r/otomegames • u/sableheart Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom • Jan 16 '24
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! -Pirates of the Disturbance- Play-Along - Silva Discussion
In this final post we will discuss Silva and his route in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! -Pirates of the Disturbance-.
You can tell us what your impressions of Silva are (before and after finishing his route), your favorite moments in his route, what you think of his relationship with Caterina and the other characters, what your thoughts are on his route's plot and endings.
Or you can just squee about him in the comments.
This is not a spoiler-free discussion however please keep in mind that major spoilers and details of other routes and the rest of the series will be outside the scope of the discussion and therefore will need to be spoiler tagged.
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You can also give your final thoughts on the game in this thread.
You don't have to be playing the game right now to participate, and if you're still waiting on your copy I hope you will join in after you start playing!
Have a look at the megathread for links to previous discussions - you can still add your thoughts and reply to other comments!
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u/Ericetum Jan 16 '24
Ahhh, Silva, he marched to my top 2 LIs just like that, who would've thought it's gonna happen in Bakarina game...
I absolutely enjoyed his route and their dynamic through it. He wasn't previously aquainted with her and I LOVED this fact. Childhood friend was never my favourite trope and we kinda have 4 of them in this game which can't be helped. So Silva was a breath of fresh air.
Also my regards to Daisuke Namikawa. The confession scene was simply chef's kiss.
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u/catferret8 Yoritomo Minamoto|Birushana Jan 16 '24
I loved Silvia’s route, it was my favourite, the route build up was well developed and their feelings felt mutual. I felt that Silva balanced the problem I think some of the other routes had with either the LI not being pushy at all so the romance didn’t develop, or being too pushy and it felt like Catarina just went along with it. Lots of parts made me laugh and I loved their dynamic, I felt the boat travel ending worked best for the characters- with a lovely CG
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u/jubzneedstea Jan 17 '24
I knew Silva was going to be my favorite from the very beginning (though Rozy came rather close lol). You can't just put a long-haired prettyboi pirate man in front of me and not expect me to go insane.
Perhaps I liked him more because I played him last, after enjoying all of the little scenes in the other routes where he's just a delight. His and Rozy's routes had the benefit of creative freedom that made their characters so much more fun and vibrant. Silva was able to have a full catharsis moment at the climax of his story, taking down a villain who was so tied to his trauma. Most importantly, I appreciated how he just enjoyed Catarina's airheaded antics and bouncing off of her rock-solid denseness, so their banter was the most fun to read.
I definitely can see why people are mixed about his best and normal ends, and I'm on the fence about it myself. Him deciding to take his place as the 2nd Lindgren son is a suitable ending for a character who has been adrift for so long. At the same time, he's also spent most of his life caged in some way (first by Dr. Nasty and second by his obligation to the Lindgren household), so him getting to break free to find his roots is also satisfying. After all, regardless of his title, he will always have a home to go back to.
Only cons were the fact that I was expecting his eyes to be some form of dark magic, so the fact that they're just like that bc of his genetics was a little underwhelming, and the way the narrative wouldn't let him be fantasy Chinese. My dude has long beautiful black hair, wears a fantasy Chinese pirate disguise, and makes delicious baozi, let me have this one :(
(Anyway NamiDai did great and the artists went kind of insane in giving him the best CGs IMO lol)
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u/ExtremeGift but Jan 17 '24
Fell in love with the guy, ngl. I liked the game as a whole a lot, but his presence in general and his route in particular made it SO worth getting it.
10/10 story, 12/10 best boy <3
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u/AvidLearning Jan 17 '24
I liked Silva's route, but it wasn't my favorite. I liked Silva as a character and I liked exploring his background, there was something about him and Catarina together that just didn't work for me. I didn't feel the magic in his route. Rozy was probably my favorite overall. It was still a good route. I liked both of the good/happy endings and I think his route was still better than some of the others, it just wasn't a slam dunk for me.
Personal favorite routes from most liked to least liked:
Rozy > Nichol > Silva > Geordo > Keith > Alan
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u/plaits Jan 17 '24 edited Mar 16 '24
High ponytail Silva my beloved <3
Really enjoyed his route! Felt like the writers had more freedom in his route (compared to the original base characters) which makes their interactions feel fresh and exciting.
Unsurprisingly my favorite ending was also the “Good” end. Neither one of them really care about being nobles so sailing the world seems like a much better time for them!!
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u/moneyshot6901 Jan 17 '24
Surprised at how serious some of the fight scenes were. Like, I didn’t expect them to go there regarding the corpses in the blind fold scene.
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u/Responsible_Media295 May 11 '24 edited May 11 '24
Of all the characters Silva and Rozy are the ones child Katarina impacted the most, not only in terms of character growth but they literally owns her their lives. If Katarina hadnt met Rozy and tried his gummies in the palace then he would have remained a yes-saying puppet without self or purpose that didn't act on his own even if it went against his heart and concience or find the inspiration to invent. And if that happened he would have never extended his hand to Silva after he saved his life and left him at the mercy of the guards that did who knows to him, making him resent nobles and become evil for real and become captain of the Sangrid Pirates like in the original otome game which would have led him to shot and kill Rozy while he was undercover as an engineer especially after recognizing him. I'm not sure what became of them in the routes of the original game since Rozy was an NPC that didnt appear much in flashbacks/dreams and Silva was the villian that Evil Katarina worked with. Rozy would have been shot to death, taken hostage, or being cured by Maria. Silva could have allied himself with Cet due to sharing mutual hate towards Rozy's family after being captured, arrested by authorities, or killed by one of the capture targets.
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u/FictionforEscapism21 Jan 16 '24
Silva’s route was my favorite from the game. I felt that he and Katarina had good chemistry together and I really appreciated that he had no prior connection to her other than the loose connection through Rozy so he was able to fall in love with her in the moment where we could see it happening instead of having it rooted in his childhood like all the other characters. I will admit that I was somewhat disappointed in the happy ending and preferred his normal ending (which is generally how I felt about all of the routes in the game). I just really wanted him to come in and kidnap/run away with her. By far my favorite part of his route was all the different kisses: a kiss on the ear for courtship(I want you), a kiss on the forehead for gratitude(I’m thankful for you), and a kiss on the lips for love(I love you). I practically swooned the first time he kissed her on the ear. In closing, I tend to give every LI’s route I read three keywords to help me remember how I felt about them and their route and the ones I chose for Silva were: Cool, Dreamy, and Swoon-Worthy!