Kissed by the Baddest Bidder: Eisuke Ichinomiya S5 Forbidden Choices Review

Story Basis:
After the events with the masked man, preparations for your wedding are underway. You're enjoying your blissful days with Eisuke as he takes you out on dates while he enjoys teasing you every moment he gets.

Just when you thought everything is returning to normal...

The night before Eisuke leaves for a business trip, you have a dream about him and he's acting weird. You wave it off as a strange dream. When Eisuke leaves for his business trip, you expect him to be back in three days but he comes back the same day?!

Happy as you are to see him back sooner, you notice Eisuke is acting strange. He's cold to you one minute and sweet to you the next. He's picking fights with the auction managers and making difficult and unreasonable demands. They can't stand his tyranny anymore and leave New York.

Upset and at wits' end, you try to get him to convince the auction managers to stay and he refuses. Not about to give up, you suddenly discover the man you thought is your fiancé is not Eisuke?!

What's going on?

His Personality:
Eisuke is just as sweet to you in the last story and indulges himself listening to your stories like always, even if he thinks they're 'ridiculous'. He knows you're trying to ease his stress from working too much so he doesn't mind.

He's more open to you than ever, sharing some of his childhood memories with you. He tells you about the secret code he made with his father after you showed him the secret code you picked up from one of your romance novels.

He cherishes your feelings the most and only ever thinks about your future.  ~ Aww. How sweet! 😊
He's proven time and time again how much you mean to him from buy you a lot of properties. This time he's built a church out in the countryside of New York where you will wed and has plans to build a new home to start your married life together.

Still ambitious as ever, Eisuke's one main goal (other than marry you) is to find the person who framed his father and split his family.  He has no intention to stop until he finds who the person is and reveal the truth.

*** Be warned for any spoilers ***

Despite his promise not to keep secrets from you anymore, he had to keep you in the dark once again and pretend to act coldly towards you. ~ Mind you, he feels guilty about fooling you too 😟 ~ So only when you two are in his suite is he sweet to you, to make up for being cold to you earlier (whether it was him or the imposter being cold to you).

It's important to note, Eisuke does feel guilty about keeping another secret from you after he promised he wouldn't. Feeling guilty is rarely seen in any of his stories (or probably since his main story) and for the first time, he worries about what you think about him breaking his promise to you.

Since you are very important to Eisuke, the only person he would entrust your life to is Soryu. Worried about leaving you for his 'business trip', Eisuke asked Soryu to secretly protect you and gives him the key and access code to his suite. Another time he entrusted Soryu to protect you was in 'Living Together'.

Aww. What a good friend he is. 👦👦

Since 'Hidden Choices', Eisuke seems to treasure your life more so than ever and will do anything for you. He's even willing to commit a crime for your sake 😬.

Overall Opinion:
Not going to lie, I really liked this season especially the development of his route. The plotting is really interesting and keeps you on edge. I feel like we're finally entering the final arc of his character and it's coming in a full circle.

In the beginning, Eisuke explains why he started these auctions to find out what happened to his father. Through his route, the MC and Eisuke face a lot of challenges and overcome them together, now we're getting closer to finding out what really happened to his father and who's out of ruin Eisuke. This season, we're getting one step closer to finding the truth.

During the story, it was really hard to tell who's the real Eisuke and who's the fake one. But the real one is definitely the one who always appears in his own suite with the MC.

While the real Eisuke had to pretend to be cold towards the MC, I think the imposter was the one making those unreasonable demands the majority of the time.

The auctions managers were very much aware of Eisuke's plans so they were also pretending so the imposter doesn't suspect a thing. The only reason he didn't let her in on his because (according to him) she's a terrible actress and she even admits it. ~ I mean, I'm not surprised. She wears her emotions on her sleeve. 😩 She even confronted the imposter when she realised he wasn't Eisuke, and - like always - she gets herself in trouble. 🙈

I really liked how the MC has become a lot 'smarter' this season. Mind you, she's not dumb, just naive and slow 😩. She's become more observant about how 'strange' Eisuke has been. Though, she gets confused when he switches from being cold one minute then sweet another. She just thinks he's stressed from work.

But the times when she knows there's definitely something wrong with him, she actually feels it. It's like a gut instinct she has.

The whole time when the imposter was pretending to be Eisuke, the MC was at wits' end when he chased away the auction managers. She probably would have kept believing he was Eisuke (just not himself) had the imposter not slipped up. The fake Eisuke didn't know what restaurant the real one took the MC on their date and told her to tell the driver (when Eisuke was the one who drove them).

What really made him slip up was when he said 'I love you' to the MC. And we all know Eisuke doesn't say it all that often and he especially doesn't say it stop her from pushing his buttons. So his habit fo not saying it enough really helped.

The secret code thing between the MC taught Eisuke and vice-versa really came in handy because Eisuke was able to save her (again). It just really shows they're connecting as a couple to have something like a secret code that only they know.

I was surprised to see Eisuke hold a gun and was willing to shot someone with it 😬 🙈. All because the MC hurt her ankle (she hurt her ankle from trying to escape), and it was the MC who talked him out of shooting someone. It really shows and proves the extremes Eisuke was willing to do for her. And it just proves how much she means to him.

This season really got me hooked because now I can't wait for next season because I think (or I'm expecting) the final villain shows up. I had the same reaction as the auction manager when they revealed the person who's out to ruin Eisuke.

While Eisuke is like...

I'm really curious about this final villain because he's not someone I expected (or any of the guys apparently). So I'm curious how this person fits into being the man who ruined Eisuke's father and is now out to ruin Eisuke.

I have a feeling, he may appear in the next season but I'm not too sure. Let's hope because it's time to bring this arc to a close.

I really liked how they had Eisuke develop some sort of PTSD (I'm not too sure of the proper term for this but I think it's trauma). After what happened to the MC in 'Hidden Secrets', Eisuke is traumatized at the memory because he almost lost the MC.

I really recommend this story if you want to see how close the MC and Eisuke has gotten. You get twice the Eisuke's in here. The doppelganger is quite entertaining in the end and in the epilogue because he makes these expressions that not even Eisuke makes. And it freaks the guys out. 😂

What's even funnier is that animals actually like the doppelganger instead of Eisuke... when they have the exact same face! 😂😂😂

Happy playing!

Overall score: 8.5/10

You are welcome to read my review on his overall personality and his character development from my general opinion post. 

Kissed by the Baddest Bidder: Eisuke Ichinomiya S5 Hidden Secrets Review

Story Basis:

Eisuke has done it again and expanded his hotel to New York. Just as you get ready to leave for New York, you receive a mysterious text from someone claiming to know your fiancé's secret. You don't have time to think about it before you're jetted off to a new country. 

At the opening party for the hotel, you meet a mysterious man in a Cheshire Cat mask who sent you the text back in London. Before you could find out what the secret is, the man disappears. You're worried about the masked man and Eisuke promise to protect you from him. 

In the midst of your worries, you try to carry on your days as usual. You're about to become Mrs Ichinomiya but you don't know the first thing about business. You want to be a bit as useful to Eisuke so you challenge yourself to learn about business and he gives you the chance to work on a project to help promote the hotel. You're excited to be a part of this project and come up with an event inspired by your encounter with a guest at the hotel.

Just when you're getting used to life in New York, you run into the man with the mask again. He warns you not to trust your man who's full of secrets. You want to believe in your fiancé but when the secret involves Eisuke's biological father and his whereabouts you can't ignore it any longer. 

What secrets is Eisuke hiding? Can you still trust him after everything?

His Personality:
Still the same as always, Eisuke seems sweeter this season and more considerate of your feelings than previously ~ not that he's never been aware of your feelings. He takes you on a date despite his busy schedule with his business expansion to make time for you. 

He's still very awkward with expressing himself and only expressing them through actions. His go-to move is obviously sex to express his feelings for you 😚. Other times when you get into a disagreement, he buys you cookies from the bakery shop you like as his roundabout way of apologising. 

As sweet as he can be, he still strict as ever as your boss now that you're in charge of planning an event for the hotel. Noticing how serious you want to learn about business, Eisuke lets you be a part of his management strategy meetings. 

While he's being generous and attentive to you, he's still calculating and tactful as always. His choice to let you be a part of his business project is for two reasons. One; because he was being considerate when you said you wanted to learn about business. And two; he did it so you would be distracted and too busy to think about the masked man.

This season, Eisuke's calm and collected composure is slowly chipping because the stakes are higher this time. He's still keeping secrets from you and he firmly believes that not telling you will protect you from the crimes he's about to commit (Well, it's sort of a crime but for the right reasons). 

He's getting closer to finding out what really happened to his father all those years ago, and the closer he gets to the truth, the more danger he puts you in. He makes the conscious decision on whether or not to tell you the truth about his father and, in the end, he chooses to keep you in the dark. How stubborn! 😠

When you question him about his father, his go-to move is sex to cover up his anxieties or to conceal the truth. Even with Kishi's advice to tell you, he doesn't. 

Kishi took the words right out of my mouth ~ It's not until something worst befalls you did he realise it was a mistake to hide things from you. 😞

*** Be warned for any spoilers ***

Overall Opinion:
For the sake of this review, I'm going to pretend that last season never existed because of the random plot and his dramatic personality doesn't flow with his entire route. Actually, I've already disregard it because it was just horrible 😤. Just the way the MC was treated and how the story was handled. Just horrible 😡.

Anyway, the pacing of this plot was really good and I'm so glad we finally got an explanation of Eisuke's father's disappearance. It's been a tease his entire route. The last we've heard anything about related to his father's case was since Season 2 and here I thought it's never going to be solved. 🙏Thank god for that. 

In saying that, the ending is just beginning, and knowing how intense Eisuke's route has been, it's just going to get tougher from here on. 😔 Haa. When can they catch a break? 😖

The foundation of their relationship (or any relationship) is built on trust and the MC always puts her faith in Eisuke without fail. So when the masked man appears to her ~ in a creepy stalker way, I may add ~ with new information about Eisuke every time, she gets uneasy and starts to doubt their relationship. 

I still don't like how he keeps secrets from the MC because it just shows, that after five seasons, he hasn't changed 😞 that aspect of himself. His refusal to tell her anything or the truth makes it worse and she starts to doubt their relationship. But she comes around and still trusts him. 

In the end, she learns he never lied to her from the beginning. He only recently found out the truth about his father not long before she did and worked behind the scenes to clear his father's name. His mistake is (as always) keeping everything from her because it led to consequences she had to bear 😑. 

However, it's debatable on how he handled it. Had he told her everything from the beginning, she wouldn't be able to do what he got Kishi to do because it's not something she'd have access to. But he's still wrong for not telling her anything. 

This season seems more dramatic and intense than any previous seasons and I have to say, I quite enjoyed it. The stakes are higher this season and more dangerous. I actually think the plotting had a purpose because of what happened to the MC, Eisuke finally learns not to keep secrets from her before it's too late. ~ Took you five seasons but glad you're finally catching on. 

From this incident, he finally knows what it feels like to lose something special to him. And he learns his lesson about keeping secrets from the MC. It's baffling how he didn't learn his lesson from all the other times she's been in trouble. This time was a life-and-death situation that really scared him and he makes a promise to change himself.

Hopefully, he keeps this promise from here on. The start of it is when he says he's already making plans for their wedding. And honestly telling the MC how his mother was never foolish as she is when his father said she reminded him of his wife. 😆

And that's not all... Eisuke looks so much like his father. 😂

It's so funny when he started talking about kid Eisuke. So not the Eisuke we know. 😂

I really recommend this story if you want to get some closure on his whole father disappearance mystery. It's not exactly a closer. Yes, he does reunite with his father but it's still not the end of that. The ending is just about to begin is all I can say. Happy playing!

Overall score: 7/10

You are welcome to read my review on his overall personality and his character development from my general opinion post. 

Kissed by the Baddest Bidder: Eisuke Ichinomiya S4 Engagement Cruise Review

Story Basis: 

The Tres Spades has turned into a luxury cruise taking their guest across the seas to travel the world. 

You embark on a new and fresh journey with your fiancée on a trip around the whole as a pre-wedding honeymoon. In the midst of your romantic getaway with Eisuke, he's accused of murder and is under house arrest. 

What will you do to clear him of suspicions? 

*** Be warned of any spoilers ***

Overall Opinion: 

Usually, I would something about Eisuke's personality but I'm just going to skip that part and go straight into the review. 

I have to be honest here - I love Eisuke but I was really disappointed with this season 😔. The plot wasn't very good - in fact - there wasn't a plot at all. It just seemed like a scapegoat to point out the weakness in the MC's relationship with Eisuke. 

After what happened in Season 3 where the MC was stepping up to be his equal, you'd think their relationship has improved but this season was like a setback. The story started great with Eisuke spending time with the MC and learning to be more romantic with her. He watches a movie with her and goes along with her practice of Morse Code even though he thinks it's foolish and stupid. At least he's still thoughtful and does things he wouldn't do with anyone but her. 

The moment, however, when he gets accused of murder and under house arrest, he pushes the MC away and straight out tells her there's nothing she can do when she's worried sick about him 😟. 

The MC can't see him and wants to help him so she tries to raise money to bail him out (but apparently you can't bail someone out when it's a murder and she didn't know that). Baba and Ota suggest she sell something at the auction to raise the money. So she sells a (counterfeit) painting and it doesn't sell, setting the worst record in his auction ever. 

Eisuke (sort of) appreciates her efforts but he mostly gets mad at her for doing something 'she shouldn't'. ...Um, she was just trying to help you. Give her some credit 😡. 

The rest of the story was just upsetting and heartbreaking. The MC mostly felt useless and a burden beside him and I just think it wasn't fair against her. Eisuke didn't sugarcoat it either and basically thinks she's more work than less whenever there's a problem. It's really frustrating how her promise to become his equal was completely disregarded or completely forgotten at this point. 

The auction managers didn't help either, they kept most of the details to themselves and kept her out of the loop. Most of the time they were making a fool out of her when she's really trying her efforts to bail him out and they knew she can't 😡😡. 

I also felt Eisuke was ridiculously harsh on the MC for the wrong reasons. He also wasn't being very fair on her, saying she's always causing trouble for herself when really it's his fault. He doesn't tell her squat so she takes matters into her own hands and when it fails he's ridiculous hard on her. 

The ending was anti-climatic. It was done rather poorly and really rushed because the centre of the story wasn't to find who's framing him but rather focusing on how 'useless' the MC felt being with Eisuke. In the end, he was cleared of suspicions and she didn't do anything.

So far, I've recommended his previous stories but, honestly, I wouldn't recommend this one 🙅. The plotting is so random with little to no explanation. This is just another point to prove that Eisuke has a lot of enemies who want him dead or have his reputation ruined. At this point, we already know that so this whole season was pointless. I'm glad it quickly went as it came. 

This season just didn't fit or flow with his entire route. Basically, a side story you would say. His route would have been a lot better if this season didn't exist because it paints him in the worst light. And maybe the people who hate him were right to hate him. 

I like Eisuke but I really didn't enjoy this season so I only read it once - well, twice. The second time for this review. So I wouldn't judge you for skipping this season and just jump ahead to Season 5. You won't be missing much. 

*** There is another part to this season called 'Engagement Cruise After Story' and Eisuke is the only character to have it. It completes the mystery where we find out who and why someone framed him for the murder. 

Overall score: 2/10

You are welcome to read my review on his overall personality and his character development from my general opinion post. 

Kissed by the Baddest Bidder: Eisuke Ichinomiya S3 Scattered Cards Review

Story Basis:
You and Eisuke are now engaged but you have a long way to go to strengthen your relationship. Just as you're enjoying your newly engaged life, the auction managers decide to split ways. You feel insecure with this sudden change but Eisuke couldn't care less of their departure. The auction proceeds as planned when Eisuke surprises you by putting the auction itself to sell?! 

Just when you think life can't get any lonelier, Eisuke takes you back to Japan in the middle of the night without an explanation. You're bothered when he starts acting strange and won't tell you what's going on. 

You realise something's not right and set to find the answers yourself. You're depressed when he won't rely on you. Will you take this and stand down? 

His Personality:
While Eisuke is still the same as usual, he's much more secretive and overprotective of you this latter half of the season. He still keeps most of his emotions to himself so you always end up guessing accurately how he feels.

He's just as upset as you are that the auction managers have split up but won't admit to it. Even when you ask him to get everyone back together, he's too stubborn to call them. Even when he's having trouble, he won't call them as for help.

With the MI6 watching both of you, it has caused him to be on edge and secretive. That's why he didn't want you to leave the hotel without him or without a bodyguard. He didn't want you to worry and tried to keep you close so nothing would happen.

*** Be warned for any spoilers ***

Overall Opinion:
I found it interesting that the second part of the season mirrored Eisuke's initial statement where nothing changes after they get married. ~ Well, they're not married yet... ~ But everything that happened changed drastically and neither Eisuke and the MC could handle the sudden change. So I found that interesting. 

In this half of the season, Eisuke is a lot more stubborn and seems just a little bit more helpless than previous. He doesn't tell the MC anything that's going on because he's worried the MI6 would get violent if she knew too much. His inability to ask the MC (or the others) for help causes a rift between you and he uses sex as a way to avoid facing his issues or to take out his frustrations. 😔

I think Eisuke knows he's done wrong when he sold the auction without consulting Soryu and he doesn't know how to apologise for it. Probably, in his entire life, he's never apologised for a single thing because he has so much pride.

The same goes for asking for help. He usually gives out orders to the auction managers because he's basically their leader. Now that they've broken up, they don't need to follow his orders but they will come to help him if he asks (or if you ask them).

Before, the MC learns to put her faith and trust in him to solve the situation himself. So while she has her insecurities, she knows he's capable of overcoming any situation. And while she doesn't understand why he takes her back to Japan or his strange behaviour, she still puts her faith in him.

But now they are engaged and about to become a family, she doesn't want to take him for granted and just sit back for him to solve everything himself. Seeing him all stressed out and exhausted from trying to solve things on his own, she wants to help him and not just do everything he says blindly.

This season, I feel the MC has become a little more clever and not as naive as she was before. She's caught on that something is causing Eisuke to be on edge and why he won't tell her anything ~ Honestly, if she didn't pick up on this then she's the worst MC ever 😫 ~ and she's more determined than ever to be useful to Eisuke whether he likes it or not. 

The MC makes Eisuke understand that while she's ready to support him anytime he needs her, she doesn't want to just follow behind him but stand next to him as he's equal 👫.

Now that he's come to understand where her 'rebellion' comes from, he tells her what's really going on with MI6 and why it's been stressing him out. The situation turns out complicated for him, so the MC takes matter into her own hands and turns to the auction managers for help. She comes up with a plan to help Eisuke be at an advantage thus saving him for the first time. 

This is one of the highlights and rarest occasions where the MC is clever and cunning ~ something she learnt from him ~  and actually saves Eisuke's butt 😆. I mean, by now you must have learnt a thing or two from your fiancé about cunningness. 

In the end, Eisuke starts to acknowledge her strengths and her cunningness to stand as his equal. But I agree with him, she still has a long way to go. From this, I feel their relationship is getting stronger and it has improved. The only probably still lies with Eisuke and his willingness to communicate with the MC.

Overall, I really liked where the plotting was going just not the whole secrecy thing. It really took up most of the story. What really saved it was the MC's persistence to get Eisuke to understand her willingness to help him and see her on equal standings as him. She's changed a lot and has become a lot smarter. So I definitely recommend this 👍. Happy playing!

Overall score: 9/10

You are welcome to read my review on his overall personality and his character development from my general opinion post. I will also post reviews on his other stories. 

Kissed by the Baddest Bidder: Eisuke Ichinomiya S3 Proposal Review

Story Basis:
You're in London with Sakiko to attend your friend Chisato's wedding. You take the time to do some sightseeing and come across an antique shop where you spot a ring. You wear it on your left ring finger and can't get it off (not unusual, that happens all the time). The wedding and the ring make you wonder when you'll ever get married (to Eisuke). At Chisato's wedding, you meet an Englishman who flirts with you.

After an unpleasant run-in with some dangerous men, the auction managers come to your rescue. You're surprised to find the Tres Spades has expanded again and this time in London, the place where Eisuke spent most of his younger years with Soryu and Luke. You move in with Eisuke in his private suite on the top floor where you'll start a new and exciting life together.

Your first day working at the hotel, you find out the Tres Spades is ranked #4 on the hotel ranking system of London. Eisuke takes you to observe other hotels when you bump into the man you met at the wedding. Frank Ackerson, a man from Eisuke's past and the owner of the #1 hotel in London. With the rivalry between Eisuke and Frank, he is determined to put his hotel at #1.

Talks about family and marriage come up, you don't want to expect too much from him but you're disappointed when your views of family and marriage are different from Eisuke's. Just when you forgot about it, Eisuke suddenly proposes to you out of the blue?!

In the throws of your confusion about marriage, Frank plots to take everything away from Eisuke. What will Eisuke do? Will you ever get him to understand what family means?

His Personality:
Eisuke is pretty much the same as the previous season, demanding and possessive only he's more aggressive with his affections for you. ~ More sexual if I'm being accurate 😳. He enjoys teasing you because he likes seeing your reaction. 

His favourite saying is 'Your job is to satisfy me' ~ I agree with Ota. That sounds so indecent 😊. As much as you enjoy being in his embrace, you're still a dedicated employee. When you put work above him he would always 'punish' you, and he's not one to shy from 'putting on a show' in front of others, much to your embarrassment. 

He's still awkward (in a cute way) when it comes to being honest about his feelings. ~ From what I gather, he just doesn't want to sound sappy in front of others but he will say them for you to hear only. He injured his arm from protecting you so he had you help him drink his coffee when he could have just used his other arm. It was his way of saying, he wanted you to stay with him.

You learn Eisuke is easily bored and is always trying to find ways to entertain himself. One example of this is when he purposely didn't tell you about the move to London a secret just to see your reaction. He's never bored with you because of your many expressions and constant effort to keep him happy. 

He can be a bit petty with jealousy when he thinks someone's 'stealing' or 'claiming' you. This is evident when he refuses to kiss you until you take off the ring you got from the antique store 😜. 

Eisuke surprises you with his indifference to the idea of marriage, thinking nothing in his life will change. You're disappointed when he 'proposes' to you with a Marriage Licence saying it's nothing but a piece of paper with no significance (basically a contract) ~ Not very romantic, is he?  His detachment to family and marriage make you question your relationship. 

At first, he thinks just saying the words you want to hear will help you decide. ~ But thank god you stopped him. He doesn't realise that just saying 'Will you marry me?' means nothing unless he understands how important it is to be married and what it means to be man and wife. Especially for the MC because to her, it means a big change. 

When words don't work, he goes for a more intimate approach after you say you don't know enough of him and he thinks sex is the answer. ~ ... Um, no. Can you keep your pants on for one minute, dude?

Eisuke has always been ambitious and, according to Soryu, very competitive. He won't settle for being anything less than #1 and will do anything to make sure he always comes out on top. And apparently, he practised sewing for hours to get the top grade in sewing class. ~ I can't even imagine 😂

*** Be warned for any spoilers ***

Overall Opinion:
Proposal stories are usually favourite to read because they finally make it official by putting a ring on it. I was really excited and had a lot of expectations when this story came out and I was not disappointed. The flow of the story was written really well and quite realistic about the different views of marriage.

The MC's view on marriage is quite common among average people. She's basically like me; marriage is born from the love between two individuals. And it definitely holds more significance than just names written on a piece of paper. I find Eisuke's view on marriage quite a unique and a little sad to be honest.

Eisuke seems very detached with the idea of family and marriage whenever it's brought up. He loves the MC enough to think about marrying her someday. But because of his views, she can't bring herself to accept his proposal even though she's been waiting for it. She starts to question how much does she really know about him and the stage of their relationship. 

I like how she doesn't just jump at the offer of his proposal ~ Honestly, even I wouldn't. I love Eisuke but he's got to be more romantic than that 😒. I also thought it was a good call from Eisuke to tell her to forget about his proposal. This gave him the time to sort his feelings out before proposing to her the right way. 

This is a realistic scenario of people making decisions on marriage and not just because they love each other. But can see a future together. No matter how much you love someone, if they don't have the same values as you do about something life-changing as this then there's no point.

In saying that, the main story didn't do just on explaining how Eisuke can jump from 'Marriage is a contract' to genuinely asking the MC 'will you marry me?' in the end. You really have to read his POV to understand his train of thought from the main story. 

To put it simply (without spoiling too much), Eisuke warped sense of marriage and family became very clear from his upbringing. He knows family are "People who are connected forever by blood" but he doesn't know how else does it connect them with each other 😔. He doesn't have the slightest clue what family is like because he got separated from his family at a young age.

In his own interpretation, he doesn't think Akira is his father because they are not related by blood. Akira loves him as his own but Eisuke kept him at a distant for many years because of his own misconception. 

He only managed to understand what family truly means when the MC points out they will become a family if they get married. And any children they will have will be his family. That's when he realised how wrong he was to propose to her the way he did.

After sorting out his misconception and finally confronting Akira, Eisuke's got a better understanding of what family means. (Thanks to the MC) 

*** To know why Eisuke proposed to you in the first place, you can read it in his POV or you can wait until I post my general review of Eisuke. 

The plotting was written fairly well addressing the issue of marriage and proposal. Eisuke and the MC's relationship is more likely to strength after this event now they are on the same page. The proposal story was 'messy' but very Eisuke style right through to the end. I was more focused on the whole marriage issue rather than the Frank plot but it all ties together when you read his POV.

I do recommend this story and his POV for those of you who want to get a clear and better understanding of this complicated character. Happy playing!

Overall score: 7/10 

You are welcome to read my review on his overall personality and his character development from my general opinion post. I will also post reviews on his other stories. 

Kissed by the Baddest Bidder: Eisuke Ichinomiya S2 Twist of Fate Review

Story Basis:

After the events with Ozaki and Hishikura, you and Eisuke are enjoying your peaceful life together on your private island and are now closer than ever. But your life in paradise is short-lived when trouble is right around the corner. 

You and the auction managers discover there's another auction going on in Dubai taking most of their customers. Not only that but locals are protesting against the presence of the Tres Spades Hotel in their country. On top of that, you get targeted for unknown reasons forcing Eisuke to take you back to Japan for your safety.

Will you stand to have Eisuke protect you all the time or will you do something to help him?

His Personality:
Eisuke is still possessive and demanding as always but also sweet and adoring of you at the same time. He's very much affectionate to you at every chance he gets, be it aggressive or subtle, you still fall hard for him every time. He still thinks your No. 1 priority should be him.  ~ Almost makes him seem needy but not too much. And it's not a problem for you. 

He's more open with his love for your cooking, just not so much on the peas. 😆 So childish!

Either jealous or possessive (probably both), he doesn't like it when the guys get close to you, especially Hishikura. The guys don't miss a chance to tease you about it and they often get the evil eye from Eisuke.

He's still ambitious as ever and calculating with everything he does while throwing in the occasional subtle kindness to you. He goes undercover at the competitor's auction with you and bids $1 million on a necklace you happen to like while claiming he didn't do it for you but to find information. ~ Come on, Eisuke. We all know that's a lie. You're so sweet. 😊

However, he still has that habit of not telling you what's going on and tries to solve the problem himself. You do have some awareness of the problem that's going on but not the full details because he keeps you in the dark about certain things.  You end up having to find out from Baba.

For someone as ambitious as Eisuke, it can be misunderstood that all he cares about is the reputation of his hotel and profit. When it came to light that you're being targeted, he makes the hardest decision as the CEO to cease the operations of the hotel and takes you back to Japan. He'd rather be labelled as someone who 'ran away' to protect you. 

He decides everything without consulting you and it bothers you that he can't rely on you and you can't be independent. In his perspective, he only wants to do what every man would do and protect their girlfriend.

***Be warned for any spoilers***

Overall Opinion: 
This story is basically a continuation of the previous one, the plothole with the bombing incident is finally addressed and the mystery behind it builds on. Plotwise, I feel like the writers took the right direction to add more action and drama to it. The suspense and plot twist gets you excited.

Eisuke's biological father gets mentioned for the first time since Season 1. But we don't get much development on his disappearance rather just a tease getting us ready to uncover the mystery in future releases. ~ More on that another time. 

As much as I loved Eisuke, it bothered me how he reverted back to his old habit from Season 1. He doesn't tell the MC what's going on and says that her knowing won't change the situation. ~ Um... that may be true but I'm entitled to know what the hell's going on when my life's being targeted.  It just seems like he doesn't believe she can handle the problems thrown at him. He can argue that he wants to keep her safe and protected but it just feels like he's babying her a lot.

Another habit I've noticed about Eisuke (in later seasons as well) is how he uses sex as a distraction to keep the MC from figuring things out. This is the go-to move he uses on her all the time and I didn't realise it started here. ~ More on that in my general opinion. 

What I really liked is how the MC doesn't sit back and let Eisuke try to solve everything on his own. The more he doesn't tell her anything, it pushes her to go find out on her own; the explanation behind the card and the reason they came back to Japan.

She's trying to be more independent and doesn't want him to shoulder the burden of protecting his hotel and her as well. She wants to have at least some control over her life.

When the MC confronts him about her feeling, he finally realizes how he's been treating her. As affectionate and caring as he is, he realizes she doesn't just want to be seen kept behind protected glass and wants to stand alongside him as his girlfriend worthy of him. She's proven herself to his repeated statement of her being different to all the women he's been with that she really can handle any problem with him. 

He starts to have faith in her a little more and believes she's capable of handling any problem thrown at them because she's 'special' or his 'girlfriend'.  He acknowledges her strength and will to become worthy of him but is reluctant at first to let her in on the action because he worries about her life being put at risk. 

One thing that isn't clear about this story is how Hiskikura became a part of the auction managers all of a sudden. It was never explained in this story or in the previous so it's kind of like... What? How did this happen? 

Since the last story, Hishikura's romantic interest in the MC has sort of died down (probably because he knows to back off on another man's girlfriend) after she rejected him. He's on friendly terms with her and the other auction managers. He also joins Baba and Ota in teasing you and it sparks jealousy in Eisuke.

Remember in my last review about Hikaru? 

Yep, it's confirmed that he's a little sketchy. He doesn't appear much but when he does you can't shake that feeling that he's not all that he seems.  Especially in this scene. 

Overall, I really enjoyed the plot and the development of their relationship. They've grown to have faith in each other. The MC makes sure her feelings are heard and Eisuke learns to have faith in her. 
If you enjoyed his previous story and love a little bit of action, I would definitely recommend this story. Happy playing!

Overall Score: 7/10

You are welcome to read my review on his overall personality and his character development from my general opinion post. I will also post reviews on his other stories. 

Kissed by the Baddest Bidder: Eisuke Ichinomiya S2 Living Together Review

Story Basis:

The Tres Spade Hotel has expanded to Dubai, you're initially there for a training seminar when you learn you'll be officially working there instead. Your first day in Dubai, you have an unpleasant run-in with the Sheikh of Dubai. The Japanese Ambassador, Shuichi Hishikura convinced him to sentence you to a life in prison. Eisuke and the auction managers come to rescue you. The Sheikh pardons you on the condition you work hard at the Tres Spade Hotel and Hishikura will be keeping you under surveillance. 

The auction managers move their penthouse to the new hotel and will be living in their own estates in Dubai. You start your new life in a foreign country and move in with Eisuke on a private island he bought just for the two of you.

You attend an IVC party with Eisuke when a bomb goes off in the ballroom. The auction managers believe someone's out to bring Eisuke's career to ruins. Not only that but Hishikura is staying in the VIP guest room at the Tres Spades and asks you to be his exclusive maid. His growing interest in you sparks jealousy in Eisuke with this love triangle. 

More trouble starts to brew when the hotel is being accused of being built on illegal funds and tax evasion. You get kidnapped and sold at the auctions again and this time the person who bought you is none other than Hishikura. 

How will Eisuke save you? 

His Personality:

This season, Eisuke shows a gentler side only with you and actually cherishes you as his girlfriend. Once you move in with him, he promises to kiss you every morning. ~ I think it's sweet. 😊 He's usually calm and collected but he's seen blushing a lot more this season which shows he's getting comfortable around you.

~ And the guys make fun of him for it. HAHA! 😂

Now he (sorta) asks you to cook for him and he loves it over the hotel's chef's food (he won't say he loves it but it's obvious he does). 

Your safety comes as the first priority to him and he will do everything to protect you ~ because you're that precious to him 😉. He can be jealous whenever Hishikura is involved because the latter is interested in you (most likely in a romantic way). 

Right off the bat, Eisuke expresses his dislike in Hishikura only for one reason when the latter expresses interest in his girl (you). It's obvious they have similar personalities and they often clash when it comes to you, making them rivals. He probably feels threatened that there's another person who's just as calculating and ambitious as him. 

Eisuke claims the reason he often pages you is that he thinks it's fun to see you run to him. You pout about it but you know his real reason is the same as you; he just wants an excuse to see you. Aww~ 😊

He's surprisingly a picky eater. He hates green peas but won't admit it. Saying he doesn't like to go out of his way to eat it ~ He's basically saying he doesn't like it but won't come out and say it (so childish). 

He only ate them because you made him dinner for the first time, and you're the first person to cook for him. Now that he's had a taste of your food he loves it and prefers it to the hotel food (not that he will be honest about it). 

Eisuke carries himself confidently like no one can beat him in anything and he's very calculating. But this season has become unpredictable to him and he's shown panicking a lot when it comes to you. 

Another reason why he hates Hishikura is that he stole you from him when he bought you at the auction. ~ Who wouldn't hate the guy who stole their girlfriend from them?

***Be warned for any spoilers***

Overall Opinion:
The plotting and drama in this season seem more interesting than the first season and I really enjoyed it. Although there's on minor issue ~ I'll get to that later. 

Eisuke seems more open with his affections for the MC like promising to kiss her every morning. When he panics it shows how much he cares for her and how much she means to him. Even taking measures to protect her.

One thing I really liked is how he goes out of his way to make sure she's safe and protected. Even though it sort of failed when Hishikura bought her at the actions. Instead of pushing her away like he did in the first season, Eisuke keeps her by his side and even make sure to come home from the hotel early so she wouldn't be bored at home alone. ~ I think that's progress. 

He's can be awkward sometimes when communicating his feelings and just can't seem to be honest when he enjoys something she does for him. He's also awkward when consoling the MC because he made her cry.

Even though he hates Hishikura and wants to keep her away from him, he respects her decision when she says she wants to work as Hishikura's maid at his request. He respects her work ethics and will comprise for her sake but when the issue of her safety comes as a concern he won't negotiate.

I loved the moment Eisuke rushed to the MC when Hishikura bought her. It's one of the highlights of the story and it actually shows how much she means to him. He immediately tries to take her back but according to his auction rules, he can't.

Hishikura's condition to release you is if he gets to be an auction manager. Eisuke can't accept that without consulting with the other auction managers first so he had to leave you with him before he could come up with a plan to take you back.

He especially hates it when Hishikura buys you clothes which I find ironic when he buys her clothes himself. He really can't stand the idea of someone taking his girlfriend from him and it makes him all the more determined to take her back.

The MC is still naive and trusting as ever, and that's what makes him worry all the time (especially when she said she'll work for Hishikura). While Eisuke spends a majority of the story thinking of ways to protect her and get her back, the MC is also thinking about Eisuke and how best to help him and boost the hotel business while they are apart. I almost felt sorry for Hishkura when he (seems to) genuinely like the MC but all she has on her mind is Eisuke.  ~ Kinda makes me want to give his route a try, but maybe next time.

The minor issue with the plotting is the bombing incident was never explained clearly. It's like they forgot it happened. Hishikura was accused of setting it up but later proven he had nothing to do with any of the incidents that happened in the story. His role is solely being a part of a love triangle and nothing else. So... plothole, I guess?

Another thing about the plot is Hikaru's role in the story seems a little suspicious. I can't seem to pinpoint it exactly because I don't have a lot to go on with his minimal appearances. He has this mysterious air about him. (He is one of the playable characters of KBTBB but he doesn't have a route until Season 3). 

If Eisuke had been this sweet in the first season, he wouldn't have so much hate than he does. If you enjoyed Season 1 and want to see more of Eisuke being sweet and caring towards you, you will definitely enjoy this story. Happy playing!

Overall score: 8/10

You are welcome to read my review on his overall personality and his character development from my general opinion post. I will also post reviews on his other stories.