Late Blooming is a romantic comedy about drama and tragedy set in Thais, a quiet little town lost in the world. You will have to play the role of the protagonist, an ordinary young man whose life has given him a second chance.
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Release Date: Jun 24, 2016

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August 15

New updates ;3

After reading the reviews and discussions, we decided to start working on some improvements to make Osozaki a better experience for players.

The first improvements, published in this patch, are focused on making more dynamic the replayability of the novel, and helping readers avoid losing certain parts of the script accidentally.

Here are the details:

1.-

Backlog:

Since players can right click anytime in order to hide the textbox, we decided to eliminate the "hide texbox" button and replace it for "show backlog" buttom.





2.-
Opening skippable:

Although the Opening theme is lovely, we decided to make it skippable so the readers wouldn't be forced to watch it everytime they go for another route.

3.-
Carmilla / Lovecraft stories skippable:

For the same reason above. Now, players who read those stories once, can get the option to skip both of them the next time they play the same scene.





Aditional information

We are celebrating this new update with a 10% discount.

If you are having problems with this update, don't forget to report us the bug on the forum. Also, in the meantime, you can revert to previous version running the beta version (password: ihatepayingtaxes).

Have a great day / night,

Kurisu ^^)/

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About This Game



Late Blooming is a romantic comedy about drama and tragedy set in Thais, a quiet little town lost in the world. You will have to play the role of the protagonist, an ordinary young man whose life has given him a second chance. Your mission will be to guide the protagonist in his decisions, and figure out the mysteries that hide inside the hearts of the three girls.



As in real life, our efforts can have unintended consequences; in the same way, Late Blooming incorporates a modality of decision that requires a much deeper analysis than simply choose a girl and wait for the desired event. Many decisions will require a choice between different moral values of equal caliber, or between different types of love: fraternal, romantic and sensual.




Features:
  • Deep personalities and character development.
  • 3 Main characters and 2 secondary characters (+ kočička).
  • 44 Facial expressions, 9 costumes, different poses.
  • 5 Romantic and non-romantic endings.
  • Choices greatly change the story.
  • More than 65.000 words (and more than 250.000 in all routes).
  • More than 70 CGs included variations.
  • Steam trading cards.




    Team:

    Direction, programming, script, production, art: Kurisu.
    Character design, sprites and CG: Nyatrix.
    Opening and PV artist: Teagirl-vn.
    CG artist and UI designer: Genacinth.
    CG artist: Atelier Astarotte.
    CG artist: Eminora.
    CG artist: Poopakoopa.
    CG artist: Tabithia.
    Cover artist: Funarie.
    Background artist, character design, fixes: KadajXxX.
    Background artist, fixes, CCPHIMS: Marta Stachowiak (Martith).
    Translation: Catalina Andrews.
    Translation: Kaiming Zou.

System Requirements

Windows
Mac OS X
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: Microsoft Windows Vista
    • Processor: 2 Ghz Processor
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated Graphics Chip
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Graphics: Integrated Graphics Chip
    Minimum:
    • OS: Mac OS X 10.6 / 10.7 / 10.8 / +
    • Processor: 2 Ghz Processor
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated Graphics Chip
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • Processor: 2 Ghz
    • Memory: 1 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Processor: 2 Ghz
    • Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
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Most Helpful Reviews  In the past 30 days
2 of 2 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
6.6 hrs on record
Posted: September 17
MOREEE STORIEEEESSSS PWEASEEEE
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37 of 58 people (64%) found this review helpful
8 people found this review funny
Recommended
0.1 hrs on record
Posted: June 26
Contains graphic content / subpar sexual content, doesn't contain nudity, contains yuri.
Proof of Yuri because Goldenkitten didn't bother to read into this game:
http://imgur.com/QR37giM

Played through the first chapter so far.
Pretty decent, the artwork is pretty impressive, It's a recommended purchase if you're into decent comedy, a pretty satisfying story, or all of the above.



Wise Words from Malamasama:
" You are aware that you come across as a racist scanning a game for black people and finding a spanish person and deciding to avoid it anyway because it was "a little too much black". "


Conclusion:
It's a straight up underage relations and yuri simulator
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9 of 9 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
4.7 hrs on record
Posted: September 1
This VN was… Different. And by that, I mean that it’s somewhat a “mixed” kind of genres; there’s a cute route, a sad one, and a creepy as hell one.

I liked the art style and BGM, they were pleasant. You have 3 routes to choose, some of them were cute and funny, and another one was simply… Too weird, and definitely not suitable for minors.

*** SPOILERS ***

Alannah: Her route was meh. Like seriously, it was cute but cliche. Despite that, she’s a sweet girl and her dad is hilarious. Maybe that’s why that I enjoyed her route.

Velvet: Now she’s f*cked up. She bluntly says she’s not into men, and she has a strong obsession over Alannah. She uses the MC in order to get info about her beloved, and rewards the MC by making out with him and… That’s it. After that she discards him and starts pursuing Alannah. The end is basically Velvet r*ping Alannah, and there are CGs of it in the game. I was really not expecting this AT ALL, I found it disturbing yet it caught me on surprise. An unusual ending for what it seemed a “happy game”. So yeah, if you don’t mind those things, go for it. But if you feel triggered or bad about this kind of situation, AVOID Velvet’s route.

Yekaterina: I honestly saw everything purely as platonic, even tho there were those cliche anime/manga scenes with MC spotting her changing clothes, etc. I liked that at least, when Yekaterina confessed to him, he recognized that she was still a child and didn’t wanted to take advantage of her. Even so, they both remained together, and she steals a kiss from him by the ending. I’m not into lolicon, so at least to me and like I already said, I saw this whole route as platonic/fraternal.

The major flaw in this game is the fact that there’s no skip option. You can only skip a certain part of the story, but the rest… You gotta read it all again. That can get boring after a while.

Despite its problems, I do recommend this game. It was an interesting experience to me at least, especially the extremely difference between the routes.

6/10.
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13 of 18 people (72%) found this review helpful
Recommended
4.2 hrs on record
Posted: June 29
Pretty good game, only few issues are the text and some spelling mistakes.
The font of the text is a little difficult to read, the colours of the text also make the dialogue hard to read as well.
As for the spelling mistakes, I've noticed some words being spelt with extra letters and some words spelt completely wrong.

Apart from those few flaws the game was pretty good, the story was great and even made me laugh at some times. The art is also pretty good too.

Just a quick warning though, your decisions in the first chapter can make massive impacts on the game.

I would rate it a 8/10
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17 of 26 people (65%) found this review helpful
3 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
4.7 hrs on record
Posted: July 4
Pretty bad "romance"visual novel, like most other vn out there the story is average and the characters are okay.Nothing special, and for some reason this is yet another vn with their puzzle game chocies where you need to guess what does what to lead to what what options etc.Never been a fan of guess choices and i never will, but this one even lack the most basic features of a vn, as in you can't skip the wall of text, meaning i have spent 2 hours trying to guess how to get past bad ending one with out any luck.That makes this a boring experience for most people and the lack of a guide on steam did not help.As for the romantic vibes of the game i felt hardly anything for any of the characters i met, feels like its just dropped onto you, tho i am not sure if they really like the protagonist or if this response is related to something i don't know yet about the protagonist past.All in all i can't say i recommend this game, but if you got nothing better to grab then you could give it a try.


Now with a guide i still can not recommend the game, its not a bad game its just that the story feels un natural to me, there is not enough character development, tho there are some good momments to make it interesting enough to keep going on.
All in all it feels like this happens because that is was is supposed to happen, basically you are a stranger, and yet every one seems to want to spend time with you and get happy by seeing you.
Would have liked for more time to spend with all of the characters to earn their likes and dislikes as the protagonist, the romance feels forced to me.But even so its not the worst vn on steam and is worth checking out.
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15 of 25 people (60%) found this review helpful
3 people found this review funny
Recommended
5.3 hrs on record
Posted: July 4
This game is awesome - everything looks like sunflower, colorful, warm and summerish C: Yea, it has its own sad twists like any other VN, but still this game is a good reminder of what do you like in summer :)

+ Visuals - Backgrounds 10/10, girls are like 7.5/10, dem backs so awesome, one better than another, it is a huge plus for a VN, well girls are nice and look very cute, but sometimes they herp their derps, it looks funny but still.
+ Sound - very nice sound work OST and variety of background sounds are very well made + you can listen that music in the gallery
+ Story - the game itself pretty nice and interesting to read, but i faced that problem when whatever i do i end up in bad ending :((( Well this will take some time to figure out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Damn Yekaterina and her food taste.
+Steam cards with cool backgrounds.
+Achievements
-Right now steam overlay bugs for me, so i cant make screens :(, and right now they dont have settings for text speed and sound. Well hope they will fix that in the future.
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3 of 4 people (75%) found this review helpful
4 people found this review funny
Recommended
2.7 hrs on record
Posted: September 2
Yes.

Why did I say yes you may ask?

Simple answer my friends...

Loli route, best route.

Now go buy it and do Yekaterina's/Loli route...
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
1.4 hrs on record
Posted: September 8
I WILL THANK the commentors for the warning on the crazy r*** route. Loli ending is the best ending. Too bad I really wish there was a sequel or extension to her ending. Its rather disappointing because I hate cliff hangers. as for Alannah's ending I could already tell hers was going to be boring by going on the picnic with her, several times because I kept screwing up and getting the bad ending. since I got Yukea's (not very good with name spelling pardon) ending I'm not interested in the other endings I wish the game was a bit longer, it costs 9.99 so obviously the money didn't go into the length, it all comes down to the artwork. THE art work was absolutely fenominal outstanding. The scenes were exquisite. so overall a good game but could use work.
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5 of 10 people (50%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
Recommended
5.6 hrs on record
Posted: July 17
WARNING!
THIS IS A SAVE AND LOAD GAME! YOU WILL SAVE OFTEN CAUSE YOU WILL ♥♥♥♥ UP!

This game isnt bad. But I will say this... It CAN and WILL FAKK you up if you do something WRONG!

Plot wise, its mostly about your cousin, with the 2 other side characters as an add to the story depending on which direction you take. The story is centered about your summer vacation to the house you grew up in (now owned by your auntie), an festival and these GIRLS, Yeka, Velvet and Alanna. This is all centered in None japanese Japanese city. It all looks like a mix between it for sure.

THIS IS A GAME THO.. A VISUAL NOVEL GAME. You have choices. The CHOICES MATTERS ALOT. WAY TOO MUCH!
First choice is a 2 parter. This matters the MOST.
If you want YEKA (which IS BY ALL FAKKIN MEANS THE TRUE DIRECTION THE GAME WANTS TO GO HERE) you HAVE to be highly descreet on what you do. I followed the guide, and IT want you to do highly specific things.

I played through Alanna's story, cause i didnt manage Yeka's story at first.. Cause cmon... Loli in games are always the best option than a light-headed girl like Alanna. Because of me TRYING to get YEKA, I got to experience the BAD ENDINGS!

ENDINGS!!!!

I will say the game starts lacking towards the ending of it all. Where there will be no choices, as the game has stapled you with "THIS IS HOW YOU WILL END UP NOW" as it tells you the story on how you F-ed up or how you did it correctly. Which is sad...

Reason this is sad is cause I wanted to be able to have direct control of my character throughout the ending of Yeka's story. At the Festival and at the ending. The ending I was pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cause my character ♥♥♥♥ED HIMSELF UP and almost did the same to YEKA cause HE didnt wanna go through with what was going to happen, and this is where CHOICES would and SHOULD have been in the ending. HIGHLY DISAPPOINTING RIGHT THERE!, however, in the end YEKA's story ended good. ATLEAST THANKS FOR THAT! Unlike Alanna's that was highly disappointing and lack luster. This was just a "Yeah ok" ending.

So what do I give? 6/10. Doesnt change the score on the first one. It lacks stuff that would make this game better, There is to much problems with saving and loading that its weird BUT I enjoyed it once I knew how to keep everyone "ALIVE" and go the route I wanted.

I do recommend this. a 6 is still over average. Good job Devs!
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3 of 6 people (50%) found this review helpful
Recommended
7.6 hrs on record
Posted: July 13
I finished the game 100% and it was good.

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS***

If spoilers don't bother you then read ahead.

Alannah's Story is the average idiot anime girl that loves you right off the bat and loves you no matter what. The only difference is you seperate at the end instead of hooking up or even kissing.

Yekaterina's story is that she's an 11 year old girl and your cousin and you get into suggestive situations with her. She ends up kissing you in the end.

Velvet's story is surprisingly a r@pe (♥♥♥♥ you Steam, I can't write r@pe?! ♥♥♥♥ you Steam!) story with suggestions that she murdered you to get to Alannah.


The background art is AMAZING but the character art can very. Most of the time the character art is also very impressive. The music is also very enjoyable. So in the end I would suggest getting this game on a boring or lonley night. It may arouse you, maybe, but it will entertain you and give you a satisfied experience.
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calebrulz26
1.3 hrs
Posted: August 27
its a grate game the one problem is the sound is to loud and you cant chang it. for exampel like if i wanted to talk to someone in a call or something the game will be to loud to here them
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