Chasing Setsuna by Troopage and CoreX

Chasing Setsuna has proposed so far the most interesting and intricate ideas for a drama that I have seen in the community, and its concept a lot holds the potential for an awesome story in itself.

What is the plot about? Nemuri dies for unknown reasons, and because of a mistake made by Setsuna while trying to send him to the eternal realm, Nemuri ends up as a ghost and decides to escape, since he wants to continue living, but Setsuna, as told by him in his life as a priest, can't let him wander around like a lost soul.

Why so? Well, in this story ghosts end up losing everything that they had as humans in their past life, their own personality, and everything that made them themselves alive beings, and due to their desire of living, they end up possessing people and causing mischief. Nemuri himself ends up possessing a girl by accident and starts liking it, then, due to his increasing nature as a ghost, he starts to like it more and goes on a rampage looking to possess more girls as he pleases.

After possessing a girl while trying to hide his aura from Setsuna, his own obsessions as a ghost turn to Setsuna, which he decides will be the best body for him to possess. This just opens the possibilities for an amazing drama and an engaging story, the implications for Setsuna are either to take her father, already unrecognizable from what she knew, back to the spirit realm or lose her body and life in the process.

The scenario ends pretty shortly, but the idea is simply amazing, Setsuna would be trying to chase Nemuri with the help of her friend, half spirit half-human, Izuna, who has a contract attached to her, and Nemuri would try to weaken her mental state controlling people close to her so he can find a chance to take over her body. This would allow giving a lot of tension to the story.

It is overall, two people who love each other, or that at least loved each other before, Father and Daughter, try to win a chase one over the other. In this case, we are sharing the perspective of the antagonist, which allows the audience to see some fetish focused action like MtF possession and where Nemuri gets the advantage of the bodies of who possesses, there is also some mind control since all the thoughts he has and actions he does while possessing others are felt like their own by the possessed when he gets out.

While it sounds like Setsuna doesn't stand a chance due to her lack of experience as a priestess, her friend, Izuna, is shown as a powerful being who carries a sword that can kill any ghosts and aberrations without any difficulty, and overall her character is given a mysterious aura; as I have said before, she is a half spirit half-human who was taken care of by Nemuri as a kid and now, respects him a lot, because of that, she is ready to keep Setsuna away to help Nemuri live his new life, nevertheless, due to her contract, if she is ordered by Setsuna, she has to take care of Nemuri; that just adds another layer to the whole picture of things, touching topics like loyalty, friendship, and some High Fantasy since Izuna is part of the spirit world.

Some people would say that this version of Nemuri takes too many liberties by making him the same as a horny teenager, but I think this depiction is quite fair with his nature as a lost soul. Nemuri going from a respected priest to lustful ghost plants a lot of questions and implications for this character, a complete mind degradation so to say. In the end, he could become an evil being with his plan of taking over Setsuna and become the new priestess of Izuna. Izuna as a half-spirit character that has to take both sides between the father and the daughter is interesting as well because that morally ambiguous, completely loyal, and skilled character interpretation, fits her a lot.

Sadly, this scenario was put on hiatus in very early stages, and even when it hasn't been totally canceled the last update was done 3 years ago, and this time it hurts a lot because the story and the plot it's just so good. It has several leads and has a big fetishistic appeal, yes, it's true, a lot of the possessions are used just to make you feel horny, but the story in itself can offer a lot for those who want some great drama, if you do not take it that seriously and let the scenes that are only for sexual appeal be themselves, you will enjoy this scenario, it really seems that it can offer the best of worlds, but the rest of the story is yet to be seen.

Overall, in the state it is now, I can recommend it if you want some MtF Possession action (sexually-focused) as well a bit of mind control, but I can also recommend it if you want to check out more about the whole concept by itself, which is sincerely awesome, even when not a fully-fledged story. (it ends just as it starts and plants the plot) it's a good concept for a compelling story.

Reality Twist by Kromar

 

Back to the usual quality standard of v2 scenarios. Basically, John, who is less empathetic and now resembles Calvin more, decides to test the remote and mind control of one of his teachers, he later possesses her and takes her body for a ride.

In the morning he realizes he has memories of her own life and his body has disappeared, thinking he might have used the reality alteration button of the remote by mistake, John tries to decide if he should live now as her or try to go back and get his life back in some way.

I thought the reality change function was cool, but the scenario lasts only 10 minutes and doesn't go anywhere after that, and since John is depicted as a minor, it has been removed only due to depicting minors in sexual situations. You aren't really missing anything though, the only thing I think was worth checking is the reality change rules, which I will post a screenshot of below.

A New Life by BuggsB

 

Fan cover made by me

Probably the most recommendable Power Trip scenario. Now, what is Power Trip? When playing and reviewing scenarios, you usually find certain patterns or certain criteria that repeats in some releases, so naturally, for me, the idea of giving that pattern a tag becomes a necessity so these scenarios that share certain characteristic can be grouped together and recommended together. (Classification is just such a beautiful thing <3).

The term "Power Trip"  was coined by Student Transfer Developer Narg when we were discussing a way to classify this kind of scenario in TF fiction, and is a term a lot of people agreed with. What does Power Trip mean? A scenario in which the protagonist abuses power with impunity without negative repercussions, often so the reader can vicariously experience being powerful. In Power Trip scenarios, the ethics beyond the limit of the protagonist's powers are often ignored, letting the player experience the story without mental repercussions or remorse.

In this way, we can group scenarios like Harem, The Tale of the Loser, Body Switchers, and even new ones like John Sudden Lifechange. Now, the idea behind the Power Trip tag is having the protagonist being the one who has the power to change things, if another character has the power to change everything and the protagonist is part of the victims, that would fall into the label of masochism. Even then some people could argue that the obscure Takeover route of Student Transfer has a character that could be a way to achieve power for the writer even when the events are told from John's perspective. I accept that the tag is still a bit wonky and the concept is a work in progress, but by now I propose it to you to group certain scenarios that follow this format.

While Power Trip might be infamous among people who like TF due to the psychological implications and the possibilities of creating conflict around the struggle of an identity change, it is true that Power Trip has its own appeal, normally between people who like TF for lewd reasons more than for any psychological or dramatic reasons. I would define it as some sort of dark, freeform Wish Fulfillment that doesn't take care of real-world ethics.

Going back to A New Life, the scenario offers a new take of Claus, the most respected person in school due to his grades and his intelligence. Once a new student arrives, Michelle, Claus loses his spot as the number one student and looks for a ghost trying to make a wish so he can get revenge. The spirit, Faith, tricks him and steals his body, making Claus a ghost unattached to the shrine that needs to have a body to exist. If he stays without a body for too long, he will end up disappearing.

The scenario at the moment goes through a big amount of decisions and flairs but offers overall two main routes (with a big new Sandra route coming soon) and it has something that makes it stand over a lot of other scenarios, detailed animations all over the story to enhance the experience. For the most part, there is all sorts of boob bouncing, boob bouncing with dresses, with sports shirts, boob bouncing with all kinds of poses, if you love lewd content you will certainly enjoy all these animations that really make you submerge more into the story.

The main route starts when Claus possess Allison and due to her assets, decides to stay as her for the time being, Irene discovers the truth and after some time Claus discovers how to mind control her as well as Allison, making them both praise him and obey him as their master, Claus also concedes Cornelia her wish of being her friend Sayaka instead in exchange of having Irene take her place in her body so they all can live in her mansion. What the story points out now is that Claus is presenting his new self to school and is planning how to get to the top again and avenge Michelle, but Buggs writes the story as he imagines it so things are pretty much unpredictable, really.

The characters are very one-note, Allison is treated as some sort of dumb airhead that only knows about her boobs, Claus is very much a Mary-Sue with incredibly high levels of intelligence and no regards for the feelings of others, and Irene is treated as the tough girl of the group, but I have to admit she is the one that feels most natural of the tree so far.

Overall, what else you can ask for? It's an over-the-top, bizarre story where you as a protagonist have no limits, there is also (some sort of) plot, which makes it different from previous Power Trip scenarios where things just keep happening without reason. The descriptions about Allison's body and breasts are very detailed and that added to the superb animations Buggs has carefully crafted all over make this route a favorite for me and a solid recommendation for any Lewd scenario fans.

The other route focuses on a male-to-male possession where Claus enters the body of Stevie and some days after confronts Mel who is picking up on Stevie. Things happen, and Mel and Claus start to get closer to each other more and more while he is in Stevie's body. While it is interesting to see Mel feel intrigued and confused by this new Stevie as if she develops her feelings for him, I found it ironic that the whole route is based on fixing the relationship of these two while Mel is just talking with somebody that has possessed Stevie, not the real him. Claus overall acts the same as he does in the whole scenario, trying to show his superiority and being apathetic to her advances even when externally giving up to them until they have sex. If Claus stays in Stevie's body, he is probably going to get somebody to reach for, but Claus overall I felt he was the same until the placeholder, with little to no character growth, he wins them all, and he always has the reason.

This route is overall a mixed bag, it is one of the few or probably the only one with Male to Male possession in the Student Transfer scenario catalog, and thanks to Stevie's huge penis, it is probably a good option for guys who want some variety and want to feel who it is to be a more "gifted" person :P. But the thing is that Stevie overall looks too young and that might be a deal-breaker for some (the initial release had to be deleted since Stevie was described as underage). Buggs says that he can't really write about a boy who isn't girly enough since if he isn't then it isn't really different enough to Claus and therefore not interesting to write, which is a fair point as a writer, but still something I would mention to people who want to check the route out, Stevie is basically a girly boy with a really huge penis, which plays in the irony of his appearance.

Even when I do not usually enjoy lewd scenarios, I found the Allison route quite enjoyable and recommendable, all things considered, and I am waiting for an update soon.

John Junior, El regreso (Spanish) by mrdonferri

 

This scenario is awful.

No, it's not just awful, it's incredibly putrid and bad.

No, it's not just putrid and bad, it's an insult to everybody who tries to read it.

Did you think Harem was bad? Think again. Basically, John gets a remote for his birthday from his Dad, shenanigans happen, shit happens, and overall, the writing is at the level of Harem but the difference is almost every single plot ends up containing either implicit AND explicit parts with underage characters. If you are the ones that like non-sensical and wacky TF like Harem, trust me, there is a lot of stuff that is infinitely better than this, thank God it has been removed so it doesn't see the light of the day, ever again.

Oh, and the characters were always changing size for no reason! Connie was half her size! And in the next scene, she was normal! The same with John! What was going on?

You, English-only speakers, you are lucky for once. God, what an abomination.

A Preview of Version 3 by usa2z

 

The preview of Student Transfer v3 is sublime,¿and ineffable, it starts in the branch connecting to Popular Possession, but this time John and Kiyoshi go and possess popular guys instead of girls.

It ends up with Kiyoshi's acceptance of his real identity and getting closer to John in ways both didn't know before, incredibly beautiful.

(Spoiler: In summary, this was a short April Fools joke).

Harem by AmneLeGrand3

 

In the story of the Student Transfer community, Harem has become one of the most well-known scenarios although the reasons why are rather unfortunate, and Harem has become for a lot of people to what not to do with a scenario.

The story follows Kiyoshi in a rampage of actions that in the end do not make too much sense and confuse the reader. The scenario is written as if no second thoughts were given about each plot element, the concept is so primitive that most people will be able to identify with it due to its dream-like logic throughout the whole story.

What makes Harem bad for a lot of readers is how things are developed, Kiyoshi ends up mind controlling every person he encounters without giving anybody the opportunity to react so he can create his own "Harem" dream, including his relatives like his Sister and Mom. No empathy is given to anybody without any feelings of remorse or thoughtfulness to the people who are mind-controlled. For those fans of TF that like to explore the psychological and social aspects of TF, this makes the scenario null in worth since it does not do any work to explore any of these aspects and goes straight into some sort of wish-fulfillment fantasy that end ups being boring for most people since everything ends up being "perfect" for the protagonist, and asks more suspension of disbelief that any story is allowed to ask for.

The protagonist does not suffer any consequences (in almost all of the routes), nobody can't react to his new powers for too long, since everybody ends up being mind-controlled, the protagonist is happy, the people are happy, but underneath we have a psychopathic-like character that has no limits and a cast disposed of their own identity and opinions, giving the scene a very dark and "macabre" feeling.

The sexual scenes are mostly lackluster as well since they consist mostly of the time in repetitive blowjobs with not too much describing of the situation. Even then, the scenario has gained a certain cult following due to its ironic appeal, the scenario is so erratic that can it even be considered funny for some, it is absurd and surreal in an unintentional way, comedic in the same way The Room is; there are also people who are able to ignore all of these issues if they do not take the scenario seriously either, going straight to the point merely to jack off.