How would you like a samurai warlord from the Sengoku Period as a boyfriend?
A smartphone game in which players choose a match from a selection of 15th and 16th century warlords has captured the hearts of many women nationwide and abroad with its easy TV-drama-like mock romance. It also offers events where players can "marry" their favorite in-game characters in a new form of "romance."
"He's so cool," a 31-year-old woman from Chiba Prefecture says with a smile as a blond-haired character on her smartphone screen gives her a command.