submitted for the toxic yuri vn jam (2025)

download links

itch.io | proton drive

screenshots

THAT'S ABSURD.

"No one else could ever be admitted here, since this gate was made only for you. I am now going to shut it." — The Trial, Franz Kafka

"I've never felt this way about anyone else before… So, so…"

"Shut up!"

She grabs me by the throat, hands wrapped around the collar I wore that day. I can't bear to look her in the eyes.

"I am so sick of you, Aiko!"

Her hands tighten around my neck and I black out.

… Except, I wake up in my room, drenched in sweat. My bedroom ceiling looks down on me.

"Haha… another one of these dreams…"

I close my eyes again.

Old-style 2000s era inspired kinetic novel. Yuri. 18+.

Greatly inspired by a certain French philosopher.

Art / Writing / Programming / GUI: kirinkoumori (麒麟蝙蝠)

CG Art: kuruma (車)

Music: uma unko (馬うんこ) , Royalty Free Music

Recommended prerequisite reading list:

• No Exit, Jean-Paul Sartre
• The Stranger, Albert Camus
• No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai
• The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus
• YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story, Nitroplus

(All but the Nitroplus game are included as PDFs within the Linux, Mac, and Windows download distribution).

Content Warnings (SPOILERS):

• Depictions of self harm
• Depictions of substance abuse
• Depictions of cheating (heterosexual sex)
• Depictions of violence
• Depictions of dubious consent
• Depictions of murder
• Mentions of suicide

Still in development & may get further updates.

Current known minor bugs for Version 1.3:

• Sprites have some issues during transitioning expressions
• Not all the music has been added
• Main menu to game menu music has issues 
• Not all sprites have been added

[UPDATE as of 15/07/2025]
Version 1.3.1 has new sprites at the end as well as a Mac and Linux release.

Current known bugs for Version 1.3.1 and 1.3.2:

• The Linux build hasn't been set up properly, but can run with a little elbow grease-- the .sh file in the root directory and the ones in /lib/py3-linux-x86_64/*.sh need to be given execute permissions (`chmod +x`) [courtesy of hamaonoverdrive]

[UPDATE as of 17/07/2025]
Fixed a minor writing issue for all versions except the PDF version. Also included a web version with 1.3.2. The web version is incredibly buggy, so it is still highly recommended to download the game.