Help! My Childhood Friend Is Now My Boss and He Wants Me To Be His Bride?!
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
Content warning
This visual novel is an r18 story with sex scenes which is not appropriate for all ages. It features:- occasional deadnaming/misgendering of a trans character
- some discussion about transphobia
- scenes of adult characters consuming alcohol
- two explicit sex scenes
- some forcefem fetish content with a cis male character
Renji is an ordinary guy living an ordinary life. He works a dull, uninteresting office job, and he hasn't had a serious relationship in... well, ever.
Renji is already thirty-two, but he's been spinning his wheels for years. He doesn't know what he wants out of life or what his future holds, which might explain why he's been daydreaming about his childhood more and more.
As a young boy, at least, Renji was cool. He protected his best friend, Ikue, from school bullies, and he even planned to planned to marry her one day. Ikue, at least, adored Renji, and he basked in her affection...
But, wait! Who is this handsome guy who's just started to work in Renji's department? He says he's Renji's new boss, and his name is Ikki - but why does he look so similar to Renji's long lost childhood friend? What the heck is going on - and how does he know about Renji and Ikue's promise to get married?!
- 40,000 words of text
- A linear story with no choices and only one ending
- Custom character artwork
- A unique OST
- Office romance
- A transmasc love interest
- Two steamy sex scenes 🙏
Story/programming: ebi-hime
Character art: Bunycube
Background art: Various creative commons resources edited by Betto
Music: Lentil
UI: Elduator, Otoke Neko
Proofreading: Cyber, Runy, Zelan
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Development log
- Boss Bride has been released \o/1 day ago
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Holy shit. I feel like I've struck gold. The art is absolutely scrumptious. Renji and Ikki are so sweet and lovely to each other. And my face is flushed from those sex scenes, god. Top tier setting of the scene, the build-up, and the writing in general. For any lurkers who don't know, Tap H in game to hide the UI ;)
Spoilers ahead!
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Character-wise, I ended up really liking both Renji and Ikki. I appreciate the contrast in how Renji acts as a kid versus how he acts in the present. You can feel how differently he thinks at thirty-two, how he cringes at his old ideals, how he clumsily but earnestly tries to understand Ikki's identity. He does make some weird comments regarding gender roles and misgendering but Ikki shut that down pretty quick, which I appreciated.
As for Ikki, oh boy. He's such a cool, suave character. I wish I could be even half as charismatic as he is. I'm glad that he was able to become more outwardly confident in spite of his rough past. Honestly, it makes my heart warm just seeing Ikki grow up to be a self-assured, happy guy who is firm with his boundaries and comfortable in his own skin.
My favorite scene has to be the one where they're having a heartfelt conversation at the bar. Loved how open and expressive they were with each other, which made the transition into the smut feel like a natural progression.
As for the other characters, Junya's misogyny and Kurumi's fujoing out over her coworkers were off-putting. These seem to be intentional writing choices though so I won't speak on it further.
Okay finally I can gush about the sex scenes! So freaking hot. Once the masturbation CG struck, I knew I was in for a good time. There's something enchanting about the writing, where you can feel Renji's desire leaking through every detail. Ikki fingering and using a dildo on Renji was hot as sin. The dirty talk, praise kink, begging, dom/sub undertones, hnnngh. Ikki is very good with his words; it's easy to see why every utterance of "good boy" causes Renji to shiver. Also, I really, really appreciate that both of them refer to the dildo as Ikki's cock...
And when the lingerie scene flashbanged me after the credits, I just about combusted. Renji getting absolutely fucked stupid from Ikki's strap-on: Yum. The feminization is a guilty pleasure when juxtaposed with Renji's huffy, reserved personality. Some of the stereotypical language regarding being a wife made me raise my eyebrows. I personally enjoyed it but wow it's bold to utilize that in a trans story, even if the "wife" is the cis male. As shameful as it is, I liked how enthusiastically into it Renji was.
The only thing I wish I could have seen was more of Ikki receiving pleasure! The CGs were beautifulll but also mostly focused on Renji's body. I think it would have been lovely to also see more of Ikki's pleasure. Oh and office sex because that's hot in fiction. But overall, both Ikki's teasing attitude as a top + Renji being readily submissive is ridiculously sexy and I'd love to see more of it <3
Thank you for your team's hard work! I'll definitely be coming back to this VN in the future... 😌
i saw this email while at a con and cant wai tto download it when i get home yayyy yaooiii
thank u i hope u like it
i love yaoi i want to write like 500 more yaoi vns haha
I'm trans and i think this game is awesome.. ikki's so cool (˶ˆᗜˆ˵)
I can’t try the game because when I download the file, I get a message saying “This game was created for an older version of Android.” I’ll try installing it in the future.🫶🏼🥀💖
THIS IS SO PEAK DO NOT LISTEN TO THE HATER🥹🥹
Without playing the visual novel, I suspect that the "cute guy" is in fact Ikui, because she is maybe trans gender. I keep what I always say: visual novels are relaxing, because of the fact you have to keep pressing enter for the story to proseed.
autoplay is an option for this visual novel
Renji is so lost and confused the entire time it's so cute ;n;
I do love the fact that he didn't restrain himself and talked about it openly to Ikki, and his confusion wasn't transphobia but just lacking information!
Them finding and loving each other was just the preciousest preciousness to ever precious
9/10, the missing point is just bc I wanted Renji to discover Ikkis body (face sitting when???) as a steamy scene (⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄)
ii just finished dis is amazing woaw,,,, i rlly love the art,,whats your process for picking artists?
thank u i'm glad you liked it!
for this vn in particular, the artist popped up on my twitter tl randomly cause she did some fanservicey art of rance from the rance series haha, and i liked her style so much i thought "i need to hire this person to illustrate a bl vn for me"
the artist also draws and writes her own bl vns, you can find them here!
oh my god rance mentioned,,, will check out their stuff thankuu!!
thats awesome
zomg this was so gewd... ikki pussy reveal when
maybe i'll update the vn with a bonus r18 scene if people want it, i do have some ideas which didn't make it into the final vn haha 💦💦
I haven't played yet but I got so excited until I saw this comment. Please spare us since you made Ikki a top, I'm tired of everyone fetishizing trans men's bodies, especially since we barely get any inclusive works at all. :')
some trans people want to see hot and sexy trans people in their fiction. if you don't like it that's fine but don't claim to speak for all of us.
lol do we really need to see the genitals in order to find a trans person sexy? I'm also not trying to speak for all trans people, but it's simply true most content with trans men focuses on their genitals. Of course I'm happy to see a top trans man character! So I just hope it stays that way.
there are plenty of trans people who find it affirming to see a character who reflects them, and yes that can include their genitals. personally I love to see a pre-op trans man still treated as a man in the bedroom. if that's not you that's okay, but it doesn't mean that it's automatically bad or wrong to include.
regardless, the current build of the game doesn't place emphasis on ikki's genitalia in the bedroom.
YAYYY TRANS YAOI!!!! honestly a rarity that we need more of. but thank you for this, it's a gem
sorry as a trans man i really disagree i don't find it that bad its just set up, also first sc i dont think they meant it in a creep way it seems like hes glad they didnt its a way to remove sexual undertones imo considering how often thats used to lead into sexual scenes in a lot of vns. I havent finished it but from how far I am the girl stuff lays off a lot after and i didnt rlly think it was that bad in the first place it doesnt read as fetishistic as someone whos unfortunately seen a lot of fetish stuff. and the misogyny thing seems to just be that character, not finished reading obv but that isnt a main character and from what i can see so far not meant to be a likable one. sory kind of tired and busy sorry if none of this makes sense
junya is very obviously and deliberately misogynistic. i know the things he says about his former boss are unpleasant because i wrote the dialogue that way on purpose.
i think it's pretty realistic for certain types of men to say/think awful things about women (especially women in positions of power like miss makinohara), and renji is 100% complicit in this misogyny for not speaking up about it. it's intentional.
renji is a young child in the flashback and he's repeating a lot of standard "men like x women like y" gender role stuff because this is what he's been exposed to. i don't think it's unusual for children to uncritically parrot things like this they might have heard parents or teachers say + the rest of the story is about an adult renji thinking "hmm maybe those things i believed to be unshakable truths as a young boy were inaccurate."
ofc i understand if reading these sentiments is uncomfortable or upsetting, so please don't force yourself to read the story if you don't want to. you should prioritise yourself!
ebi hime do not listen to this person please please please write more trans men bl. i am a big fan i dont use this acc oftem anymore but i am certified fan i have the blackberry honey physical edition listen we real fans need this. ii would draw every sprite and cg in a million word tboy bl vn if u wrote one for free i love ur writing that much please do not fall to this evil
ur rlly mean abt it though :(
peak as hell
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HELP THIS IS SO CUTE