The Men of Yoshiwara: Ohgiya

Playing another Dogenzaka game and I will say it again. I love Dogenzaka games!! (I cant help i'm deranged) I played Men of Yoshiwara: Kikuya last week and I'm gonna compare the two. First things first I loved both Kikuya and Ohgiya they both have there own mood settings and amazing characters. Kikuya was more Comical and light (still had its dark moments). Ohgiya is definitely the more dark side of Yoshiwara. They have both become favorites for me, I really enjoyed the series.

The Good:
1. The art improved from the first game, it's very pretty.
2. I was really happy some of the old characters from Kikuya showed up, Its not required to play Kikuya but some events and characters from that game show up in Ohgiya and it was nice to see it flow together (I loved Kikuya so I was happy to see the old characters... I didn't see Iroha so maybe his ending was actually canon from the last game).
3. The Characters are well developed and really in depth I enjoyed everyone's route.
4. Music is still pleasant and nice.
5. I liked seeing the new locations and an MC from a different life then the MC from Kikuya (Ohigiya MC = Rich. Kikuya MC = Poor).

The Bad:
1. Some typos (I don't care about typos I grew up on wattpad so this Is gold in comparison, for me personally).
2. Utsusemi's route is MESSY, if you play his route you will instantly know what I mean, but the ending is sweet and worth it.
3. The MC is hounded and I mean HOUNDED by her mom.... to produce a child. It's fine because I can understand the time setting and the importance of it. I just found her Mom to be annoying in some routes... a lot of the routes.
4. I might be alone on this but I do prefer the MC of Kikuya over Ohgiya because Kikuya's MC was more adventurous and daring (she had that naive air to her but she wasn't a pushover and she was willing to rebel). Ohgiya's MC is obviously written where she would always obey her Mother in the end because she will honor the family name and all, that's great for her mom but not entirely for the MC. I really wanted her to rebel against her mom a little more (this may tie into reason 3 a little). I will say though Ohgiya's MC was feisty and wasn't overly naive, she had a strong sophisticated aura and I loved that about her.

Something to point out:
This is more of a warning, especially for those who want to play Kikuya first. Ohgiya is much Darker feeling than Kikuya. Darker themes are more present in Ohgiya and the MC obligation has a more suffocating feeling to it. Without giving spoilers, almost everyone at Ohgiya has a sad story, more so than the guys at Kikuya. This certainly does not take away from the game, I feel it makes the guys more in-depth and human, you just wont be laughing as much as with Kikuya's guys. The MC's obligation really makes it feel like she is trapped, her mom can be really mean to her and completely doesn't understand why the MC would have problems with sleeping with a man she has only met 3 times.... The pressure put on the MC makes my heart hurt for her. I hate to compare Kikuya's MC again but at least in that game her mom wasn't saying to her "so your gonna go to Ohgiya again tonight right... you know you need to produce an heir right" her mom can be so uncaring to her sometimes. That being said, for the time period this is written in its very well done for a young girl who would be pressured like this. I wished for Ohgiys's MC that she would be able to have more freedom, poor girl needed more freedom, deserved more freedom.

I feel like the MC's from both games would have honestly been such good friends they would have helped improve each other's qualities, maybe in some alternate universe they would have met and helped each other. <3

I hope this helps for those unsure about getting this game!! <3 <3 <3

Our homegirl is visiting brothel and get jealous in every route every time her man get close to other visitor, I wouldn't pass the opportunity to be their pimp and sell my men to other beautiful ladies if I were her. But its a nice otome beginner I guess

THIS IS NOT A CORN GAME.

Sweet, simple, cheesy read and I'm eating it all up. Considerably more polished than Kikuya as to the writing & dialogue. However, THE LACK OF CGs ARE A CRIME (Only 3 to 4...? per route).

I love that the MC is not a doormat, she's considerably bratty at times & i love the business minded aspect though shallowly put at times and her personality differs with each route as opposed to Kikuya's Mary Sue MC that just drives the immersion away.

Anyways, for route recommendations:

Asagiri's route tackles the dynamics of Yoshiwara and the Mc's feelings quite well

as he basically whores himself out to help MC's family, and MC struggles with seeing her beloved be pimped out .

Props to Asagiri for knowing what he wants, who he is, and being more of a fleshed out character tbh, very refreshing. Also, very steamy route


Moving forward, Ageha's route is absolutely adorable first romance type of stuff, it felt pure despite the suggestive CGs, which by the way are top tier, Ageha's CGs beat Asagiri's imho. Felt like watching a cute puppy love turned into more.

To end though, one last complaint, or two: IT IS A CRIME THAT MUSASHI DOESNT HAVE A ROUTE, I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH WHOEVER MADE THAT DECISION, also, maybe just me idk, but Utsusemi's sprite could have been improved upon :/ .

In 2024, understanding men feels harder than ever. Their tangled emotions and confusing thoughts make it exhausting to respond in a meaningful way. My mind wich is constantly overthinking and trying to make sense of everything, is just burned out.

That’s why I’ve decided to simplify things. Like in technical drawing, I’ll start with the basics—studying “2D men” to figure out how their minds work. Once I’ve got that down, I think I’ll be able to understand “3D men.” more better.

I love them all dearly

The game keeps freezing, especially during choices, and the menu is useless during gameplay. My PC meets all the requirements, but this game is virtually unplayable. It's too bad because the story seemed interesting.

I'm going to keep this as short as possible because I've already spent way too many hours playing these two games. I can definitely say that this game is better than the first one, indefinitely? But the problems that Kikuya had also somewhat carry over to Ohgiya. I do not recommend this series... they really... they're truly disappointing in every sense? Like no matter what you have signed up for or thought you'd get from these games, they ALWAYS fail to fucking deliver. If you want smut, it's boring/uneventful/not really the main focus. If you want good characters, they (almost) all have some kind of twist to them that makes them VERY unlikeable in my opinion. If you want a good story, it's littered with unnecessary drama and badly handled character motivations. The plot is filled with holes. The worldbuilding is more solid than it was in Kikuya, but it's genuinely still baffling how much I have to turn my brain off to enjoy this. Even when I did, I couldn't fully even have a just mellow, normal, dramaless route, because it just... was chock filled with those. The side stories really don't add anything to the love story and whatnot. The only route I've somewhat liked is Takigawa's, and I wasn't even sold on him beforehand. Everything disappointed me, and the price tag of this game is just not worth it. I'm a completionist so I forced myself to suffer through everything and read all of it before I inflicted my judgement upon it, but it's just CRAZY how much lost potential this game (and Kikuya alongside it) has. Somewhat infuriating. If Musashi ever gets a route/dlc/whatever (he probably won't), I will play it and then die on the inside if it's as bad at the rest of the routes. Like, if you want to spend money on something, spend it somewhere else honestly. This game and the previous one are not worth it. If you STILL want to play one of these two games, then choose for Ohgiya, so you escape the SA and the other potentially triggering scenes in Kikuya. That's all I have to say.