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Frontwing, Good Smile Co. Release Cocoro Visual Novel on Steam in English

Frontwing and Good Smile Company released the Cocoro visual novel on Steam on Thursday. The game features text options in Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. The game retails for US$24.99 and is available for a 20% discount for a 12-day period after launch. A demo for the game is also available. In Japan the game is also available on DMM Games and DLsite.

Final Trailer

Opening Video

Frontwing describes the story of the visual novel:

"Please make me human."

A sudden and unexplained global insurgence of AI has left the former utopian city of Tsukumo in ruins.

Having lived there during his childhood, Hinata often hid at a botanical garden as his safe haven. There, he met a girl who helped him overcome his trauma, and he fell in love with her. On the day he left, he proposed to her.

Upon returning to Tsukumo over summer break, Hinata hears rumors of a ghost in the now-abandoned botanical garden who is looking after the flowers. He goes to investigate and meets a humanoid girl who hopes to one day become human.

"I may not look like much, but I actually have a fiancé. He promised to come here when those flowers bloom."

Even as Hinata stands before her, she does not realize who he is.

Thus, an unforgettable summer unfolds between a boy who has nowhere to call home and a humanoid girl who dreams of marriage…

The game stars:

• Hina Yomiya as Cocoro
• Hikaru Tōno as Ryuzaki Kazane
• Yasuaki Takumi as Amai Daichi
• Riona Imaizumi as Amai Kosame
• Maaya Uchida as Kizuki Kirika
• Shūta Morishima as Murakumo Kotaro

Asta Konno (ATRI: My Dear Moments) was in charge of planning and story for the game. Akio Watanabe (Monogatari series) designed the characters, nanaca mai was in charge of SD art, y.ish was in charge of backgrounds, and Fuminori Matsumoto composed the music. yo-yu was in charge of the opening video. Runa Mizutani (Nanosize Mir) performs the opening theme song "Signal."

Source: Press release