Hookah Haze, developed by Acquire and published by Aniplex, is a visual novel that I’ve had my eye on since it was first announced at the tail end of 2023. The game has a striking visual style and a unique concept that grabbed my interest, but is there enough substance behind the style to keep […]
Hana’s Campus Life (also stylized Hana’s Campus Life! Slice of Life With Little Deity!) is an indie visual novel made by Korean developer Limited Factory and published in English by Sekai Project. I’d not really heard of this title before offering to review it, but I liked some of the art, and I enjoy checking […]
Staffer Case is a murder mystery visual novel from Korean developer Team Tetrapod that recently received an English translation. The odd-sounding title is a reference to the titular “staffers”—humans who have manifested supernatural abilities—involved in perpetrating and solving the game’s crimes. This game is something of a fantastical twist on the formula popularized by the […]
Real Anime Situation! 2 (also known as Real Hentai Situation! 2 and Real Eroge Situation! 2) is a four-route visual novel by Jitaku Studio. It’s very much focused on the sexual content, constantly placing its protagonist in ‘hentai situations’. While this is technically a sequel, the original title has not been localized into English. Fortunately, […]
MAMIYA – A Shared Illusion of the World’s End is a visual novel series released internationally back in 2021 by independent developer Kenkou Land under the publisher Fruitbat Factory. The series is a solo project by Kokoroten, the only member of Kenkou Land, who serves as scenario writer, artist, and programmer. The publisher describes the […]
AMANATSU ~Perfect Edition~ is a slice-of-life, romance visual novel developed by Azarashi Software, with an English translation published by Shiravune. AMANATSU aims to deliver a relaxed, coming-of-age love story in a sleepy seaside town, but how well does it deliver on this appealing premise? Slow Life, Take It Easy AMANATSU’s story focuses on our protagonist […]
Want to spend a vacation with the quintuplets? The Quintessential Quintuplets – Five Memories Spent With You (Eiga Go-toubun no Hanayome ~Kimi to Sugoshita Itsutsu no Omoide~) takes you away on a short graduation trip to Okinawa with the five sisters. It picks up from the climax of The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie, so I would […]
Sisters: Last Day of Summer (sisters ~Natsu no Saigo no Hi~) is a short visual novel developed by Jellyfish and published in English by JAST USA. Notably, it’s fully animated, which gives it a feel closer to an interactive anime rather than a stereotypical visual novel. The English version is based on the ‘sisters ~Natsu […]
Combining schedule management gameplay with visual novel choices, The Quintessential Quintuplets – Memories of a Quintessential Summer (Go-toubun no Hanayome ∬ ~Natsu no Omoide mo Go-toubun~) lets you spend two weeks of summer with the quintuplets, along with a few special moments with your favorite. Memories of a Quintessential Summer assumes the player is already […]
Aoi Tori (Blue Bird) is an erotic visual novel developed by Purple Software and published in English by NekoNyan. Though I’m not a veteran of Purple Soft’s prior works, the name caught my attention, and the premise seemed to suggest it had the potential to be intriguing. Let’s see if this bird can sing, and […]