
How to Melt a Maiden's Heart
A cute, sweet boys love / yaoi visual novel about a high school student who discovers the formidable student council president is crossdressing on the sly and working at a maid café.
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December 17, 2024
1 year and 228 days ago
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Positive17 reviews94.1%
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Fujibayashi Reo is your regular high school student. He would prefer to sleep in than go to class, and he cares more about football than he does about studying for his exams. He’s not the best student, and he’s always getting into arguments with the stern student council president, Sugawara Yuuma.
Reo can’t stand Yuuma, and the feeling is mutual. Both boys hate one another — but when Reo discovers that Yuuma has been crossdressing and working at a maid café in secret, Reo gets an idea.
Reo decides to blackmail the upstanding student council president into aiding him with the seduction of his childhood friend, Chinami. With Yuuma’s help, Reo’s sure that he’ll be able to confess his feelings to Chinami and melt her heart…
So why has Reo started to feel so shy and self-conscious when he’s with Yuuma? What in the world is going on?!

- 90,000 words of text (approx 4-8 hours of reading)
- A linear story with no choices/branches
- Gorgeous character artwork
- An original soundtrack
- A wholesome love story
- One cute crossdressing boy!