Bug System’s next title will be Haze Man -THE LOCAL HERO-. It is scheduled for September 29th. Wonder Fool has also set up a teaser page for their upcoming game Junjou Karen Freaks.

The following titles have been delayed:

Ren’ai Kyoushitsu – August 25th
Oni ga Kuru. – September 29th

Toa has won the Wagahigh OC chara poll. Quite handily, if I may say so myself.

There’ll be a release party event to commemorate the releases of the four Key Sounds Label CDs that are out at the end of this month on August 27th in club asia in Shibuya.

Katakiri Rekka’s 15-track best works album “FLOWER PAINTER” will be on shelves on July 15th for ￥3000.

New figures announced this week include:

DragonToy – 1/6 scale Super Sonico wet and see-through photo shoot sun-tanned gyaru ver. (Sonicomi, September, ￥15,700)
EasyEight – 1/7 scale Miki Nemurihime ver. (im@s, March, ￥14,800)
OrcaToys – 1/5 scale Manaka ~ver. Shironeko/Kuroneko TEMPTATION~ (TH2, November, ￥17,800)

Denkigai Matsuri 2017 Summer will be held on August 10th at Omiya Sonic City in Saitama. That’s a little far out.

Played a few more trials this week. Kanesen was somewhat interesting. I wonder how they will be able to avoid the bad end. I’m quite looking forward to Hatsujou Sprinkle. It has a good mix of ecchi and comedy.

New titles announced this week include:

bootUP! – Ama Ie (September 29th)
feng – Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita
onomatope* raspberry – Bitch Gakuen ga Seijun na Hazu ga Nai!!? (November 24th)
Prekano – Tonari ni Kanojo no Iru Shiawase ~Two Farce~ (August 25th)
SAMOYED SMILE – Yoru Meguru, Bokura no Maigo Kyoushitsu

Petit linge’s debut title Lost Echoes has been delayed to October 27th.

The winners of the 3rd Ren’ai Kyoushitsu chara poll are Sedna, Ako and Kumi (who edged out Nanayo by 2 votes)! They will get their own routes in a patch later this year. The final Maitetsu outfit poll will be for Kisaki. It’ll end on July 20th.

The Noratoto PSV port has been set for a September 28th release.

Kantoku’s 3rd art works “pure” will be on shelves on July 15th for ￥5000.

New figures available for pre-order include:

Aquamarine – 1/8 scale Kanade bunny style (AB, October, ￥11,000)
Licorne – 1/7 scale Saber/Artoria Pendragon [Lily] (Fate, December, ￥12,800)

After a few days off, I’m back to playing trials. Golden Hour is next up.

Applique has started up a teaser site for a new crowdfunding project. It will be their 10th anniversary work. However, they don’t seem to be doing as well nowadays, so they’re resorting to the crowdfunding format to accrue funds. You can take a look at the story and characters, but keep in mind that if they don’t meet the target of 15 million yen, the project will not go ahead. The initial target is only for two heroines; doubling it will requires another 5 million yen, with subheroine routes needed the same amount.

It’s not a surprise that the cute protagonist Rikudou won the Otorena chara poll. Enjoy your commemorative goods!

The Ojonai chara poll has started up and will run until July 14th. You need the game serial code to vote. Tsubasa is quite ahead of the pack for the time being.

The 2nd append life for Niizuma LOVELY×CATION is now available for download.

Dakimakuras are available for pre-order for Coicha‘s Ichika and Ojonai‘s Rikka.

AX is this weekend! I wish I was there (for Anisong Matsuri)… There’ll also be more news for translated titles.

It’s Canada Day this weekend and I’ll be very busy. As a result, the July post will probably won’t be up until next weekend at the earliest. Sorry!

Mirishita has started up and Deresute gacha SSR rates are now doubled. RIP my time.

AMUSE CRAFT is starting up a new brand called CRYSTALiA. Their debut project “KATANA” is planned for later this year. Other new titles announced this week include:

AkabeiSoft2 – Bosei Kanojo
AkabeiSoft3 – Maho×Roba -Witches spiritual home-
SofthouseChara – Ryouchi Kizoku (August 25th)

Shirokuma Dango’s debut title Iyashi no Megami no Marmot has been delayed to September 29th.

An append disc for Amayui will be coming out on August 10th with additional stories, maps and H scenes.

The Mashimaro chara poll has started up and will run until July 28th, when the game and character song & sound album (￥2600) also come out.

A PS4/PSV port has been announced for GIGA’s Amanari. It is scheduled for October 26th. Release dates have also been set for Clover Day’s (September 14th), Maitetsu (September 28th), and Tsuriotsu (October 26th).

Sayori is working on a new smartphone game by Tentacle Games. MONMUSU is a free auto-play browser monster girl simulation game which will first be released all-ages on Steam, with a 18+ patch coming later.

A bunch more titles are coming over to the West courtesy of Sekai Project and MangaGamer: Nanarin, Dracu-Riot!, Senren Banka, Rewrite+, Magical Marriage Lunatics and Evenicle (play this!). Frontwing revealed their newest title at AX: Momoiro Closet. There’s also a first game project from Sasai Saji, Island Diary, as well as Hinoue Itaru’s new project, Koropokkur.

New figures available for pre-order include:

APLUS – 1/6 scale Alice red ver. 2 (Biman, August, ￥16,800)
Phat! – Nero Claudius kimono ver. (Fate/EXTELLA, March, ￥12,800)
VERTEX – Mitsumi (TOKYO NECRO, October, ￥13,000)

Chuable Soft is the latest eroge company to go under. It’s a shame to see another close, especially one that recently won awards (Byakko). It was a good run.

I should get to work on the July post. There’s so many trials to play! I guess I’ll check out Apeiria or Mashimaro.

The next Tsuriotsu fandisc, Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou 2.2 AxL+SA, will be focused on Atre, Lumine and Sakuri. ALcot Honey Comb’s next title, Kanojo wa Tenshi de Imouto de, is scheduled for October 27th.

The following titles have been delayed:

Mono no Aware wa Sai no Koro. – September 29th
Bokura no Sekai ni Shukufuku o. – October 27th

Natsuki topped the Ojonai chara poll, with Wakaba and Erika securing the rest of the top three.

The Noratoto anime is now underway, while Grisaia: Phantom Trigger will be getting an anime adaptation. The Otome＊Domain H OVA adaptation (with Minato-kyun) is planned for September 29th.

New figures available for pre-order include:

ALTER – 1/7 scale Fumika bright memories ver. (Deremas, January, ￥19,800)
Aniplex – 1/7 scale Avenger/Jeanne d’Arc [Alter] (FGO, April, ￥17,000)
Max Factory – 1/8 scale Jeanne d’Arc (Fate, May, ￥18,333)
Souyokusha – 1/7 scale Rin (Fate, December, ￥12,778)

Akatsuki Works’ Hello, Lady! will be ported over to the PSV on November 30th.

Dakimakuras are coming out soon for Koiuta‘s Ayaka and Shion, Full Kiss‘s Youko and Yuuki, Hit Me‘s Hitomi, Senmomo‘s Akari, Trinoline‘s Yuuri, Ouka Sabaki‘s Koume and Sakura, D.C.III‘s Charles and Aoi, and Amayui‘s Fia and Kisnil.

So lethargic… =w=

There’s a whole lot of sequels and fandiscs this month, with Campus’s Fuyu Uso -Snow World End- and Escu:de’s Re;Lord Episode 3 ~Grossen no Maou to Saigo no Majo~ wrapping up their respective series. Madoka gets her much awaited route in MOONSTONE’s Sakuranomori†Dreamers 2, while BaseSon is remaking Shin Koihime with additional characters in Shin Koihime†Musou -Kakumei- Souten no Haou, focusing on the Gi faction first.

As Micchi said it is mostly a month of fandisks and sequels with some delays thrown in for good measure. Nothing too spectacular but probably a few decent games worth playing, so not a bad month considering the usual these days. Well as long as you ignore the fact there is a Grisaia release which I can cite as a reason for there being no kind and loving god in the universe.

Re;Lord Episode 3 ~Grossen no Maou to Saigo no Majo~

Company: エスクード (Escu:de)
Game site: Re；Lord 第三章 ～グローセンの魔王と最後の魔女～
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
This is the third and final episode in Escu:de’s Re;Lord series. Following the liberation of Herford and Cologne, Iris was captured by Adler’s Jäger unit. Since she possessed too much sensitive information to fall into enemy hands, including the concealment of his own magic and plans for a rebellion, Wilfried pursued them into Greiz instead of going after the third witch.

Greiz is a middle-sized city in the center of Groesen, and it is home to the capitol. However, there were no trains entering the castle town, and the hustle and bustle of the past was eerily missing. Surprisingly, it was also under the territory of the third witch. He was forced to fight on two fronts, as fate also seemed to conspire against him. Wilfried’s final battle has begun.

And so the witch stripping battling is coming to an end. What will be the twist? Does it have something to do with Ria, who’s always been by his side? The battle system gets some improvements, including the ‘just attack’ and ‘revenge attack’ systems. There’s also the new sceptre equipment, which enables many different types of magic.

Okay I vaguely remember some game about running around violently stripping everything female you happen to come across. Beyond that I cannot for the life of me remember anything about this series. Sure I could look it up but once I have reached the point where I recall the distilled essence of the game, you know stripping girls. I find myself apathetic to the whole effort thing. So my judgement of this third and final game meant to give closure to an epic struggle against clothing is: If girl minus clothes equals better, buy. Else if girl plus clothes and your dignity are what’s important, burn.

I think you’re thinking of Akatoki, for which there’ll be a sequel coming out in September.

Close enough, just lets me copy paste the preview.

O-uchi ni Kaeru Made ga Marshmallow Desu

Company: ま～まれぇど (Marmalade)
Game site: お家に帰るまでがましまろです
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments: New release date after being pushed back from June.

“Hey, are you all right?”

Kanon held out her hand to Ryou, who had collapsed on the ground in the park. Left without a home after being kicked out, he was taken in by her and given a place to stay in exchange for working at her pâtisserie, “Marshmallow Tree”. The shop had been very popular before she had become the owner, but now it doesn’t get many customers due to a change in opening hours and the arrival of a famous competitor nearby.

He was able to liven up the shop a bit with the help of others, but his relationships with them also got more complicated at the same time. Every day is full of chaos, with unexpected events happening one after the other. What will happen to him and the shop? It is the beginning of sweet and fluffy marshmallow days.

The selling point is the art for sure. Illustrators Ashi Shun and Sasorigatame are back from the PRIMAL×HEARTS series, and Chikotam is back with Marmalade for the first time since Koimari. Sweet cafe settings are good as a relaxing title, especially when there’s cute heroines, like lovable ponkotsu Kanon and picture book author Sasa. There’s also loli ‘onee-chan’ Ushio! That’s not a stereotype I see often, but one I’m definitely open to! Hau~ omochikaeri~!

Simple. I like simple. Sure, I used to spurn simplicity, but those were simpler times. Now simplicity in eroge is a rare blessing. Look at Ensemble for example, their insistence on inane complexity completely ruins their games. So, simple, is good. Complexity may be great when you can pull it off, but if you can’t or do not wish to put in the effort, then simple is far better than pointless gimmicks. A good solid foundation is all I ask for. No Matter if the setting, story, or characters are to my taste, start from the base and build your game well.

Obviously to anyone who has read a bit of my commentary I am not fond of the setting, characters, or art style. Far too cutesy for my tastes. But even someone as jaded as me needs a good read without any pretention once in awhile, if just to affirm there are still writers that understand their craft. No matter how sugary it is. Diabetes ahoy.

Zen… playing… a… cafe… chara-ge…???

Boredom and despair make people do awful, sinful things. Besides I have played them before. Just none so… uhh, Micchi-ish…

So I played the trial and it was decent for the most part. I’m a bit worried about the sudden serious turn at the end though. I would’ve rather it stayed sweet and fluffy throughout.

Onii-chan Daisuki!

Company: たぬきそふと (Tanuki Soft)
Game site: お兄ちゃん大好き！
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
Osamu was born a siscon. He has taken care of his imouto Rio from the moment she was born, as well as his imouto Mio since she joined his family from his father’s remarriage. Every day he was on cloud nine being together with his two imoutos.

Finally came the day when they started attending the nearby school that he also went to. When he saw them in their school uniforms for the first time, his heart started beating faster as he gazed upon their slightly matured figures. Could it be love? Yes, he had begun to have a (sexual) affection for them.

Tanuki Soft never fails to disappoint. Now you can enjoy lolis complete with E-mote.

Proof that 72nd trimester abortions should be legal.

Mezase! Monmusu Idol♪

Company: Vanadis
Game site: めざせ！ もんむすアイドル♪
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
One time at a live, the huge idol fan Homura came across a path where those affiliated with idols crossed. Out of sheer curiosity, he tried to sneak in and possibly meet an idol. However, he was quickly noticed and ran away, hiding in a side room. That’s when he came face-to-face with his favourite idol, Nere. He was moved at the chance meeting, but something was amiss.

“Y-You’re not human!?”

He was confused why she did not look like a human, despite her human form on stage. Many people quickly came in and accosted him; There was no way he was leaving, having found out her secret. Fearing for his life, he began to talk passionately about idols. Even though it was quite unexpected, the staff took an interest in him and made him Nere’s attendant. But she needs to regularly receive energy in order to keep her monster form hidden. They gradually got closer as he aimed to make her the top idol in the world. Will he be able to make her dream come true?

Idols are all the craze right now. You’ve got to stand out to make it in this cutthroat business, and what better way to do so than having multiple limbs. The game is basically an idol raising simulator. You have to plan out her training and take on work to earn more fans. It’s pretty basic, so the game’s mainly for those who likes both monster girls and idols.

Ok its a Vanadis game. So I can say without any shame it sucks. Basically they take a terrible game and add a few limbs or some fur or scales or whatever onto their heroines because their market is niche and they hate their customers. In this exemplary addition to their farmyard simulators we play an idol rancher. Which means we have to endure twice the terrible.

It is hardly any secret by this point that I hate idol games. I loathe how cheap the concept is as well as how far they go to insult the people who play them. But, and this is a fairly big but, I do not dislike them just for the fact they are idols. Yes I find that subject matter itself rather lame. However what drives my hatred, fuels my desire to burn all things labeled idol comes from a totally different direction. The story. They are all essentially the same thing.

Now this comes from two issues one is most idol games focus entirely on idol heroines. A stance I have long proclaimed as gimmicky and ineffective pandering to a chosen demographic. Be it young or old sisters, idols, club members or whatever else all heroines should never be identical. Doing so means they are entirely cheapened, as well there being little to no effort put into the games themselves since the creators were too lazy to do things properly.

My second issue lies more specifically with the whole idol game fad. Characters in these games are basically pointless. Everything exists to fuel the concept of “H scene with famous girl normally considered untouchable”. What this means for the game is that everything including characters and their motivations revolves around becoming an idol or a more popular idol. Meanwhile protagonist is along for the ride usually being forced by the setting to becoming the girls only confidante. While this applies to anything for me, in this case I will direct it to idol games; If all you care about is the word idol, or the costumed H scenes, why bother reading the game at all? I mean the entire point of the visual novel is to tell a story. When there is no story, or the story is virtually identical to all others, well there is no point.

Hence in summary, idol games can go die in a pit of slobbering fanboys, with acid, on fire.

What’s that? I was distracted with my idol mobile games.

At least yours don’t have H scenes. As far as I know anyway…

Not officially.

…

Aoiro Note

Company: ad:lib
Game site: アオイロノート
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
Takuya entered Shikizaka Gakuen this spring. One day after school, he saw his classmate Misora inconspicuously putting up a club recruitment poster in the empty school building. With a cool aura and seemingly hard to approach, the beautiful Misora was the talk of the class since the first day. However, she is actually quite shy and the image that had been forced upon her had resulted in her becoming isolated from the rest of the class. So, she thought to create a club to make some friends and break free from her current lonely situation. Takuya couldn’t leave her after knowing the circumstances, so he decided to help out achieve the school life that she yearned for.

Is it just me or did ad:lib already make a game with essentially the same premise and almost the same name? The graphics (sprites in particularly) are a bit old-fashioned and I would like an option to turn off the moving mouths since they aren’t synced well. There’s two siblings who are both a bit odd (especially Mao who cross-dresses to disappoint all the guys in the class just because it’s cute), but the story isn’t that interesting, to be honest.

A longstanding staple of the genre where our noble protagonist reaches out to the pretty but lonely girl in order to take advantage of her emotional weakness and obtain her body. Of course being the nice guy that our protagonist invariably is there are no ulterior motives involved in his approach. He simply wants to help her, into his bed, without her clothes.

Don’t expect much story wise. Anything else you’re on your own here as for the life of me I can’t think of any reason this would be worth playing.

Grisaia: Phantom Trigger Vol.3

Company: フロントウイング (FrontWing)
Game site: グリザイア ファントムトリガー 第3巻
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
This is the third volume of FrontWing’s all-ages Grisaia: Phantom Trigger series. While Rena and Maki recover from their injuries, the other SORD members jet off overseas for a school trip. Within moments of their arrival, though, the Mihama gang are pulled into a manhunt for a SORD deserter, assisted by students Sylvia and Velvet of St. Aile’s International School. Tohka’s the star of the show this time round, but she’s wrestling with her own issues – old memories of her parents, and a promise to a friend that she wasn’t able to keep…

“You’re right. There’s a reason we need to get back… even if it means crawling home on our hands and knees.”
“Let’s meet up again someday… if we’re still alive.”

And introducing Sengoku Ayame – Sengoku Ichiru’s brother, and a handler at St. Aile’s:

“If takin’ her in alive’s too much of a challenge, just get rid of her – I don’t give a damn. I wanna see this mess cleaned up.”

What answers will Tohka find? She has the truth in her sights…

The continuation of the Phantom Trigger series, for which an anime adaptation has already been announced. There’s likely more volumes in the works too.

Just die already shitty series. I feel more insulted and disgusted each new release. Everything. Every. Single. Thing. Except art I suppose which doesn’t really count anyway since most art is at least half way decent. But everything else is bad when it comes to Grisaia games. If you remove the CG they would not be worth using as toilet paper. Were I to have my own kid come up to me as early as five years old and try to write a story like this I would backhand them and put them up for adoption. It really is that bad. Seriously if you like these games, take a step back and reeeeeeeaaally think about it. The plot, writing, and characters are all so poorly done it is nothing but an insult to the audience. Close your eyes or use some text extractor and read it directly from that. Because I swear at this point people only buy into these games because of herd behavior telling them it’s good since apparently everyone else likes it. Else I am giving too much credit to humanity and their supposed intellect. 

Golden Hour

Company: NIKO
Game site: ゴールデンアワー
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from June. This is the first title by NIKO, a sister company of MORE. Yuuya got in an accident just before the regional qualifier finals for the soccer nationals and he couldn’t play anymore. After the team’s eventual loss and the end of his playing career, he lost sight of his goal in life, and instead just killed time at the game center every day. He also gave up on love, believing that the girl he’s interested in, Natsumi, did not feel the same way about him.

On the way to the game center after school one day, he met a girl, Yuki, who looked exactly like Natsumi. It felt like he had met her before even though it should be their first time seeing each other. She suddenly told him:

“I will support your love.”

And so the time which had stopped for Yuuya and Yuki began to move once more…

Eroge loves romanticizing high school love and this one is no exception. In fact, they went overboard with all the bloom effects to make it more ‘dramatic’. At least the scenario might be decent (by Konishi Tsubasa), if they keep it simple.

Story is hauntingly similar to my all time favorite game of this type, Natsu no Ame. Which is honestly a double edged sword. If everything is well written sure this isn’t a bad way to go if a bit cliche. On the other hand if not, things are too complicated to end at simply mediocre and will dive into the bad side of awful real fast. In this case the whole Natsumi and Yuki thing is worrisome. No matter which resolution they go for with that I can only see it being superfluous to the story. As Micchi already said, the key is going to be keeping it simple. All I can do for now is hope they will do a good job.

Intro movie

Sakuranomori†Dreamers2

Company: MOONSTONE
Game site: サクラノモリ†ドリーマーズ2
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
This is the sequel to MOONSTONE’s action thriller Sakuranomori†Dreamers, composed of a main route and a Madoka route, both of which take place in the second school term after summer vacation if Shinji does not get in a relationship with any of the other girls. While the two routes are separate from each other, there is a common element which links them together, so the reader is encouraged to play both.

With the defeat of the Joker, all the bodachs disappeared from Sakuranomori. Peace returned, but it was only for a fleeting moment. A new nightmare had begun; It was a crimson world with man-eating monsters where the murderer who was supposed to be dead still wandered. Death in this world resulted into death in reality. The Sakuranomori Dreamers once again threw themselves into battle, to protect the town and those they loved.

On the other hand, the daily life with Madoka unfolds. But is it only a sweet nightmare?

Madoka went from 80 to 87. A-Amazing.

One of those games you probably won’t be playing unless you played the original so not much to say here.

Also, “Character development” is a good thing you know Micchi.

I know. I’d be proud if my imouto developed even 1cm.

Really? I thought you would be shocked and appalled while you cry yourself to sleep?

Fuyu Uso -Snow World End-

Company: Campus
Game site: フユウソ -Snow World End-
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
This is the fourth and final game in Campus’ Uso series, focusing on Setsuka. It follows the scenario of what happens at Mahoshi Gakuen if the magic contract didn’t end up in Satsuki’s hands, Souichirou had protected Aoi from being taken over by the succubus, and Eris didn’t find what she was looking for with Shizuku.

Everyone lies, whether it be to protect, to deny, to misrepresent, or to keep things unchanged.

In spring, Souichirou met Satsuki for the first time and she shortly thereafter was welcomed as a new club member.
In summer, he was busy preparing for the Mahoshi festival with Aoi and the student council.
In autumn, he was caught up in some trouble involving his longtime friend Eris.
Then came today, the first day of snow. He didn’t know the reason, but he could tell that it was a lie.

Even though he always found it hard to deal with her…
Even though he thought that their paths would never cross…
Even though it seemed that he must not reach for her…
— he could not betray his true feelings.

“I love you, Teidou-senpai. Please go out with me.”

It was the beginning of a story about the snow world end.

I always thought that Setsuka had that ‘last boss’ feel to her. Is she the cause of all the supernatural happenings in this world? Does she have a tragic backstory? While she’s not one of my favourite heroines, it’s still worth seeing this series through to the end. I wonder if Campus will still keep making games set in Mahoshi Gakuen after this though.

With the final game in the series I can finally consider playing it. Before this release I could not be bothered as I dislike waiting on releases to complete a story. Honestly though I am not all that interested in the series. None of the characters truly interested me. It is not so much their archetypes as just not feeling all that well written. Maybe the crux of the issue lies with how the setting interacts with the whole lies thing. Meanwhile the story itself was nothing spectacular or interesting. Ah well, if anyone read the other three feel free to tell me if they are worth it or not.

They’re the highest rated games by Campus, if that helps sway you.

Since I cannot remember any game I thought was particularly good from Campus, that doesn’t help much.

Tsuki no Michibiki Kumo Haruka

Company: でぼの巣製作所 (Debonosu Works)
Game site: 弓張月の導き雲はるか
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
This is the latest game in Debonosu Works’ ‘dragon girl’ series (and the first in five years). In a world where humans and dragons co-exist, there are those called ‘dragonmasters’ who can be contracted with a dragon as their partner since they can communicate with them heart-to-heart as a result of their strict training. Claude aspired to be a dragonmaster, but even after completing his training, he had yet to find a partner dragon. One day, the village chief permitted him to participate in a ritual to meet a dragon and he trekked into the depths of the forest to search for his own partner. He found her under a large tree: a cute dragon girl named Freya.

I guess that’s the best way of taming a dragon: befriend them when they’re young. Freya calls you onii-chan, and you can raise her to become your ideal woman (dragon?). The system is quite simplistic, akin to modern day mobile games, with the goal of strengthening the bond between you and Freya via repetitive activities. Sakakibara Yui showcases her wide range of voices as Freya. Kawaii wa seigi!!

Pavlov’s dragon get. 

Hikari no Umi no Apeiria

Company: シルキーズプラス DOLCE (SILKY’S PLUS DOLCE)
Game site: 景（ひかり）の海のアペイリア
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
This is the debut work for SILKY’S PLUS DOLCE.　Winter 2045. Reiichi, a member of the AI Research Club, successfully developed an artificial intelligence called “Apeiria”. She told him from inside the computer that she wanted to touch objects. So, together with the other club members, he searched for a way to make her wish come true and created the full immersion VRMMO “Second” using the functions of Apeiria. In this virtual second reality that is a fusion of magic and science, they went on an adventure and had a boisterous time.

However, “Second” was an unregulated game full of danger. Apeiria was taken prisoner in the virtual world and Reiichi and his friends had to log in to the game to save her, risking their own lives in the process.

They’ve got a lot of elements in this game, from comedy and action to magic and a battle of wits. The trial started off with the protagonist jerking off in the park and causing a misunderstanding, and ended with a time slip that was likely foreshadowed. It was long, but it at least kept my interest throughout. I guess it’s expected from Hanno Shuusei, who wrote the award-winning Byakko. I do wish that Reiichi was not so much of a pervert though (and then there’s also all those H scenes that pop up at random times).

So let me get this straight Japan. Assuming this IS from Japan. Instead of turning the AI into Mecha Godzilla or a Gundam or even just a mecha maid with boob missiles… you made an MMO. Are we sure this isn’t imported from Korea?

Ok fine I can suspend that much disbelief. But then so little makes sense about this I would have to suspend myself into orbit to ignore how badly put together it all is. Where to even begin, why do they not have GM access for a game they made? This applies doubly to the AI which helped make the entire thing. Furthermore yes, yes, the whole VR immersion you die in real life thing, we get it, but no. Not only is this concept beating a dead horse at this point but it doesn’t even make any sense. It’s not like messing with sensory input is the same concept as logging into someones brain to cut and paste their consciousness itself onto a server. I was willing to ignore it for a long time but this is becoming way too accepted. Then there is the issue with touching. Ok how is playing an MMO touching? Lets ignore the fact that them playing a game in the AI’s world is not the same as the AI touching things in reality. As I stated there is a difference in consciousness and sensory interference. Everything screams no thought being put into any of it, just existing because drama that way.

Honestly I could go on for much longer than I should about this because the hypocrisy of it annoys me. There are so many little things which point to bad writing and terrible design. What bothers me most about that is how blatant the lies they are trying to convey with it are. Just look at that cover art. Were this solely a comedy game I could put all the nonsense aside. After all the point of a comedy game is just to be funny so none of it matters. The vibe I get from this is they are trying to go a bit deeper with the whole AI thing else it serves no purpose to do so in the first place. Could just make it a fantasy setting to laugh at if that were not the case. Yet whole story is just an excuse for the setting and I am having none of it. This isn’t deep, certainly not thought provoking, let alone serving a purpose. So either way it turns out in the end I will spurn this game.

Hatsujou Sprinkle

Company: Whirlpool
Game site: 初情スプリンクル
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
Souta is a second-year student at Seirei Gakuen who has an extraordinary sex drive. Even as many students (mostly girls) kept their distance away from him, he still pressed on with his pointless actions to achieve his goal of a fulfilling erotic school life. He was marked as a dangerous person by most people and at risk of being outcast by society. But it wasn’t always like this: he couldn’t think of anything but lewd thoughts. Just seeing a lady walk down the street makes him want to fondle her breasts.

Then a mysterious bishoujo appeared before him. The self-proclaimed witch Hazuki told him that his demon side had awakened inside of him and it was the demon of lust, Asmodeus, which granted him the ‘porno switch’ ability, causing females around him to feel lewd. The cause of his awakening was due to a hidden treasure which was stolen from her family. She had come to this town to search for it, and enlisted his help.

From that day on, he was caught in outrageous events one after the other. Will the day come when his uncontrollable urges subside?

I love magical comedies and Whirlpool always does a good job with them. This protagonist is a total pervert too, but at least he’s got an alibi. I’m a fan of mahou shoujo fan Mio and ramen enthusiast Shizuku. Hazuki’s voice also fits very well. I want to try her original kimchi stew-style miso cheese ramen. Actually, I’d join that ramen club and eat ramen all day.

Thankfully this is a Whirlpool game. So I don’t really have to say much other than, well, this is a Whirlpool game.

Oh I guess I can say I’m personally not a fan of over the top horny protagonists. A little with the right timing and well planned out is funny and enjoyable. Going too far makes it stop being funny and turns boring, or even annoying.

Shin Koihime†Musou -Kakumei- Souten no Haou

Company: BaseSon
Game site: 真・恋姫†夢想-革命- 蒼天の覇王
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
This is the first of three new Koihime titles, expanding on the events from Shin Koihime†Musou and focusing on the Gi (Karin’s) faction. I’m happy for an expanded ‘remake’ with even more characters, but I’m sad that there’s been a seiyuu change for some characters (Shuri, Nenene, Shuuran, Nanano). In particular, Shuri’s voice is a bit too high-pitched now. I’ll still probably play this, although I’m more of a Shoku follower. The battle system has also been upgraded, now featuring real-time battles.

Proof that Baseson can’t do anything else. Or at least nothing else has been very successful. Hence they keep going back to the Koihime series. None of the games have enough depth in all honesty. Be it in terms of gameplay or characters the series has always been kind of shallow so all the remaking is not really helping matters. Point being there are better ways to approach it other than adding on a few new gimmicks coupled with a new paragraph or two stapled to a fresh CG set.

It’s a lot more of everything, in fact. Really looking forward to this.

My issue lies with the fact they keep selling the same thing with some more bells and whistles added on over and over. They had the chance to complete everything they wanted to a long long time ago. Yet they only add a little bit at a time. At some point it just starts to feel stale.

Choushi Shinki no Ixseal

Company: ALICESOFT
Game site: 超昂神騎エクシール
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
Tsuguhiko is an aspiring eroge writer who is actually the reincarnation of the demon king. He bides his time as a normal student while awaiting for his reawakening and chance to take over the world.

However, he was attacked by the valkyrie Ixseal on that long-awaited day, who had come to exterminate him. He managed to escape, but he was betrayed by his right-hand man Bezel and left with no powers except for the power of ‘lust’.

He joined forces with Ixseal, who had also been trapped on Earth by Bezel, to fight against Bezel and his army of demons. To defeat these strong demons, Tsuguhiko uses the only power that he had left to power up Ixseal: lust (sex).

Will this joint alliance between antagonistic forces result in victory?

Like Escalayer and Haruka before it, this is mainly about the H scenes.

Lazy swordfighting.

System movie

Bishoujo Mangekyou -Tsumi to Batsu no Shoujo-

Company: ωstar
Game site: 美少女万華鏡 -罪と罰の少女-
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from June.This low-price title is the latest in ωstar’s Bishoujo Mangekyou series. Yuuma is on leave from school since being hospitalized due to a certain incident. He reunited with his beautiful twin sister Yuuri for the first time in a year and began to live with her, but he had a secret that he could not tell her: he is deeply in love with her. When that secret came to light, love turned to madness and he was assaulted…

Twincest is wincest.

Been awhile for these CG sets.

Hyakki Ryouran no Yakata

Company: アストロノーツ・シリウス (Astronauts Sirius)
Game site: 百奇繚乱の館
Release date: July 28, 2017
Comments:
Yoshito is a student who is studying folkloristics. He followed his professor to a remote area, but got lost and ended up at a Western-style mansion which belonged to the former noble family of Mikado. He was allowed to stay as a temporary guest and also participate in the “Eigu Ceremony” to decide the next head of the family. He meets the three beautiful and mysterious Mikado sisters, the other invited candidates who had gathered at the mansion, as well as the past and present heads of the family. What fate awaits Yoshito at this mansion where the desires of men and women mingle?

Another game where sex is used to attain one’s goal. The world is such a dark place.

Would be more interesting if their cult of penis worshipping made me laugh.

Micchi’s Top 3 for This Month

1. Hatsujou Sprinkle
2. Shin Koihime†Musou -Kakumei- Souten no Haou
3. O-uchi ni Kaeru Made ga Marshmallow Desu

Zen’s Top 3 for This Month

1. Golden Hour
2. O-uchi ni Kaeru Made ga Marshmallow Desu
3. Fuyu Uso -Snow World End- (The whole series, maybe.)

I’ve got to help those poor girls in heat!

It’s too hot this summer for any more heat.

Purple Software has a teaser page up for their next title, Aoi Tori, scheduled for November 24th. It is a romance drama set in a girls’ school with a theme is not too dissimilar to Amatsutsumi. The protagonist has the ability to force happiness upon anyone he touches. Check out the first trial when it comes out on July 27th. It’ll cover the first three days of the game, while the second trial in mid-September will cover the rest of the common route.

GIGA is continuing the Baldr series with Baldr Bringer, scheduled for October 27th. I’m looking forward to SMEE‘s upcoming game: Making＊Lovers. I wonder if it’ll be related to Fureraba…? Other new titles announced this week include:

Campus – Boukyaku Shitsuji to Koisuru Ojou-sama no Kaisouroku (October 27th)
CUBE – Yurameku Kokoro ni Michita Sekai de, Kimi no Yume to Yokubou wa Kanau ka (November 24th)
Curefull Base – Tsugihagi Make Peace -pretending×friendship- (October 27th)
ensemble SWEET – Ubu na Otome no Ecchi na Onegai (October 27th)
light – Sora no Baroque
Torte Soft – Abnormal Lovers (November 24th)

Wonder Fool’s Junjou Karen Freaks! has been set for October 27th.

PULLTOP’s spinoff title Love Kami, which was first released overseas by MoeNovel, will be brought back for a Japanese release later this fall.

Phat!’s 1/8 scale figure of im@s‘s Chihaya is available for pre-order for ￥11,000, shipping in March.

The 4th Aokana vocal album will be sold at sprite’s booth at C92 for ￥3000. It features the four ED tracks, as first performed at sprite LIVE 2017, as well as the special bonus song from the PS4 version.

Dakimakuras will soon be available for Kamiyaba‘s Mao, your diary‘s Sayuki, Ninki Seiyuu‘s Noa, and Dolphin Blade‘s Lil.

Windmill is opening up a C92 booth only for everyone’s favourite ‘heroine’ Jun! You can also order from the online shop.

Mashiro is back home! ^_____^

makura’s hit title Sakura no Uta is getting a sequel: Sakura no Toki -Sakura no Mori no Shita o Ayumu-.

Release dates have been set for the following:

Kizuna Kirameku Koi Iroha – November 24th
MIBURO – December 22nd

fripside is releasing a special 15th anniversary album, “crossroads”, on October 4th. The two-disc album will cost ￥5500. The Kimi ni Semaru Otome no Lesson OST will come out on the same day as the game, September 29th.

It was announced at Traveling August 2017 that Senmomo will be getting a PSV/PS4 port. IRODORI’s Ouka Sabaki is also getting a PSV port, coming out on December 21st.

New figures available for pre-order include:

ALTER – 1/7 scale Anzu Namakemono Fairy ver. (Deremas, February, ￥16,800)
AQUAMARINE – 1/8 scale Rin Starry Sky Bright (Deremas, November, ￥13,000)
Max Factory – figma Joker (Persona 5, January, ￥6296)

Dakimakuras are coming out for Koihime‘s Aisha and Reiha, Amakano SS‘s Ruica, Aikagi‘s Shiori, Noratoto‘s Iris, Tayutama 2‘s Kohaku, Rorolog‘s Rin, Clover Day’s‘ Anri, Aokana‘s Mashiro, Ixseal‘s Ixseal, and Escalayer‘s Escalayer.

A giant spider and dragon took over my city…

August is usually quite a slow month, being Comiket and all. This time you can count all of them on two hands, and the top picks would arguably be fandiscs: MadoSoft’s Wagamama High Spec OC and Minato Carnival’s aptly-named Minato Carnival FD. There’s also the requisite SLG from SofthouseChara, Ryouchi Kizoku, and another imouto-ge from NekoNekoSoft, Ruri no Kasane ~Imouto Monogatari~. Time to kick back and relax?

Sure August is slow. But that just saves me time spent reading and writing about the releases, so no complaints here.

BLADE×BULLET Kinrin no Soleil

Company: SkyFish
Game site: BLADE×BULLET 金輪のソレイユ
Release date: August 25, 2017
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from June. This is the latest game in SkyFish’s Soleil series. Valkyrie, the ultimate divine spirit weapon. Anyone who obtains its power can overcome the military of an entire nation. Deep in the North lies the closed city of Eljudnir, upon which many girls gather with varying aspirations. The last person left standing would be able to obtain its power.

The resurrected Yagi met a girl who called herself Hela, the goddess of underworld. She told him that he possessed the spirit of the malicious god Loki, and informed him that, together with the black valkyrie Reginleiv, he was to hunt down those who sought the powers of the valkyrie.

A bit of a Norse-themed battle royale? It seems a bit darker than usual. I’ll gladly stay out of the fray.

Silly game I have zero interest in. That said however I would like to note that Japan in general really needs to find some new mythological concepts to abuse. The whole Valkyrie thing is kind of boring anymore. Even more so when 99% of them get it wrong from the basics. If you aren’t going to make up something new it is fine to warp and twist existing mythology. Just, ya know, get the parts that are completely copied right. Don’t just use the names and terms to make it sound more interesting than it actually is. Such a lazy approach which denies all sense of creativity.

Kotonoha Amrilato

Company: SukeraSparo
Game site: ことのはアムリラート
Release date: August 25, 2017
Comments:
This all-ages yuri game is the debut work by SukeraSparo. The high schooler Rin had just finished eating at the local shopping arcade when everything suddenly changed around her. The sky was dyed pink and she could no longer read the signboards nor understand what others were saying. Unable to make sense of the situation, she sat down dejected on the street.

That’s when a cute girl who could pass for an idol, Ruka, held out a helping hand to her. With Rin’s self-proclaimed positive outlook and Ruka’s broken Japanese, they were able to eventually come to a mutual understanding. This is the beginning of a pure, yet sometimes difficult, relationship between the two girls.

I like the setting in this middle-priced game and have high hopes for the story since it’s by J-MENT (Katahane). The art is by Naruse Chisato, who drew the art for many Kogado Studio titles. The common language Juliamo is an artificial language (which sounds like Esperanto… wait, is it Esperanto??). You can think of the game as Duolingo for this language, and as you learn the language yourself, you can read the story in Juliamo too. It seems like a lot of work, but I might check it out anyway due to its uniqueness.

Yuri. There I’m done.

But no. There’s more. I know I say this a lot but setting should not be the driving force behind the entirety of the story. In this case the swap of setting from real world to real world going through that time of the millennium is central to all development. Only problem is the whole concept is essentially pointless. Everything could have been done in a normal setting without the pretentious semi fake language garbage. In fact by altering the setting much of the process is cheapened. Characters are smushed together like kids caught in a trash compactor with little to no feeling of choice. Literally the only person this Rin character can rely on just happens to be the focus. Some semblance of effort put into all the wrong things in all the wrong places. I mean what is the difference between a story about moving to another country versus a sudden dimension swap? Writers having to try. That’s about it. Takes more effort and care to properly develop characters and setting that way. So why bother when you can use the setting to shoot your two characters into each other in the hopes of creating a critical mass that will collapse and suck all the money out of the wallets for those who care about the yuri niche.

Tonari ni Kanojo no Iru Shiawase ~Two Farce~

Company: プレカノ (PreKano)
Game site: となりに彼女のいる幸せ ～Two Farce～
Release date: August 25, 2017
Comments:
This low-priced title is the first game by Prekano, a sister brand of GIGA. It won’t be long before the historic literature club will be disbanded as there’s just the protagonist and his kouhai Chisa left. Even as they worry about the club’s future, they carried on with their daily trivial exchanges in the club room together. And so, they became closer by the day.

The story is the first by Takihama Hajime and just has one heroine. You may have noticed she has big boobs. Literature clubs are a thing of the past; If they renamed it as e-books club, they may get more club members.

Being related to Giga is bad enough, but then there is a club being disbanded theme. One day we will find that this plot template was written into the Yonaguni monument and eroge writers are so insistent on it as a form of tribute to the ancient civilization that died from boredom.

Promotion movie

Minato Carnival FD

Company: みなとカーニバル (Minato Carnival)
Game site: みなとカーニバルFD
Release date: August 25, 2017
Comments:
This is the fandisc for Minato Carnival’s Tsujidou-san no Jun’ai Road and Anekouji Naoko to Gin’iro no Shinigami. There will be new stories for both games, with new heroines Yui and Lorri, as well as a cross-series scenario. There’s also a port for PSV game Kurogane Kaikitan and a mahjong game. Should be plenty for the fans.

Fandisk, as Minato tends to do.

Ruri no Kasane ~Imouto Monogatari~

Company: ねこねこソフト (NekoNekoSoft)
Game site: ルリのかさね ～いもうと物語り～
Release date: August 25, 2017
Comments:
At a small shrine in the suburbs, the priest’s only son met his young relative Ruri when he was still a high school student. While they didn’t get along at first, they became close before they knew it.

One day, both of their parents passed away in an accident. They were both left without any relatives, and Ruri had only just entered elementary school. After much agonizing, he chose to live together with her.

Ruri is so cute!! I’d definitely take her home immediately! There’s no one else out there to protect her but me… onii-chan! NekoNekoSoft’s template is strong and I’m sure Ruri will turn out to be another great ‘onii-chan suki suki beam’-blasting imouto. Straight to my heart! Hau~ omochikaeri~!

Shrine of the pedos.

Wagamama High Spec OC

Company: まどそふと (MadoSoft)
Game site: ワガママハイスペックOC
Release date: August 25, 2017
Comments:
This is the fandisc for Wagamama High Spec, with after stories for all four heroines and new routes for sub-heroines Karen, Chitose and Yukari. How could you say no to more ero and hijinks?

Another Fandisk.

Ryouchi Kazoku

Company: ソフトハウスキャラ (SofthouseChara)
Game site: 領地貴族
Release date: August 25, 2017
Comments:
Siegfried is the fourth son from a small poor noble family who won some land thanks to his battle contributions. He founded a new Maired clan and ruled over a vast territory in the southern part of the kingdom. He thought that it would be a pleasant and relaxing life, but he wasn’t ready for the amount of work that was involved. Of course, there’s lots of paperwork and required appearances, but also having to answer to faction requests, making babies and naming a future successor? Everything was new to him and the only people to help him was the daughter of a ruined noble family, a knight who had been dismissed with dishonour, and a high-class prostitute. He didn’t know if they could be relied on, but nevertheless he takes his first step towards successfully managing his territory.

This is a territory management simulation game. To succeed you will have to use all your resources, skills, knowledge and the power of your lower body.

Conceptually interesting. Sadly poorly implemented. If there was more effort put on making the management gameplay more fun and interesting I could actually end up liking it. But sadly they over did the H influence plus simplified the relationship and management mechanics. 

Ren’ai Kyoushitsu

Company: UnN/A
Game site: 恋愛教室
Release date: August 25, 2017
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from June. This is the debut title by UnN/A. Standing outside of the classroom, Yuuga took a deep breath and calmed his nerves. Once he summoned the courage to open the door, he was immediately surrounded by girls in the class who treated him like a rare animal. That is natural since this had been a girls-only school until last year. However, not all the students were receptive of having a boy in their class. There were three groups: those for the co-ed change, those against it, and those whose views were in between. He has yet to get used to his new life in this new classroom with new friends, but he felt that his future is full of possibilities.

A pretty standard school love comedy. The unique aspect is that the four heroines were decided by a character poll among the 16 candidates. The winners were the board chairman’s granddaughter and leader of the anti-coeducation faction Stella, naive ojou-sama Karen, mood-maker classmate Sui, and frail imouto Kazuha. The game is what you think it is.

Nothing special here. Not really good, but also not really bad. If you want to read something as close to the median of eroge possible this month, here ya go.

Micchi’s Top 3 for This Month

1. Wagamama High Spec OC
2. Kotonoha Amrilato
3. Ruri no Kasane ~Imouto to Monogatari~

Zen’s Top 3 for This Month

1. Ruri no Kasane ~Imouto Monogatari~
2. Kotonoha Amrilato
3. Wagamama High Spec OC

Who’d have thought that one day you could be learning an artificial language in an eroge?

You mean the moon runes we read aren’t?

New titles announced this week include:

Applique – Cross Concerto
CLOCKUP – Nemurenu Hitsuji to Kodoku na Ookami
ensemble – Omoi o Sasageru Otome no Melody ~Afureru Omoi o Shirabeni Nosete~

The Niizuma LOVELY×CATION append life vol.3 is now available for download.

Ushio won the first Mashimaro chara poll by a hefty margin, and Marmalade has started up another chara poll to see if you changed your mind since the game came out. It runs until August 21st.

Hulotte’s Kamiyaba is being ported over to the PSV, with the release set for November 22nd.

The 10 year best album for Team-OZ, who debuted in Lose’s Gothic Delusion, will be on shelves on October 27th. It consists of the released vol.1-4, plus an additional remix track CD, totalling 75 songs.

ALTER’s 1/7 scale figure of FGO‘s Scathach casual mode is available for pre-order for ￥12,800. It ships in April.

Dakimakuras are coming out for Akasaka’s Minato, Wagahigh‘s Karen, Muv-luv Alt TE‘s Yui, Harumina‘s Ema, nine‘s Miyako, Lost Echoes‘ Umi, and UQ A3-DAYS‘ Tia and Selphi.

Lump of Sugar‘s next title will be another kemonomimi offering: Fuchidorite Kono Ha wa Kurenai ni. There’s a trailer out for it. Other new titles announced over the past two weeks include:

ALcot – Shogun-sama wa Otoshigoro
Azarashi Soft – Amakano ~Second Season~ + (December 22nd)
Chelseasoft – Suite Life (December 22nd)
Gesen18 – Sangoku 5 ~Hishou Kourin Senkou no Toujin~
NEKO WORKs H – LOVE³
Nitro+ – Minikui Mojika no Ko
Palette – nine Episode.2 Sora Nimi

Release dates have been set for the following:

Pure Marriage Serika-hen – October 27th
Omoi o Sasageru Otome no Melody FD – November 24th
Yoru Meguru, Bokura no Maigo Kyoushitsu – November 24th
Hitotsu no Yane no, Tsubasa no Shita de – December 22nd
Nemurenu Hitsuji to Kodoku na Ookami – December 22nd
Sora no Baroque – December 22nd
Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou 2.2 AxL+SA – December 22nd

NekoNekoSoft’s Ruri no Kasane has been delayed to October 27th.

Aokana will be ported over to the Nintendo Switch! I think this is a first.

GIGA is releasing the 20th anniversary of TEAM BALDRHEAD with a 36-disc memorial box, Baldr Masterpiece Chronicle, which includes all the Baldr games, vocal collection, OST, drama CD archives, and much more. There’s also a new game with an upgraded survival mode. It will be released on December 22nd. It seems to be pretty good value for all the content you get.

The Suki to Suki to Sankaku Ren’ai drama CD that first came out at C92 will be available for the masses for ￥3000 on August 25th.

New figures available for pre-order include:

Alphamax – 1/6 scale Sora school uniform ver. (Yosuga, February, ￥12,800)
Daiki Kougyou – 1/6 scale Komachi (P×C, February, ￥15,000)
GSC – nendoroid Lancer/Jeanne d’Arc Alter Santa Lily (FGO, December, ￥4444)
Kotobukiya – Cu-poche Saber/Artoria Pendragon (FGO, January, ￥5800)
Phat! – 1/8 scale Haruka (im@s, April, ￥11,000)

Get the Sakimi Gakuen uniform (￥53,000) if you want to feel like part of the TRINOLINE world. They have ladies sizes from S to XXL.

Clearrave is working on an online RPG called Bokura no Houkago Sensou!. There are many illustrators and scenario writers that worked on this, including Shiratama and Konno Asta. The characters are also voiced by many popular seiyuus, such as Fujisaki Usa and Ayumi Sara.

I’m saddened to find out that PangYa JP will be coming to a close on November 10th. It was a game that I played all the time back when it first started, and it also introduced me to the evils wonders of gacha.

Dakimakuras were available last week for Tsukigumo‘s Freya and Tsuya, and Newrin‘s Lavi and Emmy.

Sorry for the late post. I’ve been doing some travelling lately and haven’t had much time to work on the blog ^^;

New titles announced this week include:

COSMIC CUTE – Unjou no Fairy Tale
Debonosu Works – Kagura Reimeiki ~Rio no Shou~ (October 8th)
hibiki works – Natural Vacation (December 22nd)

Gesen18’s Sangokuhime 5 has been set for December 8th, while light’s Sora no Baroque has been delayed to later this winter.

Carol Works has started up a crowdfunding project to give Otorena‘s protagonist Rikudo a full voice patch. He did win the chara poll after all, so this might have a pretty good chance of success. The patch will not be sold separately.

The chara poll for the Campus’ Uso series will start on September 1st and you have until September 15th to vote for who gets some merchandise and an original story! So that means you’re all voting for Aoi and Shizuku, right lolicons?

The Maitetsu outfit poll for Paulette is underway and runs until September 30th. She looks good in everything, but I had to go with the nurse outfit!

FLARE is making a figure of Shining Blade‘s Altina with pre-orders to be opened soon. Funny Knights has a 1/8 scale figure of Fate/EXTELLA‘s Artoria Pendragon resort vacance coming out in December for ￥9800.

The Madosoft Live 2017 will be held at The Grand Hall in Shinagawa on November 12th. The ticket lottery is currently underway.

MOONSTONE Cherry has announced Imouto Paradise! 3!!! The third generation of imoutos will be upon us on January 26th. A comic serialization has also debuted in the BugBug magazine, while an anime (likely OVA) is also in the works. The game website will be up in mid-September. Imoutos are a wonderful thing.

COSMIC CUTE’s Unjou no Fairy Tale has been set for December 22nd.

The Apeiria chara poll has started up and will run until September 20th.

The append life vol.4 for Niizuma LOVELY×CATION is available for download.

Tonakai will be ported over to the PS4/PSV on November 22nd.

New figures available for pre-order include:

Bishoujo Tairiku – 1/4 scale Escalayer (Escalayer, October, ￥36,000)
Kotobukiya – 1/8 scale Nono (Deremas, January, ￥12,000)
Max Factory – 1/7 scale Archer/Artoria Pendragon (FGO, July, ￥11,852)
PLUM – 1/7 scale Chie [Hi-Fi Days]+ (Deremas, November, ￥13,500)
Q-six – 1/6 scale Nemu (darkness ver) (euphoria, December, ￥14,800)

I haven’t had time to work on the September post lately. Hoping I’ll have time this week.

Liar-soft’s next title will be Shunkyoku no Tyrhhia.

light’s Sora no Baroque has a new release date of January 26th, while the following titles have been delayed:

VenusBlood -BRAVE- – October 27th
Yami to Shukusai no Sanctuary – October 27th

SkyFish has started up the chara poll for Kinrin no Soleil. It will run until September 22nd.

The VenusBlood -BRAVE- OST will come out on the same day as the game, October 27th.

The PSV port for Amenity’s Life has been set for November 22nd.

New figures available for pre-order include:

ALTER – 1/7 scale Shiki Perfume Tripper (Deremas, May, ￥20,800)
Di molto bene – 1/7 scale Saber/Mordred (FGO, December, ￥13,800)
EGG – 1/6 scale Ai wedding ver. (Fault!!, January, ￥14,800)
FREEing – Excela swimsuit ver. (Shining Resonance, February, ￥3685)
FREEing – Rinna swimsuit ver. (Shining Resonance, February, ￥3685)
FREEing – Sonia swimsuit ver. (Shining Resonance, February, ￥3685)

A trio of sequels/fandiscs were announced this week: SILKY’S PLUS DOLCE‘s Hikari no Umi no Apeiria FD (December 22nd), Jitaku Studio‘s Real Eroge Situation! H x3 (December 22nd), and AkabeiSoft3‘s Hataraku Otona no Ren’ai Jijou 2 (February 23rd).

Other new titles announced this week include:

Frontwing – Momoiro Closet
Hexenhaus – Konya Dake Demo Tomete Kudasai (November 24th)
PreKano – Azayaka na Irodori no Naka de, Kimi Rashiku (November 24th)
pure more – Shoujo Graffiti
Skyfish poco – Koneko Neko Neko (December 22nd)

Release dates have been set for the following:

Kiniro Loveriche – December 22nd
Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita – December 22nd
Kieta Sekai to Tsuki to Shoujo – January 26th

The following titles have been delayed:

Arui wa Koi to Iu Na no Mahou – October 27th
Maho×Roba – November 24th
Lost Echoes – December 22nd

Apeiria and Thinker won in the Apeiria chara poll, while Ushio topped the 2nd Mashimaro chara poll.

Shizuku has claimed top spot in Campus’ Uso series chara poll! Congratulations! She gets an original story, some goods and a special wallpaper! Good job, lolicons!

The Sakukoi character song and sound album comes out on the same day as the game, September 29th. It is priced at ￥2600.

August is partnering with DMM to create the free-to-play Iris Mysteria! R~Shoujo no Tsumugu Yume no Hiseki~. These games are basically like any mobage with their gachas and don’t turn out well. We’ll see if this one fares better.

GIGA 1st LIVE ~Sky Ticket~ will be held on March 10th at DIFFER Ariake. It will showcase songs from titles over their 25-year history.

New figures available for pre-order include:

Kaitendoh – 1/6 scale Narika compulsory execution ver. (Beat Blades Haruka, December, ￥17,800)
UNION CREATIVE – Tamamo no Mae tail maid strike ver. (Fate/EXTELLA, December, ￥13,800)

Ya, I know the September games will be coming out this Friday. We’re almost done… >_>

Also, grinding events on three mobage takes too much time… >_>

It took a long time, but Haikuo Soft’s Omokage Railback is finally coming out. Over that same period, CIRCUS have already released two fandiscs, including this month’s D.C.III Dream Days, where some familiar faces from D.C.II make a re-appearance. Innocent Grey’s FLOWERS series comes to an end, while two chara-ges wrap up the month: Parasol’s Sakura Hitohira Koi Moyou and Enishi Soft’s Oni ga Kuru. ~Ane ga Hinshi de Pinchi Desu~.

I’ll believe it was finally released when Railback is installed and working. Also never compare Circus releases. They can just copy paste their games over and over with a few extra lines added, hardly fair to give them credit for that. This month is not bad for once. Sure many of the games are mediocre. Others are downright terrible. But the ratio isn’t bad. There are a few worth playing, a few that may not be good but probably aren’t too bad either, aside from delays on the post not a bad month.

FLOWERS -Le volume sur hiver- (Fuyu-hen)

Company: Innocent Grey
Game site: FLOWERS -Le volume sur hiver-（冬篇）
Release date: September 15, 2017
Comments:
This is the final volume of Innocent Grey’s all-ages FLOWERS series. Suou became the president of the Council of Nicaea after overcoming Yuzuriha’s trials and received the title of “The Seven Wonders of the Beginning and the End” as promised, which connected her to her amitié Mayuri, who had vanished in the spring.

Further hardships arose in Saint Angraecum Academy with the arrival of winter. Suou faced the obstacles with the help of her friends, but she was still dejected by her request: “Please forget about me”.

What will the reappearance of her step-mother’s shadow, passing thoughts and unexpected reunions bring to her? This final season will melt everything away…

And so it all comes to an end. Innocent Grey commands a good following and it’s likely that the translated version will be available in the future.

Ongoing series, if you like it you already know. 

D.C.III Dream Days

Company: CIRCUS
Game site: D.C.III Dream Days～ダ・カーポIII～ドリームデイズ
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
This is the latest fandisc for D.C.III. It is composed of seven episodes, one for each of the five heroines, plus Mikoto and Sumomo. Note that Mikoto’s seiyuu has changed to Himekawa Airi. What’s exciting is the return of most of the D.C.II cast, including Otome, Yume, Nanaka, Koko, Anzu, Akane and Aisia. That’s more than enough reason for me to play it!

DC Fandisk. Already bringing back D.C.II cast I see.

It was the best series after all.

Maybe, but if they need to keep going back to it, they should just give up on III and move on to IV.

Dolphin Blade

Company: Island Belle
Game site: Dolphin Blade -ドルフィンブレード-
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
This is the first title by Island Belle. “Dolphin blade” is a marine race sport featuring girls in swimsuits on motorized float shoes. It is especially popular in Yamato, the 81st island district of the United Federation.

Kousuke is an employee at the leading Aihara Electronics Corporation. His business performance was excellent thanks to sweet-talking his boss and he appeared to be on the track to certain success. However, his boss was then dismissed for an ‘indecent act’ and he also came under suspicion of similar conduct. Despite being spared a similar fate due to lack of evidence, he was involuntarily transferred to a sub-subsidiary as the new manager of a dolphin blade team.

Even though the team had some skilled members, they were unable to attain any good results every year, accruing a huge debt in the process. He would not be able to return to Aihara if the debt is not fully paid off. It was clear that the upper management intended to get rid of him, but he was determined to do his best to prove them wrong.

It’s like Aokana on water, except as a simulation game where you have to manage the bladers’ training, events and races. The game is separated into chapters with 32 periods each. You have to pay off a designated amount of debt at the end of each chapter to proceed; otherwise, you’ll be greeted by the game over screen. After finishing the final chapter, you’ll be able to access the free battle mode. It feels a bit like work to me. The only noteworthy writer among the three that worked on this title is Matsushita Sachi, known for Seikentsukai no Proposition. Meanwhile, the characters are all drawn by different artists. I had to check that Ui wasn’t actually some loli bot with her rather blank eyes, but I guess it was just the artist’s (Amamine) style. Hmm… loli bot…

Cheesy Air Gear on water with management. Whole thing boils down to trying to come up with an interesting excuse for girls in swimsuits all the time. Which I consider a strike against the game for not putting some more effort into the setting to make things a little less obvious. I am not one to complain about eye candy. I won’t insist on saying the girls should be wearing wet suits or anything. But you would think that at least while racing they would be wearing the same uniform. Most likely not a bikini that would probably disintegrate upon falling into the water at speed at that. It’s fine to have those swimsuits but making them a part of the individual romance scenes gives more impact in the first place.

On top of that we have the management system which like Micchi said is just busy work. I have said this many times so I will try not to rant too much. But, the point of any type of visual novel game is to tell a story. The point of many games are also to tell a story. Seems like a match made in heaven, right? Problem is that when the two methods of reading and gameplay conflict it makes everything feel like work. In most eroge with any sort of gameplay mechanic beyond click to read the next sentence it becomes little more than a speed bump for reading and progressing in the story. If the two methods of storytelling do not blend well, it makes the whole thing fall apart. Even worse is when multiple routes make you go back and do the same things over and over.

While I am glad to see a first title that is not a bland high school romance, there still needs to be more effort put in the small details. Try harder next time.

Akatoki 2! -Tsumugu Mahou to Koboreru Hikari-

Company: エスクード (Escu:de)
Game site: あかときっ2！ -紡ぐマホウと零れるヒカリ-
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
This is the sequel to Escu:de’s clothes-stripping battle ADV Akatoki!. The world we live in is overflowing with mysteries: people ride on brooms, cast magic, and fight against beings that appeared to have come straight out of a fairy tale. The world had once fallen in a crisis, but that is now all in the past. Even though these fairytale-like creatures ‘Kurayami’ still battle with magicians in the skies, there is a on-going search for a way to co-exist together.

In the renowned magic city of Akatoki lies the world’s best magician training academy. Akatoki is designed to be a model city for co-habitation between the two races and is also home to the group of magicians who had previously saved the world. A generation later, as a new team of magicians was to be assembled, there was the beginnings of a new being…

This is known as the magic strip battle game; more damage dealt, more articles of clothing come flying off. If that doesn’t give you more incentive to win, I don’t know what to say. I’m interested in the girl with amnesia who dropped from sky, Mashiro, whose fathercon level is maxed out. I wouldn’t expect too much from the game other than ‘good triumphs over evil and gets all the H scenes’.

Why even have clothes?

And here’s Zen asking all the right questions.

Ama Ie

Company: bootUP!
Game site: あまいえ
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
Masaki was informed by his employer that he was to be transferred to the city of Rokujou, far away from Tokyo. As he was preparing for the move, he received a request from his parents to live with his aunt and her family while checking up on how her marriage is doing. He was reluctant to interfere with other people’s business, but finally relented under his parent’s deep worry for his aunt’s marriage.

He was welcomed to the city by his aunt Kyouko and her daughters Mizuho and Kotomi. He had met them once a long time ago, but he was astounded by how beautiful they’ve become, how voluptuous their bodies had grown. Will he be able to keep his wits living under the same roof with them? Moreover, his new supervisor at work is an American blonde beauty with a figure that rivals theirs. Did he wander into a kingdom of big tits and asses?

This is the latest title in bootUP!’s ‘LOVE ero’ series, with a mix of Mamahaha‘s wife charas and Aneimo‘s sister charas. And of course, they’re all F-cups and above, which is completely out of my strike zone. I haven’t seen boobs and ass mentioned in a synopsis so much (I paraphrased it since it was so repetitive).

Bootup doing what it does best, terrible art. I don’t even care about the rest, hire a new artist already.

Onii-chan, Migite no Shiyou o Kinshi Shimasu! 2

Company: Galette
Game site: お兄ちゃん、右手の使用を禁止します！ 2
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
This is the sequel to Galette’s imouto dream game Onikin. Hiroto lives with his four cute imoutos. One day, his father called him back home and unexpectedly introduced him to his new twin step-sisters. One of them is a famous idol, and the other is a popular cosplayer. He enjoys a happy life surrounded by six pretty imoutos fighting for his attention.

However, one day he injured his right hand protecting his stepsisters from stalkers. While he was praised by some for his courage in protecting his imoutos, there were others that were outraged at the fact that he lived with six imoutos. To temporarily escape the public eye, they decided to take a vacation in the southern islands.

His imoutos look even cuter in their swimsuits, framed by the beautiful ocean and clear blue skies.

“Onii-chan… please tell us… which of us do you want to become your right hand?”

This should be considered less as a sequel, but more as a completely different game as the staff and seiyuus have all completely changed (most of them went to Tinkle Position) and it’s definitely not for the better. In particular, the emotionless voices are absolute rubbish; it was very painful listening to it. Don’t play this. This is not what imouto-ges should be. I’m looking forward to Imopara 3 instead.

You know, all my hatred for this game kind of evaporated after even Micchi condemned it. 

CM

Mono no Aware wa Sai no Koro.

Company: QUINCE SOFT
Game site: もののあはれは彩の頃。
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
This is the debut work for QUINCE SOFT, a sister brand of Lump of Sugar. All Japanese people know the rules of e-sugoroku: roll the dice, move your piece, aim for the finish. However, for Akira and those around him who have also lost their memories, they have become the ‘pieces’ in a world that mimics this game. They have to compete with each other to be the first and only one to reach the finish line and escape the world.

With each roll of the die, they proceed around the streets of Kyoto basked in the fall colours. While following the commandments on the ’tiles’ they land on, they have to avoid the hidden dangers of the ‘board’. Along the way, the memories of ‘reality’ gradually return. Why is there two worlds: ‘sugiroku’ and ‘reality’? Why are they here?

Lump of Sugar’s unique systems carry over to their sister brand as well. The referral to ’tiles’ is a bit meta and I’m not too keen on it. It’s also not a normal e-sugiroku game (similar to snakes and ladders), as each player has their own special ability (which borders on the absurd sometimes). And of course, the protagonist seems to have some ridiculously strong ability like being able to change the rolled number. I thought the story is too random and disjointed. The main draw for the game is Nanaroba Hana’s art and the fall foliage.

As Micchi already said this is basically Lump of Sugar’s style. Random nonsense happens all over just because. May as well roll a dice to pick images from the CG set. Would make more sense.

Seven Days: Anata to Sugosu Nanoka-kan

Company: LIFE0
Game site:
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
This crowdfunded all-ages title is the first by LIFE0. One day close to the beginning of summer vacation, Shuuichi was watching a ‘cursed Blu-ray’ given to him by his buddy when a spirit came out from the disc and possessed him. His childhood friend Yukari belonged to a family that managed an ancient temple, so she tried an exorcism to rid him of the spirit. While the ritual was successful and quelled the vindictive spirit, the spirit girl’s form remained due to her inexperience. Her name was Chiyako, the name of the girl who was killed on screen, and she revealed that the spirits of six other girls dwelled within her.

According to Yukari, spirits can only remain in this world for 49 days, which meant that there would only be seven days allotted for each of the seven girls. Shuuichi was tasked with helping them achieve happiness so they can leave this world with no regrets. However, it is a very short time to accomplish this task. Also he did not realize at this time that it meant that he would be getting to know each girl well only to bid a painful farewell seven times over.

The crowdfunding campaign had raised 244% of its target, meeting all of the stretch goals, which included a route for Yukari, additional CGs and a visual art book. They’ve managed to recruit some seasoned seiyuus too, such as Uesaka Sumire and Shimizu Ai. The story is divided into chapters, with presumably a final route. There’s also some bad ends thrown in for good measure. The productive values are pretty good (including the OP), so it might be worth your time to check out.

The ring with pointless extra drama. 

Haze Man

Company: バグシステム (BUG SYSTEM)
Game site: ヘイズマン
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
Every day Shoutarou does many part-time jobs just to get by. Even though he is quite skilled at hand-to-hand fighting, he doesn’t make much use of it and lives a simple life, while watched over by his childhood friend Renka. One day, he met an intelligent life form from another planet, Fara, who hailed from a planet called Perel. He risked his life to save her from a thug’s attack and his life then changed completely.

By joining with Fara, he gets an immense increase in his physical ability and also special powders. She transforms into his armour and protects his body from harm. While normally these powers would not be needed in daily life, this resulted in the sudden appearance of Jil, who planned to take Fara back to Perel with him. He must fight Jil’s henchman every day and their heated battles caused a big disturbance in the shopping street. However, it was promoted as a hero show by his company boss Tooko to attract visitors.

What will happen to Shoutarou and Fara? Will they be able to fight off Jil? How will the town revitalization event turn out?

Bug System doesn’t seem to specialize in any genre, having made games with gore, rape and now, tokusatsu, as central themes. I don’t really care for these themes, so I’m glad they’re keeping them separate from the other Clearrave companies like Palette. The game proceeds anime-style, separated by episodes. Note that while they use animated H scenes (badly done in my opinion), there is no ero when you are defeated. There’s a lot of clichés in the game, including the ‘need sex for energy’ trope that rears its head so often in eroge.

This could have been decent. Could have. If they ya know stripped out all the stupid crap, so basically everything. Turned it into a comedy where the protagonist is constantly being embarrassed doing his hero show thing with Fara. While she acts as the air-headed instigator with no knowledge of the planets culture. If it was silly and funny enough the story wouldn’t be important as long as the characters were appealing. Unfortunately this isn’t the direction they chose so I recommend keeping away from this garbage dump of a game.

Oni ga Kuru. ~Ane ga Hinshi de Pinchi Desu~

Company: えにしそふと (Enishi Soft)
Game site: 鬼がくる。 ～姉がひん死でピンチです～
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
This is the first title by Enishi Soft. The goddess Kohime appeared before Haruto to save his sick older sister Haruko. However, she wasn’t able to save her since he did not have enough faith. He devoted his time to increasing his faith, but Haruko mistakenly thought that Kohime was taking his little brother from her. She responded by doting on him even more than usual. Meanwhile, Kohime was using her status to make him do all her work, while his childhood friend Riri was stalking him from afar as usual. Their fight over him intensifies day by day. What will become of Haruko’s destiny?

When I saw the art for the first time, I immediately thought of Izumi Iko’s previous work under 130cm, Oniuta and then how difficult it is to tell characters apart when they all have the same hair colour (at least there’s only three in this one). They’ve got two new writers on board, nanka and Kuraou. It should be packed full of comedy; Haruko herself doesn’t even seem to take her health seriously, so I don’t think we should either.

I actually thought this was a 130cm game at first because of the art. Not that it is a bad thing, I rather like this artist. Just them all having the same hair color alone is a rather refreshing change. Might help I happen to like black hair best but I digress. Only problem is I am god awful at remembering names. When talking to Micchi not only do I never remember the title of anything, but for characters I would usually just call them by hair color, bit difficult this time.

Story is fine. It’s not some amazing work that will define literature for a generation. However it is simple, effective, and funny. As beauty is in the eye of the beholder all that matters is that the story and setting don’t conflict, the characters are appealing, and the story enjoyable for the reader. In this case I have some hope for that as all I expect is to laugh a little while I read.

Sakura Hitohira Koi Moyou

Company: Parasol
Game site: 桜ひとひら恋もよう
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
Haruta calls himself an ordinary student, but he still had not gotten over his first love, who was actually his imouto who he never knew he had. A new school year had arrived and everyone at his school, Souto Gakuen, was talking about the rumoured merger with Houjou Gakuen. The school’s founder and chairman had passed away suddenly last year and the school lost its direction and was in a bad financial state. However, a merger with Houjou Gakuen, a grades-centric school that uses corporal punishment on its students, would signal the loss of freedom and self-governance that Souto Gakuen was built on.

It seemed that there was no way to avoid the merger when a young girl appeared, claiming to be the new chairman of the school, and passing out leaflets petitioning the merger. Even though he did not believe that this small girl was the new chairman, he was so touched by her actions that he inadvertently accepted a leaflet and ended up joining the merger petition group.

The stereotypical school-setting chara-ge is here! You’ve got the long-lost imouto, osananajimi, classmate and (bishoujo) kouhai. I have absolutely no problem with it as I like Ichiri and Sakura Hanpen’s art. All the characters look nice to me; it’s hard to choose my favourite, although I’m leaning towards Chitose. I wouldn’t expect too much from the story. While a chibi 4th grader school chairman might be able to stop the merger, she won’t be able to help with the financial situation (at least via legal methods).

Honestly, as a mechanic to bring this select group of copy pasted misfits together was the whole school is dying let us merge and become super school really necessary? Elect new chairman, problems solved. Money issues? How was the chairman even useful then as they were clearly not doing their job. The whole loli replacement nonsense only makes it worse. Just make the new chairman like early 20s, and give her a route. On top of that as backstory make her be the previous chairman’s granddaughter who was working at the other school to learn first so there is a link to bring across heroines. Done. No need for the pointless merger and nonsense loli. Not the best story but at least it wouldn’t feel so much like an afterthought tacked on simply because they had to. Play because you like this generic cast of cardboard cutouts, not for the story.

The drama here comes from the merger with the school where the chairman is his father who disowned him and the student council leader is his imouto/ex-girlfriend. Still forced, but I guess that’s why it’s there.

Yes, however things could have been done much better is all. As is the story forces too much into the setting to bring everyone together. Eliminating a few of those would make it feel more natural, even if only slightly.

Hoshifuru Yoru no Farnese

Company: ミィティ (MiTi)
Game site: 星降る夜のファルネーゼ
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from December. This is the debut work by MiTi. There once was a ‘good witch’ who used magic to bring prosperity to the world. The people were grateful to her and enjoyed her benevolence. However, a ‘bad witch’ appeared and incited the humans to kill her virtuous counterpart. With the powerful and wise ‘good witch’ no longer around, the ‘bad witch’ was free to do as she pleased.

The people suffered as she brought on fires and floods, destroying and corrupting everything she touched. They managed to kill her too and vowed to forget about magic, but she had cast a curse upon the world: witches will continue to exist in the world. Thus began a hunt for the ‘witches’ with the intent on exterminating them all. This is the beginning of the ‘star hunt’, which has continued for hundreds of years.

Etoile stood in the middle of a church in the capital, nervously awaiting the opening of a ‘star hunt’ trial. He was a new ‘astrologer’, tasked with defending a client for the first time. He was barely able to prove her innocence, although he hadn’t been able to find the true culprit.

Afterwards, a witch with a dog familiar suddenly appeared in front of him. She called herself the ‘Witch of Justice’ and offered to assist him. It is up to them to take back the ‘starry sky’!

The premise of the game is to regain the ‘starry sky’ which was lost because of the bad witch. You have to collect evidence to prove the innocent of your clients in the witch hunt. Along the way, you’ll find who the culprits (bad witches) are and defeat them to gradually regain the ‘constellations’. As you complete more cases, you’ll begin to see the link between all the cases and confront the true culprit (really bad witch), who you have to defeat to achieve the ‘true starry sky’.

The evidence can found by searching places of interest, while the actual ‘star hunt’ involves stripping them by countering their lies and revealing the witch’s seal (constellation) on their bodies. To draw out the seal from their bodies, you must bring them to ‘ecstasy’.

The story is by Iwakata Retsu, who has worked on many games with magic in the past, but this is his first eroge script and honestly it’s pretty ridiculous, on Escu:de’s level. It’s also Yukie’s first work since QUINTUPLE☆SPLASH! (not counting the Hakoniwa FD). I guess I’ll check out the trial when it’s out, but I don’t expect too much from the gameplay other than clicking all over the screen and rubbing witches to E~C~S~T~A~S~Y~♪

This is one of those times, I really do not get Micchi. For all the complaints about writing certain summaries (*cough* Light games) there is a book written for this… thing. When it could all be summed up with “Rub naked girls”.

I’m trying to explain the reason behind the rubbing!

Because you can…? I think you put more effort into explaining than they did into thinking up their reasoning for it.

I played the trial and it really is as ridiculous as the synopsis sounds. Also, the trials are pretty easy.

Omokage Railback

Company: ハイクオソフト (Haikuo Soft)
Game site: 面影レイルバック
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from June. During Masashi’s last summer as a student, it was decided that he would transfer schools due to his non-blood-related older sister Juri’s work as the young manager of Yoshioka Construction. His new school would be in the small rural town of Yagurana, located at the end of the railroad. He met the young land-owner Iroha, who vows to protect the land from corporations, and started going to school with her. However, the reason why he was there was because of Yoshioka Construction’s desire to develop the land. Moreover, he was the heir of the corporation itself.

This is the 10th anniversary title for Haikuo Soft (although it’s past their 11th anniversary now…) and the main theme is ‘reunion’. The conflict stems from whether you want to support the development of the land or protect the town and keep it as is. I’m leaning towards laying off the development since I don’t want to make a cutie like Iroha sad. She’s so adorable (and reminds me of Yotsunoha‘s Nono)! I wanna protect her!

Of course it is a sister without blood relation, fair game, of course of course. Convenient eroge loopholes aside there is nothing particularly good, nor bad about the game. Oh, other than Iroha, she can go be useful as part of a foundation during the development of the region.

While at the time my thoughts were little more than “Hmm, this may be worth playing when it comes out.” after all the delays… Lets just say I have been itching to play it for such a long time that it drove me nuts. If this turns out to not be good I will throw such a hissy fit that Micchi will have to sit through hours of my ranting.

I will do it if you sit through hours of my imouto raving.

Can I just give you my sister instead…?

Is she 2D?

With a small dimensional diet I’m sure that can be arranged.

Iyashi no Megami no Marmot

Company: しろくまだんご (Shirokuma Dango)
Game site: 癒しの女神の実験台（モルモット）
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
This is the debut title for Shirokuma Dango. After working continuously in a shady business, his body and soul are in shambles. As he was walking without an umbrella in the rain, a woman called out to him:

“Have you been comforted lately?”

Arriving at the address on the business card he had received, he was enlisted as a ‘massage model’ (also known as a marmot) at the comfort industry specialty school, Shichijou Salon Arts Academy. His body, soul and nether regions, are comforted by the whispers of the goddesses at the school. Will he be able to safely regain his healthy body!?

I don’t know about you, but I’d find it pretty shady for someone to approach me and offer ‘comforting’. All voices and sound effects are binaural in this game (it’s recommended to play with headphones or earphones), so if you like that kind of stuff, it’d be perfect for you. Especially since the seiyuu cast is pretty good (Kawashima Rino, Tohno Soyogi, Aji Sanma). I think it’ll be more of a ‘healing’ game as the title suggests than an ero one.

Sounds like a cult to me… But sign me up anyway. Who wouldn’t want a job where they get massages complete with happy endings all day long? I don’t care which god I have to pray to as long as I’m not required to drink their Kool aid.

Yuganda Uso no Koi to Letter

Company: studioオルカ (Studio Orca)
Game site: 歪んだ嘘の恋とレッテル
Release date: September 29, 2017
Comments:
This is the first game by Studio Orca.　Maki used to be lovers with his osananajimi Saeko and they would imitate what adults would do. However, one time they had sex and she ran away from the town because of it. Immediately he was blamed for the incident and labelled as a ‘monster’. Many years later and now in his second year at school, those rumours have still persisted.

On the day of the final exam for the term in early July, he protected his cousin Yuki from some harassment from some boys and his past label resurfaced. However, this time he gave up trying to deny it and acted like he enjoyed it. Saeko suddenly returned to the town and he also ended up having multiple relationships with many girls by chance. Addicted to the new sensations and pleasure, he seeked many forms of erotic play to express his pent-up anger. At the same time, he was able to see the girls’ true feelings and personality.

Is this pure love or twisted love?

Girls all love a man who would take advantage of them. Just look at Rance, the perfect example.

Ok then.

Micchi’s Top 3 for This Month

1. Sakura Hitohira Koi Moyou
2. D.C.III Dream Days
3. Seven Days: Anata to Sugosu Nanoka-kan

Zen’s Top 3 for This Month

1. Omokage Railback
2. Oni ga Kuru. ~Ane ga Hinshi de Pinchi Desu~
3. Sakura Hitohira Koi Moyou

What the hell is a massage model???

This.

HOOKSOFT’s next title (after Making Lovers) will be I×SHE Tell. The protagonist Hajime is loved by all at the school for which he is the student council leader since he overturned the ban on love relationships.

CANVAS+GARDEN (Miyasaka Miyu and Miyasaka Naco) have announced their doujin title, Koi ni, Kanmi o Soete, featuring their mascot characters. It will be sold at Comiket 93 on December 31st.

The append life vol.5 for Niizuma LOVELY×CATION is available for download.

Alphamax has a pair of 1/7 scale Fate/EXTELLA figures coming out in February for Artoria Pendragon and Nero Claudius, for ￥10,800 each. Other new figures available for pre-order include:

DragonToy – 1/6 scale Celia pink ver. (Walroma, January, ￥18,500)
FLARE – Pairon (Blade Arcus, May, ￥11,800)
Funny Knights – 1/8 scale Nero Claudius vacation ver. (Fate/EXTELLA, January, ￥9800)
GSC – 1/8 scale Anastasia: Story of Revolving Stars ver. (Deremas, August, ￥13,704)
Phat! – Parfom Nero Claudius (Fate/EXTELLA, May, ￥6300)

Dakimakuras for Hatsujou Sprinkle‘s Hazuki and Mashimaro‘s Ushio will be sold at the upcoming character1 on October 15th. CROWD is taking pre-orders for the Thea daki that comes out in January.

If you’re in the area, there’s a D.C. collaboration cafe at Nagoya’s Palette Maidcafe until October 9th.

CARAMEL BOX is building on its past with the cross-dressing ojou-sama game Otome wa Boku ni Koi Shiteru Triple Stars. It is planned for February 23rd.

Kawauso Soft’s Bokura no Sekai ni Shukufuku o. has been delayed to November 24th.

The Aokana vocal album 3 will be on shelves on October 27th. It is priced at ￥3000 and contains five vocal arrangements for BGMs, including Misaki and Rika’s character songs.

The Nintendo Switch port for Aokana has been set for March 29th.

New figures announced this week include:

PLUM – 1/7 scale Kaoru Hi-Fi Days ver. (Deremas, January, ￥12,500)
WAVE – 1/8 scale Minami Noble Venus ver. (Deremas, January, ￥12,800)

Dakimakuras for Nekopara‘s Maple and Cinnamon will be on sale at chara1 oct.2017. Libido Soft is taking pre-orders for the dakimakura for Zanane‘s Suzune until October 10th. It’ll be shipped in November.

Playing a bit of Tsugihagi in preparation for the October post. The premise is kinda similar to Haganai…

Windmill has announced a sequel to one of their most popular titles: Happiness! 2 Sakura Celebration. Will we see more of Jun? And more of Sumomo??!!! In addition, there’s a new work in Yakusoku no Natsu, Mahoroba no Yume. It is planned for spring 2018, while Happiness! 2 will come out later in the year.

minori has opened the site for their fandisc TRINOLINE:GENESIS. Along with the three heroines and subcharas Hanako and Ayaka, there will also be a guest character….

Token loli Kohaku finished on top of the Sainokoro chara poll and will get a tapestry.

Sakakibara Yui’s 11th album, “Next Door”, will be on shelves on December 13th. It contains 17 tracks in total. It’s her first album in two years.

New figures available for pre-order include:

GSC – 1/7 scale Super Sonico HOT LIMIT ver. (Sonicomi, October, ￥10,648)
Phat! – Tamamo no mae seifuku ver. (Fate/EXTELLA, June, ￥14,800)
Q-six – 1/6 scale Paulette (white sukumizu ver.) (Maitetsu, January, ￥12,800)

Dakimakuras for Haruoto‘s Eliza and Recette‘s Mieru were on sale at TECH GIAN‘s chara1 booth on October 15th.

GIGA’s BALDR series comes to an end with BALDR BRINGER, while HARUKAZE moves on with its sequel Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart 2 -Nora, Princess, and Crying Cat.-. Mysteries abound in Azarashi Soft Zero’s debut title Yami to Shukusai no Sanctuary, whereas Curefull Base goes with the comedic route with its first game Tsugihagi Make Peace -pretending×friendship-.

Other than sequels and fandisks for games you may like there is not much to see this month. Those not relying on an existing game to cash in on a fanbase are lackluster to say the least. In fact the best one can hope for this month is a completely median experience. As an American I’ll be thankful should November be an improvement.

BALDR BRINGER

Company: 戯画 (GIGA)
Game site: BALDR BRINGER
Release date: October 27, 2017
Comments:
This is the final chapter in GIGA’s long-running BALDR series. Elis was formerly the manager of the virtual world VERTEX until she was driven from her position and stripped from almost all of her powers. She sat in the middle of the room in front of a huge machine, wondering if she would have to return to reality while making the final pre-activation checks. She breathed a sigh of relief as everything appeared ready, but then an alarm sounded the very next second.

“Please work!!”

‘He’ opened his eyes at the same time as her cry of desperation. It was the beginning of his consciousness as oil coursed through his steel body and his limbs moved according to electromagnetic pulses. After checking that he knew who she was, Elis asked a favour of him: to protect her from the viruses that were coming for her.

“I think I will help you. Is that alright?”

A few minutes later, as he looked down upon the wreckage of the defeated enemies, he was glad that he had protected her. She told him that he was a para-intelligence being and bestowed him with the name Fuji, short for “Dusk Bringer Sower of Huge”, the simulacrum that he was born in.

“Welcome to the virtual world, VERTEX!”

There are 11 illustrators in total working on this game, led by Kikuchi Seiji, and the battle system has also changed. While I was never one to play these games, it seems that they’re deviating from what made their games appealing and that’s a bit of a shame.

For awhile the whole Baldr line was the sole saving grace for Giga as a company. With the previous game and this latest installment I can only reflect how glad I am they are at least giving us the token hope this may be the end of it. I do have to admit being a little impressed at how badly they can screw something simple out while still thinking it’s a good idea. On this note I would like to challenge anyone reading this who actually finds the story summary appealing to explain why. And no, I will not accept any submission regarding the use of the name “Huge” for an eroge protagonist. As much as even I smiled at that silliness. If the game was comedic I would give them points for that though.

So in summary, someone please take all the keyboards out of Giga’s offices so they can outsource their story writing to twitch does eroge. At least it would be more fun to read.

Battle system

Love Kami -Sweet Stars-

Company: PULLTOP
Game site: Love Kami -Sweet Stars-
Release date: October 27, 2017
Comments:
This is the first of two mid-priced Love Kami spin-offs coming out this month. In a similar but slightly different Japan, it had been a year since the goddesses descended. The subculture holy land “Akiba” is now the center of divine idol culture, home to the seven lucky goddesses that dominated as the top idols, “L☆SEVEN”.

Yamato lives a quiet life, uninterested by the latest trends. His school doesn’t participate in the “Goddess teachings” nor does he have any interest in idols. The only time he comes in contact with goddesses is at his parents’ kimono shop “Tatsumi-ya”.

One day, he came upon a street live in front of the station. Even though it was just a small performance with poor equipment and the girl was just in a nearby school uniform, her heartfelt performance was especially brilliant and captivated his attention. This was his entry into the world of divine idols.

PULLTOP is releasing two games in Japan which had originally been created for the overseas market (translated by MoeNovel). The Japanese version is a power-upped version of LoveKami -Divinity Stage-, which was released last December, with H scenes added. They’ve also brought back the melons from overseas.

Weebified goddess idol game.

Love Kami -Trouble Goddess-

Company: PULLTOP
Game site: Love Kami -Trouble Goddess-
Release date: October 27, 2017
Comments:
This is the second of two mid-priced Love Kami spin-offs coming out this month. This is a slightly mysterious story in a slight different Japan. It had been a year since the goddesses descended and most of them have gotten used to human life and lived in harmony together. However, there were those that did not follow the social rules, doing as they liked and causing trouble to humans in the process. They are known as the Aragami.

Shou came upon a goddess Akane who had collapsed on the street. Although he helped her, she was actually the one that had been causing the power outages in the town. To protect his town, he decided to rehabilitate her.

This is the power-upped Japanese version of LoveKami -Useless Goddess-, which was released in May, with H scenes added. Lots of big-breasted useless goddesses indeed. And all our poor protagonist was trying to do was to live a normal life. Give the guy a break.

Weebified Ponkotsu no Goddess.

Pure Marriage ~Akai Ito Monogatari Celica-hen~

Company: Lass Pixy
Game site: Pure Marriage ～赤い糸物語 セリカ編～
Release date: October 27, 2017
Comments:
This is the second title in Lass Pixy’s low-priced Pure Marriage trilogy, focusing on Celica. Touma had admired Celica ever since he was young. He always went to watch her gaze lonelily into the distance from the tall tower and nicknamed her Rapunzel after the princess from the fairy tale. They did not talk to each other, and only verified each other’s presence each day.

This daily routine changed when her father allowed her to go outside for the first time. When she was walking around taking in her brand new surroundings, a speeding truck headed straight for her. Luckily, Touma was able to save her just in time. It was actually an absurd trial planned by her father, who asked that he marry her because he had passed it. As they had been attracted to one another since long ago, they exchanged vows and became a married couple.

However, just as Touma was about to begin a wonderful life with the pure and naive Celica, an unbelievable secret was revealed: she had the blood of a succubus inside of her!

It’s an interesting situation since Lass is supposedly bankrupt, but the team that worked on this series wanted to finish it off. This particular game was mostly done at the time of the announcement, so it makes sense to get it out the door, but what will happen to the quality of the next and final game (for imouto Sakura)? In any case, the games only cost ￥1480, so it’s not a big deal.

The gap moe is strong in this one. Also, a catgirl is fine too.

While I don’t blame the team for wanting to finish, given the horrific story on display I would say there is a reason they went bankrupt in the first place. There could have been some interesting story had they gotten rid of the really really stupid marriage test. The whole succubus thing as well unless it was made more central. Too many themes, too much arbitrary setting manipulation. Either she’s some princess type ojou-sama type the protagonist is engaged to, or a succubus with some kind of issue involving that. Not both. Since all the elements rather clash with each other due to how random it all is Don’t expect much from the story. Either play it because of the girl or just skip right on over it as I will.

PV

Arui wa Koi to Iu Na no Mahou

Company: おもちそふと (Omochi Soft)
Game site: あるいは恋という名の魔法
Release date: October 27, 2017
Comments:
This is the debut work for Omochi Soft. Three beautiful princesses came from another world which was built on magic rather than science. Their world was currently facing an unprecedented crisis and they needed to acquire more magical power to overcome it. Yamato’s semen possessed special powers which greatly increases magic abilities. So, he has to choose one of the three attractive princesses to love. However, each of them had a spell cast on them.

The kind Faty would turn into a little bird when she falls asleep. So she could not remain in the same bed as him through the night.
The righteous Rian would develop a high fever when she gets excited. So she made up her mind to suppress her feelings.
The much-admired Serea could not convey her feelings in words to the one she loves. No matter how much she tries, she cannot say the words: “I love you”.

Even while hiding their own worries, they longed to be loved by him.

The heroines are the usual that you’d expect from a moe-ge, although first-time illustrator Hasune’s heads are a bit too top-heavy in some CGs. Each H scene has two versions, one normal ‘gentlemanly’ mode and another ‘blinded by love’ (The game determined that I would like the latter more, which I did not refute). Just the dialogue changes while the CG stays the same. While I don’t think the story will amount to much, I might check it out just for the ultra-cute Faty. Hau~ omochikaeri~!

Nukige Shuffle.

That’s probably why I’m interested in it since I fell for Shuffle too.

Fair enough. Though the main problem I have with it is the nukige aspect. If they got rid of the whole crack semen I’d be more receptive.

Tsugihagi Make Peace -pretending×friendship-

Company: Curefull Base
Game site: ツギハギめいくぴーす！ -pretending×friendship-
Release date: October 27, 2017
Comments:
This is the first game by Curefull Base. Yuuto was called out to the school rooftop by the student council leader Ayase after school. All five students who gathered there had a common trait: they had no friends. She asked them to pretend to be friends. She admitted that it was an outrageous request, but it was to help them build interpersonal skills so that they won’t still be alone after they graduated. Using her powers as the student council leader and persuasion skills, Ayase convinced all of them to participate in the trial.

“It’s fine if it’s just pretending. Well, it’ll work out because it’s not real. It’s not like we could make any real friends anyway.”

The ‘band of loners’ concept has been done multiple times before, but I’m still tempted to play this since the seiyuu cast is pretty strong, with Ogura Yui voicing Ayase and Tachibana Mao and Fujimori Yukina also playing prominent roles. There’s been a lot more worse games the past few months.

There are essentially two ways to do the whole band of loners thing. Either it is a comedy like Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukinai, or a more serious tone with comedy elements like Yahari Ore no Seishun wa Lovecome blah blah. Tsugihagi by contrast is essentially neither. Just a generic eroge with the loners aspect used to give the protagonist a heroine smorgasbord to choose A, B, C, or D from. Lazy writing and less than groundbreaking art is not how you stand out with a first game.

Next time someone wants to do a similar game at least give each heroine their own introduction and unique background to blend into the story. Throwing them at us from the start with some simplistic shared situation to garner sympathy is just a cheap cop out.

Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart 2 -Nora, Princess, and Crying Cat.-

Company: HARUKAZE
Game site: ノラと皇女と野良猫ハート2 -Nora, Princess, and Crying Cat.-
Release date: October 27, 2017
Comments:
This is the sequel for Noratoto, featuring new heroines Iris and Noel. Subheroine Nobuchina, Lucia and Eurasia get their own routes, while of course there are after stories for the main heroines of the previous game. The game takes place during the summer at the beach where Nora worked. Snow began to fall one day, signaling the Snow Queen Iris’ impending appearance.

I didn’t get around to playing the full game, but I heard good reviews and the trial was hilarious as always, so it’s probably one of the better choices for this month. Iris is so outrageously eccentric, fitting perfectly into the slapstick nature of the game. But I could also play it just for Eurasia…

Sequel so you know if you want to play it. I didn’t get around to playing the game either but since Micchi says people said it was well received maybe I’ll consider going back to the original first.

Yami to Shukusai no Sanctuary

Company: あざらしそふと零 (Azarashi Soft Zero)
Game site: ヤミと祝祭のサンクチュアリ
Release date: October 27, 2017
Comments:
This is the debut work by Azarashi Soft Zero. Souji is the successor of the Izumo family’s traditional martial art form to defeat vengeful beings that harm humans. He accompanied his osananajimi Arisu, the daughter of the head of a world-leading zaibatsu, as her bodyguard to the distant island of Niizajima. She transferred to Jinza Gakuen to look for her older sister, who had disappeared without a trace.

There were many strange ‘rules’ on the island, which they believed were set in place to cover up a ‘secret’. With the help of Arisu’s osananajimi Yuuri, zaibatsu rival Claudette and mysterious classmate Yulie, as well as some strategy, they gradually got closer to the truth of the island. But what awaited them wasn’t Arisu’s older sister, but countless ‘apparitions’ that had been talked about in many stories.

This is probably the most story-oriented game this month, especially favoured by those that like supernatural elements and suspense. The trial itself already has a couple of bad ends, and I can envision there being more in the game proper. The music isn’t bad either. I find it a bit disconcerting that all the heroines have balloons that really stand out in the sprites. I don’t think I can look at them for an entire game.

Awkward is how I would define the story here. Childhood friend being the daughter for a major firm, the whole inspection of the island, the events on the island itself, the other characters and heroines… Not to forget the whole random ghost buster family background. Feels like there were a bunch of different writers working on completely separate games with the result of a badly stitched together Frankenstein of a game. Just in time for Halloween I suppose.

There are honestly so many ways to bring this together even when a little cliche that I just cannot abide the lazy and haphazard writing. Even him going back because grandfather died to inherit things on the island would have been a better setup.

As an aside, yes Micchi we all know you prefer washboards to balloons.

You would too if the balloons are the size of their heads.

Ruri no Kasane ~Imouto Monogatari~

Company: ねこねこソフト (NekoNekoSoft)
Game site: ルリのかさね ～いもうと物語り～
Release date: October 27, 2017
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from August. At a small shrine in the suburbs, the priest’s only son met his young relative Ruri when he was still a high school student. While they didn’t get along at first, they became close before they knew it.

One day, both of their parents passed away in an accident. They were both left without any relatives, and Ruri had only just entered elementary school. After much agonizing, he chose to live together with her.

Ruri is so cute!! I’d definitely take her home immediately! There’s no one else out there to protect her but me… onii-chan! NekoNekoSoft’s template is strong and I’m sure Ruri will turn out to be another great ‘onii-chan suki suki beam’-blasting imouto. Straight to my heart! Hau~ omochikaeri~!

Shrine of the pedos.

Junjou Karen Freaks!

Company: Wonder Fool
Game site: 純情化憐フリークス！
Release date: October 27, 2017
Comments:
Supernatural beings such as youkai and spirits, called “freaks”, co-exist with humans in this world. Mikitaka lives with his older cousin Shizumi on the island of Kakuriyotobari, where 80% of the residents are freaks. One day, his childhood friend and first love Yuuka returned… as a ghost! She didn’t know why she became a ghost, and they let her stay with them since they’re old friends.

However, that wasn’t the end. Shizumi was revealed to have regenerative powers after an accident, as those closest to Mikitaka became freaks. With the help of freaks mediator-in-training Rio and her tsukumogami (tool spirit) assistant Tsukumo, he set out to find out the girls’ true identities and the cause of their current state.

Mainly a love comedy with bakemono like youkai and monsters. The writing for Wonder Fool’s previous game Natsu no Majo no Parade wasn’t up to par, and it’s unlikely to have improved since then. The trial was pretty forgettable to be honest.

I would like to point out what bothers me most about this title. We have plenty of words to use for monsters or as the Japanese might say, youkai. Just use the damn existing words. The world does not need more pointless slang cluttering up our languages. Choosing to call their supernatural themed heroines freaks makes me wish there really were grammar Nazis to come detain offenders. Educating such savages really should be considered a noble endeavor of the civilized world.

Kanojo wa Tenshi de Imouto de

Company: ALcot ハニカム (ALcot Honey Comb)
Game site: 彼女は天使で妹で
Release date: October 27, 2017
Comments:
Yuuki has always attracted attention due to his superior looks and being the son of two entertainers. However, he has a quiet demeanour and did not feel comfortable in the spotlight, instead wishing for a more peaceful and ordinary life. But things don’t always go the way you want them to in life.

He met an angel by chance one night, who asked him if he wanted to become a god. Ignoring his perplexed response, she made him an ‘angel candidate’ and his life changed completely. First, the girl Touka became his imouto by using her powers to create a ‘miracle’. Moreover, two girls were sent to train him: the school’s prettiest girl and idol Mia, who was actually an angel; and, the solitary cool beauty genius girl Kazumi, who was actually a shinigami.

He was put through harsh training by the three girls, but could not become an angel, much less a god. Not only that but his osananajimi Erina, the only place of solace he could turn to, was awfully displeased with him since he’s been so close to other girls lately. Things really don’t go the way you want them to.

One year later, Yuuki still remained an angel-in-training. In fact, it’s like he hadn’t grown one bit. Would an angel without wings like him ever become a god? What kind of future awaits him?

I want an angel to become my imouto too. I don’t mind if she uses tough love on me, like the Angel Thunder and Angel Fire. Please make it happen!!

If he wants to be an angel he should just play this game while coming up with nothing but positives for it. I daresay anyone capable of finding something objectively good without reacting to the word imouto may as well be an angel in my book. 

Boukyaku Shitsuji to Koisuru Ojou-sama no Memoir

Company: Campus
Game site: 忘却執事と恋するお嬢様の回想録（メモワール）
Release date: October 27, 2017
Comments:
There was something missing.
It was memories of his childhood.
It was the key to locked memories.

She just wished for wings to fly into the sky.
She just wanted to take a step out of the cage that she had been locked in.

Because surely this key would open the door to something wonderful.
Because surely the first love which only comes once is something irreplaceable.

It can’t end like this. It can’t remain unrequited like this. We can’t be happy like this.
Even if it’s only one thing, I want to know the truth.

This is a normal story, a normal love story, that happens everywhere.
A story between a young lady and her butler.

This is a simple low-priced game with a single heroine, where protagonist Shizuya and heroine Hinano have to overcome obstacles to achieve happiness as a couple. Then the latter part of the story is in the bedroom. The two actually first met at the hospital when they both were young and critically ill. He lost his memories of his past when he was on the brink of death after transferring to an overseas hospital. Popular illustrator Rubi-sama takes the lead for this game. There’s also a free all-ages version for Android devices as well if you purchase the 18+ Windows version. While the story is nothing out of the ordinary, Hinano is cute and it’s probably worth a few hours of your time.

While I wanted to mock the game for that pretentious summary opening Micchi copied there were far worse games this month. Of course I can’t say the game is good, but honestly it probably isn’t bad either, especially when seen in contrast with the bland heap of digital trash the rest of this month is. So on behalf of Campus I thank you October for being such a useless month that even a generic minor low priced game can shine like a diamond in the rough. Nothing quite like lowered expectations to help us get through this holiday season in good cheer.

Micchi’s Top 3 for This Month

1. Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart 2 -Nora, Princess, and Crying Cat.-
2. Boukyaku Shitsuji to Koisuru Ojou-sama no Memoir
3. Tsugihagi Make Peace -pretending×friendship-

Zen’s Top 3 for This Month

1. Happy Halloween.
2. These games sure are scary enough.
3. Boukyaku Shitsuji to Koisuru Ojou-sama no Memoir – Just because it could be much worse.

Maybe your imouto is an angel and your childhood friend is a ghost too.

And maybe November will be an early eroge Christmas. Anyone can dream I suppose.