Koi Musubi

Koi Musubi

Released Jan 2017

After studying away in Taiwan, Shao-Tang finally comes back to his hometown of Nangan to be a receptionist at an inn for the summer where he works with his childhood friend Zi-Jin. "Without a love knot, you will be single forever!"

90% positive · 277 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

Koi Musubi launched on January 30, 2017 as a complete visual novel. In the months following launch, the developer released a Visual Book DLC on February 28, 2017 and an Original Soundtrack DLC on March 10, 2017 — both of which have since shipped. No further DLC has been listed on the store. In September 2017, the developer mentioned plans for a small content expansion consisting of "two or three easy daily stories," but stated these would only be produced after finishing a separate animation project ("Koi Bana Seris"). There is no evidence these stories were ever released, and no follow-up posts about them appear in the developer's news history. The developer's subsequent posts focused entirely on new, separate games — Lingua Fleur: Lily (released March 2019) and Alice's World (Steam page announced May 2024) — with no further reference to additional Koi Musubi content. The English localization effort mentioned in 2019 (NEWS-9) also has no known follow-up, suggesting it remained a community-driven volunteer effort rather than a formal content update. The developer's last communication directly about Koi Musubi dates back to 2019, and the studio has since moved on to new titles. All released DLC has shipped, no unreleased DLC is listed, and the 2017 expansion mention was never substantiated with a release. The game appears to have concluded its content cycle with the soundtrack DLC in March 2017.
Evidence
Developer announced another new game (Alice's World), again with no reference to Koi Musubi updates, reinforcing that development on this title concluded years ago
news post · May 6, 2024 source development ending
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Developer announced a new separate game (Lingua Fleur: Lily) with no mention of further Koi Musubi content, indicating the studio had moved on
news post · Mar 31, 2019 source development ending
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Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Narrator
Achievements
3
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

After studying away in Taiwan, Shao-Tang finally comes back to his hometown of Nangan to be a receptionist at an inn for the summer
where he works with his childhood friend Zi-Jin. "Without a love knot, you will be single forever!"

MAIN


Koi Musubi is the latest game developed by Narrator. With full voice-acting and multiple story lines, players will experience the struggle of a long-distance relationship and separation in the far horizon of Nangan. Different from other stories which take place in cities, we would like to introduce the beauty of the Taiwanese countryside.

STORY


After studying away in Taiwan, Shao-Tang finally comes back to his hometown of Nangan to be a receptionist at an inn for the summer where he works with his childhood friend Zi-Jin and enjoys the life in homeland. Everything seems the same as before, but soon becomes very different...

"Without a love knot, you will be single forever!"

When a nonsense prophecy suddenly appears, as well as a new admirer, the relationship between the two best friends begins to have a subtle change...
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