#mauro rune factory

[zefirart]

I LOVE BLOND MEN WITH FLOWER MOTIFS!!!

[maid-of-the-golden-deer]

i think mauro is gonna be slept on HARD and thats ppl arent gonna approach his romance the right away

heres how i think of it: mauro is to the player, who the player is to the other characters

in most (not all, but most) of the romances, the player helps their LI work through their insecurities and their previously established arcs, and you come out the end witb a happy, healthy relationship

mauro... already went through his character development before he even came to azuma. from everything he says, he has a happy, loving relationship with his parents (they gave him his airship, supported his dreams, and bawled when he left). And his life outlook is very positive and healthy already (failure is a journey in of itself, and you can always try again). he doesnt NEED you to therapize him. instead, its your PC who gets worried that his wonderlust will take him elsewhere, and get in your own head to the point where you consider breaking up with him, until he clocks that and you have an honest, mature conversation about it

tldr is like, mauro is a "static" character, but dont you think for a minute thats an insult. he reveals more about the PC instead of the other way around, and i found it to be a refreshing change of pace after doing all the other routes

[kashmimo]

RFgoa scribbles

[curejune]

[pleiadeslight]

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma- Bachelors

[bokumonocosplay]

All the other marriage candidates, Iroha, Murasame, Hina, Mauro, Ulalaka, Matsuri, Kurama, Fubuki, Kanata, Kai, Clarice, Ikaruga, Pilika and Cuilang!

Sourced from the official website and shoved through a webp to png converter

[rf-dragon-countdown]

🌸🌻 HAPPY RELEASE DAY 🍁❄️

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of the staff involved in making this game come to life, as well as all of the fans who had kept the RF community thriving!

Thank you for following along on this journey 🐉 We’ll see you in Azuma!

[littlemissgeek8]

Me playing Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma for like, three days straight like:

(Kai is not included in this because he needs to sit in the corner and stop eating board game pieces. Also I haven't really met Ikaruga or Subaru yet but they're good looking so they can stay.)

[ozmatippetarius]

Give us the footage of Mauro (a professional treasure hunter) and Kanata (a god whose primary power is finding things) kicking a bunch of children’s asses at a treasure hunt, you cowards.

[day-nish]

Happy Guardians of Azuma release day!!! Here's the artwork I did for the Guardians of Azuma countdown project~

Still waiting on my Earthdancer edition unfortunately but I hope everyone is having fun playing!

[plow-and-propose]

GoA is so funny, you can go up to a character who's chilling on the beach and invite them to go chill on the beach and after they go chill on the beach they turn to you and say "that sucked and I hated it never make me do it again" and then after that. they go back to chilling on the beach

[zefirart]

Saw Mauro in the wedding outfit and my friends and i agreed that this is the vibe

[nightzap]

Two ingame weeks into GoA, I had my first competition, I submitted my level 3 cabbage, and then the other villagers bring fucking Sovereign Spinachs and Golden Cabbages. Two weeks into the game. I placed tenth because everyone brought their super veggies. What the fuck do they even need an earth dancer for if they can grow shit like this already.

[fegirl1]

Also, I've been playing Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma and I have decided on who are my top 3 men and women in the game!

The men:

Fubuki

Reasons why:

He's voiced by Kieran Regan (who voices Heizou from Genshin Impact)

He's such a sweetheart!!

He deserves so many hugs from all his hardships!! His bonding quests just made me love him more and more!

Mauro

Reasons why:

He is adorkable (adorable and a dork!)

2. Not everyday we get to see a male member of the De Sainte-Coquille family that we can romance! We need more of that in the series!

3. His bonding quests got me to understand why he is the way he is, and he also deserves hugs!

Subaru

Reasons why:

I am a fan of the whole childhood-friends-to-lovers trope!

He's kind and is an interesting character, especially when you play as Kaguya!

He's the 2nd protagonist you can marry since Tides of Destiny in the series! I'd love for us to have more like that in the future installments as well!

The women:

Hina

Reasons why:

She is adorable and I still can't believe this is her grown up from RF5!

She's sweet and I can see us being besties irl!

Her English VA also voiced Tiki (Fire Emblem Awakening) and Rena Ryuuga (in the first Higurashi no Naku Koro ni dub)

Iroha

Reasons why:

She's adorable!

Another interesting character in the cast!

One of the best girls in the series imo!

Pilika

Reasons why:

She kinda reminds me of myself at times.

I enjoyed her bonding quests (you can only get to experience that if you bought the Bonds of Love dlc)

Just like the other girls, she is adorable!

I'm still going through the other love interests, since there are a total of 16 people to romance (14 if you didn't buy the dlc), and beaten the story last week! My only gripe of the game is that you can't ask them out on dates whenever you want like in the other games.

I'd like to know who your favorite love interests in the game are and why! XD I do want to make an OC or two sometime. I do honestly ship MauroxHina, in terms of canon characters ships.

[harvestmoonconfessionsv2]

I've always wanted to marry a De-Saint Coquille bachelor (and I was especially sad that I couldn't marry Max in Rune Factory 2) so when it turned out that Mauro in Guardians of Azuma was a De-Saint Coquille I almost cried tears of joy. Not to mention, his eccentric personality, and his adorably sweet (yet surprisingly serious) confession is so charming to me! I couldn't be more excited to meet and probably marry him!

[my-current-obsession]

I am overall very much enjoying Guardians of Azuma, but I'm torn about some things.

In theory I LIKE that every love interest has a story/subplot dedicated to them, but the fact that nearly ALL of them are gated by the main story compels me to race through the game rather than taking my time. Literally my favorite thing about previous Rune Factory games is the laidback pace, slowly raising affection with and getting to know your love interests as you tackle the plot and dungeons at your own pace. In 3, you have a limited number of quests you can do in a day, which translates to HAVING to take things slow to get through more girls' stories before the end. In 4 I was in no rush because I was at the whims of RNG with town events, so waiting longer just gave me more days to potentially get events. With 5, I don't believe any of the love interests' events were story-locked (and if they were the game didn't SHOW it so I had no reason to rush looking for more content), so you could just breeze through them as they showed up.

But in this game? I have several love interests that are TECHNICALLY available from the very start (or at least early on) and it's starting to look like I have to outright beat the game to unlock the rest of their stories so I can actually potentially date them. And that's not even addressing that a good chunk of love interests only become available AT ALL near the very end of the game. Considering how much the advertising promoted the romance aspect of this game you'd think it would be possible to see it BEFORE beating the game and having only minor incentive to keep playing.

Beyond that... I really enjoy the combat and exploration of this game, but I think it was focused on to the detriment of the usual core formula of RF games. With the town building mechanic, it's changed farming into something you basically either leave entirely to the villagers, or spend A LOT of time carefully micromanaging four towns' farms yourself while assigning all the villagers to other jobs. There's no happy medium. Try to do A BIT of farming, focusing on raising certain crops or leveling certain things, and the villagers will inevitably get in your way by harvesting something before you can reap it or sowing seeds in field space you wanted to use another way. But it really is so much effort and time to spend doing all the farm work yourself. Especially since the very necessary fire sword to get higher level seeds is slow and clunky.

For most of the game I have tried to do some farming, mostly to level up my crops, but it's been a frustrating experience trying to work around the villagers. Now that I'm near the end I'm leaving it all to them as I race for the finish line (literally just so I can unlock all my love interests and date who I want), and I plan to manage the farming entirely by myself after beating the game, since I'll have the time instead of spending all my time chipping away at a new dungeon.

Monster allies feel entirely superflous in this game, tbh. Not only does it take forever to unlock them compared to other games, but they seem to all be "attackers" in a game that actually has roles for your party, encouraging a diverse team. This game also has some amazing banter between characters in the field, so using a slot for a monster is a slot taken away from a character who could have a more useful role and at the very least has entertaining dialogue.

Rapidly losing your health starting at midnight to "encourage" you to go to bed is a bit much. At least when paired with the fact that "hang out" options (as in, how you actually gain a good amount of points with people each day) take up time. You either need to be incredibly selective about who you hang out with so you have more time, OR you only have around six hours a day to actually get shit done. I understand and even agree that SOME sort of limit forcing you to sleep is good. But midnight is too soon. 2 am seems more reasonable, giving players a few more hours to work with while still meaning Kaguya/Suburu gets at least 3 hours a night.

Finally, I wish fishing was unlocked way earlier (again, as it usually is). Fishing has always been a good way to spend the last few hours of a day if you have nothing better to do in RF, but here I had to get deep into the game to get that luxury.

I want to stress that despite my complaints I really do love this game. But I've heard some others express the sentiment that this doesn't quite feel like Rune Factory, and I kind of agree. The things I like about it and how I play are so different from the core series. It's a side game/spinoff, so I can understand the differences. And I honestly love the story, it's my favorite of all the games I've played thus far. While the stories of the love interests that I've actually been able to play so far have been a tad hit or miss for me, the main story is SO good and the six gods individually and as a group are great.

But when I inevitably come back to this game, it won't be for the relaxing experience I love from other RF games. It will be because I specifically miss and want to re-experience these characters and this story, or because I enjoy the exploration and party banter. As far as actual farming and romance go I'd probably stick with other RF games.