![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alias_sqbrThis is a stand-alone phone based dating sim by Voltage Japan. It's not part of the Love365 app, and has a different setup. It's set in late 16th century Japan and all the love interests are samurai/warlords/ninja etc.
Another really nice guide, with detailed trigger warnings
There are two different parts to this game with their own protagonists and love interests: Radiance (the default, mostly warlords), and Shadow (ninjas). I refer to both main characters as "MC", unless it's not clear which one I mean, in which case I use Radiance!MC or Shadow!MC.
The game has long main stories for each character, as well as Events with little side stories, often AUs. Most of the love interests divide into pairs with a shared starting route in their main story. There are also second acts for some of them, which I haven't played.
The gameplay is very annoying, and the main stories drag out for ages, but I have played all of this for free.
Scroll down for the list of characters.
Main Story (Radiance):
Yukimura:
Masamune:
Saizo:
Event Stories (Radiance):
A Taste For Enchantment (Mythological AU):
Lovers Seductive and Scandalous (Jealousy at the beach):
Peerless in Love (Set after Act 2, about being married):
As Love Makes Flowers Bloom: Kageie, Shigizane, Nobuyuki
Counting The Stars and The Bride's Memories: Saizo
Transgressions of Lust- Mitsuhide, Yukimura, Saizo LI is understanding about not having sex.
Lady Seek Not My Heart's Betrayal: Mitsunari, and Love's First Verse: Yukimura, Saizo, Mitsuhide
Main Story (Shadow):
Kaede/Sogo:
Event Stories (Shadow):
Perpetually Moonstruck (one year anniversary):
Useful links:
Characters:
I usually refer to characters by their given name (the second one)
Radiance love interests are in green, and (other than Saizo) are all nobility, and so often have their own castles and vassals, even if they're a retainer to another lord.
Shadow love interests in purple, and are all ninjas/ex-ninjas, with animal familiars.
The protagonists at the start of each main story:
Radiance!MC: Her father died after being conscripted, which has made her hate war. She worked at her family's restaurant in the capital Kyoto, but then crossdressed as her younger brother Yahiko to prevent him having to become a poison taster. Her childhood friend is Inuchiyo/Toshiie.
Shadow!MC: She spent her early childhood being raised to be a ninja in the strict Iga clan, then her village went on the run. The village is currently aligned with Lord Oda Nobunaga, making him medicines, but MC is investigating other alternatives. Her best friend is Kaede. As a kid she was friends with Genya and Sakuya, and had a crush on Sasuke.
The Oda Clan
Based in Kiyosu.
Oda Nobunaga: Lord of the Oda. Bratty, violent, and ambitiously determined to take over all of Japan. Historically, he got close, and then Mitsuhide killed him.
Akechi Mitsuhide: Nobunaga's gentle, polite second in command, who is currently loyal to Nobunaga's vision but has doubts (and ended up killing him in history)
Niwa Nagahide: Misuhide's retainer
Mari Ranmaru: Nobunaga's young and quietly earnest page (and, historically, lover)
Oda Oichi: Nobunaga's sister, a nice girl
Oda Nobuoki: Nobunaga's younger brother, I haven't met him yet.
Maeda Toshiie/Inuchiyo: A retainer who is also the childhood friend of Radiance!MC and can be a bit overprotective-and-possessive-big-brother. Friends with Hideyoshi.
Shibata Katsuie: A sentimental drunk old man.
Fujibayashi Sakuya: Repressed and self sacrificing, he's still loyal to the Iga ninja clan, but pretending to be a samurai called Sakutaro loyal to Nobunaga. His companion is the monkey Tobimaru. Genya's twin.
The Toyotomi clan
Hideyoshi is a vassal to Nobunaga, and the Toyotomi are aligned with the Oda.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Lord of the Toyotomi, but originally a peasant. Friendly and charming, and a subtly manipulative master negotiator. Historically took over Japan after Nobunaga.
Ishida Mitsunari: Uptight, cold, insulting, and full of gender angst. Fiercely loyal to Hideyoshi.
Kato Kiyomasa: Hideyoshi's retainer and childhood friend. Generally cheerful but sometimes cold.
Fukushima Masanori: Hideyoshi's retainer and childhood friend. Straightforward and a bit hotheaded.
Kuroda Kanbei: A vulcan-like retainer.
The Tokugawa Clan
The Tokugawa are aligned with the Oda.
Tokugawa Ieyasu: Lord of the Tokugawa. A cruel tsundere asshole. Took over Japan after Hideyoshi, and his clan ruled for over 200 years.
Honda Tadakatsu: Retainer who is a bit too open about kinking on Ieyasu being mean to him.
Toramatsu: Quietly sensible retainer.
Sakai Tadatsugu, Sakakibara Yasumasa: retainers I have no real sense of.
Hattori Hanzo: An evil grand vizier type who enjoys messing with people, but not all bad deep down. Originally from Iga. Has a snake familiar, Haku.
Hattori Hanzo/Kiyohiro: Not the same as the other one! Looks like Saito from Hakuoki. An Iga ninja who serves Ieyasu and Saizo. Generally only shows up on the Radiance path.
The Date Clan
The Date are (loosely?) aligned with the Oda. Based in Yonezawa.
Date Masumune: Lord of the Date. A mixture of cold and socially awkward, can be grumpily tsundere but mostly means well. Has an eyepatch for rather silly reasons, and a rivalry with Yukimura.
Katakura Kojiro: Masamune's sensible and very loyal second, basically decent.
Date Shigezane: Masamune's cheerfully flirtatious cousin.
Date Kojirou: Masamune's sweet little brother.
Yoshihime: Masamune's abusive mother.
Mogami Yoshiaki: Masamune's maternal uncle.
Ibano Hiromasa: Shigezane's retainer.
Fujibayashi Genya: Lazy and laid-back. Has a dog familiar, Oboro. Sakuya's twin. Still works for Iga.
The Takeda Clan
The Takeda are on bad terms with the Oda. Based in Kai.
Takeda Shingen: Lord of the Takeda. Good-intentioned, loud, and manly. Secretly has tuberculosis, and historically was killed by Nobunaga.
Sanada Yukimura: A boyish, earnest samurai who is self conscious around women and has a rivalry with Masamune
Kirigakura Saizo: A dryly pragmatic and somewhat callous ninja. Has been friends with, and working for, Yukimura since childhood.
Sarutobi Sasuke (the older): Boisterously manly but good natured, sees Shadow!MC as a little sister. Friends with Kyoichiro. I think he was originally from the Hojo clan? Has a hawk familiar, Kohaku.
Sasuke/mini-Sasuke: A ten year old ninja-in-training who has Saizo as sensei, and is a retainer to Yukimura.
The Uesugi Clan
The Uesugi are on bad terms with the Oda.
Uesugi Kenshin: Lord of the Uesugi. A gentle, paternal pacifist who keeps avoiding work.
Naoe Kanetsugu: Grumpily tries to make Kenshin actually do his job.
Kakizaki Kageie: A retainer. Seems basically nice and sensible.
Amakasu Kagetsugu: Quiet retainer.
Higuchi Yoshichi: Retainer. A bit flighty but good natured.
Kirigakura Hotaru: Was raised in a dark room in Iga to control his talent, is thus very traumatised and almost childlike. Has a wild-cat familiar, Tora. Adores his older brother Saizo.
The Hojo Clan
Quite powerful. Seem to only ever act as antagonists.
Fuma Kotaro: A ninja. Apparently crazy and weird?
Mitsuba Ninja Village
Where Shadow!MC is from. They used to be part of the Iga clan but escaped ten years ago and have been on the run ever since. They just want to life a life of safety and peace.
Shadow!MC's father: A herbalist.
Kaede (female)/Sogo (male): Shadow!MC's bigender childhood friend. Was assigned male at birth, then raised as a girl, and most characters think of them as a cis woman. Kind, but with a snarky passive aggressive streak. I LOVE THEM. Has a familiar flying squirrel.
Iga Ninja Clan
Strict and controlling, they hunt down escapees like Shadow!MC. Divides into the Momochi, Fujibayashi, and Hattori villages, run by the families of the same name.
Momochi village: Where the Kirigakure family (Saizo, Yuki, and Hotaru) come from
Fujibayashi village: Where Genya and Sakuya come from.
Hattori village: Where Hanzo comes from.
Kirigakure Yuki: Saizo and Hotaru's older sister. Sexy and kinda evil.
Fuma Ninja Clan
Seem to be a lot like Iga. Where Fuma Kotaro is originally from.
Koka Ninja Clan
Where (adult) Sasuke is from originally. Doesn't exist any more.
Other
Radiance!MC's Mother: runs a restaurant in the capital, Kyoto.
Radiance!MC's Father: a cook who died some years ago after being conscripted into the army.
Yahiko: Radiance!MC's little brother, who works as a waiter at the family restaurant. Radiance!MC is pretending to be him at the start of all the Radiance routes.
Luis: A hot-headed foreign priest who is friends with Radiance!MC and Francisco. Also shows up in tutorials.
Francisco Xavier: a flamboyant foreign merchant. Friends with Radiance!MC and Luis. Also shows up in tutorials.
Umeko and Matsuko: Maid friends to Radiance!MC who show up in various castles.
Sanada Nobuyuki: Yukimura's quietly polite troll of a brother.
Sanada Masayuki: Yukimura and Nobuyuki's dad.
Narukami Kyoichiro: A merchant selling fine European goods, with a secret life as a robin Hood type thief, Ishikawa Goemon. Snarky and sly. Has a fox companion, Raita.
Katakura Kegechika: Kojuro's flirty uncle.
Another really nice guide, with detailed trigger warnings
There are two different parts to this game with their own protagonists and love interests: Radiance (the default, mostly warlords), and Shadow (ninjas). I refer to both main characters as "MC", unless it's not clear which one I mean, in which case I use Radiance!MC or Shadow!MC.
The game has long main stories for each character, as well as Events with little side stories, often AUs. Most of the love interests divide into pairs with a shared starting route in their main story. There are also second acts for some of them, which I haven't played.
The gameplay is very annoying, and the main stories drag out for ages, but I have played all of this for free.
Scroll down for the list of characters.
Main Story (Radiance):
Event Stories (Radiance):
- The Love Of A Wounded Heart (Getting together AU):
- An Appetite for Pleasure (Courtesan AU)/Last Lover Standing:
- Smitten By The Love of a Fearful Heart: Masamune, Ieyasu, Kenshin, Mitsuhide
- A Penchant for Refinement(past AU): Saizo, Yukimura
Main Story (Shadow):
- Shadow Prologue and Love Interests
- Kyoichiro
Event Stories (Shadow):
- Consummate Moonlight (set just after the main route):
Useful links:
- Click on the faces to hear the love interest's voices: Radiance, Shadow
- Radiance LI ages
I usually refer to characters by their given name (the second one)
Radiance love interests are in green, and (other than Saizo) are all nobility, and so often have their own castles and vassals, even if they're a retainer to another lord.
Shadow love interests in purple, and are all ninjas/ex-ninjas, with animal familiars.
The protagonists at the start of each main story:
Radiance!MC: Her father died after being conscripted, which has made her hate war. She worked at her family's restaurant in the capital Kyoto, but then crossdressed as her younger brother Yahiko to prevent him having to become a poison taster. Her childhood friend is Inuchiyo/Toshiie.
Shadow!MC: She spent her early childhood being raised to be a ninja in the strict Iga clan, then her village went on the run. The village is currently aligned with Lord Oda Nobunaga, making him medicines, but MC is investigating other alternatives. Her best friend is Kaede. As a kid she was friends with Genya and Sakuya, and had a crush on Sasuke.
Based in Kiyosu.
Oda Nobunaga: Lord of the Oda. Bratty, violent, and ambitiously determined to take over all of Japan. Historically, he got close, and then Mitsuhide killed him.
Akechi Mitsuhide: Nobunaga's gentle, polite second in command, who is currently loyal to Nobunaga's vision but has doubts (and ended up killing him in history)
Niwa Nagahide: Misuhide's retainer
Mari Ranmaru: Nobunaga's young and quietly earnest page (and, historically, lover)
Oda Oichi: Nobunaga's sister, a nice girl
Oda Nobuoki: Nobunaga's younger brother, I haven't met him yet.
Maeda Toshiie/Inuchiyo: A retainer who is also the childhood friend of Radiance!MC and can be a bit overprotective-and-possessive-big-brother. Friends with Hideyoshi.
Shibata Katsuie: A sentimental drunk old man.
Fujibayashi Sakuya: Repressed and self sacrificing, he's still loyal to the Iga ninja clan, but pretending to be a samurai called Sakutaro loyal to Nobunaga. His companion is the monkey Tobimaru. Genya's twin.
Hideyoshi is a vassal to Nobunaga, and the Toyotomi are aligned with the Oda.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Lord of the Toyotomi, but originally a peasant. Friendly and charming, and a subtly manipulative master negotiator. Historically took over Japan after Nobunaga.
Ishida Mitsunari: Uptight, cold, insulting, and full of gender angst. Fiercely loyal to Hideyoshi.
Kato Kiyomasa: Hideyoshi's retainer and childhood friend. Generally cheerful but sometimes cold.
Fukushima Masanori: Hideyoshi's retainer and childhood friend. Straightforward and a bit hotheaded.
Kuroda Kanbei: A vulcan-like retainer.
The Tokugawa are aligned with the Oda.
Tokugawa Ieyasu: Lord of the Tokugawa. A cruel tsundere asshole. Took over Japan after Hideyoshi, and his clan ruled for over 200 years.
Honda Tadakatsu: Retainer who is a bit too open about kinking on Ieyasu being mean to him.
Toramatsu: Quietly sensible retainer.
Sakai Tadatsugu, Sakakibara Yasumasa: retainers I have no real sense of.
Hattori Hanzo: An evil grand vizier type who enjoys messing with people, but not all bad deep down. Originally from Iga. Has a snake familiar, Haku.
Hattori Hanzo/Kiyohiro: Not the same as the other one! Looks like Saito from Hakuoki. An Iga ninja who serves Ieyasu and Saizo. Generally only shows up on the Radiance path.
The Date are (loosely?) aligned with the Oda. Based in Yonezawa.
Date Masumune: Lord of the Date. A mixture of cold and socially awkward, can be grumpily tsundere but mostly means well. Has an eyepatch for rather silly reasons, and a rivalry with Yukimura.
Katakura Kojiro: Masamune's sensible and very loyal second, basically decent.
Date Shigezane: Masamune's cheerfully flirtatious cousin.
Date Kojirou: Masamune's sweet little brother.
Yoshihime: Masamune's abusive mother.
Mogami Yoshiaki: Masamune's maternal uncle.
Ibano Hiromasa: Shigezane's retainer.
Fujibayashi Genya: Lazy and laid-back. Has a dog familiar, Oboro. Sakuya's twin. Still works for Iga.
The Takeda are on bad terms with the Oda. Based in Kai.
Takeda Shingen: Lord of the Takeda. Good-intentioned, loud, and manly. Secretly has tuberculosis, and historically was killed by Nobunaga.
Sanada Yukimura: A boyish, earnest samurai who is self conscious around women and has a rivalry with Masamune
Kirigakura Saizo: A dryly pragmatic and somewhat callous ninja. Has been friends with, and working for, Yukimura since childhood.
Sarutobi Sasuke (the older): Boisterously manly but good natured, sees Shadow!MC as a little sister. Friends with Kyoichiro. I think he was originally from the Hojo clan? Has a hawk familiar, Kohaku.
Sasuke/mini-Sasuke: A ten year old ninja-in-training who has Saizo as sensei, and is a retainer to Yukimura.
The Uesugi are on bad terms with the Oda.
Uesugi Kenshin: Lord of the Uesugi. A gentle, paternal pacifist who keeps avoiding work.
Naoe Kanetsugu: Grumpily tries to make Kenshin actually do his job.
Kakizaki Kageie: A retainer. Seems basically nice and sensible.
Amakasu Kagetsugu: Quiet retainer.
Higuchi Yoshichi: Retainer. A bit flighty but good natured.
Kirigakura Hotaru: Was raised in a dark room in Iga to control his talent, is thus very traumatised and almost childlike. Has a wild-cat familiar, Tora. Adores his older brother Saizo.
Quite powerful. Seem to only ever act as antagonists.
Fuma Kotaro: A ninja. Apparently crazy and weird?
Where Shadow!MC is from. They used to be part of the Iga clan but escaped ten years ago and have been on the run ever since. They just want to life a life of safety and peace.
Shadow!MC's father: A herbalist.
Kaede (female)/Sogo (male): Shadow!MC's bigender childhood friend. Was assigned male at birth, then raised as a girl, and most characters think of them as a cis woman. Kind, but with a snarky passive aggressive streak. I LOVE THEM. Has a familiar flying squirrel.
Strict and controlling, they hunt down escapees like Shadow!MC. Divides into the Momochi, Fujibayashi, and Hattori villages, run by the families of the same name.
Momochi village: Where the Kirigakure family (Saizo, Yuki, and Hotaru) come from
Fujibayashi village: Where Genya and Sakuya come from.
Hattori village: Where Hanzo comes from.
Kirigakure Yuki: Saizo and Hotaru's older sister. Sexy and kinda evil.
Seem to be a lot like Iga. Where Fuma Kotaro is originally from.
Where (adult) Sasuke is from originally. Doesn't exist any more.
Radiance!MC's Mother: runs a restaurant in the capital, Kyoto.
Radiance!MC's Father: a cook who died some years ago after being conscripted into the army.
Yahiko: Radiance!MC's little brother, who works as a waiter at the family restaurant. Radiance!MC is pretending to be him at the start of all the Radiance routes.
Luis: A hot-headed foreign priest who is friends with Radiance!MC and Francisco. Also shows up in tutorials.
Francisco Xavier: a flamboyant foreign merchant. Friends with Radiance!MC and Luis. Also shows up in tutorials.
Umeko and Matsuko: Maid friends to Radiance!MC who show up in various castles.
Sanada Nobuyuki: Yukimura's quietly polite troll of a brother.
Sanada Masayuki: Yukimura and Nobuyuki's dad.
Narukami Kyoichiro: A merchant selling fine European goods, with a secret life as a robin Hood type thief, Ishikawa Goemon. Snarky and sly. Has a fox companion, Raita.
Katakura Kegechika: Kojuro's flirty uncle.
no subject
Date: 2020-01-24 04:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-01-24 05:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-01-25 12:45 pm (UTC)Thank you!