Anyhow... I figure the reasons for boyish protags don't go beyond trending, aka game devs copying popular titles that others have previously looked to for successful titles. Very rarely do developers take steps outside of what's current, and of course that applies to H-games too. There's additional factors to consider, like artists having a general bias towards drawing characters in a particular style, age range or build. Very few of them don't get locked into this mindset but that's what happens when you draw porn for a living.
That's the sad truth...
To be fair, masculine men over 25y-o are liable to be called ojisans in Japan, or so it seems. I'd also understand, an effeminate, yet slightly toned/muscular young man would be considered more attractive in general. You could have similar thoughts about the depicted females' age as well
There's a simple workaround: a mute chronotrigger-ish, ageless MC. Like ROBF's. But no, most devs go out of their way to insist they want to depict 16/17 y-o protags (so, basically, kids playing sandcastles in the park for most of us, if we're honest...).
We definitely could use a list of games going against the flow. My additions to the suggestions above:
- any
previous SQDT title. And Succubus Rhapsodia.
- Dreamlands
https://ulmf.org/threads/p-p-can-dreamland-no-rj274236.13697/ (F-dom combat-rape, not BF)
- Pump-trick!
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PS: any news from Asimofu, btw? It's been 2 months of radio silence, as far as ci-en's concerned.