Konoha Akisato"s passion for bishoujo games—interactive entertainment centered on attractive heroines—has long fueled her dream of becoming a renowned artist. Yet when she lands her first role as an assistant illustrator at Blue Bell, the game studio, she is confronted with a grim truth about her beloved genre. In 2023, the bishoujo market is saturated with cheap, formulaic, low‑quality releases, and Blue Bell sits at the heart of this problem.
While exploring an old‑time game shop and recalling the standout titles of yesteryear, Konoha is suddenly transported back to 1992, the dawn of the bishoujo boom. She initially resists her new reality until she is hired by Alcohol Soft, a modest studio that offers her an illustrator position. Though she believes that the skills she will bring from the future will guarantee success, the tools and artistic styles are far more archaic. She quickly realizes that mastering legacy tools and hand‑drawn techniques is essential, as the studio relies on analog methods rather than modern digital pipelines. To achieve her ambitions, she must adapt swiftly to this older technology and artistic approach.
