has anyone brought up solfege? it's fairly old and unfortunately untranslated, but it's a yuri VN-slash-rhythm game where there are multiple girls (routes) to pursue. same company as the nurse love games and yumeutsutsu, actually! i'm still reading it, as a disclaimer, but i like it so far. the manga adaption of it iirc is actually here on dynasty

solfege is a classic for sure. I never even tried (bad at rhythm games), but I hear it is very polished. Unfortunately I haven't made a section for untranslated games.
Does everyone want me to add one? There are quite a few JP/CN only VNs I could recommend, but I fear most people here are not versed in the languages, considering they are on a translation site.

solfege is a classic for sure. I never even tried (bad at rhythm games), but I hear it is very polished. Unfortunately I haven't made a section for untranslated games.
Does everyone want me to add one? There are quite a few JP/CN only VNs I could recommend, but I fear most people here are not versed in the languages, considering they are on a translation site.

imo it's worth it! the audience is smaller, but not nonexistent, and i've been wanting more JP yuri games to play anyway lol. even when i find titles there's no indication of how good/worth my time they are. it'd be helpful

imo it's worth it! the audience is smaller, but not nonexistent, and i've been wanting more JP yuri games to play anyway lol. even when i find titles there's no indication of how good/worth my time they are. it'd be helpful

Very well. That section might fluctuate with potential translations coming out (oh how I yearn for thee Evermaiden TL), but with some older VNs hope is very dim.

Perhaps someone could also recommend translation software, so I may add it to the opening post for more accessibility.

Just a small start with a handful of untranslated Japanese/Chinese yuri VNs played by yours truly (except for those I didn't).

Japanese

• Class Zen'in Maji de Yuri?! ~Watashi-tachi no Lez Oppai wa Anata no Mono Joshi Zen'in Shiofuki Keikaku~
  This one was brought up before in this thread and my opinion has not changed. While it has its downsides, this is one of the rare yuri harem eroge out there of actual quality. It's nothing deep and I would say even lacking in the romance department, but it's sheer boldness somehow makes up for that.
  Just for the love of yuri NEVER press the "mysterious white liquid" button during sex scenes. It's quite revolting, as expected of MBS Truth. They just can't help themselves.
  https://vndb.org/v12404

• Evermaiden
  Mind you I have only played this a little, as a translation was announced (and probably will never actually be finished), but what I played was great. The art is one of a kind. It's a high production yuri VN with a strong mystery focus. It reminds me a little of games like F/SN or DIVIdead, if not in plot, then it atmosphere. It is an eroge, but I didn't reach any of the sex scenes, so who knows how cringe they are?
  As I can't speak for how well the mystery is resolved I will just have to go by the very positive reception to recommend it.
  https://vndb.org/v31427

• Solfege
  A VN/rhythm game hybrid and one I never played because I am horrid at the latter. However, the art/music/voice acting have always attracted me to solfege. @coolsnail can probably say more about it.
  https://vndb.org/v2113

• Sugar,sugar,sugarcoat
  A very new small indie VN. Finished it just recently and it really oozes that unique charm only indie VNs can. The plot is a bit unconventional, but in summary it's about our protagonist having to woo girls to feed the demoness she is actually in love with. Technically that would make this a harem VN, but there are some twists and turns I dare not spoil... Very cute comfy artstyle though.
  https://vndb.org/v50883

• YumeUtsutsu Re:Idol
  Short stories spin-off to the main Yumeutsutsu games, but lacking an English translation for some reason. This is an outrage! If you like the main games, you will like this.
  https://vndb.org/v28201

Chinese

• Eternal Love & Unwavering Love

Sequels in the ahem... Love series? They build on the titles Symbiotic Love and Melancholy Love, however, unlike those two they haven't been translated yet. I fear they might never get one either. It is not my place to make assumptions, but it is most likely related to costs.
The first two VNs set up an incredibly shocking cliffhanger which will be resolved in these sequels. It is pure torture to be denied this conclusion. Please play this if you have any means to at all. This series is probably some of the best Chinese yuri (or tangerine as they call it I think?) out there. With the insane censorship that country experiences in recent years we should value the few explicit yuri games that get released all the more.
https://vndb.org/v29663
https://vndb.org/v49516

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I'm making this comment as a mental note of sorts, because otherwise these small Flowers-related wants will once again get devoured by the cruel immanence of my daily routine.

Plan #1: I've been meaning to make a few image upload requests for a while now, because Dynasty is seriously lacking in not just quality FLOWERS art, but pretty much any FLOWERS art. There are a lot of genuinely beautiful fan works I've discovered over the years, so I've amassed a solid collection, if I say so myself.

A few of my favourites:

[Spoiler warning: do not open these links if you haven't finished reading the entirety of the Flowers tetralogy.]

• Printemps, Ete, Automne, Hiver (you need to be logged into your Pixiv account to view the Hiver one, likely because of a spoiler)

No matter how many times I look at these four artworks side by side, each time they evoke some rather intense “religious painting” vibes. It's not just about their beauty, but also about the feeling of reverence I experience.

• https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/81657896

The first few in this collection are absolutely lovely, but where this gallery starts to get genuinely crazy to me is with B&W pieces. Among those, №3, 6, 7, and 9 manage to make me a little emotional every time I look through them. It's as if there's a link between mine and this artist's mind in terms of how we both seem to understand specific narrative aspects and some of the story beats. Pure madness.

Plan #2: The last FLOWERS live event in April came and went, so I'm going to gather, sort and share all of the noteworthy info about it the next few days.

last edited at Jun 15, 2025 6:36PM

In other late news...

I do absolutely judge and analyse every volume of a novel series individually. It is important to take in a long series both on the micro and macro level in my opinion.

I wasn't saying at all that analysis of individual parts of an overarching story isn't important. I was instead making a semi-serious jab at some people's overall position that FLOWERS’ “volumes” could ever be fully or even sufficiently understood as “self-contained” stories connected merely by plot threads, and not by overlapping layers of thematic reoccurrences and repetitions. The fact that they're individually distinct doesn't mean they are separate from one another in any real way. They're a single story which was split into multiple parts largely because of initial production constraints, not because of a grand artistic vision that dictated for it to be produced like this, even if InoGre definitely managed to find a way to make it an artistic boon rather than a burden. They simply don't make sense without one another in a variety of large and small ways.

(And I wish I was strawmanning, but, unfortunately, I've seen this conviction play out in the most bizarre ways on multiple occasions. One person even ended up recommending their friend/acquaintance to start with Automne, as the supposedly “best one”, in what seemed to be a hope that they'd just bruteforce their way through the story and manage to piece everything together from clues and hints. Suffices to say that the experience seemed to be rather unsatisfactory, because a great portion of narrative parallels went over the victim's head, while they also kept making incorrect assumptions and coming to incorrect conclusions about various things simply because they lacked necessary context.)

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Studio Élan's newest VN, 'A Tithe in Blood' is out now!

-a dark yuri visual novel around 70k words long
-English script with JP & CN translations
- full JP voice acting

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2989270/A_Tithe_in_Blood/

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Studio Élan's newest VN, 'A Tithe in Blood' is out now!

Uugghhhhhh that was so gooooooooooooooooood!

Studio Élan have outdone themselves once again.

This story grips your heartstrings, churns your stomach and grabs your attention refusing to let go.
Devoured it in a single sitting and was utterly enchanted the whole way through.

And now I have to just. sit for a while. Digest.

Definitely mind the content warnings. Seriously~

Plan #1: I've been meaning to make a few image upload requests for a while now, because Dynasty is seriously lacking in not just quality FLOWERS art, but pretty much any FLOWERS art.

I have been requesting Flowers art on the image section a lot in the past and my nominations never got uploaded so I gave up. Instead the mods picked the same generic popular non-yuri anime of the week yuri ships every single time. It's quite depressing.

One person even ended up recommending their friend/acquaintance to start with Automne, as the supposedly “best one”, in what seemed to be a hope that they'd just bruteforce their way through the story and manage to piece everything together from clues and hints. Suffices to say that the experience seemed to be rather unsatisfactory, because a great portion of narrative parallels went over the victim's head, while they also kept making incorrect assumptions and coming to incorrect conclusions about various things simply because they lacked necessary context.)

Automne very much is the best individual FLOWERS VN in my opinion and it is not even close. So good taste on this random person. Not so bright ideas though.
Fundamentally I always say that you need to play/watch/read things in order. No exception.

Studio Élan's newest VN, 'A Tithe in Blood' is out now!

-a dark yuri visual novel around 70k words long
-English script with JP & CN translations
- full JP voice acting

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2989270/A_Tithe_in_Blood/

I have been looking forward to this since Please Be Happy. Elan is starting to actually become a powerhouse in the yuri VN scene. Although 70k words is actually rather short. I still have to finish Clover Reset before I can start on this, unfortunately.

I have been looking forward to this since Please Be Happy. Elan is starting to actually become a powerhouse in the yuri VN scene. Although 70k words is actually rather short. I still have to finish Clover Reset before I can start on this, unfortunately.

It took me about 8-9 hrs to play through it, letting voices play out. It did feel like it was over in a flash but that's mostly because i was glued to the screen and at the edge of my seat the whole time xD The story itself is very well paced imo, doesn't drag or rush at any point.

It took me about 8-9 hrs to play through it, letting voices play out. It did feel like it was over in a flash but that's mostly because i was glued to the screen and at the edge of my seat the whole time xD The story itself is very well paced imo, doesn't drag or rush at any point.

Brevity is the soul of wit, as they say. It's just strange that I have seen plenty of fanfiction with 100k words plus. Not to mention the enldess word count of Japanese Light Novels. Elan has gone longer and longer as time went on. It's hard to remember that Highway Blossoms was fairly short.

I am not too fond of overdone self-harm and edgey content for the sake of edge, but I assume ATIB has more substance than that. I must add it to the list right away.

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I am not too fond of overdone self-harm and edgey content for the sake of edge, but I assume ATIB has more substance than that. I must add it to the list right away.

the self-harm is necessitated by the whole blood magic deal of the premise but it's definitely not "edgy" in that way. They way ATIB touches on grief, depression and suicidal ideation is stomach churningly well done actually. reading it made me legit uncomfortable at times bc it was more relatable than i'd care to admit

the self-harm is necessitated by the whole blood magic deal of the premise but it's definitely not "edgy" in that way. They way ATIB touches on grief, depression and suicidal ideation is stomach churningly well done actually. reading it made me legit uncomfortable at times bc it was more relatable than i'd care to admit

It's always those with real life issues who seem to be drawn to this kind of content... I hope you are doing better now.

the self-harm is necessitated by the whole blood magic deal of the premise but it's definitely not "edgy" in that way. They way ATIB touches on grief, depression and suicidal ideation is stomach churningly well done actually. reading it made me legit uncomfortable at times bc it was more relatable than i'd care to admit

It's always those with real life issues who seem to be drawn to this kind of content... I hope you are doing better now.

Oh totally, no worries there~ It's simply to the credit of the writing when ppl with those experiences can relate to it in a visceral way like that

Automne very much is the best individual FLOWERS VN in my opinion and it is not even close. So good taste on this random person.

I take this comment as a sign it will get better then. Still haven't managed to get much farther than the very start into it after everything so far just seemed so wrong after the first two parts...

I take this comment as a sign it will get better then. Still haven't managed to get much farther than the very start into it after everything so far just seemed so wrong after the first two parts...

It's not hard to surpass Printemps, the weakest of the 4. And while Ete does engage in some melancholy, Automne revels in it. Usually which one is the "best" for fans comes down to whether they prefer the more light hearted dynamics of Ete or the deep melancholy of Automne.

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The Steam Summer Sale is on, so get yourself all the discounted yuri VNs you can find!