{"rewrite":{"id":"r_1ccb2b80293edd8ea8a21146","clusterId":"c_98b7d4872bee1df75835c427","slug":"dmm-games-dot-abyss-pushes-mochimochi-design-to-its-limit","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"DMM Games' Dot Abyss Pushes Mochimochi Design to Its Limit","summary":"DMM Games' new title Dot Abyss, releasing June 11, is the debut work under the Kumasan Black label. The game features all female characters with exaggerated soft, squishy (mochimochi) designs, with clothing accessories that emphasize thigh plumpness. The developer describes it as a wholesome game, but the obsessive focus on mochimochi across every character makes that label feel questionable.","whyItMatters":"Dot Abyss marks the first title from the Kumasan Black label, a new brand from the Creative Team Kumasan known for Flower Knight Girl and Monster Musume TD, and its all-in mochimochi design philosophy signals a deliberate shift toward edgy expression under the guise of wholesomeness.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eDot Abyss, a new title from DMM Games releasing June 11, is the debut game under the Kumasan Black label, a new brand from Creative Team Kumasan. The developer describes the game as wholesome, but every female character is designed with an exaggerated soft, squishy aesthetic the team calls mochimochi. Clothing accessories are deliberately placed to emphasize thigh plumpness. The game\u0026#39;s setting is a fantasy world divided among three nations, where the protagonist, a descendant of heroes, commands forces against monsters emerging from a Great Hole. Characters like Belisa, a cheeky magical girl, and Himari, a timid rescued girl, both display the same mochimochi design. The developer states the label was created to pursue edgy expressions, and Dot Abyss appears to push that direction without restraint.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Dot Abyss commits to mochimochi design across every character, a consistency that turns a visual gimmick into a uniform aesthetic. The \"wholesome\" label sits uneasily next to that level of focus.","twitterPost":"Dot Abyss applies mochimochi design uniformly. Consistency turns a gimmick into a statement, one that undercuts the \"wholesome\" claim.","threadsPost":"Dot Abyss doesn't just use mochimochi design on a few characters. It applies the exaggerated softness uniformly to every female character. That consistency shifts the design from a gimmick to a deliberate aesthetic choice, one that makes the developer's \"wholesome\" framing harder to accept.","newsletterBlurb":"DMM Games releases Dot Abyss on June 11, the first title under the new Kumasan Black label. Every female character is designed with an exaggerated soft, squishy aesthetic called mochimochi. The developer describes the game as wholesome, but the all-encompassing mochimochi design makes that label feel strained.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/kikakuthetower/260610d\",\"title\":\"DMM GAMES' New Title 'Dot Abyss' Features All Characters Being 'Mochimochi' and It's the Best. 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