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0. Alternate Starting Point: This game allows users to start from alternative starting points after finishing a route. Usually at the turning point of the game where a user picks which route to continue.

This tag is not for games with new unlockable routes. Use Unlockable Routes for those.
0. Asymmetrical Bangs: This character has asymmetrical bangs.

Asymmetrical bangs are like blunt bangs but instead of a straight cut they are made with a diagonal cut, they usually start with longer strands on one side with a shorter corner on the other or vice versa.

Example 1
Example 2
0. Autosave Only: This game always saves data to the same file, usually at fixed points in the story (a process known as Autosave). The player is not able to keep multiple saves at different points in the game, so if they wish to see the results of making a different choice they will often need to restart the game from the beginning.
0. Bisexual Heroine: One of the heroines is sexually or romantically attracted to both females and males. It is expressed by her behavior through the game. Her sexual experience on the subject is irrelevant for this tag.

This tag is for heroines who express an interest in both women and men from the start. For characters initially interested in women only, please use the Lesbian Heroine tag.
0. Bisexual Protagonist: The protagonist is sexually or romantically attracted to both females and males. It is expressed by his/her behavior through the game. His/Her sexual experience on the subject is irrelevant for this tag.

This tag is for protagonists who express an interest in both women and men from the start. For protagonists initially interested in characters of the same sex only, please use the Homosexual Protagonist tag.
0. Black and White: The graphics of this visual novel are in black and white.

Black-and-white as a description may be considered a misnomer in that the images are not ordinarily starkly contrasted black and white but combine black and white in a continuum producing a range of shades of gray.

Please only use this tag if the entire visual novel, or at least the majority of it is in black and white. Do not use this tag for visual novels that feature only short B&W scenes (for example for flashbacks).
0. Carryover Save: In some game series, a saved game from one game in the series can be used to unlock content or start in a different situation in later games. This game supports this loading of data from previous titles.

Check related Wikipedia article for details.
0. Celestial Body: This character is a personification/embodiment of a celestial body (star, planet, etc.).
0. Celestial Body Hero: One of the heroes is a personification/embodiment of a cosmic object (star, planet, etc.).

See the Wikipedia entry for celestial body for more details.
0. Celestial Body Heroine: One of the heroines is a personification/embodiment of a cosmic object (star, planet, etc.).

See the Wikipedia entry for celestial body for more details.
0. Celestial Body Protagonist: The protagonist is a personification/embodiment of a cosmic object (star, planet, etc.).

See the Wikipedia entry for celestial body for more details.
0. Character Profiles: A visual novel with this tag contains in-game character profiles.
Character profiles contain information such as a their birthday, starsign, height and weight. Sometimes, they contain additional information such as the character's history and happenings before the events of the story, or what they do in their spare time.

Character profiles often contains spoilers, so please tag accordingly.

Example 1: http://s.vndb.org/sf/76/62076.jpg
Example 2: http://tinyurl.com/meclzef
0. Classic Tsundere Heroine: One or more of the heroine is a classic Tsundere (as they were defined before the anime "mainstream" assimilated it).

Starts tsuntsun (cranky, violent and possibly violent) towards the protagonist (and possibly everyone else), due to some reason or another, and over the course of the game falls in love with him/turns deredere (lovestruck) .

While tsuntsun and deredere might conflict, this phase will be over after a short while and progress into straight deredere.

Compare with Coodere. Do not confuse with Modern Tsundere.
0. Coodere: This character is a coodere, starts uninterested but turns lovestruck later.

A coodere starts cold, distant, uninterested and doesn't pay any attention to potential love interests, but eventually turns lovestruck. Unlike the classic type, a coodere doesn't get hostile with the other characters, but just ignores them.
0. Coodere Hero: These games have at least one coodere hero.

Cooderes start as cold or impersonal towards the protagonist (and, possibly, everyone else) and then develop feelings for the protagonist as the story progresses.

A variant of the traditional tsundere archetype.
0. Coodere Heroine: These games have at least one coodere heroine.

Cooderes start as cold or impersonal towards the protagonist (and, possibly, everyone else) and then develop feelings for the protagonist as the story progresses.

A variant of the traditional tsundere archetype.
2370. Cravat: This character wears a cravat.

A cravat is a neckband, this term applied to any long-strip neckcloth that was not a ruff. The ruff, a starched, pleated white linen strip, can also be a bib, or a napkin. A band can be either a plain, attached shirt collar or a detachable "falling band" that draped over the doublet collar.
0. Crotch Rope Walk: Scenes involving crotch rope walk take place during the course of this story.

Crotch rope walk is a BDSM practice in which a length of rope is pulled relatively tight and fastened across the room at waist height. Then the (usually female) submissive is to put the rope in between her legs and to start walking slowly. The rope bites into her private parts, causing pain and/or pleasure, depending on the preparation taken. The rope might have knots in regular or irregular intervals to intensify the sensation.

An alternative version is when the submissive partner remains stationary and the rope is pulled between her legs.

NSFW Exmaple 1, NSFW Example 2
0. Crotch Rope Walk: It is a BDSM practice in which a length of rope is pulled relatively tight and fastened across the room at waist height. Then the (usually female) submissive is to put the rope in between her legs and to start walking slowly. The rope bites into her private parts, causing pain and/or pleasure, depending on the preparation taken. The rope might have knots in regular or irregular intervals to intensify the sensation.

An alternative version is when the submissive partner remains stationary and the rope is pulled between her legs.

NSFW Exmaple 1, NSFW Example 2
769. Crown: This character wears a crown.

A crown is the traditional symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents power, legitimacy, immortality, righteousness, victory, triumph, resurrection, honour and glory of life after death. In art the crown may be shown being offered to those on Earth by angels. Apart from the traditional form, crowns also may be made of, for example, flowers, stars, oak leaves or thorns and be worn by others, representing what the coronation part aims to symbolize with the specific crown. They often contain jewels.
0. Drastic Character Development: A significant character (protagonist, hero, heroine, etc.) goes through drastic changes for the better. He or she might start out as a noname loser who is everyone's doormat and ends up being the most badass person in town for example. This change is a significant part of the VN's plot.
0. Drowning Torture: This character is tortured by being forced to feel as if they would be drowning. This can be achieved either by being forced underwater (or other neutral liquid) long enough that they start to run out of air or by waterboarding
0. Dying Hero: One of the heroes in this game has a terminal illness. Either from the start of the game or for the most part in general. If he survives the game or not is up to the game but his sickness is an important factor for him as a character.
0. Dying Heroine: One of the heroines on this game has a terminal illness. Either from the start of the game or for the most part in general. If she survives the game or not is up to the game but her sickness is an important factor for her as a character.
0. Dying Protagonist: Protagonist of this game has a terminal illness. Either from the start of the game or for the most part in general.
0. Famous: This character is a famous person. They may or may not be popular.

A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile in the media implied with stardom, great popular appeal, widely known, prominent or successful in some field, and is easily recognized by the general public.
0. Feminization: The protagonist or one of the heroes in this story starts as a male but has his lifestyle modified into that of a trap/crossdresser by his own choice or by sexual training, either consensual or not. The key point of this tag is not about appearance but it is about taking on tasks, behaviours and roles that are overtly feminine, and adopt female mannerisms and postures.

All of that usually ends up in cross-dressing, especially in the clothes related to a traditional submissive female role, such as schoolgirl, secretary or a maid. Surgical intervention and/or sex change might eventually occur, but is not a requirement.

Where feminization is forced, it also usually leads to erotic humiliation, corporal punishment and cuckolding.

What NOT to consider feminization:
- VN where a character wakes up in a girl's body or he magically gender bends
- VN where a character disguises as a cross-dresser for various purposes, like infiltrating an all-girl school
- VN where the character is transgender and assumes feminine role as part of their transitioning

An example of a VN about feminization is (NSFW): v19290.

If in doubt if the tag applies, note that Feminization is a fetish and thus is employed for the gratification of either feminizee or the feminizer.
0. Feminization: This character starts as a male but has his lifestyle modified into that of a trap/crossdresser by his own choice or by sexual training, either consensual or not. The key point of this trait is not about appearance but it is about taking on tasks, behaviours and roles that are overtly feminine, and adopt female mannerisms and postures.

All of that usually ends up in cross-dressing, especially in the clothes related to a traditional submissive female role, such as schoolgirl, secretary or a maid. Surgical intervention and/or sex change might eventually occur, but is not a requirement.

Where feminization is forced, it also usually leads to erotic humiliation, corporal punishment and cuckolding.

What NOT to consider feminization:
- VN where a character wakes up in a girl's body or he magically gender bends
- VN where a character disguises as a cross-dresser for various purposes, like infiltrating an all-girl school
- VN where the character is transgender and assumes feminine role as part of their transitioning

An example of a VN about feminization is (NSFW): v19290.

If in doubt if the trait applies, note that Feminization is a fetish and thus is employed for the gratification of either feminizee or the feminizer.
0. Former Celebrity: This character used to be (or to a degree, still is) famous in the media: a singer, a musician, an artist, a reality TV star, whatever. But they either faded out of the spotlight unwillingly (eg. reality TV stars once their reality show ends) or retired and no longer pursue whatever career was their claim to fame (a perfect IRL example would be Sir Sean Connery who retired in 2006, only did reprisals of his old characters like two times since then and the last time was 9 years ago, has been avoiding publicity and interviews to boot).

Associated the trait corresponding to his/her former profession with this one if it is known.
0. Genre Shift: This game suddenly switches into a wildly different genre later on in the story. For example, it might start as a school comedy then later turns into a space opera or mecha or apocalyptic sci fi, etc., you get the idea.

Games of this type are usually misleadingly advertised.

More info on genre shift.
0. Grotesque Stretched Nipples: This character has stretched/extended nipples due to a temporary or permanent effect (magic, operation, experiment, etc...).

Nipples are streched/enlarged to an abnormal size; usually nipple start to look grotesque from 2-3 centimeters of length.

Note: in case of normal breast enlargement use Breast Expansion instead.
Note 2: in case enlarged nipples have become dicks use Dicknipples instead.

NSFW Example 1
NSFW Example 2
0. Guimpe: A guimpe is a linen cloth, often starched, which covers the neck and shoulders of the wearer, sometimes the entire chest as well. It had been in common use among women of means throughout most of the Middle Ages but gradually fell out of fashion by the Renaissance. Its use persists to the present day among certain orders of nuns, who use it as part of their religious habit.

Example 1
Example 2
0. Hero in Relationship with Other(s): At least one of the heroes of this visual novel is already committed to a romantic relationship as the story starts, or does so at the very early stages of the story. Do not use this tag for relationship with the protagonist, only for relationships with other characters.

During his route he may break up with his current partner and get together with the protagonist. However, he may also stay in his current relationship - then the protagonist may become his lover, or they can just stay as friends.
0. Heroine in Relationship with Other(s): At least one of the heroines of this visual novel is already committed to a romantic relationship as the story starts, or does so at the very early stages of the story. Do not use this tag for relationship with the protagonist (use g880 in such case), only for relationships with other characters.

During her route she may break up with her current partner and get together with the protagonist. However, she may also stay in her current relationship - then the protagonist may become her lover, or they can just stay as friends.
0. Heroine with Demon Blood: This type of heroine starts as a regular human but later on gets demon blood mixed with her own, ultimately granting her superhuman qualities and powers.
0. Hetare: This character is Hetare which is the opposite of [url=/i74]Proactive[/url].

This character is a worthless, spineless, undependable, lazy, inept and no help to anyone and most of the time unable to make any decisions in time.

This character is always being pushed around by every other characters in the game at the very start and they are still like that in the final moments of the game. They make other characters help them everytime before facing their own problems.

Please don't use this trait on games that have this character starting this way but also has him fixing his ways in the first hours of the game. Thus making it somewhat bearable by some quick reading.
While this description says man, this trait can also be applied to worthless, spineless, good for nothing female characters.
0. Hetare Protagonist: The opposite of [url=/g692]Proactive Protagonist[/url].

The protagonist of this game is a worthless, spineless, good for nothing individual that is not worthy of being called a man. He is no help to anyone and is most of the time unable to make any decisions in time. He is always being pushed around by every other character in the game, he is that way at the start and he is still like that in the final moments of the game.

Please don't use this tag on games that has its protag starting this way but also has him fixing his ways in the first hours of the game. Thus making it somewhat bearable by some quick reading.

While this description says man, this tag can also be applied to worthless, spineless, good for nothing female protagonists.
0. Illegitimate Child: This character is an illegitimate child.

Illegitimacy (or bastardy) is the status of a child born outside marriage.
0. Japanese Idols: The Japanese idol setting plays an important theme in the game.

A Japanese idol is a pop culture entertainment occupation where starlets are marketed as someone to be admired, often for their cuteness appearance. Idol often work as role models. They participate entertainment activities such as marketing, voice overs, musical concerts, and tours. Idols can also come together to form "Idol Groups."

Multiple idols are often involved in this setting. But not always as long the game's theme revolves around idolism.
1149. Jeans: This character wears jeans.

Jeans are trousers made from denim. Starting in the 1950s, jeans, originally designed for working people, became popular among teenagers. They come in many styles and colors; however, "blue jeans" are particularly identified with American culture, especially the American Old West.
0. Jester Costume: Jester's costume usually consist of a multi-colored long-sleeved tunic and puffy pants, a hat with two or more "horns" (pom poms or bells are optional), a star-shaped or ruffle collar, and a jester's shoe covers.
0. Journey: These games are, for the most part, about a journey.

It may be about a road trip, a travel with friends and family. (g286)

Or an epic journey like Odyssey, something about a ring and a volcano, a voyage across the stars or maybe even dimensions. (g363)

Or it may be about a journey not fitting to either of these two, like a voyage from Beijing to Berlin, in that case use this tag itself.
0. Location Display: These games tell you the name of the location the current scene takes place, usually by a display that pops up at start of the scene at a corner of the screen.
0. Madness: One or more characters in this game are either insane or showing early symptoms of starting to get mad.
0. Mayadere: This character is a mayadere, a deadly dangerous tsundere.

A mayadere usually starts as an antagonist trying to kill the someone but switches sides after falling in love. This character is unpredictable and dangerous for everyone including the romantic interest.
0. Mayadere Hero: One or more of the heroes in a visual novel with this tag is a mayadere.

A deadly dangerous tsundere, a mayadere hero usually starts as an antagonist but switches sides after falling in love. This hero is unpredictable and dangerous for everyone including his romantic interest.
0. Mayadere Heroine: This type of a tsundere is dangerous and scary.

Think of a heroine that started as a villain trying to kill the protagonist but then switched to his side after falling in love with him. One that still makes jokes about killing him once in a while...
0. Multiple Opening Movies: This game has several opening movies besides the very first one at the beginning, usually seen when game shifts to a new phase of the story and sometimes when the player starts on a newly unlocked route.
0. Netorare Type B: Initially, the heroine is raped, blackmailed, drugged or otherwise tricked to have sex with someone other than the protagonist. However, she eventually starts enjoying it and the sex becomes fully consensual in the end.
0. Netorare Type C: The heroine is raped in front of the protagonist and he can only helplessly watch it. It's non-consensual from start to finish.
0. No Title Screen: There is no title screen and the game just automatically starts the moment it is launched...
0. Non-Erotic Moral Corruption: One of the themes in this visual novel is the moral erosion of some of its characters.

These characters usually start out as morally good, pure, innocent, etc. and over the course of the visual novel they lose their innocence and become jaded, turn into an anti-hero or a straight-up evil villain.

Note: This tag is exclusively for non-erotic moral corruption (as the name suggests). Please use Sexual Corruption for erotic corruption.
0. Not a Virgin: This character had previous sexual experiences before the game's story begins or still keeps an active sexual life. This trait is for characters that are not virgins when the story starts.
0. Not an Anal Virgin: This character had previous sexual experiences involving anal penetration before the game's story begins. They might still keep an active sexual life.

Regarding this trait, the virginity of character's other holes doesn't matter. The trait applies if they had been anally penetrated with a ----- before the start of the story.

Do not use the trait for the anal penetration with fingers or dildos, but only where the actual sexual intercourse is involved.
0. Pain Only Rape: A visual novel with this tag contains one or more rape scenes in which the victim doesn't experience any pleasure whatsoever from the act.

From start to finish, the act remains totally against the victim's will and only brings them suffering- psychologically and/or physically.

This is in stark contrast to the unrealistic portrayal of rape in most titles on this database where pleasure is a given, no matter how much the characters are tortured.
0. Pimp/Madam Protagonist: Traffickers, also known as pimps or madams, exploit vulnerabilities and lack of opportunities, while offering promises of marriage, employment, education, and/or an overall better life.
However, in the end, traffickers force the victims to become prostitutes or work in the sex industry.
Various work in the sex industry includes prostitution, dancing in strip clubs, performing in pornographic films and pornography, and other forms of involuntary servitude.

A pimp is an agent (usually male) for prostitutes who collects part of their earnings. This act is called procuring or pandering. The pimp may receive this money in return for advertising services, physical protection, or for providing, and possibly monopolizing, a location where he or she (i.e. the prostitute) may engage clients.

A woman who runs a brothel is known as a madam rather than a pimp.

The pimp-prostitute relationship can be abusive and possessive, with the pimp/madam using techniques such as psychological intimidation, manipulation, starvation, rape and/or gang rape, beating, confinement, threats of violence toward the victim’s family, forced drug use and the shame from these acts.
0. Protagonist in Relationship: This protagonist is already committed to a romantic relationship as the story starts, or does so at the very early stages of the story.

So in the process of this story, if you aim for an another romantic interest this will cause all kinds of problems and guilt trips.

This also means that the protagonist won't be clueless about relationships like a kid encountering his/her first romance.

Having an Osananajimi that's head over heels in love with the protag, waking him up, cooking for him and hanging out with him at all times do not count. Since for the industry standard Donkan protagonists, she doesn't really exist.
0. Protagonist's Boyfriend as a Hero: At the start of the game one or more heroes are already in a relationship with the protagonist as their boyfriend(s).

Boyfriend is a male partner in a non-marital romantic relationship.

The tag should be used concurrently with [url=/g880]Protagonist in Relationship[/url]. This tag should not be used if a hero becomes protagonist's boyfriend over the course of the story.
0. Protagonist's Girlfriend as a Heroine: At the start of the game one or more heroines are already in a relationship with the protagonist as their girlfriend(s).

Girlfriend is a female partner in a non-marital romantic relationship.

The tag should be used concurrently with [url=/g880]Protagonist in Relationship[/url]. This tag should not be used if a heroine becomes protagonist's girlfriend over the course of the story.
0. Pubic Hair Option: At the start of these games, the player could choose if the participants would have pubic hair or not.
0. Rain: This visual novel has many scenes featuring rain.

Could be so called rain drama effect, in that when there's something dramatic/sad happening, the sky has bad habit of starting to rain in cases like these to boost the overall effectiveness of scene.
0. Restart from Chapter Index: Rather than restarting from the beginning or right after the prologue, this VN allows you to restart the game from any indexed chapter of your choosing.

This chapter index will oftentimes be located separately from the "Start" button in the main menu.
Example 1: Sweet Fuse has this chapter index under "Diary" on its main menu.
Example 2: Hakuoki has this chapter index under "Record of Service" on its main menu.

NOTE 1: This tag is not to be used for whole route selection, but rather chapter selection, i.e., the ability to restart the game from any one of the many chapters that make up an entire route.

NOTE 2: This kind of chapter index differs from Normal Scene Recollection in that you're restarting the game from a specified chapter, not merely rereading a scene. Upon selecting a starting chapter, future game mechanics will still be enabled making unread branches/endings still available to be reached.
97. Reverse-trap: This character is a girl who looks like, and is usually mistaken, for a boy.

Dressing and acting like a boy is optional.

"Trap" does not imply any specific form of sexual orientation but only the physical appearance.

This trait is to be used for works that explicitly frame a female character as male in order to "trap" the player. For gender ambiguous body types use [url=/i1519]Androgynous[/url] instead. For characters whose self-described gender identity does not match their sex, use [url=/i49]Transgender[/url].

Do not apply the trait to transsexual characters, as it is a separate fetish. A possible exception could be allowed, if the character starts as a Reverse-trap and later transitions during the course of the story.
0. Romantic Reconciliation: This is the reverse trait to i2455 and i2406.

Use the trait when the characters, who previously broke up before or during the course of the game, get back together and start being romantically involved again. Apply to both characters who rekindle their relationship.

Can also be used if the character's significant other was stolen by another character, but they manage to win their SO back.
0. School Drama Club Member: This character is a member of a drama club associated with a school.

Drama club exists to provide an opportunity for students interested in theater to learn the art of acting and be able to create a performance, starting with the script and ending with decorations. Students create requisite and clothes for the show on their own. However, the purchase of necessary materials is provided at the expense of a school. Club can give performances in school during festivals and holidays.
0. School Drama Club President: This character is the president of a drama club associated with a school.

Drama club exists to provide an opportunity for students interested in theater to learn the art of acting and be able to create a performance, starting with the script and ending with decorations. Students create requisite and clothes for the show on their own. However, the purchase of necessary materials is provided at the expense of a school. Club can give performances in school during festivals and holidays.
0. Sex with Invertebrates: A visual novel with this tag contains sex scenes involving invertebrates.

Invertebrates are animals that neither possess a backbone nor a spine. Familiar examples of invertebrates include insects; crabs, lobsters and their kin; snails, clams, octopuses and their kin; starfish, sea-urchins and their kin; jellyfish, and worms.

NOTE: *Do not* use this tag for fantastical creatures that resemble invertebrates- they should be tagged as Sex with Monsters (or its child tags).
0. Sexual Corruption: One of the themes of this visual novel is the sexual corruption of its characters. This means that some characters start out as sexually "pure" and "innocent" and gradually turn into perverted nymphomaniacs, willing sex-slaves, prostitutes enjoying their work, sex-craving succubi and so on.

Note: this tag is, as the name suggests, exclusively for sexual corruption of characters. If the VN features more generic, non-eroticised moral corruption of characters, please use Non-Erotic Moral Corruption instead.
0. Sexual Corruption: The person, though started out as innocent or not particularly interested in sex, becomes corrupted and sex-obsessed as time goes. This may be done deliberately through repeated sexual intercourse (example: magical girls being corrupted).
0. Sexual Slavery (Choukyou Variation): This is an ambiguous merging of the non-consensual and the consensual form of sexual slavery, which is often depicted within nukige.
Although some means of force is applied to some unwilling people like in non-consensual sexual slavery, the border to consensual slavery is blurry to the most.

In the exaggeration of this medium, the unwillingness transforms rather instantly by means of sexual stimulation to a (semi-)consensual form.
This unnatural behaviour of characters is pure fictitious and one feature of nukige.
Further, this depiction of sexual slavery borrows regularly the symbols by which a consensual submission is demonstrated of the submissive to others indicating the belonging to the dominant, such as wearing a collar, special tattoos, piercings, a very short haircut or a bald head.

Therefore, a nukige with sexual slavery as theme defies often a clear classification into one of the two real life forms of sexual slavery.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This variation of sexual slavery starts out as non consensual and either turns consensual by bringing out the victim's inner masochist or mindbreak erases most of the victim's original personality to the point, where one cannot really talk about "will" and "consensuality".
0. Sexual Slavery (Choukyou Variation): This character is subject of choukyou-type sexual slavery.

This variation of sexual slavery starts out as non consensual and either turns consensual by bringing out the victim's inner masochist or mindbreak erases most of the victim's original personality to the point, where one cannot really talk about "will" and "consensuality".
0. Sexual Slavery (Consensual): This character is subject of consensual sexual slavery.

In this form of sexual slavery as it pertains to BDSM, slavery refers to a dominant person owning a submissive person as property. It is a consensual exchange of power between individuals. It starts out consensual and stays that way.
0. Sexual Slavery (Non-consensual): This form of sexual slavery is the slavery of unwilling people for sexual exploitation.
Forced prostitution, also known as involuntary prostitution is a classical form of this form of sexual slavery, wherein sex traffickers force victims to become prostitutes or work in the sex industry.
This various work in the sex industry includes prostitution, dancing in strip clubs, performing in pornographic films and pornography, and other forms of involuntary servitude.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Non-consensual sexual slavery starts out as non-consensual and stays that way. The victim doesn't go through mindbreak and doesn't become a willing slave at any point in the story.
0. Sexual Slavery (Non-consensual): This character is a victim of non-consensual sexual slavery.

This form of sexual slavery is the slavery of unwilling people for sexual exploitation.
Forced prostitution, also known as involuntary prostitution is a classical form of this form of sexual slavery, wherein sex traffickers force victims to become prostitutes or work in the sex industry.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Non-consensual sexual slavery starts out as non-consensual and stays that way. The victim doesn't go through mindbreak and doesn't become a willing slave at any point in the story.
0. Sherlock Holmes: These games feature characters from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's series of stories starring Sherlock Holmes. These characters may include, but are not limited to Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Moriarty, Mrs. Hudson and Irene Adler.

The story likely revolves around mysteries and detective work.
0. Starship Combat: This game features battles fought in the space with starships.
1779. Student Council: The student government plays an important part in this story.

A student government is a student organization present in many colleges, universities and has started to appear in some high schools. In higher education, the student union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body.
0. Student Council Advisor: This character is in charge of the students in the student government.

A student government is a student organization present in many colleges, universities and has started to appear in some high schools. In higher education, the student union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body.
0. Student Council Member: This character is a member of the student government.

A student government is a student organization present in many colleges, universities and has started to appear in some high schools. In higher education, the student union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body.
0. Student Council Member Hero: A hero is a member of the student government.

A student government is a student organization present in many colleges, universities and has started to appear in some high schools. In higher education, the student union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body.
0. Student Council Member Heroine: A heroine is a member of the student government.

A student government is a student organization present in many colleges, universities and has started to appear in some high schools. In higher education, the student union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body.
0. Student Council Member Protagonist: The protagonist is a member of the student government.

A student government is a student organization present in many colleges, universities and has started to appear in some high schools. In higher education, the student union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body.
0. System Time Events: When you start the game on a specific calendar date (the date set on your device), the game celebrates the real life or fictional celebrations by playing a short mini event.

Examples:
* Starting the game on Feb 14 (Valentine's Day) will play a scene of a heroine giving you chocolate;
* Starting the game on an in-game heroine's birthday will play a scene of you wishing the happy birthday to her;
* Starting the game during New Year will show you receiving greetings from the heroines.
0. Talkative: This character loves to talk. However, the topic he started is not always meaningful, which often annoys his companions, especially when they want to enjoy the silence.
382. Tarot Cards: The Tarot cards and/or their esoteric symbolism play a role in the story.

The Tarot are a type of playing cards, usually numbering 78, used for card games in Europe since the 15th century, and from approximately the 17th century began to be used by mystics and occultists for divination. 56 of the 78 cards, from which the common deck of 52 cards is ultimately derived, are known as the minor arcana, and like the common deck is divided into four suits and have pip cards numbered from 1 to 10 and four face cards (King, Queen, Knight, and Page). The remaining 22 cards are known as the trumps or major arcana, such as the Magician, Strength, The Star, etc. which depict symbolic scenes.
0. Tentacle Blowjob: This visual novel features at least one scene where a character gives a blowjob to a tentacle.

Do NOT use this tag in case of tentacles navigating all the body starting from mouth and reaching kitty or anus, in that case it's considered penetration; just use: All The Way Through

NSFW Example 1
NSFW Example 2
NSFW Example Multiple Tentacles 1
NSFW Example Multiple Tentacles 2
0. Tentacle Blowjob: This character performs fellatio on one or more tentacles. Apply i3193 to the receiving character.

Do NOT use this trait in case of tentacles navigating all the body starting from mouth and reaching kitty or anus, in that case it's considered penetration; just use: All The Way Through

NSFW Example 1
NSFW Example 2
NSFW Example Multiple Tentacles 1
NSFW Example Multiple Tentacles 2
0. Tentacle Blowjob: Fellatio is performed on one or more of this character's tentacles. Apply i3192 to the performing character.

Do NOT use this trait in case of tentacles navigating all the body starting from mouth and reaching kitty or anus, in that case it's considered penetration; just use: All The Way Through

NSFW Example 1, NSFW Example 2
NSFW Example Multiple Tentacles 1, NSFW Example Multiple Tentacles 2
0. Track Display: These games tell you the name of the background music that plays, usually by a display that pops up as the track starts playing at a corner of the screen.
0. Transman: This character is a transman.

Transsexual people experience a gender identity that is inconsistent or not culturally associated with their assigned sex, and desire to permanently transition to the gender with which they identify- usually seeking medical assistance to help them align their body with their identified sex or gender.

A trans man is a man who was assigned female at birth, but who has already made a permanent or partial transition, or have recently started to transition to the opposite sex (this could be before or during the story).
0. Transwoman: This character is a transwoman.

Transsexual people experience a gender identity that is inconsistent or not culturally associated with their assigned sex, and desire to permanently transition to the gender with which they identify- usually seeking medical assistance to help them align their body with their identified sex or gender.

A transwoman is a woman who was assigned male at birth, but who has already made a permanent or partial transition, or have recently started to transition to the opposite sex (this could be before or during the story).

Please note that transwomen and futanari are not the same- transwomen only have one set of genitalia whereas futanari possess both male and female genitalia.
96. Trap: This character is a boy who looks like, or is usually mistaken, for a girl.

Dressing and acting like a girl is optional.

"Trap" does not imply any specific form of sexual orientation but only the physical appearance.

This trait is to be used for works that explicitly frame a male character as female in order to "trap" the player. For gender ambiguous body types use [url=/i1519]Androgynous[/url] instead. For characters whose self-described gender identity does not match their sex, use [url=/i49]Transgender[/url].

Do not apply the trait to transsexual characters, nor to the characters with a [url=/i3102]Newhalf[/url] body type, as these are separate fetishes. A possible exception could be allowed, if the character starts as a Trap and later transitions during the course of the story.
0. Unlockable Event: After you finish the game/route and restart it for new play-through, (a) new event(s) which previously didn't exist is(are) inserted at random points(mostly in common route),

They are mainly used
-to present the readers with more details about the story with each playthough
-as a progressive foreshadowing of the true route which typically require multiple playthroughs to unlock.
-simply as a "bonus event".

Do not mix this with Unlockable Side Stories. Unlike side stories which exist as "bonus content" and need separate access, new events are naturally added to the overall story.
0. Unusual Hair Ornaments: This character wears hair ornaments that do not fit other hair ornament traits such as ribbons, beads, flowers, or bands.

Instead they wear something unusual such as stars, food, wings, or even ducks.
0. Villain: This character is a villain.

A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters.

A character may start as a villain or hero and later switch to the other side, this trait should be used in either case.
0. Villainous Hero: One or more heroes in this game is villainous, or simply is an "evil" character of the story.

Starting bad or going bad later, then becoming good again etc. doesn't matter as long as the villainous part takes an important role in the story.
0. Villainous Heroine: One or more heroines in this game is villainous, or simply is an "evil" character of the story.

Starting bad or going bad later, then becoming good again etc. doesn't matter as long as the villainous part takes an important role in the story.

Examples include Miss Leet.
0. Villainous Protagonist: Protagonist of this game is villainous, or simply is an "evil" character of the story.

Starting bad or going bad later, then becoming good again etc. doesn't matter as long as the villainous part takes an important role in the story.
0. Wire Weapon: This character uses a monomolecular wire.

Monomolecular wire is a fictional wire, often used as a weapon, consisting of single strand of strongly-bonded molecules, like carbon nanotubes. It has applications in cutting objects and severing adjacent molecules. A similar or identical concept may be called a microfilament wire or, as a weapon, a microfilament whip.

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Monomolecular wires are seen in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, Cyber City Oedo 808, Hyperion Cantos, Robert J. Sawyer's Illegal Alien, the manga Battle Angel Alita, Naruto, Hellsing, My-Hime, Simon R. Green's Deathstalker series, as well as the roleplaying games Shadowrun, and Cyberpunk 2020.
3225. Yangire: This character is a yangire.

Yangire is used to describe a character who is mentally ill and snaps instantly without showing affection for the victim of their outbursts.

Just like yandere characters, yangire characters star very loving and gentle, and suddenly turn out violent, but the difference is that yangire characters' actions are not related to romantic feelings.

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