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The Retrospection Of Tomorrow

In this non-linear, time-travel romance visual novel, you'll date four captivating love interests just like in any ordinary otome game… until they die before your eyes(!). Trapped between memories and delusions, fighting fate itself—can you rewrite their endings? Dear time traveler, welcome home.

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Cherish Fan
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About the Game

✦ Let's meet at the end of time.

One day in college, your friend Noah invites you to a seminar about time travel. There, you witness the inventor, Leon, take his own life in front of the audience with a gun.

As the gunshot rings out, buried memories start to flood back…

The lines between past, present, and future then blur, and dark secrets begin to emerge—as you realize you are trapped in the same day, over and over again.

What happened in the past? What will happen tomorrow?

The choice is yours.

✦ Overview

"The Retrospection Of Tomorrow" is a mystery and sci-fi visual novel that also features elements of romantic adventure.

Play as Fay (or choose your own name) and join her on a wild journey from adolescence to adulthood. Over the course of fourteen years, you'll experience tender, heartfelt moments—alongside heartbreak, challenges, and unexpected thrills.

As the story unfolds, you will gradually uncover the mysterious connection between your existence and your past, unveiling the dark secrets buried deep within fate...

✦ Game Features

  • Multiple Endings and Non-linear Story Telling

  • Unique Evidence System: Collect clues and connect them to the eerie events around you at the right moment for the story to progress

  • Original Soundtrack!

  • 90+ Stunning CGs

  • 18+ hours of gameplay

  • Primarily developed by one person

  • WoMen in refrigerators

  • 2 men in refrigerators waiting to be saved

  • 3 female besties!

  • wait it's 3 men in the fridge now

  • how many men do we have

  • Can chat about philosophy

  • KEEP YOUR DETERMINATION EVEN WITHOUT THE TIME MACHINE

✦ Special Notes

  • The game features a strict route-lock mechanism where specific routes unlock based on story progression. It also contains a bunch stuff that's not about romance.

  • Players might experience multiple relationships in one playthrough.

  • The protagonist can choose to kill or take other extreme actions.

✦ Trigger Warnings:

  • Graphic violence and psychological horror

  • Disturbing sound effects and visuals

  • Depictions of drug and alcohol use

  • Themes of suicide and depression

  • Potentially traumatic events and portrayals of domestic violence

  • Offensive language and abusive dialogue

  • Flashing effects that may trigger seizures

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