{"rewrite":{"id":"r_556e0450d17f799885892a9b","clusterId":"c_d8da682450fc7269f773a535","slug":"nara-koi-otome-game-opens-official-site-ahead-of-december-17-release","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Nara☆Koi Otome Game Opens Official Site Ahead of December 17 Release","summary":"The otome game Nara☆Koi ~Ancient People, But We Fell in Love~ opened its official site on Thursday, November 12, 2026, and set a release date of Thursday, December 17, 2026. It will launch on Steam and Nintendo Switch for 960 yen (tax included). CyberStep is credited on the announcement page. The game is set at a school in Nara, where the protagonist, Ono no Imoko, can romance boys modeled on historical figures including Prince Shotoku.","whyItMatters":"The project grew out of the Hikutsu na Nara Kenmin bot's social media reveal, and its move to a dated, priced release on Steam and Switch shows a joke-adjacent Nara account turning into a commercial novel game with Awo-nimaru writing the scenario.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe official site lists the story synopsis and main character introductions. Ono no Imoko is a second-year student at Private Narayama Academy, described as ordinary and a little good at studying, whose daily life shifts after a certain encounter.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe love interests include Prince Shotoku as a mysterious transfer student, Nakatomi no Kamatari as Imoko\u0026#39;s childhood friend in the Neo Kemari Club, and Otomo no Yakamochi as head of the Light Music Waka Club. Awo-nimaru, one of the operators of the Hikutsu na Nara Kenmin bot, handles the original concept and scenario.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Nara☆Koi casts Ono no Imoko as the protagonist romancing Prince Shotoku at a Nara school. The 960 yen price puts it near impulse-buy territory on Steam and Switch, low enough that curiosity about the premise can carry a sale.","twitterPost":"Nara☆Koi makes Ono no Imoko the protagonist romancing Prince Shotoku. At 960 yen on Steam and Switch, the premise is the pitch.","threadsPost":"Nara☆Koi builds its cast from real Asuka figures, with Ono no Imoko as the protagonist and Prince Shotoku among the romance options. Pairing that with a 960 yen price on Steam and Switch reads as a low-risk experiment in how far historical name recognition can sell an otome premise.","newsletterBlurb":"Nara☆Koi ~Ancient People, But We Fell in Love~ opened its official site on November 12, 2026, and confirmed a December 17, 2026 release on Steam and Nintendo Switch for 960 yen. The otome game is set at a school in Nara and lets the protagonist, Ono no Imoko, romance figures including Prince Shotoku. Awo-nimaru, an operator of the Hikutsu na Nara Kenmin bot, is in charge of the original concept and scenario.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Nijimen\",\"url\":\"https://nijimen.kusuguru.co.jp/topics/655179\",\"title\":\"Otome Game 'Nara☆Koi' Where You Can Romance Prince Shotoku Opens Official Site! 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