All right, in a way even I admit it is ironic for me to recommend a Japanese game now (after I just bitched about some of them...
), but has any of you tried "Steps to Love" yet?
https://f95zone.to/threads/steps-to-love-final-msize.85195/
It's hands down one of the best Japanese femdom visual novels I have ever played, especially if you are into feet and being dominated both physically and mentally to the point that you are remade as a person. This VN was so good I literally pulled a Friday-to-Saturday all nighter (it's 7:39 am as I'm writting this) to see it through to the end, and I've only completed mistress Sachiko's route so far! (the gallery is only at 33%)
Still, this game is a masterpiece as far as I'm concerned. It starts as a bit of a slowburn and honestly past the prologue and maybe the first 15-20 minutes of play I was "meh" about it and didn't expect it to go too far, but oh boy was I wrong! Main fetishes are, as I said, feet, (plus socks/stockings) trampling, some ballbusting, facesitting, ass-licking, tease and denial and ejaculation control, humiliation and probably a few others I'm missing now, but this game not only felt like the opposite of the Japanese femdom games I was complaining about earlier (the focus is not at all on the male character's pleasure), but also has a beautifully-woven submissive romantic storyline between your character and the dominant female character, Sachiko. (don't expect something too complex as it's a VN that takes a few hours to finish, but I really loved the relationship progression and how naturally everything seems to tie in at the end) There is even a short childhood flashback/memory which explores the psychological origins of your character's buried submissive tendencies, and that is tied-in quite neatly, in my opinion at least, to the character's final decisions and realisations about his true nature and deeper desires. (oh, and I guess beware that the memory will include some really light femdom scenes between 2 consenting minors in case that is a hard no for you)
The erotic scenes reminded me a bit of "Escalation!", (although shorter and in VN format) and even some of the ones in "Mistresses of the forest", which I highly admired.
I think
Aseratrix Mister_M and maybe even
lakano (I know you just said you generally dislike Japanese media products because you find the cultural gap too large but I think this one is in many ways atypical) could enjoy it!