Sound of Drop - fall into poison -

[Hanako]

This is meant to be a horror/mystery game. The full version isn't out yet but the free demo can be played on Steam here:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/383470/

I gave it a go and didn't really see anything in the way of yuri in the demo, although I haven't explored every possible branch. When the full game is out I will be buying it, so I'll be able to update you then.

[Hanako]

I heard back from the authors and apparently this isn't actually yuri after all, there was some sort of category mixup because it has a female protagonist and a lot of female characters.

There might still be subtext, and they suggested that depending on interest there could be a more romantic spinoff eventually. Either way I still intend to play it so I'll have more to say later.

[CirnoHakurei]

I personally think it's definitely got yuri going, at least at the strong subtext level. I've only finished one True End so far, but I don't know how else to categorize it. It's not a straight up yuri romance or anything like that, but I dunno. I just can't see any reason to not add it to the list.

[Hanako Games]

If you want you can provide evidence (use spoiler blocks please).

I can't add everything with subtext, though, it would drown out the games that are more clear on the subject and make the list unhelpful. So it really will depend on how strong and how deliberate any hinting is.

Given the author's official statement, I don't expect this to pass, but we'll see.

[Jackkel Dragon]

There's some subtext in a few of the endings, but I'm not sure if it meets the list's requirements:

One of the Bad Endings is titled "Is That... Love?" in the English version. In this ending, the main character stays with her best friend so they can die together. Aside from the title, there isn't much to go on.

One of the original True Endings (-Princess of drops-) shows a strong friendship between the two main female characters, but romance is only implied/subtextual. One of the characters blurts out that they love the other in one scene, but it's never brought up again.

One of the new endings (-the limited ocean of the life-) has two almost-couples that are very friendly with each other, but again it's limited to subtext and there is no specific mention of romance. I feel like this ending has the strongest romantic subtext, but as someone that projects such subtext onto things I'm not the best judge.

Non-spoiler version: I feel like there's enough subtext to make the argument that some of the characters might like each other romantically, but there is no actual romance between them within the story itself.

[Hanako Games]

I'm currently thinking there's a chance this may make it on for subtext after all, but I want to play a bit more first.

My first non-bad ending was Princess of Drops, which combines several declarations of 'love' (if in a friendly context) with Himeno being clearly the goal you're fighting for and the damsel you're rescuing, with the final CG of ~holding hands~. It still isn't explicitly romantic but it's important to the plot and not a thing you'd miss.

That bad end name I wouldn't count. And I'm probably not going to get to any other non-bad endings tonight, so I'll update this more after I've played a bit more.

[Hanako Games]

Followup - Having played all the real endings now, I feel like the other outcomes are more ship-bait than actual hinted romance, but emotional connections between female characters are a strong underpinning to the work as a whole, so.

[DarkKnight]

I was wondering though, has it been confirmed by the company itself that it contains light yuri?

[Jackkel Dragon]

As Hanako mentioned, one of the members of the circle actually noted that the "yuri" classification on DLsite was not intended:

Yeah, I know it always gets tagged as "yuri" but actually the story is focused mainly on the nightmare like experience of Mayumi, the protagonist.
I think that, since protagonist and main characters are girls, it "inspires" yuri and, if people will like the game and the illustrator agrees, a romance based "Sound of Drop ChuChu☆" its possible in the future lol

Here's the thread the post is from.[lemmasoft.renai.us]

[Hanako Games]

I suspect they wanted to stop me from being horribly disappointed if I went in expecting explicit romance.

There's never anything other than friendship which can be read in a subtexty way, but it's not like they're *opposed* to yuri.