Cocoro

Cocoro is a visual novel about Hinata, a boy who returns to the ruined city of Tsukumo during summer break, and a humanoid girl who dreams of becoming human. After a global AI insurgence devastated the city, Hinata lost his home. He once found refuge in a botanical garden there, where he met a girl, overcame his trauma with her help and fell in love. Before leaving Tsukumo, he proposed to her.

The botanical garden

Years later, Hinata hears rumors that a ghost is tending the flowers in the abandoned garden. He investigates and meets a humanoid girl who hopes to become human. She does not recognize him, but says she has a fiancé who promised to return when the flowers bloom. The story follows the development of Hinata’s relationship with this one heroine over an eventful summer.

Characters

• Cocoro: a humanoid girl who dreams of becoming human (voice: Hina Youmiya).
• Ryuzaki Kazane: voice: Hikaru Tono.
• Amai Daichi: voice: Yasuaki Takumi.
• Amai Kosame: voice: Riona Imaizumi.
• Kizuki Kirika: voice: Maaya Uchida.
• Murakumo Kotaro: voice: Shuta Morishima.

Music and artwork

Asta Konno planned and wrote the story, with character designs by Akio Watanabe, SD artwork by nanaca mai and backgrounds by y.ish. Fuminori Matsumoto composed the background music. The ending theme is sung by Cocoro’s voice actor, Hina Youmiya, with lyrics by Yoshikazu Kuwashima. The game supports 1920×1080 resolution.