An Error-ridden Prologue

8.1

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"One spring day... I came face to face with my destiny."Second-year high school student Tomoya Aki encounters a beautiful girl atop a cherry blossom strewn hill. Tomoya, sensing the hand of fate at work in this meeting, is determined to create "the ultimate dating sim" with this girl as the main heroine. To this end, Tomoya attempts to enlist the assistance of Eriri Spencer Sawamura—Art Club ace and superstar doujinshi author—and Utaha Kasumigaoka, top student at school and ultra-popular light novel author. As he does this, Tomoya learns that the beautiful girl he met that day was someone entirely unexpected. (Source: Official site)

1/16/2015

A Girlfriend Without a Raised Flag

8.6

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The girl that Tomoya felt such a fateful bond with that day turned out to be Megumi Kato, an ordinary classmate that he has no interest in. Tomoya is at a loss as to what to do over how far Megumi is from his ideal "main heroine," what with her tendency to fade into the background."Kato... Give me back my creative urge!" As Tomoya is experiencing a moment of despair, he and Megumi are happened upon by Eriri and Utaha... whom he had stood up. (Source: Official site)

1/23/2015

Retake the Climax

8.8

03

Tomoya must put together a project proposal by the end of Golden Week that will win over Eriri and Utaha. He asks Megumi to come over for a meeting, but she says that she will be in Hokkaido on a family trip all week. He sits down at his desk to work but makes no headway, the hours simply ticking away.In the midst of this, Eriri unexpectedly comes by. "Hang on, did you come here to motivate me?" (Source: Official site)

1/30/2015

Budget, Deadline and New Development

8.6

04

“I have to say, I can still hardly believe it. It boggles my mind that it was Kasumigaoka-senpai who wrote these.”Utaha Kasumigaoka. Her secret identity is that of Utako Kasumi, super-popular high school light novel author and creator of the Metronome in Love series, which broke the 500,000-units-sold mark. Her next series is eagerly anticipated, but she has made zero progress on the plot. As she struggles with writer’s block, her editor suddenly asks her to give an interview. Utaha isn’t interested, but then she learns that her interviewer is someone totally unexpected… (Source: Official Site)

2/6/2015

The Date Event of Crossing Paths

8.9

05

The circle's meetings have finally begun. Eriri begins working on the character designs using Megumi as her model, but she immediately starts tearing her hair out over trying to design a 2D main heroine off of Megumi, who is completely devoid of character.And then Tomoya abruptly asks, "By the way, Eriri… Have you ever gone on a date?" Eriri and Utaha are badly rattled by this. (Source: Official site)

2/13/2015

Deciding the Night for Two

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Utaha, who has gone into Wagou City with Machida to do research for her new books, keeps getting calls from "Mr. Ethical." Utaha can't bring herself to answer even though she is curious what it could be about, and she reminisces about how she and Tomoya met, as well as something that happened six months earlier.Meanwhile, Tomoya has followed Utaha to Wagou City and starts looking for her at places they have a history with a family restaurant, a park in front of the train station, etc.—but then it starts to rain. "I wonder when she'll finally forgive me..." (Source: Official site)

2/20/2015

Friend, Foe or a New Character

8.4

07

"H-Hang on a second! Are you going to make an 18+ title now that you've got me, a guy, mixed up in this?!"Tomoya has been asked over by Eriri, who is in crunch mode for the Summer Comiket. He offers to help since he is the reason that her draft is late, and Eriri tells Tomoya—who is a novice when it comes to doujinshi production—to help her come up with a story. And so, the pair does a read-through of her draft, but the doujinshi that Eriri is drawing is rated 18+... (Source: Official site)

2/27/2015

A Wingman's Traumatic Recollection Mode

8.9

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Megumi had come by Tomoya's room for a meeting on what direction the character designs will take, but what she finds there is Tomoya helping Eriri, who is working on her illustrations with Summer Comiket looming the next day.Megumi, sensing that these two won't be able to hold a circle meeting, starts playing Little Love Rhapsody to pass the time. The next day, Tomoya and Megumi come to the booth belonging to the circle of Tomoya's "disciple," Izumi. When Izumi is overcome with emotion and throws herself on Tomoya, Megumi says to her without the slightest hint of emotion, "Since I'm being mistaken for his girlfriend and all, get your mitts off my Tomoya, you homewrecker." (Source: Official site)

3/6/2015

One-on-one Route After 8 Years

8.7

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Tomoya can only stand in shock as Eriri runs off.Waking up in his room to find Utaha nose to nose with him, Tomoya shouts in surprise. Utaha had come right over after being contacted by Megumi. Tomoya explains what had happened between them, but he is told that what he did was immature, and that Eriri might be crippled as a creator as a result. As Tomoya mulls over how to overcome this crisis that threatens the circle, Megumi declares: "Tomoya, you need to be the heroine here, not the protagonist." (Source: Official site)

3/13/2015

A Melody of Reminiscing and Support

8.8

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Late at night, Tomoya, Eriri, Utaha, and Megumi are videoconferencing and discussing a bath encounter situation in the game. After the events of Summer Comiket, Eriri is now more motivated than ever. Utaha is devoting herself to the game scenario with more fervor than her own new book. And Megumi, whose stealth capabilities function even over the internet. Before they know it, it is 12:30 in the morning.The videoconference breaks up and Tomoya heads for the bathroom, but what he finds there for some reason is his cousin Michiru, clad in just her underwear. "You're the one who's supposed to shriek and then blow up at me and go, "Where do you think you're looking, you pervert?'" (Source: Official site)

3/20/2015

Ready to Start Resolving the Subplots

9.1

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Tomoya introduces Michiru to the others as the circle's music person; however, not only does Michiru express no interest in takudom, she starts trying to talk Tomoya out of the circle, saying, "Stop chasing after these nerd dreams, and grow out of this otaku stuff and face reality!" In spite of that, Tomoya, who is captivated by Michiru's talent, desperately begs her to join the circle, but she says..."Our band members are all serious about achieving the same dream. We're not like the members of your circle." (Source: Official site)

3/27/2015

The Ups and Downs at the End of Each Day

9.0

12

With the game's production behind schedule, Tomoya has also taken over managerial duties for Icy Tail without explaining the situation to Eriri and Utaha. Thanks to his hard work, Icy Tail gets its first live show. But unbeknownst to Michiru, this show holds a shocking secret...What is Tomoya's real motive for agreeing to be Michiru's manager?! Will Blessing Software break up with the game still unfinished?! (Source: Official site)

3/27/2015

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3/27/2015