Beneath The Cherry Trees
Released Oct 2016
"There are bodies buried beneath the cherry trees!" A Japanese poetic literature "Beneath The Cherry Trees(1928)" by Motojirō Kajii starts from a shocking sentence. We made a short Visual Novel based on this story with Illustrator Kotori's watercolor works, beautiful photographs, and imposing musics.
66% positive · 137 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Beneath The Cherry Trees is a free, short visual novel adaptation of a 1928 Japanese literary work. The store description explicitly frames it as a "FREE demonstration" of the AIRNovel engine — it was released as a self-contained finished product. After launching on October 14, 2016, the developer posted four updates, all focused on language support and translation improvements: a temporary English fix at launch, a language option added on November 6, 2016, an English and Simplified Chinese translation overhaul on December 15, 2016, and Spanish language support added on January 9, 2017. There have been no developer communications of any kind since January 9, 2017. No DLC was ever listed, no future content was announced, and no roadmap was published. The game launched as a complete, short-form work and received only polish updates in the months following release. Development concluded after the final language update on January 9, 2017.
Evidence
Store description explicitly calls the game a 'FREE demonstration' of the AIRNovel engine and describes it as a short visual novel — a self-contained, finished product by design.
Spanish language support added — the last developer communication on record.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Henteko Doujin
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
"There are bodies buried beneath the cherry trees!"
A Japanese poetic literature "Beneath The Cherry Trees(1928)" by Motojirō Kajii starts from a shocking sentence.
We made a short Visual Novel based on this story with Illustrator Kotori's watercolor works, beautiful photographs, and imposing musics.
This work is a FREE demonstration of Visual Novel Engine "AIRNovel"
It is also a good chance to try the smooth system of the engine.
A Japanese poetic literature "Beneath The Cherry Trees(1928)" by Motojirō Kajii starts from a shocking sentence.
We made a short Visual Novel based on this story with Illustrator Kotori's watercolor works, beautiful photographs, and imposing musics.
This work is a FREE demonstration of Visual Novel Engine "AIRNovel"
It is also a good chance to try the smooth system of the engine.
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