VN of the Month July 2025

Even after blocking half a dozen of Otome there's still plenty of pieces.

1. Sofia wa Uso to Hikikae ni ソフィアは噓と引き換えに [MUTAN Inc. & storynote
Sofia, a girl with multiple personalities, is arrested as a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate.
Philip, a psychiatrist, is assigned to interrogate her after she has closed her mind.
However, his remote location limits his investigative options.
Through the surveillance cameras, we meet four distinct personalities with secrets.
Why did the girl murder the presidential candidate?
Your guesses will determine the fate of the five personalities that lie dormant inside Sofia...
Multi-ending "interactive" mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the five personalities that lie dormant inside her, and gets to the bottom of the case.
I call this genre person detective mystery. Game is localized and has reviews.

2. Mahou Shoujo no Majo Saiban 魔法少女ノ魔女裁判  [HEADLOCK
When the girls wake up, they find themselves in an unfamiliar prison mansion. As the looming "Witch Trial" approaches, investigate the prison mansion and uncover the witch hidden among the girls. Expose the witch's magic and lies, and execute her.
Adult focused Danganronpa detective mystery type, so definitely not for me

3. Kioku no Kenban 記憶の鍵盤 [Laplacian] 
I have memories of the future.
So said the unknown girl who appeared before Aruto Mozumi, a third-year high school student.
Aruto has lost both his childhood memories and the ability to hear piano sounds.
Meanwhile, his younger brother Tokio is blessed with a natural gift for piano.
Why is it that he alone cannot hear the sound of the piano?
Haunted by a vague anxiety, Aruto can't bring himself to confess his feelings to the classmate he has a crush on.
The final summer of high school.
The guidance of a girl with memories of the future begins to dramatically change Aruto's destiny.
A bittersweet and fleeting summer romance.
Short bright bittersweet love triangle with good novel as source. Somewhat immature for me, but refreshing at least.  

4. Date Kaname wa Nemuranai – From AI: Somnium Files 伊達鍵は眠らない – From AI:ソムニウムファイル [Spike Chunsoft] 
One day, after The New Cyclops Serial Killings was resolved, internet idol Iris Sagan (known as "A-set") is abducted by a UFO and forced to participate in a perilous escape game called The Third Eye Game. Meanwhile, in another part of the city, a mysterious device is discovered. It resembles a coffin, and attached to it is a note that reads:
"Psync me"
Relying on a tenuous line of communication with the missing Iris, one man rises once again, determined to track down the UFO that should not even exist. Together with his partner, the AI-Ball Aiba, he sets out on a quest. That man...is Special Agent Kaname Date.
Spin-off .  


5. DeepOne -Ryoukai Shinpan- DeepOne-領界侵犯- [CHOCOLAT, LLC.] 
Sequel.
Sequel.  

6. Gals Fiction ギャルズフィクション [Jitaku Studio
Years ago, Hatsune Nijou developed a love for gyaru girls—thanks to the influence of his childhood friend’s mom.
Realizing that his preferences were starting to take a strange turn, he decided to leave his hometown and follow his parents on a business relocation.
Years later, Hatsune’s tastes had become even more eccentric—he had even started crossdressing himself.
Then one day, his younger sister Tsukune suggested he transfer to a school that allowed students to attend in casual clothes.
Encouraged by the idea, Hatsune made up his mind to return home.
But the school turned out to be even more free-spirited than he had imagined.
Surrounded by kind classmates who accepted his gyaru crossdressing without judgment,
a brand-new chapter of his school life was about to begin—!
Not fan of crossdressing .  

7. Haison Shoujo [Ni] ~Kageri Sasou Hime no Hako~ 廃村少女[弐] ~陰り誘う秘姫の匣~  [Escu:de] 
One summer night, a violent storm battered the remote seaside village of Shinju Town. The disaster left deep scars on both the land and the hearts of its inhabitants, and before long the town was abandoned—its people vanishing, leaving behind a trail of unfulfilled yearnings and buried secrets…
Seven years later, on another summer day, Kawakura Reiichi—a university student—steps alone into the ruined remains of Shinju Town.
It all begins with his late grandfather’s final wish—a brief return home to decide the fate of the house where they once lived together.
Then, amid the lingering aromas and familiar vistas of a town that feels like another world, Reiichi meets a mysterious girl who calls herself "Shinju."
"Reiichi… you are destined to be the sacrifice that fulfills the shrine maiden and the box."
Reiichi and four girls find themselves trapped in Shinju Town, isolated from the outside world.
Among them is Mishio Haruna, a childhood friend who bears a striking resemblance to Shinju; Niinuma Suzu, another childhood friend from the old days of Shinju Town—a little sister in spirit; Ryugatou Yachiyo, a girl on a quest to uncover the town’s legendary treasure; and Tsuzuki Nanase, a university peer drawn into Reiichi’s troubled orbit. Then, in a chilling command, Shinju orders Reiichi to rape and impregnate the imprisoned girls.
Though Reiichi and his companions band together in search of an escape, an insidious, erotic force—bound up with dark ties to their past—lures them into a vortex of debauchery, as the town fills with seductive moans.
Two girls mirror each other.
Fragmented memories and a promise once made.
The true identity of the deity worshipped in the town.
The dormant desires and sins slumbering in the forsaken village.
Facing hidden truths, can Reiichi and the others ever return to the world they once knew?
What lies concealed in the mysterious box—promised hope or the desire that seductively leads to ruin?
Sequel as series, but separate title as story and characters. It's nukige, but at least atmospheric one.  

8. Homerarete Nobiru SR Shoujo-tachi ホめられて伸びるSR少女たち  [MOONSTONE Cherry] 
In this world, there exist SR girls. Special and Rare girls—meaning extremely rare. SR girls... they are girls who are the only ones of their kind in the entire world. Due to their uniqueness, the SR girls cannot even understand who or what they are themselves. They feel confused about themselves. Their identities waver. To resolve these things, they needed to "grow." And the ones who could help them grow weren’t the adults around them. No, it was a boy—the only one of his kind in the world.
The protagonist, Takatoo Mitsuki, was working hard every day at his part-time job. Then, one day, he was suddenly taken by a suspicious person to a strange place and brought to "Saint Marianne Girls' Academy." There, the protagonist was told a shocking truth. He, too, was an SR.
The protagonist protested: "But I have my part-time job"
To this, the academy’s headmistress replied firmly: "The work you’re truly meant to do isn’t some part-time job. Your most important job, the one where you can shine the brightest, is to help the SR girls grow."
And so, a new job—"helping the SR girls grow"—began.
Ends up simple moege despite some effort involved with concept.  

9. Yadorishi Otome no Chikai to Mahou 宿りし乙女の誓いと魔法  [ensemble
After fixing up a stuffed toy he comes across in a park, the protagonist Shinomiya Hibiki, get caught up in a strange event.
Like receiving gratitude in folk tales.
Hibiki gains a glittering, mysterious mark—— A magic symbol. The light from the symbol gradually envelops him, transforming him into a magical girl.
"......What's going on, what's this......"
While at a complete lost and unable to grasp the situation, before Hibiki, a girl appears.
"I must protect you."
Led by the girl who claims to be a magical girl as well, Hibiki arrives at a Western-styled manor called "Otogi-kan," which severs as a dormitory for students at the prestigious Aether Girls' Academy, a gathering place for magical girls.
An extraordinary combination of cross-dressing and magic—— The story of these captive maidens is about to change.
Magic here is used mostly as fetish since story is pretty much non-existing with focus being just on characters.  

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