@ml Yup, there's that, the eternal conundrum for female character designs XD As someone who started playing Harvest Moon with Friends of Mineral Town, though, the presence of a female protagonist at all makes me happy enough.

What do you mean, they fix the character designs? :O What's it called? I'm curious now!

@Dragon Well that's not really a spoiler. It's because Micah himself is a Wooly XD Basically in RF3 she was really shy and quiet. Meanwhile, Gaius--

@ml I haven't gotten far in RF3 either HAHAHA I haven't even gotten to the part my friend spoiled, though the foreshadowing is so heavy that it's pretty obvious early on...

Oh! RF4's the best RF game so far, though. I think most people would rate... 4-3-1-2 from best to worst. The first game is really nostalgic for me, though! I liked the art style better back then, too. The coloring was more washed out and watercolor-like and the characters were less...moe? 3 is super cute, though, and there's the amusing option of transforming into a Wooly! XD Also there were 11 bachelorettes in that game man good luck--

@ml Hahaha, it's a pretty funny blog XD Some of the redesigns are really good, though! I like the one of that angel; poofy shorts are the best~ reminds me of the censorship done for the Bravo Bikini for Edea in Bravely Default that ended up better than the original. Also I realized my biggest pet peeve with female sexualization in media is when a character is wearing full armor except for over her cleavage. I mean, seriously, isn't that an incredibly dangerous place to get stabbed? =n=

@Pup Yeah, I agree. XD Raguna is really the only Rune Factory protagonist who looks like a guy, though he's a pretty boy, too. There's also the whole deal with a lot of shotas in RF4; the one time they let you marry guys, they're almost all shotas! Danggg. Leon forever, I guess. XD