Cicadas: The IQA Edition

Cicadas: The IQA Edition is a school romance visual novel about memory, companionship and choosing your future. You play as Dongfang Chen, get to know three girls and follow their individual routes through conversations and branching choices.

Dongfang Chen’s past

Six years ago, an earthquake took a boy’s family and most of his memories. Adopted into a new home, he began again under the name Dongfang Chen. Classroom chatter, after-school jokes and music drifting down the hall have made everyday life feel familiar, but as people around him open up, the sound of summer cicadas brings back forgotten memories.

Three routes

Xia Kong is Dongfang Chen’s spirited neighbor and classmate, and a key player on the basketball team. Quick to act and always ready with a comeback, she shares ordinary moments with him, from walking to school and trading jokes to playing basketball. Beneath her easygoing smile are feelings she struggles to put into words.

Shen Ying is his kind, high-achieving deskmate, who loves stars and summer nights. Though she is always willing to help and puts others at ease with her smile, she can seem distant. Classroom kindness and conversations beneath the stars reveal more about the person behind that smile and the thoughts she keeps to herself.

Ouyang Yu is a reserved pianist with excellent grades and a privileged background. She rarely explains herself or seeks company, but her feelings come through in her music. Her route follows the tension between the music she loves and other people’s expectations, as she considers whose melody to choose.

Friends and everyday life

Dongfang Chen plays guitar and values his peaceful daily life. His caring younger brother Dongfang Xin, mischievous friend Yi Zhenfeng and quiet, kindhearted Lin Yuxiao share in the laughter and small moments of the summer.

Chapters and endings

The story spans eight chapters and has six endings, with different meetings, partings and possibilities. Character artwork and story CGs depict everyday school life and pivotal moments. You can revisit unlocked scenes, CGs and music in the collection room, and use saves, dialogue history, auto mode and skip controls to choose your reading pace.