{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3af3121ffcc1c1404c6b157f","clusterId":"c_839ba1aea923b6577305c1c8","slug":"robot-girl-novel-game-cocoro-launches-on-pc","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Robot Girl Novel Game COCORO Launches on PC","summary":"Good Smile Company and Front Wing released the PC novel game COCORO on August 27. The game is available as a download only, priced at 3,800 yen, with a 20 percent off launch sale on Steam through September 8. A demo version is also on Steam. COCORO is set in Tsukumishi, a former utopia destroyed by a global AI rampage. The story follows Hinata Mimine, a boy who lost his hometown, and Cocoro, a humanoid girl who wishes to become human and dreams of marriage. Hinata returns to the ruined city during summer vacation and reunites with Cocoro at a botanical garden, where she tends flowers and awaits a fiance she does not realize is him. The game features full voice acting except for the protagonist. Hina Yumiya voices Cocoro, with a cast including Hikaru Tohno, Yasuaki Takumi, Riona Imaizumi, Maaya Uchida, and Shuta Morishima. Planning and scenario are by Asta Konno of ATRI -My Dear Moments-, character design by Akio Watanabe of the Grisaia series, and music by Fuminori Matsumoto. The game supports Japanese, English, and Chinese.","whyItMatters":"The release pairs two established visual novel creators, Asta Konno and Akio Watanabe, in a story that leans on the popularity of robot heroines, a niche that ATRI and GINKA have proven commercially viable.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEnding theme lyricist is Yui Kuwashima; opening theme \u0026#34;Signal\u0026#34; is sung by Runa Mizutani (NanosizeMir), composed and arranged by Fuminori Matsumoto.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSD illustration is by Mai Nanaka, backgrounds by Waisshu.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe game is rated all ages and is available on Steam, DMM GAMES, and DLsite, with the 20 percent launch sale running through September 8 on Steam.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAutomaton notes the story includes Kirika Hatsuki, Hinata\u0026#39;s guardian and chief of the calamity investigation team, voiced by Maaya Uchida, plus childhood friend Kazane Ryuzaki (Hikaru Tohno).\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe protagonist lost the ability to speak as a child after his mother died, and met Cocoro while fleeing to the botanical garden.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCocoro tends the ruined garden alone and believes her fiance will come when the Natsunoshirayuki flowers bloom.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDenfaminicogamer highlights that Hina Yumiya is known for Anna Yamada in The Dangers in My Heart and Tomori Takamatsu in BanG Dream! It\u0026#39;s MyGO!!!!!.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA newly drawn illustration by Akio Watanabe commemorates the release, per Denfaminicogamer.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAutomaton reports Steam user reviews were already favorable at the time of writing.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe game is developed by Frontwing, which has produced many bishojo titles.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"COCORO pairs the planner of ATRI -My Dear Moments- with the character designer of Grisaia, two teams known for bittersweet endings. The demo on Steam lets players test the tonal fit before the full 3,800 yen purchase.","twitterPost":"COCORO is a marriage proposal framed as a novel game. Full voice acting except the protagonist is a deliberate choice for the player-insert.","threadsPost":"COCORO is a visual novel about a girl who wants to become human and dreams of marriage. It's a download-only release at 3,800 yen, with a 20 percent launch discount on Steam until September 8. The demo is already up, so the question of whether the premise lands can be answered before paying.","newsletterBlurb":"Good Smile Company and Front Wing released COCORO, a novel game about a robot girl who wants to become human, on August 27. The game features scenario by Asta Konno and character design by Akio Watanabe, with a launch sale on Steam.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GAME Watch\",\"url\":\"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2134945.html\",\"title\":\"Novel game 'COCORO' about a robot girl who wishes to become human releases today! 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