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Hinatabokko

ひなたぼっこ

Titles
ひなたぼっこ
Hinatabokko
Which girl should I choose?
Play timeMedium (12h30m from 6 votes)
DeveloperTarte
PublishersTarte & Dennou Club
MangaGamer
Honyaku-Subs
Relations
Fandisc

Hinatarte ~Hinatabokko Fandisc~

LinksWikipedia (ja), Wikidata, VNStat
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Description

Hayami Natsuki is an ordinary college student who lives with his sister. While searching for a part-time job he runs into (another) Natsuki, the manager of a popular coffee shop. Her twin-sister, Hinata, was his teacher, who he once had a crush back in high school. For the sake of the sweet feelings he once had for Hinata, Natsuki ends up taking the job offer at her little coffee shop. He also accepts the offer to live with her. Natsuki starts his new life where he shares the house with a couple more beautiful, attractive members of the opposite sex.

Hinata's sexy twin and their pretty little sister. All of a sudden, he has a new problem: he can't decide which one he wants!!

[From MangaGamer]

Full reviews

By ohnonottome on 2023-11-19
<report>HinataBokko is, in two words, very dry. It's a slice of life game that's less about interacting with moe girls and more about discussing banal topics. Topics that are often repeated. Here's a glimpse:

"Did you notice the name of sensei's coffee shop?"
"Yeah I was a little surprised."
"Oh so you noticed. I didn't think you did."
"Why would I forget to notice when I was the one that said we should look at it."
"Oh yeah that's right."

And repeat this a thousand more times. It's not riveting, it doesn't add depth to the world, and it's not even funny... it's all just dry, cordial text for the sake padding prose. I think the music and art goes a long way to endearing you to the characters here... Read more »
4 comments 3 points
By marianokun on 2023-05-15r1775Vote: 7.2
<report>Bar the tsunami of writing typos, poor grammar and vocative incongruities of the barely intelligible English translation, Hinatabokko works well as a decent enough slice-of-life short story. The plot is short, the routes are short and except for the absolute lack of character development, these things are more than welcome in my book.

You see, Hinatabokko does not rely on unnecessary convoluted bad endings or hackneyed “drama gimmicks” just for the sake of “development”: that is, other than Nanase’s snub to Natsuki (“-kun”, not to be confused with Natsuki “-chan”, a distinction the translators clearly didn’t give a damn about). It’s good old SOL at its best, with a sudden (sometimes too... Read more »
0 comments 0 points