Line #39 VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari


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3	''True Love ~Jun'ai Monogatari~'' (TRUE LOVE ～純愛物語～?), better known simply as ''True Love'', is a Japanese erotic VisualNovel developed by Software House Parsley and published by CD Bros., released on June 9, 1995 for the PC-98 and on December 6, 1996 for Windows. It was localized in Europe by Otaku Publishing and distributed in North America by Creator/{{JAST}} USA in January 1999. Unlike traditional, even modern visual novels, which are characteristically uninvolved beyond the periodic decision to make, True Love incorporates the stat-raising elements of a RaisingSim (which, as the genre was fairly unknown in the West at that time, led it to sometimes be described as an [=RPG=]).
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5	The PlayerCharacter (default name: Daisuke) is a highschool (or "college" in the localization) senior from the fictional town of Meiai. His AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents (and specially his DirtyOldMan dad) want him ''badly'' to have a girlfriend, so they've made him live in a flat under the idea that being an independent man will help him attract romantic partners. Also, the MC is plagued by doubts about his academics, as he's BookDumb but also kinda aware that he could do better...
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7	!!This visual novel provides examples of the following:
8	* AboveTheInfluence: If the player want to get [[spoiler:Yumi-sensei]], they must make the MC give her a hug instead of pushing her on her bed. [[spoiler:([[SubvertedTrope They'll end up doing it anyway]])]]
9	** Also, the MC must NOT [[spoiler:kiss Ryouko after she has a fight with her brother]] but should take her home instead.
10	* BerserkButton:
11	** The PlayerCharacter detests any mistreatment of women. It goes double when said mistreatment includes outright violence, whether psychological/physical/sexual. If that happens, he can be seen either: angrily calling out [[spoiler:Ryouko's brother Tadaki when he finds out [[StageMom how controlling]] he is to his little sister]], screaming and swearing at [[spoiler:Mikazaki-sensei when he abducts Mayumi to sexually abuse her]], straightforwardly attacking [[spoiler:Remi's kidnapper ''despite said kidnapper being armed with a prop gun'']] or [[spoiler:kicking out Toshio from his doorstep when he intends to see if he's got a girl in there ([[NotWhatItLooksLike he does]], but said girl's in the shower after she got caught in a huge downpour and Toshio's known for being TheCasanova)]].
12	** Mikae, the local {{Tsundere}}, has some of her own too. First, the MC must not blow her off if she comes talk to him. Two, the MC must not miss your date with her in August. Third, and the most important one... [[spoiler:the player must NEVER have the MC out in a second date with Remi (whether it ends in GladToBeAliveSex or not) and then go out with her in her birthday. (She's got [[PlayerPunch BIG reasons]] for the last one.)]]
13	** While all the girls get upset if the MC misses his dates with them, the usually sweet and kind [[spoiler:Miyuki]] will be ''specially'' angry. Mikae ''may'' give him a second chance if he forgets her August outing -- this girl won't.
14	** Yumi-sensei does NOT like it when her students are slackers, and double if it's the MC. And even worse: [[spoiler:NO ONE should ever harm said students, whether it's Mayumi or the MC or anyone else.]]
15	* BeYourself: Pretty much the whole plot and idea behind [[spoiler:Ryoko]]'s path.
16	* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Mayumi]] has some traces of this, specially after [[spoiler:she's almost raped by Mikazaki]].
17	* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Surprisingly, the PlayerCharacter can become the Gentle Guy to more than one of his love interests, never mind [[AllMenarePerverts his stupidly high libido]]. The more striking examples are [[spoiler:Mayumi (who hides huge self-esteem probems under her GoodbadGirl facade and later goes through a very traumatic AttemptedRape)]] and [[spoiler:Ryouko (an IdolSinger who hates the turn her career is taking but feels she cannot do anything to change it since her manager is [[PromotionToParent her brother AND caretaker]])]].
18	* ButThouMust: A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example: during the swimming competition, the MC will hear Arisa drowning. The player is given the option of either looking for her, or not looking for her so the MC can concentrate on winning the race. If the latter option's chosen, Arisa's continued cries for help cause the PC to drop out of the race to look for her anyway, since [[ChronicHeroSyndrome obviously he can't just ignore a drowning person]].
19	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: It happens if the PC pursues Mikae.
20	* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: As a little boy, the MC always said he'd make [[spoiler:Mikae]] his bride. [[spoiler:And he is surprised when Mikae says that not only she remembers, but she promised to herself that she'd be with him.]]
21	* ChivalrousPervert: The PlayerCharacter. He's a LovableSexManiac who comments a LOT on girls' boobs and panties and would clearly love getting laid, but won't force any girl to do stuff she doesn't want to, is repulsed when his [[TheCasanova womanizing]] classmate makes dismissing comments about girls as a whole, and has any kind of violence against women as his personal BerserkButton. [[spoiler:And at least ''thrice'' he's seen rescuing girls from trouble.]]
22	* ClusterFBomb: The MC is fairly potty-mouthed, and ''specially'' in his inner thoughts.
23	** AtomicFBomb: It goes to this level when [[spoiler:Mayumi is rescued from Mikazaki, and Mikazaki tries to victim-blame her. The fact that poor Mayumi is sobbing in the MC's arms does ''not'' help.]]
24	* CreatorCouple: In-universe example: The MC and [[spoiler:Mayumi]], if they get hitched. [[spoiler:She becomes a popular fashion model, with him as her favorite fashion designer.]]
25	** Also with [[spoiler:Miyuki, as they both are fashion designers and Miyuki designs ''and'' wears cute lingerie inspired in their relationship.]]
26	%%* CovertPervert: [[spoiler:Miyuki]], and HOW.
27	* CuteBookworm: Remi (in the academic sense) and Miyuki (in the artistic one)
28	* FanDisservice: Seeing Mayumi's panties is ''not'' hot [[spoiler:when she's BoundAndGagged and about to be blackmailed into sex by Mikazaki.]]
29	* FeaturelessProtagonist: One never sees the MC's whole face, even in the sex scenes. At most, it's seen that he's fairly tall and athletic, has blue-ish hair and possesses a big cock.
30	* GirlNextDoor: Mikae, and Miyuki and Arisa to a lesser degree.
31	* GladToBeAliveSex: With either [[spoiler:Remi (after rescuing her from her kidnapper)]] or [[spoiler:Chiemi (after she rescues ''the MC'' from drowning)]]
32	* GoodBadGirl: Mayumi, who dresses up quite sexily and hangs around the RedLightDistrict. [[spoiler:Kind of a plot point if the MC find her panties... which she intends to sell in a sex shop. You gotta give them back to her, too.]]
33	* GuideDangIt: Unlocking [[spoiler:Anze]]'s path, and arguably [[spoiler:Ryoko]]'s.
34	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Misako. The MC meets her while doing Pleasure stuff, and the second meeting will take place near a bar. [[spoiler:And it will end up in sex.]]
35	* HospitalHottie: Misako, too.
36	* HopeSpot: Minor example: if the MC dated Remi on the 27th and then Mikae on the 28th, Mikae will question him about whether he had sex with Remi or not. It doesn't matter if he did or not: if he tells her he didn't, she'll seemingly believe him for a minute [[spoiler:and then explode in righteous fury, calling him a liar amongst other things, and tell him to never talk to her again]]. If one's pursuing Mikae and dated Remi "by mistake", it IS a big HopeSpot...
37	* IfItsYouItsOkay: [[spoiler:If the MC pursues Arisa, her older brother Kazuhiko will give the MC a LoveConfession too. if rejected [[GracefulLoser he takes it in stride]].]]
38	* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Mikae issues this warning in regards to [[spoiler:Miyuki]] when introducing her to the MC.
39	* IntimateHealing: If the MC [[spoiler:gets Anze to recover her human form, she's seen as a naked CatGirl. As she somehow cannot fully recover her powers]], she asks for this - and it works. Subverted if he ''actually'' gets her as his girlfriend, as [[spoiler:what she truly needed was ThePowerOfLove - expressed through [[DeusSexMachina their sex act]]]].
40	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:It's hinted that Misako was kinda smitten with the PC ever since meeting him, but once they have sex she pushes him away and insists that they shouldn't go past their present fling, saying "you'll find someone else. Someone better than me". Of course, if the player makes the PC do things well enough in September, Misako will reconsider her decision and give him both a second lay and the chance to actually date her.]]
41	* LoveTriangle: It's easy to get the MC in one where both [[spoiler:Mikae and Remi]] are interested in him. Unlike the other paths, one ''cannot'' get both girls' endings in one game slot: either [[spoiler:a heartbroken Mikae will run off angrily if she believes Remi is the chosen one]] or [[spoiler:Remi will be kidnapped (and maybe even raped) by the PantyThief if the MC misses the date with her.]]
42	* KimonoFanservice: If the player gets with [[spoiler:Mikae]], her ending's CG will have her and the PC managing to have sex in New Years while she's wearing a kimono.
43	* MagicalGirlfriend: [[spoiler:Anze. With a touch of ShapeshiftingLover, since at some point she's in the form of a CuteKitten and then a CatGirl.]]
44	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Several sex scenes take outside a bedroom or a Love Hotel. e.g. [[spoiler:Chiemi can be seduced on the beach and her final CG happens [[ShowerOfLove in a shower stall]] ]], while [[spoiler:the player can have the MC do Misako in the infirmary.]]
45	* MayDecemberRomance: Subverted: Misako's not much older than the protagonist (he's 18 tops and she's in her mid-20s), but she's so sophisticated that he acts as if she were.
46	* MistakenForGay: The MC is on both ends. On one hand he wonders if Mikae and Miyuki's PseudoRomanticFriendship goes beyond it, but then decides against the thought. On the other, Chiemi wonders if he's bi or gay after seeing him talk to Kazuhiko.
47	* NearRapeExperience: [[spoiler:When Mikazaki finds out that Mayumi is a GoodBadGirl, he gets her BoundAndGagged and tells her that he won't tell the school authorities in exchange for sex. (And adds that this is NOT the first time he's done that.) When Mayumi refuses, he starts stripping her. The player is given the option to have the MC barge in with Yumi's help, and if he does, he'll gain huge love points with Mayumi ''and'' Yumi-sensei.]]
48	%% * OlderThanTheyLook: Arisa is highschool aged.
49	%% * TheOjou: Remi Himekawa, who's the sweet type.
50	* ParentalAbandonment: Subverted with the MC, who lives on his own but has his DirtyOldMan dad showing up once or twice, and not to mention the apartment he lives in is owned by the family. [[spoiler:Played straight with Ryouko, raised by [[PromotionToParent her older brother]] and [[StageMom manager]] Tadaaki after their parents passed away in an accident.]]
51	* PassionateSportsGirl: Chiemi Fujimoto, captain of the swimming team.
52	* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: Mikae Morikawa plays the trope remarkably straight.
53	* ThePeepingTom: The game pretty much starts with the PC and Kazuhiko trying to peep on the girls of the swimming team. Chiemi catches the PC, and then the gameplay will give the player the option to have him either tell her that he was just cleaning up around or flat-out admit his peeping. In any way, she lets him go but warns him that she won't have mercy the next time.
54	* PrecisionFStrike: Yumi's "What the HELL are you doing?!" when [[spoiler:she and the MC stop Mikazaki from raping Mayumi]].
55	* PseudoRomanticFriendship: Implied between Mikae and Miyuki. Mikae is a CoolBigSis for Miyuki, is pretty protective of her, and if Miyuki and the MC meet up in July she tells him she's got a date with her, which elicits a MistakenForGay moment from the MC himself.
56	* RagingStiffie: A RunningGag is having the protagonist get those in the worst possible moments, which massively embarrasses him.
57	* RelationshipValues: There are more than one factor that will be crucial into getting the girl you want:
58	** Mikae: No real preference, but [[spoiler:Scholarship]] will work ''against'' the MC [[spoiler:as it will pin her against Remi]].
59	** Remi: Scholarship ([[NerdsAreSexy Academics]]) [[spoiler:Which ''must'' be maxed out in mid-September - if the MC doesn't get the highest school scores in the tests, he'll lose out on her.]]
60	** Miyuki: Art (Art Learning)
61	** Mayumi: Appearance (Fashion)
62	** Chiemi: Strength (Sports) and Appearance
63	** Misako: No fixed stat (but one must do lots of [[spoiler:Pleasure]] before [[spoiler:July]] ends)
64	** Ryouko: No fixed stat (but one must do lots of [[spoiler:key events]]) [[note]]In the case of the other girls, the MC might miss one step and still get the girl's attention. In Ryouko's, nope.)[[/note]]
65	** Arisa: Passion (and one must do lots of [[spoiler:Pleasure]] events in the correct dates)
66	** Yumi-sensei: Scholarship (but also [[spoiler:rescue Mayumi]])
67	** [[spoiler:Anze]]: Passion (and also [[spoiler:buying the Angel Wings]], [[spoiler:taking her in when she's stuck as a CuteKitten]], [[spoiler:work on Fashion in a ''specific'' date and hour]], ''and'' keep the Passion as high as possible)
68	** Additionally, if the PC has high Fatigue, a RunningGag with Mikae calling him out on [[ThePigPen his poor hygiene]] will start taking place until you lower it.
69	* RescueRomance: Happens if the MC wins over [[spoiler:Remi (rescue from kidnappers)]], [[spoiler:Arisa (rescue from drowning)]] and [[spoiler:Mayumi (rescue from a NearRapeExperience)]]. In a subversion, [[spoiler:rescuing Mayumi helps gain points with ''Yumi-sensei'' as well... because the would be rapist is ''her sort-of boyfriend'']].
70	** And if the MC romances [[spoiler:Chiemi]] and [[spoiler:Yumi]], either of them will rescue the PlayerCharacter from drowning ([[spoiler:Chiemi]]) or thugs [[spoiler:(Yumi, made better because the PC was trying to help ''her'')]].
71	* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Will happen if [[spoiler:the MC triggers the sort-of LoveTriangle between Remi (Rich) and Mikae (not necessarily poor, but still)]].
72	* SailorFuku: The PC's school features the girls using the blue and white version.
73	* SexEqualsLove: The player ''can't'' get the PC hitched with a girl without going through her sex scenes. [[spoiler:And in almost all the good endings, there's a last CG with the girl and the PC cheerfully engaging in {{casual kink}}s. (Kinky roleplaying with Misako, oral sex with Mayumi, sex in a library with Remi, cosplay with Anze, a ShowerOfLove with Chiemi...)]]
74	* ShoutOut:
75	** When telling the MC about his romantic conquests, Toshio mentions dating girls like [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Ryoko, Ayeka and Sasami]]...
76	** Similarly, while Kazuhiko and the MC talk about the infirmary [[spoiler: and Misako temporarily taking over]], the MC talks about [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Tomobiki High and their hot nurse Sakura]].
77	** The video game Kazuhiko buys is called ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Final Oxymoron 7]]''.
78	%%* ShrinkingViolet: Miyuki.
79	* SickEpisode: Subverted. [[spoiler:If the MC has high art by the time the swimming competition takes place, Miyuki will show up and pass out as they talk. However, Mikae will take care of her.]]
80	* SkilledButNaive: Miyuki, very pretty genius artist... and extremely sheltered in regards to men and interpersonal relationships. Even the PC cannot believe it.
81	* ThirdPersonPerson: Arisa, sometimes.
82	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Mikae is the tomboy to Miyuki's girly girl.
83	* {{Tsundere}}:
84	** Mayumi, a Type A. She's a harsh and quick-tempered FieryRedhead, but has a kind heart.
85	** Mikae is a Type B, happy and kind to everyone [[BelligerentSexualTension save for the MC]]
86	* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: Can take place with either [[spoiler:Mikae]] or [[spoiler:Mayumi]]. Rejecting the first's offer will lead the second to make hers.
87	* UnrequitedLove: [[spoiler:Chiemi]] might fall in this situation towards the MC. [[spoiler:She can bump into him and then walk home with him if he has a ''very'' high Appearance... The catch is that this can take place in September ''even if she hasn't been romanced in August'', meaning that she can develop feelings the MC despite not "qualifying" as a potential girlfriend.]]
88	* UptownGirl: Romancing Remi will be troublesome because she's TheOjou, therefore she's ''far'' outta the PC's reach. Which her UnluckyChildhoodFriend [[spoiler:and her BoyfriendBlockingDad]] will often remind the MC of. [[spoiler:Unless you ''actually'' finish Remi's route, which involves [[RescueRomance saving Remi from a kidnapper]] among other things; Mr. Himekawa will be so impressed by the MC's courage that he'll lift the [[ParentalMarriageVeto Parental Dating Veto]] and give him and Remi their blessings.]]
89	%%* VisualNovel
90	* YamatoNadeshiko: Miyuki and Remi fit into the trope in different ways. Miyuki is more about the kindness, Remi is about the grace and class.

Context VisualNovel / TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari