A few days after last week’s tease, Idea Factory International confirmed an otome announcement live stream for this morning.

As expected, it was the sequel to 9 R.I.P.!

9 R.I.P. Sequel (yes, that’s its title both here and in Japan) will be out later this year!

When I was listing all of IFI’s 2026 otome games, I wondered if hoping for this one to also come out in 2026 was too much. That will make their fourth 2026 otome release, after all.

But it’s got a 2026 release window, so unless it gets delayed, this year is looking great!

(Maybe it will be released in October, like the original’s localization, so it’s in time for Halloween. While it’s not exactly scary, it does have a nice spooky, ghostly atmosphere.)

Anyway, I can’t wait to see these characters again. 9 R.I.P. has its flaws, but I loved so many of the characters. It sounds like there are follow-ups to both the Heavenly and Godly endings, so that should be fun.

Not only that, but it’s getting a Limited Edition!

I’m so happy to see that. I love IFI’s Limited Editions, and after their past few otome announcements have only had smaller-scale “Plus” editions at best, it made me sad that they’d seemingly moved away from the full Limited Editions they did before. I’ll be picking up this one for sure!

All right, now we just need to find out what Aksys has lined up next… and I need to get to work on my backlog.

Are you planning to play the 9 R.I.P. sequel?

Near the end of 2024, we discussed the spooky otome game 9 R.I.P., which I enjoyed quite a bit.

It had some flaws and a couple routes I didn’t like, but the overall package was entertaining enough that I enjoyed it and hoped that the sequel would be localized.

(I debated about whether to describe it as a sequel or a fandisc, until I looked it up and saw that its title is literally “9 R.I.P. sequel.” Guess that answers that.)

The sequel came out last September, and now it looks like we’re getting it too! Idea Factory International tweeted a cryptic message and picture today teasing a new otome announcement, and it appears to be related to 9 R.I.P.

I included the picture here, so you can see for yourself.

I remember when Temirana got delayed to 2026, it seemed like Idea Factory might be slowing down their otome localizations, but now 2026 has not only Temirana but also Homura coming at the end of this month, the Birushana fandisc set for later this year, and now a 9 R.I.P. sequel announcement on top of that!

You know what that means… I need to get to work on my backlog.

Are you looking forward to the 9 R.I.P. sequel?