Fair yeah. I've seen some of the Western fandom for the gacha being weird (putting it mildly)...but I've also seen some push back. In general I try to avoid a lot of fandom stuff outside of art.
I figure though that if the gacha game doesn't click for you, myself, or anyone else here, it can't hurt to recommend the anime. Which outside of the original Special Week season the anime has just been a solid sports drama imo. So even if I don't like the game I'll keep enjoying the anime releases for now at the very least.
PineconeJuice Jun 25, 2025 3:28PM
^Cool, I'll check it out then. Most gacha anime are kind of mid. Like I love Arknights, but I won't lie that the anime... Well, it sure exists, I guess. So if Honse girls have a decent anime, I'll be sure to give it a go.
FluffyCow Jun 25, 2025 4:21PM
^Yeah the Arknights anime is "okay", not as good as it could be but it could be way worse as well with how bad some gacha adaptions are. With Uma Musume it's focus is on the real life sports legacy of the horses, including real life race results, injuries, and other aspects. Where you have the 3 season series on Crunchyroll, season 1 is the just okay season by PA works focusing on Special Week that I think is bit looser with the historical element, and then season 2 and 3 are by Studio Kai, where season 2 focusing on Tokai Teio is great and is the best of those 3 seasons in my opinion, and season 3 focusing Kitasan Black is better then season 1 but not as good as season 2 imo.
Outside of that the main anime going forward are all by Cygame's own anime studio I believe. Where you have "Road to the Top", which is a 4 episode Youtube series focusing on a trio and I love it. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzFNGS7Rcf-PZC8MfcTJX7srArpLdvyfb - it's watchable with subtitles turned on, and the series it's self is the 4 episodes that are 20+ minutes in length.
There's also the movie that came out last year, Beginning of a New Era. I haven't seen it yet but I really want to, I've heard it's incredible. It's coming to AX (anime expo LA) in July, and I hope it will be in theaters in the USA afterwards as I've been holding off on seeing the movie for that reason.
Currently there's the newest anime based off the popular manga Cinderella Gray, which is focusing on Oguri Cap here. This is a series I've been watching on Amazon, and I think it's fantastic so far. It's returning for the next 12 episodes in October I heard.
I think you can watch these pretty much however you want? As they're focusing on different main characters, you could give the 4 episode Youtube series a watch since it's an easily binged introduction, or season 2 on Crunchyroll focusing on Tokai Teio as that season made a lot of people (including myself) fall in love with the anime.
FluffyCow Jun 25, 2025 4:49PM
As a side note though, I'm kind of hesitant to try the game?
I'm always nervous around Kernel Anti-Cheat, and my friend said this is as invasive as it gets...
Moedred Jun 25, 2025 5:09PM
Most online games today use kernel-level Anti-Cheats. I can't say about this one, but for example all Hoyogames use Kernel-levels, same like Fortnite, Valorant, WuWa etc. PCGaming have little over 500 games and they are probably not all of them.
FluffyCow Jun 25, 2025 6:37PM
^I think that's part of why I've been sticking closer to single player / indy games in the last few years. I did play Genshin at one point but stopped, League I stopped playing when they added Kernel, Valorant I only installed briefly at one point for a redeem. It seems like it became the norm...but it still feels weirdly invasive to me.
Aureole Jun 26, 2025 2:19AM
^^^ Yeah that's super invasive. I almost always gave up on the game entirely or only play its mobile counterpart (if exist) if they choose to force me to install their kernel drivers. It's almost impossible to gain persistent root or kernel privilege on Android or iOS without users actively providing assistance now.
By the way there were known security incidents where computer criminals use HoYoverse' poorly written anti-cheat drivers to evade (or even kill) antivirus detection. If such kernel-level anti-cheat is not written with care it's only a problem of time before it's used as other attackers' backdoor.
Also note that HoYoverse' anti-cheat driver is not automatically removed even if you remove Genshin afterwards. You can remove the driver by executing
sc delete mhyprot2as administrator and (important) reboot your computer.last edited at Jun 26, 2025 6:44AM
FluffyCow Jun 26, 2025 2:32AM
^Unfortunately I can't say I'm surprised, I think League had issues involving their kernel anti-cheat after I uninstalled...which was interesting with how some people were really defending Riot when they first announced plans to add it...I thought well that aged badly...
Also thanks for the info!
Aureole Jun 26, 2025 2:34AM
^ Ahhh extreme game fans, never a suprise^^;
Also searched Riot's anticheat driver (Riot Vanguard?). It's also always loaded even if the game is not being played... which remind me of Genshin. Wish them burn in hell.
https://tuta.com/blog/riot-requires-kernel-level-anticheat
last edited at Jun 26, 2025 2:44AM
PineconeJuice Jun 26, 2025 3:27AM
^That's why you keep your gaming pc separate from your work laptop. And put your Steam password as "Urmomisfat" so any haxxor that might try will cry and abandon the idea of hacking ur account(s) obviously I'm not being serious
Aureole Jun 26, 2025 4:43AM
^ I make sure my passwords are like
BZkn7TpHD@*tHGcFdez8b2cNDsMand write them down in a ∼∼notebook so everyone trying to break in would either have to physically break in or social engineer me∼∼ password manager.Edit: Damn, DS didn't support strikethrough in markdown, lmao
last edited at Jun 26, 2025 6:44AM
FluffyCow Jun 26, 2025 5:20AM
Yeah Riot Vanguard, from my understanding it's not great for various reasons. Also I really don't trust Riot with kernel access, as a company I wouldn't trust Riot to boil water for tea without burning the place down in all honesty lol
coolsnail Jun 26, 2025 9:06AM
you guys might wanna take this to the forum or something, the topic has drifted really far away lol
FluffyCow Jun 26, 2025 3:41PM
^Yeah I think it pretty much already ended, nothing more to say on it. It was at least good to mention with the game just coming out and this fanart making people curious about it.