{"id":47661,"date":"2025-05-02T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=47661"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T03:19:41","slug":"dynasty-warriors-origins-gay-undertones-were-kind-of-an-accident-series-producer-admits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dynasty-warriors-origins-gay-undertones-were-kind-of-an-accident-series-producer-admits\/","title":{"rendered":"Dynasty Warriors Origins\u2019 gay undertones were kind of an accident, series producer admits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you found yourself thinking \u201cWere musou games always so homoerotic?\u201d or \u201cWhy does Lu Bu want to make me his<\/em>?\u201d while playing the franchise\u2019s latest AAA entry Dynasty Warriors Origins<\/strong> \u2013 you\u2019re probably not alone. In fact, even the game\u2019s producer himself, Omega Force\u2019s Sho Tomohiko, admits to being caught off guard by how fruity some of the lines in there ended up. He recently addressed the topic in an unusual three-way discussion with Denfaminicogamer<\/a> and 4chan owner Hiroyuki Nishimura.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dynasty Warriors has always been the go-to franchise if you\u2019re into power trips \u2013 with gameplay practically designed to make you drunk off how badass you are. Origins doubles down on this narratively with the self-insert-y male protagonist Ziluan who captivates all the warlords with his insane talent for martial arts (and happens to look super pretty and androgynous). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But things escalate way past simple admiration in some of Dynasty Warriors Origins\u2019 bond dialogues \u2013 there is no platonic explanation out there for generals talking about how they want to etch your face and voice into their memory, spend the night in the warmth of your room or find themselves \u201cdesiring\u201d you. To be fair, it\u2019s not only the male characters constantly hitting on you, as the female cast (though severely outnumbered) comes on quite strongly too, with Yueying threatening to make a life-size doll of the protagonist and all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When asked about the \u201cBL vibes\u201d of Dynasty Warriors Origins (with BL referring to \u201cboys love,\u201d the Japanese term for homoerotic fiction), and whether this was a strategy to appeal to women, Omega Force\u2019s leader reveals that it wasn\u2019t something he was originally going for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sho: <\/em><\/strong>That BL vibe was… not something I intended at all. Honestly, I\u2019d say, \u201cSorry, I wasn\u2019t keeping a close enough eye on things.\u201d<\/em> 

Hiroyuki:<\/em><\/strong> 
So you’re saying that if you\u2019re not watching carefully, things just naturally veer off into BL? (laughs)<\/em> 

Sh<\/em><\/strong>o:<\/strong><\/em>
I\u2019m not saying the team did anything wrong, of course, but honestly speaking \u2013 yeah, that’s kind of what happened. I came up with the core outline and worldbuilding for the game, and we were aligned on major points. However, I left the actual scenario to the writing team.<\/em> 

(via Denfaminicogamer<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sho mentions having a \u201cWait, what? moment when playing Dynasty Warriors Origins voiced for the first time (after recording was completed), as the BL fanservice was \u201cbeyond his expectations.\u201d However, he clarifies that Omega Force\u2019s team didn\u2019t make these choices on a whim, but after considering what longtime musou fans would like \u2013 and they were on the mark it seems, as Sho mentions that there were plenty of fans who loved it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, given that things went a bit overboard for his taste, Sho says that Origins\u2019 potential sequel will tone down the gay undertones. \u201cIf we do a sequel, I think I\u2019ll personally check all the text. Although the team will probably hate that (laughs).\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dynasty Warriors: Origins is available for the PC (Steam<\/a>), PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related Article: Rise of the Ronin\u2019s inclusion of same-sex samurai romances explained<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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