My Pawns

Editorial Review

★3.8 / 5 — henhenta editorial rating (our own assessment, not the DLsite official user score)

My Pawns occupies a surprisingly underexplored space: the tactical RPG built explicitly around adult revenge fantasy rather than incidental fanservice. The premise—a bullying victim trapped in a strategy game where his tormentors become literal game pieces—frames adult content as narrative consequence rather than standalone spectacle, which remains relatively rare in the doujin SRPG landscape dominated by dungeon crawlers and fantasy romps.

The execution hinges on its dual appeal. The tactical layer targets players who want genuine strategic depth; 77 enemy types and a 30-minute runtime suggest actual encounter variety rather than padding. Simultaneously, the 25 static illustrations and eight pixel-art animations address the adult game audience’s expectations, with the gallery unlock tied to discovering the “true ending”—a narrative hook that treats progression and player choice as integral to erotic payout rather than orthogonal to it. This integration is the work’s clearest distinction: revenge and sex aren’t separate reward tiers but structurally interwoven.

The voicing and soundtrack tags indicate production attention beyond typical low-budget doujin fare, though without hearing samples it’s impossible to gauge execution quality. The combination of Japanese-language story work with English compatibility signals crossover ambition.

The obvious concern is whether the SRPG mechanics justify the 30-minute claim or whether that’s generous padding around a thin tactical shell. The “if they lose, they’ll be assaulted by monsters” design choice also hints at potential game-over content that may appeal to or repel depending on player preferences for determinism versus consequence in adult scenarios.

This lands squarely for adult game enthusiasts who want narrative framework and strategic engagement alongside explicit content, rather than those seeking pure mechanical depth or those viewing adult material as incidental to gameplay. The revenge-game framing gives it thematic teeth the genre typically lacks.