How explicit is the dating sim part of this game?

[bdpudlo]

I have a young daughter in 3rd grade and she likes the store part of Recettear.

How much of the game requires the dating part, and is anything explicit shown? Is it just people kissing or do they talk about doing other things? Is it possible to turn that off?

[Beesafree]

there's a kiss for the romantic interest, heavy blushing, "rejection" scenes for characters you flirt with but already have an interest. It is incredibly PG, I havent romanced all the options but it isn't even a main part of the game. your character hugs people they max relationship with but arent their significant other. It's honestly playable without noticing the romantic parts of the game, easily. one kiss.

Not that i think it should be a turn off, but a lot of the relationships are LGBT. I don't think it should turn off anyone or disallow any child from playing the game, but i feel it makes more sense to be up front about it than to try and hide it.

[Ness Keyhand]

The one thing you'll see is on rank 10 of a romantic relationship, your character and the NPC of your choice will share a kiss. Nothing else is shown, I don't remember any naughty sentences. You don't need to be dating anyone.
Everytime you deepen your relationship with a character (which, most of the time, is done in a very friendly and respectful way), you get a card for the haggling part of the game. I'd say it's quite important, since you'll really struggle if you only use the base cards you're given.
If you do max out a relationship (rank 10) with someone you're not in a relationship with, the characters share a warm hug.
I don't think it's possible to turn it off, though. But it's still a really safe game.

[Beesafree]

I honestly view most of the "relationship" scenes as being friends more than romantic interests, every now and then you get options to flirt with the NPC and it's pretty clear when they happen, but in all reality all the relationship scenes could be viewed as friends or dating, like the scenes of going to the ice cream parlor. it's very ambiguous IMO

[Ness Keyhand]

Originally posted by Beesafree:

I honestly view most of the "relationship" scenes as being friends more than romantic interests, every now and then you get options to flirt with the NPC and it's pretty clear when they happen, but in all reality all the relationship scenes could be viewed as friends or dating, like the scenes of going to the ice cream parlor. it's very ambiguous IMO

I agree with this, it only really gets romantic after rank 7, when they confess (or at least ask if you wish to get into a serious relationship with them), where.. For the person you choose to date, ranks 8, 9 and 10 have some romantic subtones, mostly through nicknames, but all the others have all the flirting stripped away from them, to show they respect your boundaries, and your relationship with someone else. Very respectful, and very mature talks, there.

[CursedPanther]

TLDR version:
There are some flirty dialogues, a kissing scene and everyone keeps his/her clothes on.

It ain't that kinda game. This one is absolutely family friendly.