Japanese School Life
code:jp · 2016 · Visual Novel, Casual, Anime, Indie, Cute
PC
Very Positive93% · 164 📉 Recent reviews down 83%
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About Japanese School Life
Welcomed by the fluttering of cherry blossom, the main character, Brian, starts a new high school life in Japan. Brian soon starts to get along with two girls in the same class after they start to talk to him.
With their help, Brian gradually learns Japanese culture and customs.
He deepens his friendships with each girl as they teach him how to study and spend time together after school.
He gradually is able to survive through the commuter rush, May sickness, the rainy season, and more as he experiences Japanese culture for the first time.
Summer
After a particularly unpleasant rainy season, summer vacation starts at last.
Brian gets to experience a lot of fun things, including a beach trip with the girls in their swimsuits and summer festivals in yukata. He also experiences popular Japanese summer activities, such as suikawari (watermelon splitting) and summer festival food stalls.
And what he looks forward to more than anything is the most popular otaku event in the world, held twice a year– Comic Market. He goes to the venue with his heart racing with excitement, having long dreamt of experiencing his first Comiket.
What he sees there is……a battlefield, just as rumored!?
Fall
The destination of the annual school trip is Japan’s most famous ancient city, Kyoto. The three enjoy sightseeing among the old streets and alleys, and experience the traditional culture of Japan to the fullest.
Back at school, Brian gets to experience an actual cultural festival, which he has seen a lot in anime. He is ecstatic when he gets to help run the maid cafe booth.
He also enjoys cosplaying for Halloween, which has rapidly developed in Japan in the last few years. With the beautiful colors of autumn in Japan, he deepens his understanding of Japanese culture further.
Winter
After experiencing a Japanese-style Christmas party, Winter Comic Market has arrived! This time, he doesn’t just go, but actually participates as a circle!?
With the coming of the new year, he goes to experience Hatsumode.
Setsubun and Valentine’s Day arrive and makes him start to realize that soon it will be time to say good bye.
Just like when he first met her, cherry blossom buds are about to bloom.
What enters Brian’s mind is her smile.
Along with those parting words, he embraces a new resolve…
Features:
-See the characters come to life through the power of the e-mote system!
-In-game text available in both English and Japanese
-An in-game accessible tips glossary with Japanese cultural and otaku terminology to enhance your game experience
-Nekomimi Mode! because everything is better with cat ears.
Voice Cast:
-Honda Chiyoko (CV: Taneda Risa)
-Suzuki Arisa (CV: Takada Hatsumi)
With their help, Brian gradually learns Japanese culture and customs.
He deepens his friendships with each girl as they teach him how to study and spend time together after school.
He gradually is able to survive through the commuter rush, May sickness, the rainy season, and more as he experiences Japanese culture for the first time.
Summer
After a particularly unpleasant rainy season, summer vacation starts at last.
Brian gets to experience a lot of fun things, including a beach trip with the girls in their swimsuits and summer festivals in yukata. He also experiences popular Japanese summer activities, such as suikawari (watermelon splitting) and summer festival food stalls.
And what he looks forward to more than anything is the most popular otaku event in the world, held twice a year– Comic Market. He goes to the venue with his heart racing with excitement, having long dreamt of experiencing his first Comiket.
What he sees there is……a battlefield, just as rumored!?
Fall
The destination of the annual school trip is Japan’s most famous ancient city, Kyoto. The three enjoy sightseeing among the old streets and alleys, and experience the traditional culture of Japan to the fullest.
Back at school, Brian gets to experience an actual cultural festival, which he has seen a lot in anime. He is ecstatic when he gets to help run the maid cafe booth.
He also enjoys cosplaying for Halloween, which has rapidly developed in Japan in the last few years. With the beautiful colors of autumn in Japan, he deepens his understanding of Japanese culture further.
Winter
After experiencing a Japanese-style Christmas party, Winter Comic Market has arrived! This time, he doesn’t just go, but actually participates as a circle!?
With the coming of the new year, he goes to experience Hatsumode.
Setsubun and Valentine’s Day arrive and makes him start to realize that soon it will be time to say good bye.
Just like when he first met her, cherry blossom buds are about to bloom.
What enters Brian’s mind is her smile.
Along with those parting words, he embraces a new resolve…
Features:
-See the characters come to life through the power of the e-mote system!
-In-game text available in both English and Japanese
-An in-game accessible tips glossary with Japanese cultural and otaku terminology to enhance your game experience
-Nekomimi Mode! because everything is better with cat ears.
Voice Cast:
-Honda Chiyoko (CV: Taneda Risa)
-Suzuki Arisa (CV: Takada Hatsumi)
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players praise the game's charming artwork, character animations, and likeable protagonists that make the educational slice-of-life story engaging and emotionally resonant. The game successfully teaches Japanese culture and customs in an accessible way, though reviewers emphasize it's meant for cultural learning rather than language fluency or deep storytelling, and some find the narrative itself unremarkable beyond its educational value.
Short educational slice of life visual novel where you play as an ignorant American weeb who learns about Japan from two girls. The story is fine, I didn't find it particularly interesting but it does the trick. Love the artworks and I give the devs brownie points for the character animations. The game is great if you want gain some knowledge about Japanese culture. On the other hand, if you're expecting something else I would give it a pass.26 found this helpful
I haven't technically finished the game, I only spent 6 hours. Not sure how long the game is, but overall it's a decent game for someone that is completely new to Japanese culture. You may learn a few Japanese words. I don't really recommend buying this if you think it's going to teach you Japanese fluently.1 found this helpful
Its like a slice of anime, with two main female leads to choose from. Play as Brian, a foreign transfer student who will be staying in Japan for a period of 1 year. You'll learn about the different cultures of Japan, get to go on dates, beach, comiket, you name it. Quite fun and informative, the characters are not too overbearing and balances each out well. Give it a try1 found this helpful
Nice Visual Novel. Easy Achievements, 100% / 15min.1 found this helpful
I liked this game as the 2 schoolgirl characters were interesting & I was able to learn some things about Japanese culture that I didn't know about before! Also catchy background music & some funny & interesting dialogue. It would have been neat if the game allowed the player to change their character name in-game.
[Bought via Humble Bundle.] While I'm fairly new to the visual novel genre, this game has really made a marked impression on me. Undoubtedly it is the best VN I've played so far in my visual novel pilgrimage. The ending almost had me tears. I will miss Chiyoko and Arisa. I'm still going to 100% the achievements, but then that'll be my time with the game finished unless I decide to replay it down the road. Fantastic story, great for learning Japanese culture, and the two main characters are extremely likeable and feel like real people - I felt like I was good friends with them. Perhaps it's because I'm new to the VN genre, but I definitely recommend this for anybody interested in Japanese-centric, coming-of-age stories and VNs.
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