Be My Princess 2 – Kuon Casiraghi (Main Story)

Intro: Between Iori, Kota, and now Kuon, I’ve been spending a lot of time with some difficult Voltage men. While they’ve all grown on me, I’m looking forward to playing someone sweet and easy to get to know.

My Thoughts: To be honest, I was quite angry with Kuon for the first few chapters. I kept laughing at how imperious he was, but he was getting me very riled up with his snooty rudeness. MC actually goes to the marriage interview that Kuon invited her to, and he GETS MAD AT HER FOR SHOWING UP! I couldn’t figure out what he was thinking here (guess I need the HIS POV story!).

Hayden makes a comment that Kuon is mean to the girls he likes, and I guess that’s what this is. Lucky for Kuon, MC is interested in him from the beginning, so she keeps interacting with him. He’s a jackass to her, but then hides at her place when he needs to run away. I guess this shows that he DOES actually like her, or at least trust her, since he relies on her here.

Around episode 5, they start to bond. Kuon opens up and becomes much kinder after this. You learn about what happened to his parents, and why he doesn’t want to be king. Part of me feels bad for him, but part of me thinks he needs to put his big boy pants on and do his job. I realize there are downsides to being royalty, but there are also good things – such as being able to help a lot of people. Ultimately, this is what Kuon wants, so he accepts the situation, his past, and his feelings, and does the right thing.

One of the best things about this story was MC being very feisty! The game even gave me an option to bite Kuon’s hand when he tried to shush her up! HAH! I knew it was going to piss him off, but I had to do it. MC called him a freeloader when he tried to do whatever he wanted at her place; she even yelled at King Glenn!

I also just have to mention that Kent is ADORABLE with his sweets. I wish there was a side route with just him. I’d feed him sweets all day. Too cute!

Overall: I know I’m sounding very harsh on Kuon, but in the end, I enjoyed him and his story. MC and him are very cute together, and it’s quite sad in a part of the story where they have to leave each other. I’ll be playing his sequels. I want to see what he does now that he accepts his role.

Be My Princess 2 – Kevin Grant (Main and Sequel)

Ah I’m alive! I’m sorry I haven’t been around. I haven’t been playing much otome…too busy reading books/manga, and watching some shows. I’ve recently become OBSESSED with Kuroko’s Basketball, which is odd since I’m not really into sports or sport shows…but on to Kevin!

Intro: Kevin’s story is totally different from all the other princes, either the original Be My Princess or this new game. And because of that, I thought this story was GREAT! Keith is one of the more popular princes from Be My Princess, and while I like him and think he can be fun to interact with, he was not my favorite. He can be very rude and childish. And while I thought he was incredibly beautiful with his dark hair and striking green eyes, I always wanted to take a pair of scissors to his hair and trim it…his hair was a bit too long for me! But this time around, they decided to take Keith, cut his hair a little, have him act a little more grown up while still retaining his stubborn, cute side…and viola! Kevin! Yay for me!!

My Thoughts: Kevin Grant is a graduate student studying politics in Nobel Michel when MC meets him. Through a few accidental meet-ups (where he thinks she is stalking him), they eventually learn they are living in the same building.

In the beginning, Kevin is rude and stuck up. He is beautiful, talented, everyone loves him, and he knows it! So no surprise he acts this way. But MC gets to know him over time and they become friends. He even asks her on a date (sort of).

After a run-in with the mafia, they learn that Kevin is actually the long lost prince Andrew Alford. At three years old, he was swept away in a river when the family was on vacation. However, Kevin is found and adopted by some nice local farmers, and he grows up with no memory of who he is.

And luckily, Kevin is already prince material. Besides being good at everything, he was aiming to be a politician. He really wants to make a difference in his country. Because he was raised as a commoner, Kevin has to go through prince training!

HAH! This is totally different from the other stories, where all the MCs have to go through princess training. And MC is there for the whole journey. Kevin and her are SO sweet together. You can really tell he comes to rely on her being there. I like that she knows him before the whole prince thing starts. The game shows how they go from strangers, to friends, to lovers really well. It was a great progression.

This story was really great as well. Kevin is very charismatic, and you can really feel his passion to get rid of the crime syndicates that have started to take over Liberty, and really make the country a better place for the citizens. It’s not just a fluffy royal drama story. There is some real depth and tension to what is happening in this country.

It’s also just a really exciting story! The mafia is after Kevin, and parts of the story felt like a real action blockbuster, with explosions and car chases!

Also, the sequel is great. I don’t always feel the sequel is as good as the original story, but this one felt like a real continuation of the main storyline. It dealt with repercussions of a bill Kevin passes, and continued to focus on the mafia and a character that was in the main story, but never explained much…it also references a point in the main story when we learn at what point Kevin fell for MC! I was happy to learn since he wouldn’t answer before. And the proposal was SO SWEET! I almost cried.

Overall: Basically, I think Kevin and his story are awesome. It’s different from the others since he doesn’t start out as a prince. The story tackles some real issues, but it’s not so intense and without cutesy romance that it feels heavy. And a huge bonus is that the sequel is one of the best I have read. If you liked Keith, or want a little different Be My Princess story, I think you’ll like this one.

Be My Princess 2 – Oliver Button (Main and Sequel)

Intro: Oliver first caught my eye way back in Prince Hayden’s story, when he mentioned he had a harem. I had a bit of a spaz moment, finding this hilarious, but also completely flabbergasted as to why Prince Oliver would A, have a harem, and B, unabashedly talk to this girl about it. Well, Oliver doesn’t care, because it seems pretty well known that he is a playboy, and it’s apparently a tradition for him to have a harem. His grandfather Prince Roberto didn’t have one, but Oliver’s father started it. More on that later though.

Prince Oliver (who I keep wanting to call Roberto…) is a very light-hearted, easy going guy. He isn’t too formal, which makes him the easiest for a commoner like MC to get a long with I think. Just like his grandfather Roberto! He seems to be the social butterfly of the group, getting along well with all the princes, every girl he meets, and pretty much anyone he comes into contact with. So it’s surprising that MC plays so hard to get!

Major spoilers for Oliver’s harem and overall storyline ahead.

My Thoughts: Unlike the MC from Ivan’s story, who flies off to Sanct Sybil for a marriage interview when she barely knows the guy, this MC won’t even take a stroll down to Nobel Michel castle to meet Oliver! Like the other princes, it’s pretty obvious Oliver likes MC from the beginning, but boy is she hard to get. She declines to meet Oliver because she has to teach a baking class, but surprise! Oliver shows up to the class.

He obviously wants to spend time with her and get to know her better, but MC is being difficult. Eventually he convinces her to take a leave of absence from work (by supplying an extra pastry chef), and become a baking instructor in Altaria. And who will she be instructing? HIS HAREM! LOL!

Well, Oliver is NOT a playboy, but a sweetie with a heart of gold, and the harem is actually a cover for abused women that need to escape from whatever bad situation they are in, and have no where to go. It’s a secret who these women are and where they are, so whoever from their bad past can’t locate them. Oliver wants MC to teach baking to the women (who range in age from children to elderly ladies), so they have a skill they can use to make it on their own when they eventually leave. AWWWW!!!

But here enters Sayla. She is Oliver’s childhood friend, and a girl escaping her abusive father in the harem. She is also head over heels for Oliver. Her feelings are obvious, and stupid MC immediately backs off from Oliver so Sayla can have him! WTF! MC is soooo annoying here, worrying about Sayla and her feelings. I’m sorry Sayla has had a hard life, but Oliver doesn’t want her, stupid MC. She is so aware of Sayla’s feelings, but completely oblivious to Oliver’s, and refuses to accept her own feelings for him.

She is not just wishy-washy, but at one point she is down right mean to Oliver to protect herself and her feelings. I really disliked MC the first part of this story. Eventually MC gets a clue, and her and Sayla have a really good talk. I really like Sayla as a character, so I’m glad she bowed out gracefully and they became friends. MC actually influenced Sayla to become a pastry chef, which I thought was really great. And all is happy until…the second part.

There were clues along the way, but eventually it is confirmed for MC that Oliver is dying!! He has a very rare disease that is slowly killing him. There is a surgery in Oriens that could possibly cure him, but it has a very low survival rate. So, Oliver has pretty much accepted his fate and is prepared to die. It makes me sad because he is so upbeat in character, but very pessimistic when it comes to his survival. He’s just given up. So I wonder why he pursued MC when he knew he wasn’t going to live much longer? Anyway, Prince Kuon eventually shows up and informs them that the surgery has been improved, and the survival rate is now a little better, but Oliver already has his mind made up to just let everything go. So of course, it’s up to MC to change his mind. It’s a predictable story, and I wasn’t too worried because OF COURSE he’s going to survive, but it was really great to see Oliver’s character growth before and after the surgery.

Overall: I like Oliver; it was interesting to see him change over the course of the story and become a stronger person. Plus, he’s just such a sweetheart. I also liked Sayla and her growth to becoming a stronger, better person as well. I did NOT like MC the first half of the story. She was oblivious, stubborn, and in denial. But, she does get better the second half. Thank goodness. I also liked Kuon in this story. I don’t know if he actually liked MC, or was just teasing Oliver to give him more reason to live, but he ended up being very amusing, and now I’m interested in him too.

However! Next I’m going to play Kevin. He showed up for a bit in the sequel, and I thought he was interesting. Also, he seems to be a hidden/unknown prince, or maybe an illegitimate child descended from Prince Keith. As far as I know, none of the other princes have this kind of storyline, so that’s going to be fun! Wow this is getting long, so I’ll stop rambling and leave you with this beautiful picture of Oliver!

Be My Princess 2 – Ivan Chernenkov (Main and Sequel)

Intro: So I broke down pretty fast and bought Ivan’s route. Ever since he gave his autograph to those little boys during the prologue, I’ve been really intrigued by him. If you finish the prologue with Ivan, he seems to be very taciturn and rude, but his intention is not to be unpleasant. It’s really just a form of “tough love” to get  MC to dance better (so she’s not made fun of). He’s also only one of two princes out of the eight to not be descended from the original princes from Be My Princess, so we get a new royal family, with a new country. This country has a lot of issues, and it plays a huge role in who Ivan has become, as well as his relationship with MC, but we’ll get to that later. What you have to know is that Ivan is so badass and manly, that he has not one, but TWO PET WOLVES! No regular dogs for this guy. On to the awesomeness that is Ivan.

My Thoughts: In the beginning, MC is very baffled as to why Ivan likes her and chooses her as a marriage candidate, and understandably so. After a few brief encounters, she is told she is going to Sanct Sybil with other girls to determine the future princess, but….SURPRISE! There are actually no other girls at all! After determining MC doesn’t have a boyfriend, and likes his country okay, Ivan just announces their engagement to everyone! Turns out Ivan doesn’t like all the wussy noble girls and all the problems their families bring with them.

He wants a strong, hard-working commoner with a great strength of will to have babies with! He thinks this type of girl will be able to survive his country the best, since life is hard in Sanct Sybil, and there is a lot of political unrest and uprisings.

For various reasons (snow, war), MC ends up hanging around and getting to know Ivan after he announces their engagement, even though she doesn’t really seem to want to follow through with it. But of course it all works out for the best in the end for them.

So, I have a lot of thoughts on Ivan, all mostly good. He’s really interesting and different from the other princes I think. His mom died when he was a baby, and his older sisters were married off to different countries shortly after that, so he grew up alone. Even though his father the king is around, there is so much unrest and problems going on in the country, he is constantly traveling around trying to hold things together, so Ivan really steps in and handles a lot of work. With a lot of the other princes (at least the stories I’ve read), it seems like they are still in training and learning, but with Ivan it feels like he is already running the country. Maybe because of this and the way he grew up, he comes off as very regal, mature, and just very together. I was really impressed with his character. You can tell that he really thinks about all his subjects, from the nobles to the servants. Since he is royalty, he could take it easy and hide in his castle with all the turmoil going on, but he takes on the especially hard and scary tasks BECAUSE he is the prince. With MC, he could look down on her lack of knowledge because she’s a commoner, but he has no problem teaching her.

I like that about him; Prince Sieg would have made fun of MC heh. Speaking of Sieg, he seems to be the closest prince to Ivan, so he shows up quite a bit in this story. Him and MC become friends, and its nice to see him in this role.

But Ivan isn’t perfect. I was majorly loving Ivan, until I found out that he doesn’t like women to work!! Sanct Sybil is so messed up and old fashioned, women holding jobs is actually looked down on. They are supposed to stay home and have babies. MC, who lives for her job as a pastry chef, had some issues with this, and thankfully stood up for herself. Eventually Ivan apologized and came around, so he redeemed himself. Then I was able to go back to loving Ivan. He’s normally quite somber, but when he is joking and teasing MC, it’s so cute and funny! Oh be still my heart. And in the sequel, Ivan blushes and gets jealous a lot! I LOVE A BLUSHING IVAN!

Ivan’s original story is pretty intense, with all the happenings in Sanct Sybil. The sequel is a lot calmer, but it’s still a good story. It’s totally different from the other prince’s stories, where they have difficulty being with a commoner, or have resistance from their parents. Ivan pretty much finds a commoner he likes, says “Yep, this one’s good,” and that’s it. The country nor his father ever give him issue. I guess Ivan has such an imposing presence, and handles everything so well, they assume he was making a good decision. Also, I feel this is a romantic story, but romantic in a different way…Ivan and MC come to love each other slowly over time, so they aren’t very touchy-feely with each other. I think they just kiss once at the end and that’s it. Well, for the main story anyways. Lastly, the old-fashioned view of women in his country still kind of bothered me. Ivan was fine with MC working eventually, but it never addressed anybody else in the nation. I guess they have to work on holding the country together first…but I’d love to see a future story where MC champions women’s right to work.

Overall: Ignoring the women’s issues in his country, I really LOVE Ivan. He’s stoic and practical, but not mean. He doesn’t play games or mess around either. When he knows what he wants, he GOES for it. I’m actually having a hard time describing all the things I love about his character. He’s just got so many good qualities. He’s brave, regal, level-headed, fair, wise…all the qualities of a great leader rolled into one sexy, blonde package. Oh man, blondes are not my favorite, but Ivan is sooo sexy. I just want to play with his hair.

Be My Princess 2 – Sieg Lieben (Main Story)

Oh boy. I’m getting spoiled with the really good Voltage stories.

Intro: Prince Sieg throws his bouquet at you to choose you for a marriage interview, but MC can’t figure out why since he was pretty mean to her in the beginning. Then when MC is at the marriage interview dinner, Sieg is rude, insulting and laughing at MC. She figures he must not like her at all.

Except he keeps showing up. Sieg continually shows up at her home and work, then takes her out to different places. Somehow through this, they kind of become friends. MC becomes tolerant of him, and even begins to like Prince Sieg as she learns more about him.

My Thoughts: MC learns that there is “Prince Sieg” which is a persona he uses for the public, and an actual Sieg that he shows to her. He really cares about his position and his country, so he shows them the face he thinks they want. But it’s not the real him. So this is why Sieg likes MC from the very beginning – because she treats him normal.

It’s not the most uncommon love story, but it is so sweet and cute here. I really liked the MC in this story, because she can have quite an attitude, which was fun, and something that was really needed to deal with Prince Sieg in the beginning lol.

As they grow closer, Sieg becomes a real sweetheart, while still retaining some of his haughty attitude. He takes care of her when she is sick! Which was adorable. And since he likes cooking, the two of them in the kitchen together is heart warming.

Another great thing in this story is the butler, Hans! He is a great support, and so cute crying when Sieg and MC finally got together!

What was not so great, was the second part of this story when they go to Dres Van. It’s kind of a weird plot, and I feel it’s solved too easily. But at least at the end Sieg’s father was a nice guy, because I really hated him in the beginning.

Overall: I really loved Sieg! He is funny and snarky, but can be romantic. And once you get past his harshness towards the beginning, he really gives off the image of a noble prince that loves his country. He is a great mix between a normal guy and royalty. And oh is he hot in his leather jacket!

I greatly preferred the first half of the story, when they were getting to know each other and falling in love to the weird second half, but I loved Sieg so much, it didn’t bother me.

SWOON!  I can’t wait for his sequel!

Be My Princess 2 – Hayden Spencer (Main Story)

Intro: You are a pastry chef working in Nobel Michel, and because the castle has run out of flour, you are making a special delivery from the bakery where you work. Along the way, you of course randomly meet 6 different princes (although you don’t know they are all princes at the time). At the party that night, the princes are tossing a bouquet, and will dance with whoever catches it. This person is also supposed to have a marriage interview? As you are trying to leave the party, a bouquet lands right on your head!

My Thoughts: My first thought with this game is…If I hear the MC say “We live in different worlds” one more time, I will throw my phone across the room!

Ok I had to get that out there. It’s not like you are from different planets. I know there is a big societal difference, but sheesh. Anyways, since Wilfred was my favorite in BMP, I really wanted to play his grandson. Well, I think I had too high of expectations. There were things I liked about this story, and things I didn’t. Maybe I was expecting another Wilfred, which really isn’t fair I guess. Wilfred and Hayden are similar, but they are not the same. But that’s just my issue.

So I really only liked the second half of the story. The first half was just ok, but once they get on the cruise ship, it was more interesting. I think that was partly due to Hayden and the MC being closer, but also partly due to the other princes! I was surprised with how much I enjoyed the interaction with Oliver and Sieg. Sieg apparently cooks, so him and the MC had fun in the kitchen (even if he was being snarky and rude). And Oliver invited her to join his harem??? I’m really curious to see if he actually has one when I play his story.

Anyways back to Hayden. MC and Hayden like each other early on, but they are both pretty bad at expressing themselves, so they never actually say it. I think it’s both sweet and sad that they know how the other feels, even though it’s never said, and they both know they can’t say it, because it will be harder when they have to separate. They just want to spend as much time together as they can. Poor things. Eventually, Hayden realizes this is something worth fighting for.

Yay! So romantic! And Hayden gets jealous very easily of any men around MC. I was not expecting that. It was like once he decided she was his, a flip switched in his head, and he became very possessive. But not in a scary, stalker kind of way. There was never arguments or misunderstandings about it, which was nice.

In both endings, there seems to be some opposition from his parents, but it ends with a bit of hope that they might eventually approve.

Overall: I liked Hayden, but his story was just ok, not one of my all-time favorites. Basically, it made me excited to play the other princes, especially Sieg. I loved every interaction I had with him! If you like the prince-like characters, or relationships that go through a lot of opposition, you’ll enjoy this story. I will be playing the sequel, because like I said, I enjoyed the second half of the story more when MC and Hayden were closer. I’ll review eventually, but I’ll probably play some other stories first.

 

Be My Princess 2 – Intro

I really love Be My Princess. I love the characters, and the Cinderella story of a normal girl and a prince falling in love. All the princes are great, although Wilfred is my favorite. So when I saw they released Be My Princess 2, I was super excited! I wanted to finish Hakuoki on the PS3, and I’ve been really busy with work, so I haven’t been able to play it yet, but I played the prologue and the intro for all the princes so far.

And my first impression is….WOW these boys are cute. The original BMP boys are attractive, but I feel all of these guys are a little more so. I like that the MC is a pastry chef; I think that’s cute. But I’m confused as to why the princes are choosing a normal girl for the marriage interviews, since the opening movie says it’s forbidden for a commoner and royalty to be together? From the prologue, it seems each one specifically chooses her to be a part of the interviews. I’m sure they all have different reasons, and I’m very curious to find out why.

I have to say though, when Prince Hayden said they were planning the memorial service for his grandfather King Wilfred, I almost cried! My poor Wilfred! It might be really hard to play the grandkids of the former princes.

I’m going to play, of course, Hayden first. I’m most interested in Oliver (so sweet! I love how he calls her Pastry Cutie) and Ivan (I love how he stopped for the boys on the street) after Hayden. But all the boys seem great. Voltage better release them quickly! I confess they will get a lot of my money very quickly, since I’ll want all the stories.