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The End of an Era

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The fourth volume to Frontwing’s Grisaia: Phantom Trigger series has been revealed. It is planned for January 26th.

Other new titles announced this week include:

AkabeiSoft3Shoujo to Toshi no Sa, Futamawari
Azarashi SoftAikagi ~After Days~
Fairy TaleNatsu Ecchi 2
GIGASoikano (January 26th)
PrekanoOtome☆Update
SILKY’S PLUSButterfly Seeker

Release dates have been set for the following:

Pure Marriage Sakura-hen – December 22nd
Rance 10 – February 23rd
Shoujo Graffiti – February 23rd

New figures available for pre-order include:

FREEing – 1/8 scale Uzuki new generations ver. (Deremas, April, ¥11,852)
GSC – nendoroid Ruler/Jeanne d’Arc (FGO, April, ¥4444)

The PSV port for Hello! Lady has been delayed to January 25th.

Dakimakuras are available for pre-order for Bishoujo‘s Kyouka and Kanesen‘s Kasumi. Kasumi’s so cute…



It’s Magic!

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New titles announced this week include:

ASa ProjectKarigurashi Ren’ai
Hachimitsu SoftHarmonEy

Release dates have been set for the following:

TRINOLINE:GENESIS – January 26th
I×SHE Tell – February 23rd.

NanaWind has started up a chara poll for Haruoto Alice*Gram. It runs until November 12th.

The release of the Ouka Sabaki PSV port has been delayed to February 22nd.

MOONSTONE will be making a Chinese version of Sakuramori†Dreamers and its sequel.

New figures available for pre-order include:

FREEing – 1/8 scale Mio new generations ver. (Deremas, April, ¥11,852)
Funny Knights – 1/8 scale Mumei black swimmer ver. (Fate/EXTELLA, February, ¥9800)

The dakimakura for Maitetsu‘s Reina can be pre-order for January.

Playing some November trials, starting with Mahoroba. I can’t say no to a magic setting, but it seems to be more of a lucky sukebe setting.


More of the Same

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Frontwing’s Momoiro Closet is planned for a Steam release in both English and Japanese on April 27th. The 18+ content will be provided in a separate patch.

The following titles have been delayed:

Lost Echoes – January 26th
Real Eroge Situation! H×3 – January 26th
Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita – January 26th
Hitotsu no Yane no, Tsubasa no Shita de – February 23rd

Escu:de has started up the post-release chara poll for Akatoki 2!. It runs until December 15th.

The first of two H OVAs for Furifure 2 is scheduled for February 23rd. It is priced at ¥3800. Two episodes with true imouto Sumire? Sign me up!

Prekano’s Azayaka na Irodori no Naka de, Kimi Rashiku is being ported over to the PS4/PSV, with a scheduled released date of February 22nd.

A trio of FGO figures are available for pre-order:

Easy Eight – 1/8 scale Formal Craft (FGO, August, ¥12,500)
FLARE – Saber/Nero Claudius [Bride] (FGO, August, ¥14,800)
quesQ – 1/7 scale Lancer/Scathach [3rd coming] (FGO, May, ¥15,800)

Dakimakuras available for pre-order include D.C.III‘s Ricca and Miagete Goran, Yozora no Hoshi o‘s Saya.

What is Your Dark Secret?

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YuzuSoft‘s long-awaited next title will be the secret agent infiltration game RIDDLE JOKER. It is set for a March 30th release. Before that, there’ll be character singles for each of the four heroines released in January and February for ¥1200 each.

SkyFish poco’s Koneko Neko Neko has been delayed to March 23rd, while PIXEL MINT’s debut title Paradise Ocean has been set for March 30th.

The Noratoto 2 chara poll has come to an end and Lucia has took home the top prize.

The latest game in the Memories Off series, Innocent Fille, has been set for March 29th. It’ll be out for the PS4/PSV and PC (via Steam/DMM). The PSV port for SMEE’s Kanojo*Step will come out on March 21st.

Jitaku Studio’s Real Eroge Situation! is getting an H anime adaptation, scheduled for January 26th at ¥6800. The fourth volume of the Shoujo Ramune H OVA has been delayed to March 2nd.

Pre-orders have started for the following figures:

Alphamax – 1/7 scale Jeanne d’Arc swimsuit ver. (Fate/EXTELLA, June, ¥12,800)
Alphamax – 1/7 scale Nero Claudius swimsuit ver. (Fate/EXTELLA, June, ¥12,800)
UNION CREATIVE – Nero Claudius multiple wear ver. (Fate/EXTELLA, February, ¥12,500)

Baseson has dakimakuras available at the upcoming C93/Denkigai for Koihime‘s Shanfuu and Karon.

Hold Me Close

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Shin Koihime†Musou -Kakumei- Son Go no Ketsumyaku, the second chapter of Baseson‘s Koihime reboot, has been announced. The full site opens on February 23rd, with the game planned for next summer.

Other new titles announced this week include:

AkabeiSoft3A.I. Love: Koisuru Otome wa Kikai Shikake (March 30th)
AzuriteAkumade, Kore wa ~ no Monogatari (March 30th)
Carol WorksNatsuiro Ramune (March 30th)
MintCUBEYuusha to Maou to, Majo no Cafe
PULLTOPSora to Umi ga, Fureau Kanata (March 30th)
WhirlpoolNEKO-NIN exHeart 2 (March 30th)

AkabeiSoft2’s Bosei Kanojo has been set for March 30th.

The Steins;Gate Zero anime will be on air in April.

NEKO WORKs has unveiled the custom Nekopara characters that will make cameo appearances in the OVA. These backers had to shell out over $9000!

The Making*Lovers OST, which will be sold first at C93, will be on shelves on January 26th.

New figures available for pre-order include:

Easy Eight – 1/7 scale Mordred: sailor uniform ver. (FGO, September, ¥13,500)
Phat! – 1/7 scale Lancer/Kiyohime (FGO, August, ¥14,800)

With C93 and Denkigai around the corner, many dakimakuras have been announced: Senmomo‘s Kanami, Ginharu‘s Bethly, Harumina‘s Miori, Mashimaro‘s Kanon and Raiha, Unionism Quartet‘s Tia, Silveria and Selphy, Niizuma LOVELY×CATION‘s Yuki, Sakura no Toki‘s Kokori, Wagahigh‘s Ashe, Kagura Reimeiki‘s Rio and Chihaya, Yurauka‘s Tomoe, Koikano‘s Chisa, Kamiyaba‘s Suzuna, and Harugura‘s Yaya.

SILKY’S PLUS is running two Apeiria cafes, one in Tokyo and one in Osaka.

Just another Imopara 3 onahole. Nothing to see here~

“Theater Boost” is underway in Mirishita. Please support Momoko’s quest to become a star!

Have a Merry White Christmas!

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PULLTOP is continuing the Miagete Goran, Yozora no Hoshi o series with Interstellar Focus, while also announcing a brand-new all-ages title, Sora to Umi ga, Fureau Kanata, which is planned for March 30th. Other new titles announced this week include:

Digital CuteCute Resort ~Shiyou yo Ecchi na Activity~ (April 27th)
FAVORITESakura, Moyu. -as the Night’s, Reincarnation-
Lass PixyPure Marriage ~Akai Ito Monogatari Harem-hen~ (February 23rd)
LimeCatHatarakanai Honey-Life (March 30th)
NavelKimi to Mezameru Ikutsu no Houhou (April 27th)
PrekanoTonari ni Kanojo no Iru Shiawase ~Winter Guest~ (February 23rd)

Palette’s nine Episode.2 Sora Nimi has been set for April 27th.

Inori and Nayu finished in the top two in the Akatoki 2! chara poll and will get dakimakuras.

“YUBESHI 2”, an illustration collection of Yuzu Soft works from Bra-ban! to Sanoba Witch, will be on sale at C93. Afterwards, you can get it for ¥1500 on January 26th.

The PSV port for FLOWERS Fuyu-hen has been set for March 16th.

There’s stripes galore on ALTER’s 1/7 scale figure of Deremas‘s Uzuki Hajikete♪ Summer ver.. She can be all yours next July for ¥12,800. Other new figures available for pre-order include:

Aniplex – 1/7 scale Ruler ~Guren no Seijo~ (Fate/Apocrypha, August, ¥14,000)
FREEing – 1/8 scale Ruler/Jeanne d’Arc Yukata ver. (FGO, May, ¥8148)
FREEing – 1/8 scale Shielder/Mash Kyrielight yukata ver. (FGO, May, ¥8148)
GSC – nendoroid Nagisa (CLANNAD, June, ¥4167)

Dakimakuras are available for Maitetsu‘s Paulette and Biman‘s Yuuri.

Christmas means presents from your favourite idols! A wonderful gift for a year of hard work (and money spent on gacha).

Best Eroge OPs of 2017

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New Year’s is almost upon us, so that means 2017 is coming to an end. Of course, that means it’s time to compile a list of my favourite eroge OPs over the year! I’ve selected the ones I liked the most based on song quality, visual arrangement and creativity. There’s a few all-ages titles, console and mobile games as well. They are listed by release date and you can listen to the entire playlist on Youtube. My top 5 this years are Seven Days, Raramagi, Suisei Ginka, 9-nine- Kokonotsu Kokonoka Kokonoiro and Oni ga Kuru.. Enjoy!

Raramagi

Company: Wright Flyer Studios (all-ages, mobage)
Release date: January 25, 2017
Song: “Mirai Symphony”
Vocal: Minase Inori, Fuchigami Mai, Oonishi Saori, Toyota Moe, Tazawa Masumi

AstralAir no Shiroki Towa Finale -Shiroki Hoshi no Yume-

Company: FAVORITE
Release date: January 27, 2017
Song: “Euphorium”
Vocal: Suzuyu

ESEX Shikorsky INTERNEET Security Cloud 2017

Company: CLOCKUP
Release date: February 24, 2017
Song: “Sweet call Taisou Dai 8.1 -Proffessional Edition-”
Vocal: Mi~ko

Suisei Ginka

Company: Akatsuki WORKS
Release date: February 24, 2017
Song: “Hydrargyrum”
Vocal: Sakuragawa Megu

Haruru Minamo ni!

Company: Clochette
Release date: March 24, 2017
Song: “BE WITH YOU”
Vocal: AiRI

Suisou Ginka no Istoria

Company: Uguisu Kagura
Release date: March 24, 2017
Song: “Azurite no Hitsugi”
Vocal: Ayane

CHAOS;CHILD Love Chu☆chu!!

Company: 5pb. (PS4/PSV)
Release date: March 30, 2017
Song: “Higouriteki Katsu Teiseifunou na Omoikomi”
Vocal: Afilia Saga

TRINOLINE

Company: minori
Release date: March 31, 2017
Song: “Tetra.”
Vocal: Harada Hitomi

9-nine- Kokonotsu Kokonoka Kokonoiro

Company: Palette
Release date: April 28, 2017
Song: “ReAliZe”
Vocal: Yonekura Chihiro

Grisaia: Phantom Trigger

Company: FrontWing (all-ages)
Release date: April 28, 2017
Song: “Sekai no Hate”
Vocal: Kawano Marina

Hatsukoi*Syndrome

Company: Campus
Release date: April 28, 2017
Song: “First Love Syndrome”
Vocal: Ceui

Hanidevi! ~Honey & Devil~

Company: eufonie
Release date: May 26, 2017
Song: “Honey&Devil”
Vocal: AiRI

Newton to Ringo no Ki

Company: Laplacian
Release date: May 26, 2017
Song: “Kaze no Uta”
Vocal: MAMI

Pure Song G@rden!

Company: PULLTOP
Release date: June 30, 2017
Song: “World Start”
Vocal: Rin’ca

Haruoto Alice*Gram

Company: NanaWind
Release date: June 30, 2017
Song: “Haruoto*Bell”
Vocal: Ceui

O-uchi ni Kaeru Made ga Marshmallow Desu

Company: Marmalade
Release date: July 28, 2017
Song: “Marshmallow Whip”
Vocal: Moka Choko

Fuyu Uso

Company: Campus
Release date: July 28, 2017
Song: “Snow World End”
Vocal: Sakakibara Yui

Hatsujou Sprinkle

Company: Whirlpool
Release date: July 28, 2017
Song: “Hatsujou Sprinkle”
Vocal: solfa feat. Ooshima Haruna

Wagamama High Spec OC

Company: Madosoft
Release date: August 25, 2017
Song: “Hey Darling!”
Vocal: Matsushita

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

Company: Innocent Grey (all-ages)
Release date: September 15, 2017
Song: “Fairy Wreath”
Vocal: Shimotsuki Haruka, Suzuyu

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

Company: Enishi Soft
Release date: September 29, 2017
Song: “Hanasaku Iro wa Koi no Gotoshi”
Vocal: Tsukiyama Sae

Omokage Railback

Company: Haikuo Soft
Release date: September 29, 2017
Song: “Omokage Railback”
Vocal: Chata

Seven Days: Anata to Sugosu Nanoka-kan

Circle: LIFE0 (all-ages)
Release date: September 29, 2017
Song: “Suisouka”
Vocal: Rita

Tsugihagi Make Peace! -pretending×friendship-

Company: Curefull Base
Release date: October 27, 2017
Song: “Tsugihagi:⇔Make Peace!”
Vocal: Mi~ko

Junjou Karen Freaks!

Company: Wonder Fool
Release date: October 27, 2017
Song: “Freaks Romanticism”
Vocal: Casandra

Making*Lovers

Company: SMEE
Release date: November 24, 2017
Song: “Girls’ Carnival”
Vocal: Yuuka

Abnormal Lovers

Company: Torte Soft
Release date: November 24, 2017
Song: “Love Synchronicity”
Vocal: Sakuragawa Megu

Omoi o Sasageru Otome no Melody ~Afureru Omoi o Shirabe ni Nosete~

Company: ensemble
Release date: November 24, 2017
Song: “Mirai no Melody”
Vocal: Duca

Aoi Tori

Company: Purple Software
Release date: November 24, 2017
Song: “Aoi Tori”
Vocal: Hashimoto Miyuki

Suite Life

Company: Chelseasoft
Release date: December 22, 2017
Song: “SUITE LIFE”
Vocal: Shintoki Asami

Natural Vacation

Company: hibiki works
Release date: December 22, 2017
Song: “Love Natural”
Vocal: Hanazawa Sakura, Yuzuhara Miu

Kin-iro Loveriche

Company: SAGA PLANETS
Release date: December 22, 2017
Song: “Golden Mission”
Vocal: Sasaki Sayaka

Nemurenu Hitsuji to Kodoku na Ookami

Company: CLOCKUP
Release date: December 22, 2017
Song: “Dance of Wolf”
Vocal: MAMI


Are there any other OPs this year that you particularly liked? Please share them in the comments!

Where Have I Seen This Before…?

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CIRCUS has announced their next title: Tenpure!!. It’s about clichés that happen in eroge, like getting woken up by your osananajimi, bumping into a girl with a slice of bread in their mouth on your way to school, and finding out that the new transfer student is actually your new imouto… which means it won’t be too different from D.C.. It is planned for April 27th.

Other new titles announced this week include:

CandySoftMaoten
GIGABALDR BRIGER EXTEND CODE
keySummer Pockets (June 29th)
Tinkle PositionOnii-chan, Asa Made Zutto Gyutte Shite!

Hiyoko Soft and La’cryma’s Kieta Sekai to Tsuki to Shoujo has been delayed to March 23rd.

Windmill has opened the homepage for Yakusoku no Natsu, Mahoroba no Yume.

Getchu has started up the voting for the Bishoujo Game Award 2017. What will you be voting for?

The Imopara 3 complete soundtrack will come out on the same day as the game, January 26th. It is priced at ¥2600.

The third episode of the Kagiroi comes out on January 26th for ¥3037.

Lose has announced both a manga serialization and PS4 port for Maitetsu. Hearts’ Rorolog will also be getting a PSV port!

Pre-orders have started for the following figures:

FREEing – 1/8 scale Saber/Nero Claudius yukata ver. (FGO, May, ¥8148)
Licorne – 1/8 scale Frederica Tulip ver. (Deremas, June, ¥14,800)
PROGRESS – 1/7 scale Hotaru (Amatsutsumi, May, ¥14,000)

The dakimakuras for D.C.III‘s Rikka and Tsugihagi‘s Ayase, which were first sold at Denkigai, will be available at a later date from TECH GIAN.

Happy new year everyone! Free pulls in Deresute for a full week! Woohoo!!!


Welcome to 2018!

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Happy new year everyone! 明けましておめでとうございます!

I hope you’re all enjoying the holidays. For me, I’m already looking forward to the next year since I’ll be back in Japan for Comiket, but first let’s look back at what happened in 2017!


I played a lot of Tree of Savior this year, but I’ve pretty much quit now. It may open up more time for actually playing eroge, which I didn’t do much of. In fact, I only played Hearts’ Natsuiro Kokoro Log and its fandisc Natsuiro Kokoro Log ~Happy Summer~, and sprite’s Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm EXTRA1 (Mashiro!!). I also spent most of my time planning trips that I either took this year (New York) or will take soon (Texas, Japan). Nevertheless, it’s still fun to keep up with what’s going on in the eroge world, which you can find summarized in the weekly news and monthly posts.

Random 2017 tidbits:

  • What do you think was the best eroge of 2017? Kinkoi and Noratoto 2 seem to be decent picks for chara-ge, while Istoria and Yorumegu did a good job on the story front.
  • Lass had declared bankruptcy in March, but Lass Pixy came back to finish the Pure Marriage series (Celica and Sakura). They even announced a harem chapter!
  • Tech Arts and Chuable Soft also halted operations this year. I miss May-Be SOFT… :(
  • Haikuo Soft’s Omokage Railback finally came out!
  • With Maple and Cinnamon getting their turn in Nekopara Vol.3 that came out in April, does that just leave Shigure?
  • I’m totally not surprised that Jun won Windmill’s Ko~cha heroine 2017 general election. Jun’s powers transcends all.
  • Chinami says hi to all the onii-chans that are reading the English version of Hoshizora no Memoria!
  • The CHAOS;CHILD, Noratoto and Dies irae anime adaptations came out this year, and the first Fate/stay night “Heaven’s Feel” movie hit the movie screens in October (and a few months later in the US). The anime for Grisaia: Phantom Trigger and ISLAND may be out next year.
  • The 60 minute long Nekopara OVA recently came out after they successfully raised over $1 million on Kickstarter. There’s even a screening today in Akihabara UDX Theater!
  • Is it just me or are there only FGO figures coming out lately? Then again, they’re making a killing from the gacha…
  • I wonder if anyone ended up buying the 1/1 figure of Walroma‘s Celia?
  • PangYa JP has sadly shut down. It will always remain in my heart as the game that introduced me to the evils wonders of gacha.
  • I can’t believe I wasted a couple months ‘playing’ the horrible (and horribly nostalgic) Ragnarok Journey.
  • August and Clearrave have joined the mobage train with Iris Mysteria! R and Bokura no Houkago Sensou. Luckily they’re on DMM GAMES, so I’m not playing them.
  • Mirishita opened at the end of June and now I’m playing THREE im@s mobage. This is the main reason why I am barely doing anything else.
  • I was all in for Nanami in the Cinderella Girls 6th general election. She didn’t end up ranking in the top 50, but I think that her popularity is rising. I’ll be supporting her this year again!
  • In the meantime, please vote for Momoko as the Star in Mirishita‘s “Theater Boost”! 周防桃子をスタアに!
  • More lives of varying sizes were held this year by Tinkle Position, August, tone works’, MadoSoft and Frontwing. GIGA will hold theirs next March.
  • Did you participate in the Niizuma LOVELY×CATION VR wedding ceremony?
  • Mashiro is too cute.

The following imoutos joined our family this year: Love Love SistersHana, Lamune 2‘s Iroha, Ninki Seiyuu‘s Konatsu, Hoshikoi‘s Soraha, Lovely Day‘s Haruka, Harumina‘s Miori, Istoria‘s Yuura, TRINOLINE‘s Shirone, Meguharu‘s Harune, Ojonai‘s Rikka, Tantei Seven‘s Mariya, Harugura‘s Kozue, Onii-chan Daisuki!‘s Rio and Mio, Apeiria‘s Miu, Ren’ai Kyoushitsu‘s Kazuha, Onikin 2‘s Manami and Nanami, Sakukoi‘s Saya, Ruri no Kasane‘s Ruri, Kanoten‘s Touka, Making*LoversAko, and Yurauka‘s Tomoe. I’ll have to choose Ako for top imouto of the year!

Let’s see if I can make time to play more eroge in this coming year. I’m interested in Mirage Soft’s Koiflag and Hearts’ Koikoro. I also hope to see more info for sprite’s Aokana Zwei. Of course, I’ll also be busy producing on the unholy trinity of Deresute, Mobamas and Mirishita.

Thank you for visiting and supporting us! 2018 will be an extra special year as it’s the 10th anniversary for Hau~ Omochikaeri~! Here’s to another great year of eroge and imoutos!

January 2018 Eroge Releases

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Welcome to another year of imoutos and fandiscs! I’ll be busy furthering my sibling skinship in MOONSTONE Cherry’s Imouto Paradise! 3 ~Onii-chan to 5-nin no Imouto no Sugo~ku! Ecchi Shimakuri na Mainichi~, enjoying a good nap in GIGA’s Soikano and playing with my pet in Lump of Sugar’s Yorite Konoha wa Kurenai ni. It’s like nothing has changed at all.

Sure the start of the year may have thrown us all into the hellish pit of lustful younger siblings but like Pandora’s box, there is still hope. Along with the deluge of unwanted mob midgets there are a few potential diamonds that either spurn the needy gremlins completely in favor of actual human companionship or downplay them as a necessary evil to appease the wallets of the Micchis out there. While we may not be off to a great start in 2018, it could be so much worse, so I’ll take what I can get. Happy New year everyone.



Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita

Company: feng
Game site: ずっと前から女子でした
Release date: January 26, 2018 Delayed to February 23, 2018
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from December. Haruya’s family runs a group of ryokan and he grew surrounded by women, led by his pushy sisters. He never truly got over his uneasiness around girls, so he had only attended boys’ schools until now. While he was more comfortable around his guy friends, he was at the age where he started to show interest in the opposite sex. He wondered if he could find a girl who was cute and not scary.

Returning to his hometown after ten years, he transferred to a co-ed school for the first time. He was excited to meet new people, but unexpectedly he was reacquainted with an old friend with whom he often played as kids.

“Eh… You weren’t a boy!?”

Haruya had always thought that Sena was a boy, so he was undoubtedly surprised when he discovered the truth. She had a totally different feel around her, and she had grown to become very beautiful….

It’s just a low-priced game where you can get to know your childhood friend quite well. Sena has a complex about her large breasts. Yes, oppai complex is a real thing.

Feng hasn’t done a full scale game in quite awhile. I suppose this format works better for them anyway as misses aren’t as big of a deal, while hits are even better. This time is nothing special, and thanks to that may not be too bad. Better to keep things simple and enjoyable than ruin everything attempting a gimmick.

That said, their cover art annoys me. Slapping an HCG right there on the front doesn’t say anything good about a game. Can only hope it is bait, and not telling how the story goes.

Aikagi ~After Days~

Company: あざらしそふと (Azarashi Soft)
Game site: アイカギ ~アフターデイズ~
Release date: January 26, 2018
Comments:
This is the fandisc for Aikagi. Nozomu and his childhood friend Shiori became lovers after the Christmas confession. They had been attending the same university since the following spring, and then their first summer as a couple arrived. Despite being childhood friends, they had not spent their summer vacations together for a while. Nozomu proposed that they make plans to fully enjoy this summer to make up for all their past years apart, and Shiori readily went along with it.

A two-month long summer vacation. The first summer for just the two of them. Dressed in light clothes and swimsuits, he saw another side of her that was different from winter, and his heart began to race once more.

“This summer feels like it’ll be a fun one…!”

Shiori is a cutie. I do wish that Azarashi Soft moves to widescreen one day.

Fandisk number 1 of the month.

Grisaia: Phantom Trigger Vol.4

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4巻
Release date: January 26, 2018
Comments:
This is the fourth volume of FrontWing’s all-ages Grisaia: Phantom Trigger series. Kumashiro Megumi (Gumi), recently transferred from St. Aile’s International School, has been training hard together with Rena and Maki – now fully recovered from their injuries. With the help of her mentor, Tohka, she’s shaping up to be a fine sniper.

Just as one new student settles in, another has her sights set on joining the girls in Class A, Mihama’s elite combat unit. Her name? Sengoku Taiga. Haruto, the team’s handler, has one condition for Taiga’s transfer: that Chris serves as her supervising officer. The two seem an unlikely pair at first, but after spending some time with little Taiga, Chris soon finds a way to see things from her perspective.

It’s at that moment that the nation is suddenly rocked by a terror attack on an unprecedented scale. Chris rushes to the scene, aware of what’s at stake, but paying no heed to the dangers ahead. Just as she did, once before.

“This is even worse than we could’ve imagined…”
“Two of the guys are dead! What happened? What the hell happened!?”
“Y’know what it means to bring nukes into the country…?”
“It’s scary, shooting someone for the first time… My legs are shaking.”
“That fool… Is she trying to ruin everything!?”

The death toll keeps on rising, but SORD are stuck watching helplessly from the sidelines. What destiny awaits Chris, Taiga… and Mihama Academy?

“Oh, right… I must have died…”

Clutching to memories of her long-dead mother, she too prepares for an eternity of slumber.

Not going to dignify this garbage by even thinking about it anymore. It is bad to the extreme, objectively. The end.

TRINOLINE:GENESIS

Company: minori
Game site: トリノライン:ジェネシス
Release date: January 26, 2018
Comments:
This is the fandisc for TRINOLINE and it’s actually the first fandisc from minori since 8 years ago! It contains stories for all the characters (including sub-characters Hanako and Ayaka). There’s also a mini story for Yorino chara poll winner Towa. Enjoy your balloons.

Next bit of fandom in our list. 

Real Eroge Situation H×3

Company: 自宅すたじお (Jitaku Studio)
Game site: リアルエロゲシチュエーション! H×3
Release date: January 26, 2018
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from December. This is the fandisc for Real Eroge Situation. Shinobu was confessed to by Ayame, Kanna and Yuri, then was subject to their non-stop sexual advances. He had planned to choose one of them before the school festival, but he was ultimately unable to do so.

“Ehehe, it’s been a while, onii-chan♪”

One day, his childhood friend Ui returned after moving away when they were still kids. Her parents were originally supposed to accompany her, but they had urgent matters to attend to. Nazuna suggested that Ui stay at Shinobu’s home in the meantime.

“I’m being serious. I’ve always always loved you, onii-chan.
So… have sex with me♪”

She was extremely direct with her feelings for him which had built up over the years they’ve been apart. This was the trigger for the other girls to make even more extreme sexual advances towards him! Surrounded by four girls who are infatuated with him, this is truly a harem situation!

The main route is an if story that includes all three main heroines plus new heroine Ui. There’s also routes for sub-heroines Miru/Nazuna and Ren/Kasane. The triple H stands for Hard, H (ecchi) and Hentai. It’s the perfect name for a fandisc where you can basically do it with everyone, don’t you think? They also did the obvious thing and added an ‘imouto’. You know how this industry works, Jitaku Studio!

More Fandisk.

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Lost Echoes

Company: petit linge
Game site: ロスト・エコーズ
Release date: January 26, 2018 Delayed to February 23, 2018
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from December. This is the first game by petit linge. Riku was taking photos at the street corner when he met the self-proclaimed minor goddess Umi. He didn’t know if it was a fated meeting or simply planned, but she asked him to go to the past and change one particular event that happened back then. His assistance was needed since he contained the soul of one of the people involved in that event.

If he didn’t help her, what would happen? His surroundings and everything he took for granted will surely change, and misfortune will befall his childhood friend Yuika. This is because in Yuika’s past life as Chiyo, she killed her dear friend and her lamentation had persisted over the next 430 years, gradually eating away at her soul. The only way to save her was to avoid the incident that caused her regret, but this was the last chance to do so.

So that means there’s pretty much one true route (for Yuika). This is the first story written by Sakuragi Tomoe, so I’m not sure how well it’ll end up considering these kinds of plots can get quite messy. It has the feel of an older game; maybe this is because of the art (or the amateurish website). Matsuda Risa has been getting fewer roles lately, so it’s nice to see her voice Hinao.

Setup does not leave my hopeful towards the story here. Would have been more meaningful if the past was slowly revealed in memory fragments to help guide your choices that would then change the present. In other words simple memories the protagonist slowly recalls instead of the whole go back to the past to change the future. All the while imparting a sense of meaning to the player and their decisions. Coming to terms and preventing things from repeating in a historical loop through the cycle of reincarnation would have been a better way of doing essentially the same thing without the need for deus ex goddess.

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Yorite Konoha wa Kurenai ni

Company: Lump of Sugar
Game site: 縁りて此の葉は紅に
Release date: January 26, 2018
Comments:
There are two races who have co-existed in this world for hundreds of years: the ‘mahoroi’ who have animal ears, wings and tails, and the humans who don’t. The maple-adorned town of Tsugumomi, located at the base of a mountain, is said to be the origin of the mahoroi. This is where Seiji encountered a mahoroi girl in a scene much like those in countless stories from the past.

“… I finally met you…!”

She looked at him with misty eyes and flushed cheeks, parted her lips and did her best to convey her hidden feelings.

“Um, um. My… no, I…”

Yes, this is the beginning of a traditional love story…

“I… am master’s pet♪”

NOT!! Rather than a love confession, she proclaimed to be his pet! The relations between the mahoroi and humans were shaken by this girl Momiji’s appearance, but above all, Seiji’s surroundings changed drastically after the self-proclaimed pet’s intrusion. It’s a new page in the storied history between the two races. What will happen from now on?

This is a kemonomimi title much in the same vein as Tayutama, although instead of just the normal ‘living and working with each other’ premise, they went out and essentially confirmed that they’re like pets. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, especially with Moekibara Fumitake art. And Momiji’s appearance is also the catalyst for bracon imouto Suzuna’s brazen advances. Sounds pretty perfect to me! Hau~ omochikaeri~!

Basically Lump of Sugar realizes their games suck. So they keep trying to simplify down to the basics in an attempt to identify the problems. Last time it was a return to Tayutama, ya know the last thing that was even moderately decent from them. What we have here is a Tayutama story so stripped down it may as well be a nukige. So essentially animal ears with what will most likely be typically bad Lump of Sugar writing. Given how flawed their thinking is I suspect their next attempt at a game will be about a magical world where girls are replaced by animal ear headbands.

I’ll give Lump of Sugar a hint here. Clean up your settings, plots, and stop writing what could be summed up in one sentence over the course of ten or so chapters. There problems solved. Without the weird nonsense and completely unnecessary settings that grow off of a high school like a mutated tumor we won’t require hours of exposition in the first place. A plot that is not essentially as normal as it can be before being warped by and also in turn warping the setting to fit itself would also be appreciated. Needless and incompetent complexity benefits no one. Lastly stop over writing every little detail. Sure all of these go hand in hand, which of course means the previous two issues affect the writing as well, but let things flow naturally and keep up a pace to keep the reader invested. Everything does not need to be stated openly, dialogue and monologue can be spaced out and simplified to keep the plot moving at a more natural pace. Take care of these and maybe I’d start caring about Lump of Sugar games again.

I’m glad they’ve done away with the gimmicks, at least this time or maybe they’ve moved them over to their sister companies (like QUINCE SOFT). Lots of good advice here in general, like animal ear headbands. Don’t they have those in real life that express your emotions? Did anyone buy one?

Even if someone bought them I would like to think they did not try and romance their headband…

Sora no Baroque

Company: light
Game site: 虚空のバロック
Release date: January 26, 2018
Comments:
Blessed with a great physique and physical prowess, Nao used to be the hope of the track and field club. However, his aspirations were dashed by a torn knee ligament injury that resulted in his retirement from competitive sports. He fell into depression, having lost his goal in life up till now, and turned to using his strength to pick fights instead. He was chided by his former manager Sachi and fell in love with her. So, he confessed to her and was crushed when she turned him down, wishing for the world to end.

In that instant, the city of Akatsuki was destroyed by a mysterious super-earthquake called the ‘Koushin Unique Earthquake Disaster’. They were unable to establish any outside contact, nor were they able to find a way out. At this critical moment, a special power called ‘baroque’ awakened within Nao, which he had to use to defend against strange monsters that suddenly appeared, as well as to repel secret organizations that sought to use these abilities for their own goals.

This still has the same feel as Dies irae, so I’ll pass.

There is a reason you feel the game is the same as Dies Irae you know Micchi; All Light games are essentially the same exact thing with a few minor details switched around.

Didn’t you play Dies irae? So you’ll be playing this too then?

Yes, I played Dies Irae. and that KKK game for a bit, and the vampire one. But when it comes down to it you play one you played them all. So no I won’t be playing any more. Honestly did not like a single one of them much. Some of the characters were ok I guess, and some music and effects were decent, nothing else was worth it though.

Mikagami Sumika no Seifuku Katsudou

Company: プレカノ (Prekano)
Game site: 見鏡澄香の制服活動
Release date: January 26, 2018
Comments:
The protagonist met a girl in a school uniform at Japan’s famed theme park Delight Resort. While it was their first meeting, they hit it off right away, but they didn’t exchange contacts before leaving their separate ways.

Some days later, he discovered after moving into a new home that his neighbour was the girl from that day. Even though she was happy to meet him once again, she froze upon hearing her friend say:

“Hey… He thinks you’re a high school student, doesn’t he?”

Sumika had already graduated from high school, and was in third year at university. On one hand, she was looking for a job, but on the other she was wearing a school uniform that was not befitting her age. It was a revival to remember ‘that time’: a second school life.

This is a low-priced offering from Prekano, at a mere ¥2480. Do you like girls who pretend to be younger they actually are? Does age matter that much if you get along well?

Interesting game and idea. There is more and more focus on more mature themes as in post high school. I approve of this trend. This particular instance makes for a rather nice bridge between the two. Maybe it helps that I prefer the older heroines rather than the annoying children. That said I am not a fan of the whole setup being so convenient, she just happens to be his neighbor after moving. Since the game is low priced however I will forgive them for rushing their setup if the rest of the story is enjoyable.

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Shogun-sama wa Otoshigoro

Company: ALcot
Game site: 将軍様はお年頃
Release date: January 26, 2018
Comments:
Nobuyuki is a normal student who was involved in a traffic accident. After regaining his consciousness, he found himself in the Edo period!

Yoshimune, a beautiful swordswoman whose hobby is vanquishing evil.
Muneharu, the flashy daughter of one of the three great families.
Tamaki, his imouto who also time-slipped to the Edo period.
Rin, a shy kunoichi who lives next door to him.

Along with these four beautiful girls, he acquired possession of the cheat sword “Reitou Retsuzan”, which has a mind of its own, to become the greatest swordsman of Edo. It wouldn’t be long before the battle for the mysterious ‘hidden treasure’ would lead to a major event that would shake the Shogunate.

ALcot’s got a knack for whacky stories and bracon imoutos (voiced this time by Uehara Aoi). I like their games, so I’ll probably try it out if I have time.

Honestly I want to complain about how they went a little too far trying to make the story interesting. Could have just left it at he wanted to become the greatest swordsman or whatever. But well, at the end of the day this is not the kind of game you play for story. Which I guess also means they didn’t need to try so hard and should have put that effort back into making things fun. Sometimes simple is best. Either way so as long as the writing is funny and Tamaki either dies or gets kicked back to whence she came all will be well I suppose.

Agreed on the first part.

Not the second part? Personally I found that to be the best part though.

Shoujo to Toshi no Sa, Futamawari.

Company: あかべぇそふとすりぃ (AkabeiSoft3)
Game site: 少女と年の差、ふたまわり。
Release date: January 26, 2018
Comments:
Masami is an officer worker who has lived an uneventful life. His parents passed away, he was hospitalized for a while, then he changed jobs because of it. Various things happened, but apart from those, he lived in the moment. Then he realized that he was at the age where others were calling him oji-san. Yet he didn’t have friends nor a girlfriend, kept his distance from his colleagues at work, and lived by himself.

However, he did have a cousin Rin who often called him and he enjoyed talking with her. She worked as a hostess at night, so she leaves her teenage daughter Mizuka alone at home every night. She asked him to take care of Mizuka whenever he had time. So, he called her and asked if she would like to have dinner together.

A lonely man and a lonely girl. Due to this trivial offer, their time alone gradually became one for both of them.

As opposed to the Prekano game, Mizuka is most definitely still a young student. Once again, there’s nothing wrong with an age gap. It also seems that there may be more development to the story than just to their relationship.

Gender swapped Mikagami Sumika. That said while I do approve of mature titles, not as much a fan of finding excuses to abduct little girls to your bed. Double standards maybe, but I feel the idea here is more predatory than in Mikagami Sumika. Taking advantage of the situation to make a naive girl feel loved. Were it a pure reverse of the former I would be perfectly fine with it. In that case everything would be mutual, natural, and up to individual judgement.

Soikano

Company: 戯画 (GIGA)
Game site: 添いカノ
Release date: January 26, 2018
Comments:
Kouhei has lately been seeing dreams where he is falling, and it made him chronically sleep-deprived. So, he would take a walk every day around the school grounds for a comfortable place to take a nap during lunch break.

One day, he visited the rooftop greenhouse for the first time and took a nap there. When he woke up, there was a girl who he didn’t know sleeping next to him.

“Wah!? Why!?”
“Nn… This, is my, reserved spot…”

Yoake was a problem child at the school. Why is it that she never shows up in class even though she comes to the school? He begins to know her secret after napping together with her every day.

Why is there no dakimakura tokuten? It seems like they missed a perfect opportunity! It’s also odd to see Ayumi Sarah voice the G-cup onee-san Tsubame and not the (F-cup) itoko Aika or imouto Riku. Expect a lot of ‘healing’ scenes. That sounds pretty good to me after a busy past few weeks…

Somewhat simple and bland charage by Giga. Maybe exactly what they need. Will be up to the writing in the end though. If things are kept simple and yet interesting and enjoyable the whole way through it may be as Micchi stated the kind of game that is nice to wind down from without having to think about anything.

And here I thought Micchi could only be cleansed by rubbing himself on a washboard.

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Don’t look at me as if you don’t complain about “balloons” every other month.

Imouto Paradise! 3 ~Onii-chan to 5-nin no Imouto no Sugo~ku! Ecchi Shimakuri na Mainichi~

Company: MOONSTONE Cherry
Game site: 妹ぱらだいす!3 ~お兄ちゃんと5人の妹のすご~く!エッチしまくりな毎日~
Release date: January 26, 2018
Comments:
This is the third game in MOONSTONE Cherry’s Imouto Paradise! series. With their parents departing on a business trip, Yuuichi was left alone with his five imoutos for the entire summer vacation. He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to be closer to his imoutos, and they were also strangely assertive, leading to ecchi incidents one after another. Just how far will the Nanase siblings go?

ALL. THE. WAY.

Imouto Hell.

Micchi’s Top 4 for This Month

  1. Soikano
  2. Yorite Kono Ha wa Kurenai ni
  3. Imouto Paradise! 3 ~Onii-chan to 5-nin no Imouto no Sugo~ku! Ecchi Shimakuri na Mainichi~
  4. Shogun-sama wa Otoshigoro

Zen’s Top 3 for This Month

  1. Mikagami Sumika no Seifuku Katsudou
  2. Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita
  3. Shogun-sama wa Otoshigoro

Lots of imoutos and itokos this month! It’s like a belated Christmas present!

Santa himself must have been naughty last year then.

Yes! Party Time!!

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Nameless, a sub-brand of Nexton, will debut with DeepOne. Meanwhile, the following titles have been delayed:

Lost Echoes – February 23rd
Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita – February 23rd
Pure Marriage Harem-hen – March 23rd

The Kinkoi dakimakura poll has started up and runs until January 31st. You can select one outfit for each character.

The 4th and final episode of the Kagiroi H anime comes out on February 23rd. It is priced at ¥3800.

Aokana vocal album 4 will be on sale starting from January 26th for ¥3000. If you get the tapestry with it, it’ll be ¥7500.

Jitaku Studio’s Naderebo! will be ported over to the PSV. The site will open shortly.

Yes! Party Time!! It’s always party time with this 1/8 scale figure of Deremas‘s Uzuki party time gold from Kotobukiya! She can be all yours this June for only ¥13,800.

The Key Orchestra Concert 2018 has been planned for Tokyo on July 7th at the Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall, and Osaka on September 24th at the Toyonaka Performing Arts Center. Tickets start at ¥8000.

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MOONSTONE Honey‘s next title will be Nyanto Suteki na Natsuiro Days. Part-time job with catgirls at a water park resort? Where do I sign up? There’s also the Yamato Nadeshiko and hyper bracon imouto Ryouka, but she’ll just be there for support (no route). It has a tentative release date of April 27th.

Other new titles announced this week include:

hibiki works – Onee-chan no Yuuwaku (April 27th)
Prekano – Boku to Nurse no Kenshu Nisshi (March 30th)

Release dates have been set for the following:

BALDR BRINGER EXTEND CODE – March 30th
Yakusoku no Natsu, Mahoroba no Yume – May 25th

PSV ports Naderevo! and Maitetsu -pure station- have been set for April 26th and July 26th, respectively.

New figures available for pre-order include:

GSC – 1/7 scale Ruler/Jeanne d’Arc (FGO, February 2019, ¥17,407)
Pulchra – 1/7 scale Rider/Marie Antoinette (FGO, August, ¥15,984)

There’s only a few hours till the end of the Theater Boost on Mirishita. If you still have leftover tickets to spare, please vote Miya for café cat! Thank you~

I should be working on the February post…

Colour Me Interested

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MONAKO’s third title will be God Sisters. It is planned for April 27th. Tinkle Position’s Onii-chan, Asa Made Zutto Gyutte Shite! has been set for May 25th.

The first append disc for Natural Vacation is available for download.

Innocent Grey’s FLOWERS Fuyu-hen official fanbook will hit the shelves on March 16th for ¥2300. There’ll also be a set of artbooks from all four seasons, “Couleur”, available on June 8th. It’s priced at ¥12,800. An art show is also planned at the The Art Complex Center of Tokyo from June 14th to 17th.

The following music albums are coming out soon:

GIGA best album (3 CDs) – March 23rd (¥9504)
Summer Pockets OP single – March 28th (¥1000)
AstralAir -ETERNAL BEST- (2 CDs) – March 30th (¥4500)
God Sisters OST – April 27th (¥3000)

New figures available for pre-order include:

Funny Knights – 1/8 scale Tamamo no Mae summer vacance ver. (Fate/EXTELLA, April, ¥12,800)
Kotobukiya – 1/7 scale “Kuro” no Rider (Fate/Apocrypha, June, ¥13,800)
Max Factory – figma Lancer/Scathach (FGO, August, ¥6759)

Dakimakuras are available for pre-order for Ojonai‘s Natsuki and Rikka, and Ouka Sabaki‘s Sakura.

Purple Software’s 3rd live will be held on April 7th.

February 2018 Eroge Releases

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Rance is back to save the world for one last time in ALICESOFT’s Rance 10! Caramel BOX’s Otome wa Boku ni Koi Shiteru: Trinkle Stars brings us back to the wonderful days of the refined cross-dresser, while Harmorise’s Hitotsu Yane no, Tsubasa no Shita de might actually come out this month! There’s also a bunch of low-priced single-heroine games this month for those who want to focus on their backlogs instead.

I was shocked that Rance returns, it has been what a decade now? Sure feels like it if not. Other than that a pretty good month with games worth looking into more. Of course that would happen during a month I’ll be spending all my time dusting off my ps4 to play all those tasty remakes being released.



HarmonEy

Company: はちみつそふと (Hachimitsu Soft)
Game site: HarmonEy
Release date: February 23, 2018
Comments:
This is the first title by Hachimitsu Soft, a brand under CandySoft. HarmonEy follows the one-heroine system that’s the basis of recent games by Prekano, feng and Campus, among others. There isn’t much of a story for the main heroine, your wife Ako, and it instead focus on the lovey-dovey and ero spousal relationship when you return home and on your days off. You can be free from societal pressures and just enjoy an utopian healing time.

Absolutely no worries! The story is by new writer Asaka Mutuski, but there’s no way you can screw up a game with practically no story, right? Take a look and see if Ako is your type. That’ll be the defining reason behind picking this game up.

Single heroine games are quite common these days it seems. What’s more is that there are also more games focusing on older characters as well as the events post standard story. None of these are necessarily a bad thing, though the single heroine game model can be a deal breaker in many cases. My real problem here is the lack of build up. In most eroge the common route tends to be some of the most enjoyable reading along with the post relationship character development. Which brings us to why this particular game kind of misses the entire point. Sure everything sounds like fun if Ako is the type of heroine you like to read about. However without the lead up to the current situation the whole thing is lacks the gradual introduction to the character and her personality. If the game was about the start of their relationship all the way to the current married life with a focus on the latter the entire story would be more complete. By skipping the common route character bonding there is far less meaning in the lovey dovey after story. Another way to put it would be the opposite of Circus and D.C. II. Circus established the characters in the primary game, then milked the after story with dozens of releases after. This worked because of what was already established with the vanilla game, which was in essence the common route. Taking all the add-ons and spin offs without the context of the original would lose all meaning and value.

Just grazing over past events does little to nothing to solve this sadly as the relevance and first impressions are gone. Flashbacks serve a different purpose and should not be used as a replacement for backstory.

My entire point being that much like games with 5 heroines all catering to one archetype say imouto, the emphasis is lost and the character themselves cheapened by that very choice in design. Essentially the very makers missed the point of the game. When the people who made it are this blind to their own product and just baah like sheep following the herd of the current fads, why would you trust their game to be good?

Then just how long does a ‘common route’ need to be to have ample development for a heroine?

Long enough that we aren’t just thrown a character that is meant to evoke emotional attachment via assumptions of their relationship.

IxSHE Tell

Company: HOOKSOFT
Game site: IxSHE Tell
Release date: February 23, 2018
Comments:
For the first time since Kenseikan Gakuen was founded, the rule forbidding romantic relationships was lifted. It was all thanks to the student council leader Hajime, who was now treated like a hero by all the students. However, he did not have the time to enjoy this new-found freedom himself as he must ensure that there are no problems arising from it, lest the rule be reinstated.

The beautiful transfer student Kasumi, who was his childhood friend, suddenly confessed to him that day. The next day, both the sister school’s charismatic student council leader Yui and repeat beauty contest winner and school idol Ayaka confessed to him. Then the student council’s vice president Yoshino, one of the few students who was against romance, proclaimed that they should hook up and cause lots of problems so that the ban would be brought back!

Hajime was happy to be so loved by everyone, but he wanted to know them better before getting into a relationship. That’s when his other childhood friend Shiori, a true Yamato Nadeshiko, chimed in that she’s the obvious choice then, since she knows him best. It was as if she had been waiting for him to say that.

He was so popular with the school’s top girls immediately after the ban on romantic relationships had been lifted. Under assault from all sides from their aggressive approaches, his love story abruptly begins…

The same group that worked on Amenity’s Life is back with the cliché of clichés: the suddenly popular protagonist who is surrounded by girls who all want a piece of him. I don’t expect there to be much development considering they’re pretty much all at max affection to begin with. I want the imouto/kouhai trio (Yui, Moka, Aoba). Read if you want some high-tension loving.

Similar yet opposite issue to Harmoney above. In this case strong character personalities are absolutely necessary to push forward comedic sense that allows suspension of disbelief. For example one of the heroines kind of needs to be a complete yandere while explaining how and why through a flashback. In other words the game needs to entertain us the readers if they want to skip the normal build up and common route. By giving the heroines strong personalities that justify the absurd start and basis for the story we can simply laugh. Purely relying on being slightly wacky with a little absurdity mixed in doesn’t really do much for the readers. Put simply, if you are going to make a game where the very start and core of the game is based around pure pandemonium, embrace the chaos. 

Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita

Company: feng
Game site: ずっと前から女子でした
Release date: February 23, 2018 Delayed to March 30, 2018
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from January. Haruya’s family runs a group of ryokan and he grew surrounded by women, led by his pushy sisters. He never truly got over his uneasiness around girls, so he had only attended boys’ schools until now. While he was more comfortable around his guy friends, he was at the age where he started to show interest in the opposite sex. He wondered if he could find a girl who was cute and not scary.

Returning to his hometown after ten years, he transferred to a co-ed school for the first time. He was excited to meet new people, but unexpectedly he was reacquainted with an old friend with whom he often played as kids.

“Eh… You weren’t a boy!?”

Haruya had always thought that Sena was a boy, so he was undoubtedly surprised when he discovered the truth. She had a totally different feel around her, and she had grown to become very beautiful….

It’s just a low-priced game where you can get to know your childhood friend quite well. Sena has a complex about her large breasts. Yes, oppai complex is a real thing.

Feng hasn’t done a full scale game in quite awhile. I suppose this format works better for them anyway as misses aren’t as big of a deal, while hits are even better. This time is nothing special, and thanks to that may not be too bad. Better to keep things simple and enjoyable than ruin everything attempting a gimmick.

That said, their cover art annoys me. Slapping an HCG right there on the front doesn’t say anything good about a game. Can only hope it is bait, and not telling how the story goes.

Tonari ni Kanojo no Iru Shiawase ~Winter Guest~

Company: プレカノ (Prekano)
Game site: となりに彼女のいる幸せ ~Winter Guest~
Release date: February 23, 2018
Comments:
This is the second title in Prekano’s Tonakai series. One autumn day, the protagonist offended his homeroom teacher and thus was ordered to volunteer at the student council. That’s where he met the student council leader Shiho, who is completely like an older sister. He wanted to be if only a bit closer to her, but ended up as the student council’s dog instead. He spends his days graced by her wonderful smile, while sometimes being swamped with random tasks and sometimes treated affectionately and given snacks.

“For me, you’ll… work like a dog, right?”

She’s taking advantage of you, bro. It’s best you get out of this relationship while you can.

Take the cliche school bully, give them boobs, and you have yourself an eroge apparently. For those of you who are masochistic and wish to be trained well by your owner, rejoice, there is finally a game for you.

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Hitotsu Yane no, Tsubasa no Shita de

Company: Harmorise
Game site: ひとつ屋根の、ツバサの下で
Release date: February 23, 2018
Comments:
This is the first title by Harmorise. The grandson of a legendary ‘Fairy Fight’ (FF) player, Jun’ichi came to the former FF powerhouse Shouou Gakuen and was given the rare fuselage ‘Shinden’. But when he arrived at the student dormitory Tsubasa-sou, it was full of girls!?

He met the extremely beautiful but peculiar plane otaku Hikari, and the mysterious runaway rich loli Mimari, who is very much an airhead and lacks any sense in money matters, buying even entire planes on her credit card. He shares a room with Kazusa because there was some confusion due to their common last name and there were no other empty rooms in the dormitory. Finally, the student council leader Nahoko approached him to invite him to participate in the upcoming FF tournament.

How will this team of misfits fare in the competitive Fairy Fight aerial battlefield?

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It’s been over two years since there’s been any news about this game. The story has changed a bit, but the Aokana-like premise has remained the same. If it follows the Aokana model, it’ll probably fare well, but I wonder how many people are still waiting for this to come out?

Reminds me of Fake Azure Arcology. Frankly though the whole plane theme would have been better if they did away with the school setting. Forcing such themes together makes both feel silly and out of place. As though they were brought together out of a sense of defeat, like the creators just had to include the school, because that’s just how eroge are. Accepting something as a standard then throwing a random theme like the Fairy Fight idea is simply too much of a contrast for me to have much hope. If you want to do something, commit to it, don’t stop half way to try and please everyone, that just means few will be more than half pleased.

Game wise, well, it’s a generic plot. If you have read one of these types you have read them all. The remaining slack has to be taken up by the heroines, so read for them, ignore the story. Which I guess says a lot for how useful their attempt at being unique was.

Full Uso -Complete Four Seasons-

Company: Campus
Game site: Full Uso -Complete Four Seasons-
Release date: February 23, 2018
Comments:
This is the compilation of all four games in Campus’ Uso series, along with new ‘after after’ stories for each of the four heroines. Shizuku and Setsuka also get original stories thanks to finishing one-two in the chara poll (but you’ll possibly need to have bought all four games in order to access them). I’m looking forward most to Shizuku! Lovely date with sly kouhai GO!

Eh, what the hell is wrong with them. I get it, I really do get why they would do this. But I have two problems, one if I played all four already is there really a point? Two if I haven’t played all four already is there really a point if things are restricted? Now I don’t know what they will do at release and how it will be managed. But if there is any kind of search for the four preexisting games to open up content, which I imagine there would be else people who already bought them would find this useless; then sigh my damn disk space. I install literally everything to SSD, so it had better let me keep just the save files to open things. If it requires the full installs then screw this crap, I’m not installing five games for a few digital scribbles. 

Rance 10

Company: ALICESOFT
Game site: ランス10
Release date: February 23, 2018
Comments:
This is the final game in ALICESOFT’s long-running Rance series. The Continent has been divided between humans and monsters for over a thousand years. Suddenly, a large army of monsters led by the Dark Lord Kayblis, who had finally united the Monster Realm after a long power struggle, began an assault on the Human Realm. On the other hand, the human nations were still unable to settle their differences even at this critical moment, and it was obvious that they would be no match for the united monster army unless they fight together. However, a summit of the leaders of each nation did not produce any agreement. It was at this time that Rance, unable to watch any longer, spoke up:

“All of you, just follow me! I’ll crush the monster armies!”

His words caused an obvious commotion, but it was quickly settled as the leaders of each nation all agreed to his plan. This was because each of them had seen for themselves how Rance had saved the world many times during his adventures. Humanity was united under Rance and the great war begins.

If you’ve even played one of the Rance games over the past 20 years, you’ll be looking forward to this one. Almost all the characters will make their returns in this final RPG. I would’ve liked them to use a battle system like Evenicle‘s, but I guess that’d be a lot of ask for with such a huge cast of playable characters. Enjoy your smashing and sexing.

It’s Rance. I really don’t need to say anything else.

PV

Lost Echoes

Company: petit linge
Game site: ロスト・エコーズ
Release date: February 23, 2018
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from January. This is the first game by petit linge. Riku was taking photos at the street corner when he met the self-proclaimed minor goddess Umi. He didn’t know if it was a fated meeting or simply planned, but she asked him to go to the past and change one particular event that happened back then. His assistance was needed since he contained the soul of one of the people involved in that event.

If he didn’t help her, what would happen? His surroundings and everything he took for granted will surely change, and misfortune will befall his childhood friend Yuika. This is because in Yuika’s past life as Chiyo, she killed her dear friend and her lamentation had persisted over the next 430 years, gradually eating away at her soul. The only way to save her was to avoid the incident that caused her regret, but this was the last chance to do so.

So that means there’s pretty much one true route (for Yuika). This is the first story written by Sakuragi Tomoe, so I’m not sure how well it’ll end up considering these kinds of plots can get quite messy. It has the feel of an older game; maybe this is because of the art (or the amateurish website). Matsuda Risa has been getting fewer roles lately, so it’s nice to see her voice Hinao.

Setup does not leave my hopeful towards the story here. Would have been more meaningful if the past was slowly revealed in memory fragments to help guide your choices that would then change the present. In other words simple memories the protagonist slowly recalls instead of the whole go back to the past to change the future. All the while imparting a sense of meaning to the player and their decisions. Coming to terms and preventing things from repeating in a historical loop through the cycle of reincarnation would have been a better way of doing essentially the same thing without the need for deus ex goddess.

Otome wa Boku ni Koi Shiteru: Trinkle Stars

Company: キャラメルBOX (Caramel BOX)
Game site: 処女はお姉さまに恋してる 3つのきら星
Release date: February 23, 2018
Comments:
This is the latest title in Caramel BOX’s cross-dressing Otoboku series. Hisoka was an orphan who was raised by Yukitaka, the present head of the worldwide Jinsei Corporation, with the help of his right-hand man Daisuke. He was adopted for the sole purpose of working both publicly and secretly for his daughter Orihime, who was next in line to inherit the business. That’s why he did not hesitate when he was asked by Yukitaka to attend the same school as her and serve as her bodyguard in secret.

The only problem was that her school was the refined Saint Ceral Girls’ Academy, which was closed to boys. He didn’t know it at the time, but it would be a major turning point in his life.

Otoboku was the first cross-dressing game that I played and enjoyed. Even a few minutes into this new installment in the series, I felt that same feeling: Yes, this is the Otoboku that I know. The girls are prim and proper, and oh so adorable. Especially kouhai Hana, who really reminds me of the hardworking Kana. The twins are also good choices, although I’m not sure if they get routes. Hisoka is a fine protagonist and the fake breasts technology has advanced to the point where you can have them on even while in the bath. This will definitely be on my list.

As a fan of this series I am glad they are finally making another one. The thing I always liked are capable protagonists, something of a rarity in eroge. Along with the protagonist not being special ed. it is nice when the setting and characters are invested in. Most of these type of games, Ensemble and their mess of games for example just toss everything together without a care. Also must say it is nice to have a game series to look forward to as I feel more assured about wanting to play the game. Sadly this February sees the release of many remade games I loved so everything is going to end up on backlog anyway.

Chuuni Hime no Teikoku

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Company: ウシミツソフト (Ushimitsu Soft)
Game site: 厨二姫の帝国
Release date: February 23, 2018
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from April. This is the first title by Ushimitsu Soft. Behind the skyscrapers which rise like castles in the old downtown area of the 23-ward Galapagos lies a remodelled love hotel, inside of which lives a self-proclaimed princess from another world, along with her guardian knight and personal maid. In reality, they are actually a gamer addict, a light novel author and a elf cosplayer. The protagonist inherited the management duties for this building from his mother and signed an extremely suspicious leasing contract, triggering the princess’s ability and making him her ‘hero’. He must now begin a chuuni life with new abilities outside of his control.

Chuuni stories really make no sense. There’s also his osananajimi Suzuka, who’s also conveniently a chuuni who wears around a cape all day (even in the summer). The princess is really cute though. It’s not my job to cure hikikomoris, but I’ll gladly bring her home with me. Or maybe play games with her. Or take her home with me and play games with her. That sounds like a plan.

A dragon came and ate everyone, the end.

I’m assuming that you are the dragon and ‘ate everyone’ is a metaphor.

You know for these times when your way of thinking shines like a beacon in the night I think of the words a wiseman once said: “Oniichan no sukebe!”

Hataraku Otona no Ren’ai Jijou 2

Company: あかべぇそふとすりぃ (AkabeiSoft3)
Game site: 働くオトナの恋愛事情 2
Release date: February 23, 2018
Comments:
This is the sequel to AkabeiSoft3’s Hataraku Otona series. Michito is a normal office worker who lives by himself. There’s nothing special about his job nor his life; He’s just like any other normal person. One day upon returning to an empty home after a busy day at work, he wondered if he was a bit lonely. If only he had a girlfriend, things might be different… but he didn’t make any particular effort to find one. Thus continued his dull cycle of eating alone, sleeping alone, waking up alone and going to work.

One day, he made a passing complaint about being lonely to his boss while out drinking and his boss smiled and told him that if he wished for change, he must take action or nothing will happen. Those words struck a chord in him and he began to think about what to do. There were many ways and places to find someone to live together with, like out on the street or via SNS. So, he decided to make the first move, in order to add colour to his solitary life.

A new set of grown women for you to hit on. That’s what this series is all about, right?

Essentially the same exact thing as the previous. In which case I hope it will not be full of random one night stands and constant pointless cheating because the protagonist can’t keep it in his pants for five seconds. I will be giving the series one more shot to see if they fixed those issues. If not, and it ends up being more of the same pointless cheap garbage I’ll ignore it from then on no matter how many are made.

Imouto o Kega Shita Kioku

Company: はむはむソフト (HamHamSoft)
Game site: 妹を汚した記憶
Release date: February 23, 2018
Comments:
Ryou’s imouto, who was much younger than him, was becoming more and more like a woman. Before he knew it, he became sexually attracted to her and one day while playing hide-and-seek, he was unable to hold back his urges and ejaculated on her as they were hiding together in the storage shed. He felt guilty about it afterwards and left the village to live alone in the city.

Several years later, he returned to his hometown after being asked by his parents to help with taking apart the storage shed where the act had been committed. In the middle of the field of early-blooming cosmos was his cute grown-up imouto Asaka. His love and desire for her, as well as his childhood friend Aki, which had stopped on that day began to move once more.

“Welcome back, onii-chan. I’ve always been waiting for you.”

Led by the sweet fragrance of the cosmos, it was the return of his past mistake…

Hello, sweet temptation! I can’t fault him for falling in love with his imouto, because that’s normal. What’s not normal is that he ran away instead of apologizing and letting her know his true feelings. I’m sure his imouto would forgive him and love him because it is an absolute law of the universe. Let’s be immoral!

PedoPedoSoft strikes again.

Micchi’s Top 3 for This Month

  1. Otome wa Boku ni Koi Shiteru Triple Stars
  2. Imouto o Kega Shita Kioku
  3. Full Uso -Complete Four Seasons-

Zen’s Top 3 for This Month

  1. Otome wa Boku ni Koi Shiteru: Trinkle Stars
  2. HarmonEy
  3. Hataraku Otona no Ren’ai Jijou 2

Hmm… even if you can get realistic breasts, you’ll just to have cover up the bottom half while in the bath…

Maybe tucking technology improved as well. Though would still probably need some painkillers during that bath scene for any guy who isn’t gay, ouch. Actually that might make for an amusing all ages game. Play a guy who is actually gay, but being chased by women so spends his time trying to escape from being raped by them.

A New Chapter Begins

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Liar-soft’s Shunkyoku no Tyrhhia has been set for April 27th.

MORE’s Shoujo Graffiti has been delayed to March 23rd.

The Kinkoi complete soundtrack will be on sale on March 30th. The 2-CD soundtrack includes full versions for three songs.

Heart’s Rorolog PSV port has been set for April 26th, while Prekano’s Mikagami Sumika no Seifuku Katsudou PS4/PSV port will come out on May 24th.

The second volume of the Furifure 2 H anime, featuring imouto Sumire, will come out on April 27th.

Pre-orders have started for the following figures:

Aquamarine – 1/7 scale Archer Route: Unlimited Blade Works (Fate, August, ¥16,800)
GSC – nendoroid Rider of “Black” (Fate/Apocrypha, August, ¥4815)
Lose – 1/6 scale Hachiroku (Maitetsu, July, ¥19,200)
native – 1/4 scale Hijiri (Amakano, July, ¥24,800)

Dakimakuras are available for pre-order for Kagiroi‘s Sumire and Furifure 2‘s Sumire.

There’s a new im@s game on the horizon: Shiny Colors


It’s Fate

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SMEE has revealed that they will be making a pair of mini fandiscs for Making*Lovers. The first one will contain stories for Ako, Karen and Saki, and is scheduled for April 27th. Reina and Mashiro’s stories will be out in early summer.

Other new titles announced this week include:

CampusKimi to Hajimeru Dasanteki na Rabukome – May 25th
ensembleKoi wa Sotto Saku Hana no You ni – June 29th

Release dates have been set for the following:

Sono Taiju wa Makai o Kurau! – April 27th
Maoten – June 29th

feng’s Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita has been delayed once more to March 30th.

The Kinkoi dakimakura outfit poll has wrapped up. You can check out the results in the link. I’m pretty happy with the results.

The PS4 port for SAGA PLANETS’s Karumaruka will be coming out on May 24th.

August Live 2018 will be held on June 23rd at DIFFER Ariake.

It’s another week of Fate figures going up on pre-order, including:

FREEing – 1/4 scale Saber/Artoria Pendragon (FGO, October, ¥26,667)
GSC – nendoroid Saber of “Red” (Fate/Apocrypha, August, ¥5093)
Max Factory – 1/7 scale Lancer/Elizabeth Bathory (FGO, January, ¥14,630)
PLUM – 1/7 scale Assassin/Hassan of Serenity (FGO, May, ¥12,500)
Sentinel – 1/7 scale Berserker/Mysterious Heroine X [Alter] (FGO, August, ¥13,824)
Stronger – 1/7 scale Shielder/Mash Kyrielight (plus limited ver.) (FGO, December, ¥17,800 (¥13,800 for limited ver.))
WING – 1/8 scale Saber/Souji Okita ~Resting Swordsman~ (FGO, June, ¥12,000)

A Sequel Decades in the Making

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NanaWind is planning a fandisc for Haruoto Alice*Gram, titled Shirokoi Sakura*Gram. Other new titles announced this week:

Cocktail SoftCan Can Bunny Premiere 3 (June 29th)
DOLCEShamrock no Hanakotoba (May 25th)
LaplacianMirai Radio to Jinkou Hato

BaseSon’s Shin Koihime†Musou -Kakumei- (Go) has been set for July 27th.

Hela topped the BLADE×BULLET chara poll and will be featured on an illustration board. The Shin Koihime†Musou -Kakumei- (Go) chara poll for the reservation campaign bonus has started up and will run until March 11th.

The second volume of the Natural Vacation append discs is now available.

ALICESOFT’s second “Creator Works” illustration book will be on shelves on May 10th. It’s priced at ¥2900. The novel adaptation for Hakui no Tenshi wa Osewazuki! comes out on February 28th, for ¥690.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen the blue string, but GENCO thought it was time for a comeback with a 1/7 scale figure of Super Sonico Hestia ver. (August, ¥19,000). There’s also a 1/7 scale figure of idol emperor Nero from Aquamarine (September, ¥18,333).

The PSV port for Amatsutsumi will be out on May 17th.

Dakimakuras are available for pre-order for Kimilove‘s Nono, Niizuma LOVELY×CATION‘s Aiko, Imopara3‘s Sakura, and Karigurashi Ren’ai‘s Rito.

There’ll be a one week break for the weekly news as I’ll be on vacation. See you!

It Runs in the Family

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Argonauts, a sub-brand of MOONSTONE, will debut with Uchi no Kanojo on June 29th. It will be the first of three games in the series, the others being Uchi no Imouto and Uchi no Koibito. Each will be focused on one heroine. Other new titles announced this week include:

AXLCurio Dealer (June 29th)
CLOCKUPErewhon
TokohanaKanojo to Ore no Koisome Dousei

The following titles have been delayed:

Koneko Neko Neko – April 27th
Yuusha to Maou to, Majo no Cafe – April 27th
Kimi to Tsunagaru Koi Flag – May 25th
Hatarakanai Honey-Life – June 29th

The Butterfly Seeker chara poll has started up and will run until March 29th.

The first episode of the Imopara3 H OVA comes out on April 27th. It is priced at ¥3800 and will be focused on Sakura and Hiharu. There’s also the visual fan book scheduled for May 25th. It’ll sell for ¥3000.

Hitting the shelves soon are MORE’s “Shoujo Anthology 1~3 Best Tracks” (March 23rd, ¥4000), AstralAir “Eternal Best” (March 30th, ¥4500), and Natsuiro Ramune complete sound album (March 30th, ¥2600).

Banpresto has a prize figure out for Deremas‘s Hajime. Looks decent for a cheap figure. Pre-orders have started for the following figures:

Di molto bene – Takumi (Deremas, July, ¥15,800)
Funny Knights – 1/8 scale Altera street vacance ver. (Fate/EXTELLA, May, ¥10,800)
Hobby Max – Chara-Forme Beyond Avenger/Jeanne d’Arc (Alter) (FGO, January, ¥4800)
Max Factory – Figma Avenger/Jeanne d’Arc (Alter) (FGO, September, ¥7222)
Q-six – 1/6 scale Bertille gym class (pool ver.) & white sukumizu ver. (Walroma, September, ¥15,800)

Dakimakuras are available for Ojonai‘s Natsuki and Hatsujou Sprinkle‘s Shizuku.

KSL Live World 2018 ~Summer Pockets & Key’s Best Night~ will be held at DIFFER Ariake on May 6th. Tickets went on sale today.

I had a good trip (with plenty of food), so now it’s back to working on the March post…

March 2018 Eroge Releases

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There is a trio of mysteries this month: La’cryma and Hiyoko Soft’s collaboration work Kieta Sekai to Tsuki to Shoujo, Azurite’s Akumade, Kore wa~ no Monogatari, and SILKY’s PLUS A5 Wagyu’s Butterfly Seeker. If you would like to sit back and relax instead, there’s Carol Works’ Natsuiro Ramune and PULLTOP’s all-ages Sora to Umi ga, Fureau Kanata. For me, I’m looking forward to the always entertaining ASa Project’s Karigurashi Ren’ai and YuzuSoft’s RIDDLE JOKER.

A trio of mysteries indeed, with the big mystery they all share being why no one can get the mystery game formula right despite it being so simple. Quantity will never compare to quality so if you enjoy actual mystery and not poorly written tripe like Higurashi then you get to cry tears of sadness and frustration this March. On the other hand if all you want are random deus ex plot twists and super powered crime solving children then boy is this the month for you. Rest of it is the usual eroge fare with our long running favorite charage makers Yuzusoft and Asa Project making appearances in what I can only assume is going to be the eroge equivalent of a chainsaw cage brawl to the death as they fight for their overlapping customers, aka: all of them.





Mell Kiss

Company: 戯画 (GIGA)
Game site: メルキス
Release date: March 23, 2018
Comments:
It was the start of the summer vacation for second-year student Ryouichi. There were no dramatic events in his casual school life. That was until one day, his homeroom teacher announced that the festival commemorating the founding of the school will be Halloween-themed, and that there was a new transfer student to the class.

A meeting with a new classmate. The first trial at the festival. The obstacle-free days begin to pass by. What kind of future awaits him?

The latest game in GIGA’s Kiss series focuses not only on icharabu, but also the mutual innocence and slight awkwardness during the beginning of a relationship. This is probably the first time I’ve been somewhat interested in one of their games since I like the sweets-loving osananajimi Yuzu (who reminds me of Mobamas‘s Kanako) and kouhai Tsuzuri (who comes with her best friend Hinako). There’s also the new classmate Airi, who might not be completely foreign to him after all. It seems like a safe, if not boring, pick for this month.

You know I would very much like to see a game made where a girl transfers in only to be a background npc. At this point transfering is the most cliche shortcut to heroine status, usually true ending heroine at that. Why even bother at this point, may as well just line them all up in the class from the start as the result will be the same whether possibly mysterious transfer student is there from the start or not.

As is par for Giga Mell Kiss is the most basic eroge template with nothing else. I think Giga forgot that the eroge by numbers kit they bought to churn out quick games between emptying the increasingly rotten Baldr dumpster is meant to have things added onto it. For a long time now I have made it quite clear that I would rather a basic game to a pile of poorly made gimmicks. Problem is Giga just releases the same game every other month under a different name. Maybe if they weren’t all boring I would mind less. The key in making basic good lies in the writing. If reading feels like eating saltine crackers for hours even if not bad there just doesn’t seem to be much point.

Transfer students are common in such stories since it’s something different from the usual monotony of school life, at least for protagonists that seldom take any initiative nor yearn for anything beyond a ‘peaceful school life’.

And yet, it has become such a generic cliche that a transfer student IS the monotony of school life at this point. Or well the monotony of eroge life at least. Which would be fine if it was enjoyable well written monotony, but the last time that happened was practically the stone ages in eroge terms.

Unjou no Fairy Tale

Company: COSMIC CUTE
Game site: 雲上のフェアリーテイル
Release date: March 23, 2018
Comments:
This is a fairy tale that takes place in the lawless town of Kaguya that floats in the sky. Tsukasa runs Café Amelia with a lone employee, the self-proclaimed future great magician Natsu. However, they have another side to them; they are part of a team of justice-fighters that do everything from preventing thefts to serving as personal guards. The other members of the team are also frequent visitors to the coffee shop: the songstress Daria and the strongest swordswoman Makoto.

One day, Natsu and Makoto rescued a princess who was looking for her missing older brother. This girl Yuki was actually Tsukasa’s imouto…

The setting is pretty similar to COSMIC CUTE’s previous game Sora no Tsukurikata. It’s another high tempo offering with an eccentric cast. I’m fond of Hatori Ichi’s voicing of Natsu; she seems to be getting a lot of similar roles lately (Making*Lovers‘s Ako and Kanoten‘s Touka come to mind). The trial was pretty entertaining (although with a few dull stretches), especially when you throw in the reincarnated maou Simone and Cagliostro-like lolibaba alchemist Nemo, so it could be a fun play for when you want to shut your brain off.

My general stance towards any game of any type is to go all out in whatever direction you want. In this case if you want to make a wacky game then go nuts and make the sky pink and gravity sideways. Which makes me feel slightly awkward here as they embrace the crazy mostly but not quite completely. Were Cosmic Cute to just let go of any sense of inhibition things would turn out better and more fun in my opinion.

Otherwise as Micchi said this is one of those games you relax to with your brain in neutral. Sometimes it can be nice to forget the drama and high schools, where you don’t have to worry too much if the writing is good or bad as long as something is happening.

Kieta Sekai to Tsuki to Shoujo

Company: La’cryma×ひよこソフト (La’cryma×Hiyoko Soft)
Game site: 消えた世界と月と少女
Release date: March 23, 2018
Comments:
This is a collaboration work between La’cryma and Hiyoko Soft. Seiji returned to his hometown after many years to investigate the truth behind his mother’s death and he was caught up in a series of mysterious murders that seemed to imitate local folklore. Trapped in this town surrounded by mountains, he must solve the ‘five difficult problems’ as those he know began to disappear one by one. Will the truth that awaits him be one of hope or despair?

Considering people are dying and disappearing, I’d be inclined to believe that it’d be one of despair. Hiyoko Soft has got the traditional-style mystery/suspense side down and it seems like La’cryma’s typical battle scenes will come in the latter half (with the reveal of new characters at the end of the trial). Not at the top of my list, but it might be of interest to others.

As far as eroge horror / mystery goes the plot here is as basic as “Hello World”. Protagonist returns or travels to relatives in some rustic town where occult stuff happens and our misfit band of retarded children turned heroes must save the day. Or die painfully. More of the latter we can only hope. At least assuming it is not in a stupid way like Higurashi. Frankly don’t get your hopes too high as nothing here hasn’t been done roughly 101 times before. So regardless of being good or bad things are marred from the outset by being rather predictable with a been there done that vibe looming over everything. 

Nah it’s pretty much like Higurashi, except with fortissimo-like elements.

So what you are saying is, Higurashi with an extra serving of chuuni.

Pure Marriage ~Akai Ito Monogatari Harem-hen~

Company: Lass Pixy
Game site: Pure Marriage ~赤い糸物語 ハーレム編~
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
Lass Pixy decided to add an additional title to their low-priced Pure Marriage series because everyone loves a good harem. So you can now have all three of them, plus a cat. No complaints here.

What if I want a dog?

No bitch for you, only pussy.

I have zero complaints.

RIDDLE JOKER

Company: ゆずソフト (YuzuSoft)
Game site: RIDDLE JOKER
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
Due to the discovery of a particle at the end of the 20th century, the mysterious ability formerly called ‘ESP’ was now referred to as ‘astral ability’, and those who possessed this ability were deemed ‘astral users’. Satoru lives a peaceful life in this world as a plain commoner. However, it was just a façade since he is actually an astral user who is an agent of a secret organization!

A new order was given to him: he must infiltrate Kikka Academy, a school of astral users. He successfully infiltrated the academy with his imouto Nanami and fit in seamlessly with his class, having made friends with classmates Ayase and Hazuki, as well as his senpai Mayu. Everything was going smoothly… until his cover was blown to Ayase in an unexpected situation!

At the same time, he found out her deepest secret: her chest was padded!

This encounter that resulted in them knowing each other’s unspeakable secret will have a great influence on their fates.

I’m not sure if those two secrets are on the same level, but hey I’m not a girl, so maybe using bra pads is extremely embarrassing. While her dream of an E cup has not been attained (yet), she shouldn’t feel too down about having a smaller chest. I don’t mind it at all. I’m sure it’ll be another good chara-ge from YuzuSoft. You can’t go wrong with Kobuichi/Muririn art, a sound story and a stellar seiyuu cast (Kiritani Hana, Haruka Sora, Kusuhara Yui). Of course there’s also imouto Nanami and her friend Chisaki. I love YuzuSoft!

Batman villians, by your powers combined, I am terrible eroge setting.

Yuzusoft makes charage. We all know this. They know this, I hope so anyway. So there are no secrets there. Which begs the question of why they are so ashamed of being charage? There is nothing wrong with that, even for me I enjoy a good, keyword being good mind you, charage here and there. Like I said earlier whatever you are going to make, embrace it. Sadly though Yuzusoft really loves to come up with this contrived settings that manhandle their stories in a way that is both irrelevant and often annoying. Nothing significant really changes based on the characters being vampires, living in Laputa, or having an arbitrary name applied to their random special effects. All that these things change is to make the background need more explaining and create more unneeded padding between the reader and the characters via a story we didn’t ask for. As much as I loathe high school settings Yuzusoft would do a lot better by buckling down and going back to the basics. I don’t hate Yuzusoft games by any stretch it’s just while reading I feel like I am panhandling through a ton of silt for some gold nuggets. We only care about the characters, not their setting, so please Yuzu, simple is best, and don’t add on unless it makes things better.

I think it’s so that all their chara-ge don’t end up feeling the same like GIGA’s.

Fair and good point. But in that case I would like them to put a little more effort into it so everything didn’t feel half hearted and tedious to read through. It’s not like I am saying they should cut out all the other bits but rather get all their basics laid out, then only add onto the setting something that adds to what they have. Be that making it more amusing during comedic scenes, or making the characters more interesting. They aren’t exactly doing things wrong just in comparison to say Asa Project, they aren’t doing things right either.

Akumade, Kore wa~ no Monogatari

Company: Azurite
Game site: あくまで、これは~の物語
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
Jouichi has been constantly moving and changing schools because of his parent’s work, so he never really made many friends nor had a girlfriend. A few years ago, one of his best friends committed suicide. He never really understood the truth behind it and hoped to solve it one day.

Now he lives in a village in the heart of the mountains, which prospers from the many tourists that visit the region by shinkansen. With the arrival of summer, the town was in a festival mood. Jouichi and his childhood friend Emi helped out with setting up the grounds, meeting the quiet Kana, lively Hinami and gentle onee-san Yukari. There was also one other thing that occurred at that time. When Emi was showing him how to use the chat program NEEL on his new smartphone, it vibrated as he received a notification message. It was a friend request from their friend who should have been dead.

If you check out the PV below, you’d almost think it was a quaint relaxing summer game with maybe a bit of drama. But that’s not how Azurite rolls. It’s actually a mystery with plenty of bad ends (and a ridiculously long flowchart). It reminds me of Sumikko games with the juxtaposition between the cute art by Nanao Naru, Nanaroba Hana and Mikeou, and a dark and bloody story. Each of the four routes is written by a different writer, and most haven’t worked much on complex story-based games like this before. It’s interesting that the staff is completely different from their debut title, Shinsou Noise. I thought that the trial was fine with the suspense part (who is pulling the strings behind everything?), but it’s odd having the seemingly requisite swimsuit and ecchi scenes randomly thrown in. Still it is a promising title if you’re looking for a deeper story, even if there’s many other decent choices this month.

Eroge protagonists are either completely alone with all family and often friends being dead or non-existent, or covered in more of the opposite sex than a strip of flypaper dangling over the corpses of eroge parents. This time being a case of the former it would seem with protagonist revisiting the days of yore when he had friends, at least one of whom then died. Most likely in what will surely be a futile attempt to avoid appearing in this game.

The most important part of any mystery plot is caring. Do you care about the characters enough to feel tension when they are in a dangerous situation. Do you care about what is causing all the random murders. If the answer is no then it is being done wrong. Which brings out the biggest problem here, the whole thing is somewhat chaotic, as if there are two games having a bout of fisticuffs over who is going to get more screen time. There is the standard high school romance plot set in a laid back rural setting. While on the other hand there is a murder mystery drama in what amounts to a closed circle setting. Given this lead up and the arrangement of route writing I can’t help but feel the routes themselves will become even more of a mess as things drag on. So if a good well written story with tension and mystery is what you are looking for, it is probably better to look elsewhere. What we have is a token attempt to appeal towards as many people as possible by putting a murder mystery wall paper over a high school charage.

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Ojou-sama wa Sunao ni Narenai ~Daisuki o Kimi Dake ni~

Company: ensemble
Game site: お嬢様は素直になれない ~大好きをキミだけに~
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
This is the fandisc for Ojou-sama wa Sunao ni Narenai, with after stories for each of the five heroines, as well as a new route for sub-heroine Wakaba. The always cheerful Wakaba is both pretty and kind, earning a second place in the character poll. It’s only natural that she’d get a route in the fandisc.

Fandisk.

Karigurashi Ren’ai

Company: ASa Project
Game site: かりぐらし恋愛
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
Takuma had many fond memories of the town where he used to live as a child and he wished to return there one day. He worked hard to pass the entrance exam for the only school in the town and successfully achieved his long-cherished dream!

He moved back to the town for a new start, planning on living by himself in his childhood home, but it was in such a dilapilated state that it was essentially uninhabitable. Without the money to look for a temporary residence, Takuma was at a loss as to what to do.

Fortunately, his childhood friends came to his rescue! While he couldn’t live with them forever, he was welcomed to stay in the four families’ homes on a rotation system. One of them strongly objected to it, but she was persuaded in the end. Thus begins a very peculiar ‘revolving temporary residency life’.

I’m a simple man. I see ASaPro game; I play ASaPro game. They’re one of the best in the business for slapstick comedy, which is exactly what I want and need most days. One of the osananajimis Hiyori (CV: Kusuhara Yui) has the surname Niizuma. It’s like she was born to be a newly-wed. Well, don’t mind if I do!

Asa Project games are more or less all the same thing. Ignore excuse for the guy to wind up being joined at the hip of whatever themed batch of girls are on sale this time and enjoy the process. In other words simple games to turn your brain off and let it entertain you. I have no problems with this as they aren’t being pretentious about what kind of games they make and who they are marketing them to. So carry on Asa Project, I’ll be hoping for a more amusing game than your last outing.

Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita

Company: feng
Game site: ずっと前から女子でした
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from February. Haruya’s family runs a group of ryokan and he grew surrounded by women, led by his pushy sisters. He never truly got over his uneasiness around girls, so he had only attended boys’ schools until now. While he was more comfortable around his guy friends, he was at the age where he started to show interest in the opposite sex. He wondered if he could find a girl who was cute and not scary.

Returning to his hometown after ten years, he transferred to a co-ed school for the first time. He was excited to meet new people, but unexpectedly he was reacquainted with an old friend with whom he often played as kids.

“Eh… You weren’t a boy!?”

Haruya had always thought that Sena was a boy, so he was undoubtedly surprised when he discovered the truth. She had a totally different feel around her, and she had grown to become very beautiful….

It’s just a low-priced game where you can get to know your childhood friend quite well. Sena has a complex about her large breasts. Yes, oppai complex is a real thing.

Feng hasn’t done a full scale game in quite awhile. I suppose this format works better for them anyway as misses aren’t as big of a deal, while hits are even better. This time is nothing special, and thanks to that may not be too bad. Better to keep things simple and enjoyable than ruin everything attempting a gimmick.

That said, their cover art annoys me. Slapping an HCG right there on the front doesn’t say anything good about a game. Can only hope it is bait, and not telling how the story goes.

Taking all bets as to whether it will make it this month. Honestly with all the delays this must be buggier than a bubonic plague infested rat if they have to keep dragging out a game this simple.

Paradise Ocean

Company: PIXEL MINT
Game site: ぱらだいすお~しゃん
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
This is the debut game for PIXEL MINT. “Paradise Ocean” is a cruise ship that sails across the sparkling blue seas with a school aboard. New students jumped on the chance to have a taste of a luxurious cruise for a low tuition. However, there’s no free lunch in this world. In order to pay off their school and living expenses, they are forced to work as the ship’s crew! Trapped in despair from the outside world, they have to rely on each other to have a glimmer of hope.

Cruises are great, but the crew have to work tons of hours. On the plus side, you get to travel to a lot of new places. You should try it if you haven’t done so before! In this game, you have to do tasks around the ship, like cleaning, patrol and doing concerts, to earn money and increase your rank, which in turn opens up other areas of the ship. Each task is essentially a mini game, which is not surprising since the the scenario writer Shigeta comes from Lump of Sugar and mirai/Lillian. It should be a decent slapstick/rabukome chara-ge with the standard rainbow cast of heroines. I’m fond of Ao: she’s spunky (adorably stupid), has twintails, the right size and wears a beret. Hau~ omochikaeri~!

I recall either Rail or Liar soft doing something similar to this awhile ago, which was not a bad game but was hampered by the typically terrible writing those companies suffer from. In this case I hope for a more light-hearted comedic affair that is an enjoyable read.

On the other hand though I am not too sure about the mini game aspect. As long as you can turn it off after you beat the game once and the games aren’t too obnoxious I’ll concede their inclusion. However should they become annoying or force you to redo them every time you play the game then I cannot pray to the voodoo gods hard enough that this ship sinks and carries its terrible, tedious, time wasting stop signs to the bottom of the sea with it before they infect other eroge.

The mini-games are like moving boxes to an exit (transport puzzle game like Sokoban), simple rhythm games, cleaning game (select correct apparatus and then click like mad to beat a timer), fishing, etc. You’re not forced to play them, although doing so gets you more points than leaving it on auto.

That is all I ask as long as nothing significant changes down the line which forces you to play the crappy games. I loathe reading and getting into a story only to have to deal with stopping to play some crappy mini game that would be awful by the standards of 30 years ago before I am allowed to resume. If they give me a skip button all is forgiven.

Oshigoto mode

A.I. Love: Koisuru Otome wa Kikai Shikake

Company: あかべぇそふとすりぃ (AkabeiSoft3)
Game site: アイラブ 恋する乙女はキカイ仕掛け
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
Kyouji is a scientist who had one dream: to create a robot that could help, support and snuggle up with humans. However, he was fed up with the recent trend of people being wary about the dangers of robots with AI, so he created robots with ‘hearts’ instead. As the first step towards a future where humans and robots can co-exist, he began to live together with these three androids, the domestic Lux, the curious Sphere and prototype Nect, while watching over their growth.

However, sometimes Lux would barge into the bath to wash his back and sometimes Sphere would crawl into his bed. As a scientist, he was delighted at their displays of emotion, but on the other hand, it was somewhat embarrassing and troublesome for him as a member of the opposite sex.

This is just one chapter of a fun and lively daily life between Kyouji and the girls. But surely it will become an irreplaceable moment for them.

I too would be more comfortable with robots that you can snuggle up with rather than ones that could possible take over the world. Technology has come a long way in the past few decades, but it’s still a pipe dream at this point. You’ll have to go find an actual girl instead.

I think people would fear robots less if we stopped making them into murder bots. A rogue maid that at worst would cook at you is hardly going to threaten humanity if it turns out to be an AI copy pasted from a serial killer. Lets be perfectly honest though, if you could order a sentient robo real doll designed to your exact preferences is there any reason you would refuse to buy one? I think not. I mean this actually sums up the entire aspiration of humanity to have an android maid along with robots that do everything else so we can sit down and play games all day. Put all your effort into being lazy, the most noble of all endeavors. An aspiration addressed a few games below quite well I think. 

Butterfly Seeker

Company: シルキーズプラス A5和牛 (SILKY’s PLUS A5 Wagyu)
Game site: バタフライシーカー
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
The very large northern city of Shiori, shrouded in fog in the summer and blanketed in snow in the winter, has been plagued by a series of brutal psychological crimes. The police set up a unit specifically to combat abnormal psychological crimes, but it was still not enough. Recently, they’ve been turning to promising youths who work undercover as student investigators. The insect gastronomy club at Shiori Gakuen, nicknamed ‘Mushikui’, was specifically created for this purpose.

Yui could read a person’s thoughts just by observing their gestures and behaviour.
Chitose aspires to be a profiler with her excellent ability to retain key information.
Haya uses her superior physical prowess to battle criminals.
Keisuke possesses a special ability ‘butterfly seeker’ which allows him to see the indirect causes of a death just by touching the body.

Due to their special abilities, they were able to achieve some positive results. Then they received news that the mass serial killer ‘Spider’ that had terrorized the city six years ago had begun to move once more.

If you’re looking for a suspense title this month, this is it. With the story being written by Unabara Nozomu (Liar-soft games and Shinsou Noise), it’s bound to be good. In fact, it’s very similar to Shinsou Noise in that you have to choose correct key words. I’d think there wouldn’t be scenes that look out of place like in another game this month. Sure, it might be cheating for them to possess such useful powers, but with the antagonist likely in the same position, we could probably consider it to be a supernatural title instead of a straight-up mystery-suspense.

There are two things that inherently make this game retarded. First the random cheating super powers that have no business in this sort of story as they remove the core essence of what makes things tense and interesting. Secondly the silly reliance on random high school kids in an attempt to shoe horn a school setting into the already terrible plot. Rip the stupid powers out of their skulls, turn them into a crime unit working for the police as a bunch of 20 something investigators and viola it might be worth reading. I just cannot take it when what is essentially Scooby Doo is attempting to be a serious Sherlock Holmes. By resorting to silly powers to deus ex machina your way out of having to write a coherent and clever plot and then stapling such powers to a group of random school children all credibility in your writing has been tossed out the window and into the dumpster. Point being, this is trite garbage that belongs in the trash with said writing staff’s credibility. 

Boku to Nurse no Kenshu Nisshi

Company: プレカノ (Prekano)
Game site: ボクと彼女の研修日誌
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
On the first day of his residency at the hospital, the first step to fulfilling his dream of becoming a doctor, Takuya met his childhood friend Mio for the first time in many years. She was now a nurse and showed him around during his busy training days.

One day, he fell down the stairs while protecting her and broke his right arm and left leg. As a result, his residency was put on hold while he was hospitalized. He was placed in Mio’s ward and she felt responsible for the accident. To cheer her up, he suggested that she could take care of him whenever she has free time, to which she readily agreed. It is the beginning of a hospital love story between a medical intern and a nurse who would go above her duties to take care of him.

Why hellooooooo nurse! It’s another single heroine low-priced offering from Prekano, so go right on ahead if she’s your type. Otherwise, just wait another couple months for the next one.

Living the dream of having a personal sexy nurse to take care of you in place of your broken fapping arm.  Or just the protagonists hallucinations while high on painkillers.

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Natsuiro Ramune

Company: Carol Works
Game site: 夏色ラムネ
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
When Yuu was in elementary school, he spent three years living with his grandparents in the countryside due to family circumstances. He wasn’t comfortable with the unfamiliar surroundings at first, but he was soon able to make some friends and as a result, he also became less introverted.

He returned many years later to this town and reunited with his friends. However, they were no longer the same as when they were kids and he felt like he was now estranged to them. Feeling lonely, he stopped by the dagashi shop that they used to frequent on his way home from school. The old lady told him that she was thinking of closing the shop for good as she was getting old. He vowed to help her keep the store open and called on his old friends for help, but things would not go as smoothly as he had hoped.

I like the slightly nostalgic mood portrayed in the game, although I worry if it will be like Koisora (and many other eroge) where the common route is the best part of the game and the heroine routes (and their H scenes) are mere afterthoughts. Come to me, Misaki-mama…

Dagashi Kashi the eroge. 

Sora to Umi ga, Fureau Kanata

Company: PULLTOP
Game site: 空と海が、ふれあう彼方
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
This is an all-ages title from PULLTOP. The Ogasawara Islands is designated as a natural World Heritage Site. Hiroki visited the island for the first time in four years to help with his grandmother’s shop during summer vacation. He met the beautiful blonde girl Emily on the boat ride to the island. She had run away from home to retrieve a ‘treasure which had sank into the sea’. He reacquainted with his osananajimi Chisa on the island and she told him that there was a sunken ghost ship. It is said that the treasure which Emily was looking for was aboard this sunken ship. He couldn’t leave a scuba diving novice like Emily alone and Chisa didn’t want to miss out on the fun, so they ended up searching for the treasure together.

After conquering the skies and the stars, PULLTOP turns its attention to the depths of the oceans. It should be a pretty light-hearted game with a prominent summer theme. Here’s hoping it’s better than PSG.

The whole searching for buried pirate treasure is rather pointless. What would have felt less pointless is if token blonde transfer student archetype dropped her mothers memento bracelet or something while swimming. Or ya know they have similar interests or whatever. Point being treasure is so generic and arbitrary it feels out of place. I get that it’s supposed to be about eliciting the sense of childish wonder as you go on an adventure but that just feels awkward in such a game. In other words this is really just a One Piece rip off without the pirate ship and therefore not as good.

What I wonder is how did she know the treasure was there and why she would even go when she hasn’t scuba dived before.

The pirate king said so while being beheaded.

Yes, the latter part had me wondering as well. But let us just say “Tis a silly game” and leave it at that. Any more would be harming our brain cells unnecessarily.

NEKO-NIN exHeart 2

Company: Whirlpool
Game site: 猫忍えくすはーと 2
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
This is the sequel to NEKO-NIN exHeart. Since ancient times, humans have lived together with demi-humans who possessed special powers and served as ninjas to those in power. Yura and Tama were nekomimi ninjas that came from the Fuuma Village to serve the protagonist. After the initial confusion, they settled into a peaceful life together under the same roof. However, who was that suspicious figure in the shadows?

The mysterious ninja Ritsu appeared in the town. Who is she targeting? During this time, he was entrusted with a bunny-eared ninja Maya, who had lost her memories and calls herself a cat. It has become a jealousy battle within the household. A new chapter full of cuteness and a slight bit of mystery begins!

Chara-ge with stellar seiyuu cast and kemonomimi. You can tell this book by its cover.

Cats being ninja at you, title says it all really.

Bosei Kanojo -Shikyuu Kikan-hen-

Company: あかべぇそふとつぅ (AkabeiSoft2)
Game site: 母性カノジョ -子宮 帰還編-
Release date: March 30, 2018
Comments:
Kazuya was mistreated by his boss, and he was both physically and mentally exhausted. The only one who still helped him was his senpai at the workplace, Miori. He can keep going on because of her support. However before long, he quit the job upon her recommendation.

“It’s fine not to give it your all.”

With those words, it seemed like all the stress disappeared and he could just enjoy a simple life where she would take care of him all day long.

Mamaaaaaaaaa~ I would like to run away from conflicts and stay in my bubble too, but real life is harsh. This is why eroge is fantasy. Some people just want to be a baby again. Then this guy gets to be a baby, freeloads at her place and has sex every day. Fantasy isn’t fair either.

Organic maid android to the rescue. Live the dream Kazyua, live the dream.

Micchi’s Top 3 for This Month

  1. Karigurashi Ren’ai
  2. RIDDLE JOKER
  3. Natsuiro Ramune

Zen’s Top 3 for This Month

  1. Karigurashi Ren’ai
  2. Unjou no Fairy Tale
  3. RIDDLE JOKER

Pretty good month, but ASaPro is always a must-play!

I won’t complain too much as long as there is something with aspirations of mediocrity that more or less meets such high goals.

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Confiture Soft has revealed their next game, Rhapsodic Holiday, then also announced the master up! That must be one of the quickest master ups I’ve ever seen! They probably wanted everything done before announcing anything.

The following titles have been delayed:

Kimi to Mezameru Ikutsu no Houhou – May 25th
Cute Resort – June 29th

August/ARIA’s Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai is being ported over to the Nintendo Switch. It is planned for a July 26th release.

The PS4/PSV port for Prekano’s Tonari ni Kanojo no Iru Shiawase ~Winter Guest~ will hit shelves on June 28th.

There’s a pair of figures up for pre-order at GSC: Aquamarine’s 1/7 scale figure of FGO‘s Idol Emperor/Nero (September, ¥18,333) and FREEing’s 1/4 scale figure of Muv-luv Alt TE‘s Cryska bunny ver. (September, ¥21,111).

BaseSon’s dakimakura for Koihime‘s Karin is up for pre-order.

The April trials are starting to come out, so I’ve got a couple of cat-themed ones to play this weekend: Neko Neko Koneko and Nyanto Suteki na Natsuiro Days. I’m more excited about the latter. You can’t go wrong with nekomimi and pools.

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