Do you feel like you’re missing a certain something? Have you noticed the distinct lack of gaudy mad scientist pheasants in your life? Then you’re in luck!
If you played Hatoful Boyfriend on the PC, like I did, you can now experience the route we missed.
Yes, Tohri’s route has finally been released as a standalone short visual novel called Hatoful Boyfriend: Tohri Nishikikouji Special Edition.
For those of you who played the PlayStation 4 or Vita version of Hatoful Boyfriend, you’ve already experienced this story. So, what exactly happened?
I’ll let Tohri tell you himself, as he does at the start of this short visual novel.
A new route for Tohri, who previously appeared only in Holiday Star (which is worth playing if you enjoyed the original), was added to the PlayStation versions. The Steam version couldn’t be updated to include it, so the creator decided to translate Tohri’s route and release it as a standalone visual novel.
And here it is!
It’s about 15-20 minutes long, since it’s just the scenes specific to Tohri’s route, and there are no alternate paths (the two choices you get to make lead to death if you pick the wrong option–not your death for a change, but Tohri’s). As such, it can feel a bit disjointed, although chances are good you’d be fast-forwarding through the in-between scenes by this point in the game.
Short and straightforward though it may be, it’s definitely worth playing, especially if you found Tohri funny in Holiday Star. It plays like any Hatoful Boyfriend route, and it’s one of the more lighthearted ones… Tohri’s route will make you laugh instead of shredding your emotions.
Interestingly, it touches lightly on Shuu’s past, even though players of the PlayStation version would most likely play this before BBL.
Anyway, go check out Tohri’s route!
