Tomboys Need Love Too! is a romantic visual novel about a teenager named Kai who is in his last semester of highschool and wants to make meaningful memories before graduating, getting a girlfriend being first priority. He has two love interests; his crush Sophie and his best friend Chris. If the title isn’t enough of a dead giveaway, the game is mainly focused on Kai pursuing Chris who is a tomboy so if you really like that type of girl and are a fan of the childhood best friend trope then this game is perfect for you. It does have sexual content, the game is very up front about this and there is a nudity patch. Patch or no, the dialogue and certain scenarios are very sexual so this is an adults-only game. I did feel that the story was a good one and also well written despite its adult nature which was refreshing.

The story starts off with Chris needing to stay at Kai’s house for a week while her parents are out of town, this convenient plot device also helps her in her attempts to prove to Kai that’s she now a woman and win his heart because, big surprise, she’s in love with him. An interesting part of this story is that Kai does start to notice how Chris has blossomed and spends a good deal of time contemplating if his feelings for her are friendship, love or lust. However, he’s also interested in Sophie who is having a hard time due to vicious rumors being spread about her. I also liked this aspect of the story and felt it could have been expanded upon a bit more to make an impactful message on how spreading rumors can really hurt people, this is touched upon but doesn’t get as much attention as it deserves. Most of the store centers around Chris and Kai’s relationship and it is very sweet but as a result, Sophie is thrown under the bus and her story route is very positive.

• Kai - The main character of the game, a hormonal teenage boy looking for love. He’s naive to a fault, always wanting to see the best in people but this also makes him a very loyal friend. He comes off rather submissive, especially when dealing with Chris. His inner monologues are some of my favorite parts of the game as he tries to figure out his emotions as well other people’s motives.
  
• Chris - The childhood best friend trope and tomboy archetype all rolled into one. She has a brash personality that I found a bit off putting, especially the way she pushed Kai around. Underneath, however, she is a very sweet and insecure girl who just wants to be loved. Some of her actions are a bit out there, however, as she tries to seduce Kai with her body often in the game instead of just being blunt and honest about her emotions.
  
• Sophie - Sophie seems like miss perfect and is Kai’s crush, however she’s hiding some dark stuff. Though a romantic rival to Chris, the game doesn’t even give her much of a fair shot because of how she is written. She only has two endings with Kai, one is purely sex based and the other is rather positive but still nowhere near as satisfying as the best ending Chris has.

Being a visual novel, everything is point and clicked based. At certain points during the story you make choices to help direct the story to the ending you desire. The game has a very good interface and all of the options I expect from this genre. You can skip text you’ve already read, look back on text you’ve read, have the text fly by with an auto mode and of course tweak the text speed to your liking. If you do download the adult content you can still toggle this on and off in the options menu which is good and of course there is a gallery to look back at the hi-res artwork. One thing I found missing was a way to relive the endings again.

One fault that I found in this game was the artwork. It wasn’t bad by any means, actually it was quite good compared to some of its competition on the market, especially non-Japanese ones. However, I found some of the character models to be odd, the way Kai stood or the way Sophie’s breasts were drawn. Most of the hi-res scenes were pretty good though there were certain moments where body positions and proportions were awkward to me, but there wasn’t much of this. The music is forgettable, I can honestly only think of two maybe three tunes in the game and at some points everything was flat out silent. This is probably the weakest area of the game in my opinion. There is no voice acting in this game at all to speak of but I’m ok with that.

While Tomboys Need Love Too! is certainly an adult-natured game and that may turn off people, there is also a good story being told here. Sure, some moments seemed over the top like Chris being so willing to strip for Kai and most of Sophie’s route but these are also hormonal teenagers so I guess it makes sense, though it would make more sense if they were sixteen since I believe that’s when we usually start wondering about those types of things but I know why that couldn’t be the case here. This game is a bit on the short side since there are only two love interests and five endings, depending on your reading speed and if you’re using a good guide you could probably finish it somewhere between two and four hours so grab it on sale if this is a concern for you. Tomboys Need Love Too! has Steam trading cards and achievements as well, but not much bonus content or much else to offer after completing the game. Length aside, this is a well written story about teenage love and a game that I recommend.

[i]Tomboys Need Love Too![/i] is a romantic visual novel about a teenager named Kai who is in his last semester of highschool and wants to make meaningful memories before graduating, getting a girlfriend being first priority. He has two love interests; his crush Sophie and his best friend Chris. If the title isn’t enough of a dead giveaway, the game is mainly focused on Kai pursuing Chris who is a tomboy so if you really like that type of girl and are a fan of the childhood best friend trope then this game is perfect for you. It does have sexual content, the game is very up front about this and there is a nudity patch. Patch or no, the dialogue and certain scenarios are very sexual so this is an adults-only game. I did feel that the story was a good one and also well written despite its adult nature which was refreshing. The story starts off with Chris needing to stay at Kai’s house for a week while her parents are out of town, this convenient plot device also helps her in her attempts to prove to Kai that’s she now a woman and win his heart because, big surprise, she’s in love with him. An interesting part of this story is that Kai does start to notice how Chris has blossomed and spends a good deal of time contemplating if his feelings for her are friendship, love or lust. However, he’s also interested in Sophie who is having a hard time due to vicious rumors being spread about her. I also liked this aspect of the story and felt it could have been expanded upon a bit more to make an impactful message on how spreading rumors can really hurt people, this is touched upon but doesn’t get as much attention as it deserves. Most of the store centers around Chris and Kai’s relationship and it is very sweet but as a result, Sophie is thrown under the bus and her story route is very positive. [list] [*][b]Kai[/b] - The main character of the game, a hormonal teenage boy looking for love. He’s naive to a fault, always wanting to see the best in people but this also makes him a very loyal friend. He comes off rather submissive, especially when dealing with Chris. His inner monologues are some of my favorite parts of the game as he tries to figure out his emotions as well other people’s motives. [*][b]Chris[/b] - The childhood best friend trope and tomboy archetype all rolled into one. She has a brash personality that I found a bit off putting, especially the way she pushed Kai around. Underneath, however, she is a very sweet and insecure girl who just wants to be loved. Some of her actions are a bit out there, however, as she tries to seduce Kai with her body often in the game instead of just being blunt and honest about her emotions. [*][b]Sophie[/b] - Sophie seems like miss perfect and is Kai’s crush, however she’s hiding some dark stuff. Though a romantic rival to Chris, the game doesn’t even give her much of a fair shot because of how she is written. She only has two endings with Kai, one is purely sex based and the other is rather positive but still nowhere near as satisfying as the best ending Chris has. [/list] Being a visual novel, everything is point and clicked based. At certain points during the story you make choices to help direct the story to the ending you desire. The game has a very good interface and all of the options I expect from this genre. You can skip text you’ve already read, look back on text you’ve read, have the text fly by with an auto mode and of course tweak the text speed to your liking. If you do download the adult content you can still toggle this on and off in the options menu which is good and of course there is a gallery to look back at the hi-res artwork. One thing I found missing was a way to relive the endings again. One fault that I found in this game was the artwork. It wasn’t bad by any means, actually it was quite good compared to some of its competition on the market, especially non-Japanese ones. However, I found some of the character models to be odd, the way Kai stood or the way Sophie’s breasts were drawn. Most of the hi-res scenes were pretty good though there were certain moments where body positions and proportions were awkward to me, but there wasn’t much of this. The music is forgettable, I can honestly only think of two maybe three tunes in the game and at some points everything was flat out silent. This is probably the weakest area of the game in my opinion. There is no voice acting in this game at all to speak of but I’m ok with that. While [i]Tomboys Need Love Too![/i] is certainly an adult-natured game and that may turn off people, there is also a good story being told here. Sure, some moments seemed over the top like Chris being so willing to strip for Kai and most of Sophie’s route but these are also hormonal teenagers so I guess it makes sense, though it would make more sense if they were sixteen since I believe that’s when we usually start wondering about those types of things but I know why that couldn’t be the case here. This game is a bit on the short side since there are only two love interests and five endings, depending on your reading speed and if you’re using a good guide you could probably finish it somewhere between two and four hours so grab it on sale if this is a concern for you. [i]Tomboys Need Love Too![/i] has Steam trading cards and achievements as well, but not much bonus content or much else to offer after completing the game. Length aside, this is a well written story about teenage love and a game that I recommend. 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