Deardrops

Deardrops

Shouichi was known as one of the ‘nobles’ of the violin world. Having started playing the violin when he was 3, he won the national violin competition when he was in middle school and went to Germany to play in orchestras. However, due to unknown reasons, he returned to Japan, gave up playing the violin and became a freeter. One day, he starts working at a live house and meets many other amateur musicians who are living their lives their own way. Together they will have to overcome obstacles in both their personal lives and as a band. To Shouichi, the live house is a new beginning in a new place… a new world which has opened to him when he thought that his future as a musician had closed.

424 thoughts on “Deardrops

  1. i really like this game, the first part of it wasn’t really exciting but eventually it got really great story-wise. i can only recomment it to visual novel-fans 🙂

  2. Just finished this. Man, that was so satisfying especially the Riho route. BGM and songs were awesome too. Just curious, is there any other music-centered VNs like this one? I’ve played Kira Kira and Curtain Call as well. Doesn’t really matter if it is Rock Music (like this or Kira Kira) or Classical (like the anime Nodame Cantabile). I guess I’m just a sucker for Music VNs….

    1. Take a look at Quartett!

      It’s about a string quartett at a conservatory (so it’s about classic music). It’s set in an unnamed country (I realised some german words on a blackboard in the background).
      The character names are a cruel mixture of words from different languages which aren’t names at all.

      But the story is a really good one.

      Besides, it has a heavy mosaic censoring, so it’s more for the people who prefer a good story over hardcore H-scenes.

      others all ages are:
      Brass Restoration,
      Mirai no Kimi to, Subete no Uta ni,
      Rin ga Utau, Mirai no Neiro,
      Symphonic Rain

      1. thx… I’m also needed other good VN that focuses more on good story and not the h-scene…

        1. Well, it isn’t exactly CENTERED around music, but Katawa Shoujo has some of the best BGM I’ve heard in a long time, and it is highly story focused, and damn, what a story! Though that is just my humble opinion, your mileage may vary. Also, it is quite free, so all you need to do is look it up on google or your favorite search engine, and just go to their site!

          1. God I love that game. I’ve followed it for years and it is the only VN I’ve actively recommended to others. Hell I even use the music as a ring tone.

          2. I agree with you man. I believe Katawa Shoujo is one of the best VN’s I’ve ever played.

          3. The first ever VN that made me hold my tears…..
            Especially on Hanako and Lily’s route, I literally sighed in satisfaction when I got their ending. Man, every single route in Katawa Shoujo is so dam awesome. T^T To All Romance loving bastards out there!!!!
            PLAY KATAWA SHOUJO!!!!!!!!!!!

          4. i think katawa shoujo made me cry more than i have ever cried over anything…ever T.T

  3. Whenever I try to play this game I get an error message stating: “Could not get the information of display adaptor”. I’ve copy pasted the directX d3dx9_43.dll thing in the system32 but it still doesn’t work. My laptop is old (about 4 years) but I don’t think that it should have a problem playing a VN… Any ideas? Anyone else who had this problem? Thanks.

  4. So far I am completely in love with this game I have been playing for 8 hours straight!

    Pros:
    Pretty Good Storyline

    Dimensional Characters (they seem like they are real or could be real they don’t seem played out like a lifeless mannequin)

    Funny Dialogue (made me genuinely laugh)

    A Fair amount of choices

    A great amount of Save Slots

    3 QuickSave/QuickLoad Slots

    Nice Voice Acting

    Music is awesome

    The Variety Of personality types between the main characters

    Cons:

    No Gallery: This genuinely Dissappoited me because when I get a really nice VN/H Game that I like there it usually has a gallery for things like The “CG” the Music and if there was an ending or two that you missed (At least Katawa Shoujou hhad that) and of course those certain “H-scenes” It was genuinely disappointing to find that it had no gallery (unless it unlocks after you play through it so if it does I’ll update XD

    They seem to put in the main girls you can try to play through in fine detail but all other characters seem a bit more “Half-assed” compared to their detail (theen again alot of VN do these days) (I think anyways lol)

  5. need a spoiler..
    I saved riho for last but cant finish it

    SPOILER!!!

    I’m at where he is on the plane
    and he looks out the window
    What
    didnt seem normal
    huge truck
    and realized it
    then the game just freezes…
    auto, skip, load, etc. still move but dont work so i have to exit out…
    this is literally driving me insane
    can someone please explain to me what happens doesnt matter if its 3 words or an important part of the story not finishing this will drive me crazy

    1. That’s probably because the game is loading the final scene which seems can’t load. The final scene is like a movie, it’s similar with the scene where they performed a Guerrilla Live, when an automated text and CG and the song comes up, remember?

      Try to start again at your latest saved game.

    2. SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!

      Basically Deardrops arrive on the same truck they used in the guerilla live at riho’s academy , perfoms the song Riho and Shoichi created (Noisy Sweet Home) and Shoichi takes out his violin and performs his part while inside the train as his last farewell before leaving off to Germany.

  6. Just finished this shit.
    I’m so fucking happy i’m able to play my guitar along with their songs.
    This kind of VNs just BOOST my energy and my musical soul.

    Thank you OverDrive.
    I Can’t now but eventually i’ll pay for these great stories you’ve made for us.

    Kira-Kira, Kirakira-Curtain Call and DearDrops…
    Not bad guys… not bad…

    1. yes it is , but dont except H scenes all the time , this is a story-driven VN and not a sex-fest like Discipline , lulz.

  7. I downloaded the torrent and extracted all RAR files, and tried to play, but it gives an error notice in some japanese and shows [ system.arc : ipl._bp ]. I do have a system.arc, so why doesn’t it work?

    Please tell me how to make it work. Thank you.

  8. I really liked Deardrops , has a decently solid plot and likeable characters. It starts off slow though , but gradually gets good as the story progresses. Easily a 20’ish hours read.

  9. This game is amazing, i truly love it. Once i get a
    PSP i’ll buy it without hesitation.
    I was so into the story, and it even made me cry
    in the end.

  10. I can download and play the game after I extract it but I can’t save and play from the shortcut. I get garbage letters, what’s wrong with it?

  11. hey guys … ummm does this game have bad endings? coz if this game has bad endings i wont play it ….. (i mean its in the normal route but the ending is really sad)

    1. um…..not so much bad endings as much as there are a lot of endings that leave what happens after up to your imagination…….nothing like being killed or anything though……

    1. I love the music to! Also you shouldn’t have to download it. Once you beat a route you unlock the galleries including all the songs you’ve heard and in the Deardrops folder is a movies folder with the opening and all the ending songs……

  12. I’ve been playing this for 20 hrs or so and i still havent run into a single H scene. Story is great yada yada, but why is it on eroge download if it has none of that? There were parts where i just wanted to pull my hair out. Stupidly slow plot line, if you want “eroge” go download something else. Waste of time.

    1. It does have H-scenes, actually. It sounds like you need to go play a Nukige game in stead or just fap to the HCG.

    2. Bahahaha, a lot of eroge are slow like this. At least the first time around, where you don’t skip 90% of the messages because you’ve already seen them.
      At least all the more serious eroge are slow when it comes to running into H-Scenes.
      Go fap to hentai animation or Fakku! H-manga.
      There’s no “stupidly slow plot line” in those.

  13. Anyone have link downloads for BGM Called ‘Companions’, ‘Feeling Heart to you’, and ‘High Tension’ in this VN?

  14. Amazing game. This is my favorite musical VN (because the others aren’t translated). The protagonist is a likable guy. There are some hilarious moments in the VN. Riho’s route is great (haven’t tried others yet).

  15. This was amazing.
    My favourite eroge… my favourite anime-related thing…
    this is now my favourite thing that exists.
    This game is the epitome of amazing.
    I wish I could kill myself and end up in this world, even if it isn’t anything special like Sekirei and such…
    I’ve been playing this for almost 64 hours straight, excluding the time for stuff like posting here and making bowl noodles (which in the end only takes up maybe a total of three hours).
    Did anyone else go straight for Riho? >:D

  16. is it just me or the band that sings the soundtracks sounds awfully familiar to the band who sang Tales of the Abyss’ soundtrack? anybody might know?

    Anyways I just finished the riho route. Deeply moved! I guess maybe it’s just because riho reminds me of my girlfriend. Really felt sad with eiji’s past though.

    This one needs a sequel!

  17. i got this when i save and get off for the night and get home from work i try to go to the save i made but its not there.

  18. It seem’s that my heart can’t take it anymore if I tried another route coz Riho’s route make my heart full and satisfied and I feel that I dont want to play any other route.

  19. Well just kidding…
    but this VN is a very good one and made me miss clannad(I miss Tomoyo) and playing just Riho’s route(I guess this will be my favorite route) made me glad that I tried to play this game(made me skip my classes). Gonna continue after I eat.

  20. I have to admit it was enjoyable although the different endings were more awkward to reach after playing a lot of other Eroges such as G-Senjou. Will the next two sequels ever be translated and able to downloas?

  21. Looks like a good game. It’s on my list of eroges to download and read (which is getting pretty long). Also, any chance of possibly getting Sexy Demon Transformation, Admin?

  22. ok i finished 2 routes (Rimu & Yayoi), thats ok theres no proper story for Rimu coz shes like a 10 years old retard but Yayois story was also very lame…too bad
    its clear that the others 2 girls routes the main
    and its ok its not focus on H scenes but, it could have some choice to bang some side characters like the teacher or Rihos classmate 🙁
    but its still a great VN

  23. Hi! I think I may be overlooking (which is very likely) but I have a question about how to open this game. This will be the first Eroge game I’ve downloaded and am a bit puzzled on the process. I have the Win Rar file that allows me to download but I feel as though I missing something else. Any and all help would be very appreciated. (; w ; )bbbb

    1. you must have a Winrar or 7zip in your PC, if you already have you must drag all the parts and extract the file into one…

  24. can someone help me…..
    when i tried to play this game,, i got this message : “Ethornell – Buriko General Interpreter has stopped working”
    Please help me to fix this problem

  25. AAddmiiin!! dooo uu know about “D2B Vs. Deardrops – Cross The Future”. ??? I think its the sequel to the game that combines kirakira and deardrops together. if it gets translated can u put it up here very fast cuz i want to see what happens after shouichi leaves for germany!!

        1. The Patches are free of Purchase if you have the original ._. and almost all of the patches are official. So if you have a non translated copy just get the patch from somewhere. It will work :). Also For those who are like ” Buying games is overrated ” GFYS. xD

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