Clover Day’s Plus tells the story of Yuuto, a young man who was adopted by a businessman and brought to Japan. It’s a story of childhood promises, reunions with old friends, and forbidden love. While more grounded than some of ALcot’s other titles, there’s still plenty of humor to be found here. The Spark that […]
Nostalgia games are a cottage industry now, and it’s both amazing and terrifying to watch them strip mine my childhood to fill the catalogs of Steam and itch.io. Some of it is cheap shlock hoping to make a quick buck. A lot of it is a bit too nostalgic for my taste–games that feel like […]
Kara no Shoujo is a murder-mystery visual novel developed by Innocent Grey and first released in 2008, with its first English release coming in 2011 via MangaGamer. Now, from the fine folks at Shiravune we have an updated HD release with an updated title, The Shell Part I: Inferno. The Shell is an eroge, though […]
D.C. ~Da Capo~ is a 2002 eroge visual novel developed by Circus. This review is based on the 2009 MangaGamer English translation of Da Capo. So we’re dealing with a relatively old translation, one of MangaGamer’s earliest translations in fact, of an even older title. Some might balk at me describing a 2002 release as old, I […]
White Album: Memories Like Falling Snow is a story of unfaithful love, the struggle to maintain a relationship, and the world of idols. Can Touya and Yuki’s love survive as she grows as an idol and singer? Or will temptations get the better of them? Ordinary Boy and Extraordinary Girl As White Album: Memories Like […]
In the snowy town of Fueya, miracles are said to occur on the Night of the Fairies. Sugar Sweet Temptation (Shugaten! -sugarfull tempering-) begins on one such night when a man with no memories falls off the rooftop of a struggling patisserie. Is his appearance a miracle that will stop the closure of Folkroll? And […]
It’s spring. Couples are starting to appear everywhere in the season of love, but Tsumugu doesn’t even have a crush, aside from on his favorite virtual idol. My Klutzy Cupid (Ore no Cupid ga Ponkotsu Sugite Kowa~i) sees an angel of love give him a push. But if he doesn’t find love within 90 days, […]
Please Be Happy is an English language yuri visual novel developed by Studio Élan, who you may know for their previous works Highway Blossoms and Heart of the Woods. The story follows Miho, a fox girl with unusual magic behind her existence, as she settles into a new life in a fictionalized version of Wellington, New Zealand. Please Be Happy promises a […]
Originally released in 2015 and translated into English by MangaGamer in 2018, Evenicle is an RPG developed by the eroge titan AliceSoft. Players can look forward to a delightful romp across the fantasy land of Eve featuring the usual AliceSoft accoutrements: charming characters, strong comedic writing, and a sizeable selection of H scenes including those where consent […]
It’s been a while since I reviewed a nukige, but the concept of this one caught my attention. Queen Of The Otaku: There Can Only Be One developed by Appetite and localized by Shiravune follows the events of an otaku club, where a competing ‘queen’ joins, and chaos ensues. As a warning, this is no […]