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SBD: The Elegant Art of Feminine Conflict
At the risk of Beth forever barring me from Smart Bitches Day, I had to share with you a free online game, Rose & Camellia, which will at the very least put you romance authors in the mood to write. (What? You mean your muse isn’t titillated by a rollicking good cat fight?)
Of course she has attitude. You would too, with a name like Saori Tsubakikoji.
First, the setup:
Newly wed to Shunsuke, eldest son of the historied Tsubakikoji family, Reiko suffers the loss of her husband the very next day. Under the cruel and unceasing mockery of the aristocrats, Reiko’s common-born blood sets to boil. Clutching the rose Shunsuke gave her to her bosom, Reiko issues a defiant challenge to the house. “I am the widow of the eldest son of the Tsubakikoji family. This house is mine!” …This is the elegant art of feminine conflict.
I made it past Saora, but eldest daughter Shizuka pwned my ass (or, erm, face) in three slaps. And boss monster Lady Hanae Tsubakikoji is one scary looking biyotch:
Good bone structure!
Head of the Tsubakikoji house. Her advanced age belies the brutal power of her slaps.
This wouldn’t be an SBD without some bitching. Where’s the romance? There ought to be a male cousin, some broad-chested bloke who looks just like a Japanese Fabio. This fellow happens upon the scene once you take out the Lady Hanae . . . and if you manage to bitch-slap him into submission, he swoons and tells you that no woman before you has ever earned his respect.
Of course, since he’s a cad who just tried bitch-slapping you into submission, you (A) force him to wear a CB-3000 and (B) initiate him into the ancient Japanese art of orgasm denial. (Um, those links? NSFW, boys and girls.)
D.
