The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf -A Tale of Cutthroat Lovers- (also known as Nemurenu Hitsuji to Kodoku na Ookami -A Tale of Love, and Cutthroat-) includes a common route, three routes, and multiple endings. Some content is missable.
This guide will tell you about the choices to access the various routes, and explain the situation regarding the patch.
Adult Content
If you have purchased the Steam version of The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf -A Tale of Cutthroat Lovers-, you can download the free 18+ DLC via the Patch.Moe website.
Download the patch, open the archive file with software such as 7Zip, and extract the various files into the install folder.
Alternatively, you can buy the uncensored version of The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf -A Tale of Cutthroat Lovers- on websites such as JAST USA.
You can unlock the H-scenes by following the choices listed in the walkthrough below. Some can be missed.
Routes and Structure
The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf -A Tale of Cutthroat Lovers- has a common route with two routes. After completing both of these routes, you can unlock the third route.
Route A
Start the game and choose:
- Believe his words
- Go with her*
- Not take her along*
*= If you do not choose these, H-scenes will be missed
Route B
Start the game and choose:
- Not believe his words
Route C
Complete Route A & Route B, then choose Pursue a Different Ending’ from the title screen:
Route C: Ending 1
- Aim for the head
Route C: Ending 2
- Aim for the heart
Route C: Ending 3
- Don’t shoot
If you are looking for another visual novel, you may enjoy Nie No Hakoniwa – Dollhouse of Offerings or DEAD DAYS. We have also covered a wide variety of visual novels both original to English and localized from Japanese, which you can check out here.
Many thanks go to Shiravune for a PC review code for this title.
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