All of the dating is voiced and most major events too. That's definitely a highlight of the game. This game had something like 12 hours of voice acting if I recall. He didn't have any award winning dialog, but damn that voice actor made every line sound award winning! However, a few villains were more interesting and got some development and the Emperor himself was awesome due to great voice acting. Most of them were paper thugs so you had someone new to beat up on every few hours.
No character assessment is complete without the villains. However, dating can enhance the character of any of the females as much as you'd like. That's mostly because real character development takes a little bit of a backseat in this game (focusing much more on humor and dating), so only the people you get early one get a solid effort. Normal in-game character development is pretty much limited to Sodina, Wyna, Kyleen, and Muza. While that means you will probably like some of the girls, you may find the other contrasting girls to be somewhat annoying. I think it is intended that is someone for everyone as this ties into the dating feature. There is only one other male in your party and the rest are females of contrasting personalities. The scene with Nelsha and the Dress Master is one of the craziest and funniest scenes I've ever seen.
Meis is constantly trying to hit on any girl walking and he is usually smacked around for it! Sometimes it gets downright crazy and laugh-out-load funny. The characters are over-the-top and most all of them are girls. It would be a typical RPG adventure, except the whole game is light-hearted perverse humor. Overall, while the story didn't break new grounds, it was good for what it was, a quick, light-hearted romp with a focus on zany humor. However, it comes back with some stronger story telling toward the end to wrap things up. The games goes on to level off with typical RPG fare needing to find X holy flames while the bad guys foil your attempts for much of the game. From there, there is an attack, a death, and a new journey to stop the Dark Acolytes. Soon, Shmidt, Jyabils other apprentice returns and starts causing trouble. She has a brother named Jyabil who is a master spirit blacksmith (much better than his father who never took it seriously) and Meis starts as Jyabil's apprentice. Meis soon collapses trying to save a girl named Sodina surrounded by thugs. His father was head of the town as a Spirit Blacksmith. The Dark Acolytes attacked his town and drove everyone out. While roaming, you get flash backs of the events leading up to the present. The game starts with our hero Meis roaming around hungry and near passing out. Both of those aid in addition to dating in raising the intimacy level with the girls.
I also wanted to mention each girl has a mini game you could play such as Wack-a-mole or Blackjack. With 9 girls and 10 intimacy levels each, you'd have to spend a very long time (hours and hours) dating to get all spells and skills! I would have rather it been completely or mostly optional just giving you extra spells and skills. I didn't like that it was required in order to get any skills or spells. Also, I think the translation wasn't great because there were numerous questions and associated responses that didn't seem to make any sense. Nonetheless, it did become repetitive at times because of it. However, the exact wording and responses were tailored to their personalities. Every girl seems to have a common bank of questions. Unfortunately, the questions become repetitive. It was a welcome feature in the game and I think the game was better because of it. It also helped fill a gap of otherwise low character development. It was a nice little side thing to do to break up the usual dungeon/town cycle. In fact, it is the ONLY way to get any spells or skills in the game! It was certainly a novel addition to the typical RPG, especially of that time period. Basically, you're required to date girls and raise your intimacy levels with them in order to forge weapons with them for spells and skills. The dating system is probably what this game is most known for, but really it wasn't that big of a part of the game. However, I give it an overall positive review and would recommend a play-through if you aren't turned off by the battle system. It was held back in a few areas of mediocrity, some significant (like the battle system) that might be a deal breaker for some people. It was a pretty quick paced, mostly fun game. It is probably best known for it's perverse humor (some scenes are laugh-out-load hilarious), novel dating-sim portions, and unique comic-book style anime cut-scenes (Reminded me of Wild Arms 4).