Post originally by Patrick Riley at 2004-05-21 10:42:00
Converted from Phorums BB System

<i>it's fluff that talks about the genre tropes of shoujo, without coming up with a system that encourages a shoujo playstyle or story to emerge.</i>

Then again, some people would say that playstyle and story come primarily from the players and all you need is a functional, simple rule system to help make decisions like "Was my box lunch good enough to win his heart?" And if you had a system that overtly encourages such play and story, it ultimately gets in the way by "game-izing" elements that should be left to actual roleplaying. System does matter--it has to know when not to be there.