Ozmafia doesn’t shy away from tragedy

Not all otome games offer happy endings, but tend to provide ones with varying degrees of satisfactory resolutions. Maybe your beloved is doomed, but you’ll have some period of peace to enjoy together before the end. A war could be coming, but a momentary solace can be savored. Ozmafia doesn’t shy away from unfortunate or uncomfortable situations.

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Ozmafia is its own fairy tale

There’s something initially off-putting about Ozmafia. It isn’t that fairy tale characters are all suddenly part of mafia families and at each others’ throats. Nor is it the violence that Fuka occasionally inspires, due to people wanting to claim her as their own. Rather, it’s something about the presentation. Ozmafia is an otome game told from a third-person perspective.

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Which Ozmafia bachelor (or bachelorette) should you romance first?

Ozmafia is a massive game. There are 10 possible routes you can explore. Some of them even have multiple endings that lead to different pairings. Really, it’s huge. Naturally, given the way the narrative works, some storylines are going to be more important than others. Every character can be pretty cool, but you’ll learn more about Fuka and her world by pursuing certain people first and putting others off until later.

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Review: Ozmafia makes you an offer you can’t resist

Otome games prove love can happen in the most unlikely places. So far, I’ve fallen in love while attending a school for pigeons, trying to get back to my child beauty pageant weight, being held hostage in an amusement park, suffering from amnesia, acting as a mascot for vampire-Bakumatsu period warriors, restoring a farm and managing a fighter for a high school fight club. Romancing Ozmafia’s fairy tale-inspired men, all of whom also happen to be members of mafia families fighting for territory, isn’t going to phase anyone else keeping up with the endless flow of dating sim visual novels.

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