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Dating sims , or ___MASK50___ ___MASK42___ role - playing games ( RS - RPG ), are a ___MASK97___ subgenre of ___MASK42___ games , usually Japanese , with romantic elements . They are also sometimes put under the category of neoromance . The most common objective of dating sims is to date , usually choosing from among several characters , and to achieve a romantic ___MASK50___ . The earliest commercial Japanese ___MASK72___ dates to 1917 , and production of anime works in Japan has since continued to increase steadily . The characteristic anime art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of Osamu Tezuka and spread internationally in the late twentieth century , developing a large domestic and international audience . Anime is distributed theatrically , by television broadcasts , directly to ___MASK35___ media , and over the Internet . It is classified into numerous genres targeting diverse broad and niche audiences . True Love ~ Jun ' ai Monogatari ~ ( TRUE LOVE    ) , better known simply as True Love , is a Japanese erotic ___MASK29___ developed by Software House Parsley and published by CD Bros . , released on June 9 , 1995 for the PC - 98 and on December 6 , 1996 for Windows . It was localized in Europe by Otaku Publishing and distributed in North America by JAST USA in January 1999 . Peach Princess is a California - based English ___MASK71___ , ___MASK12___ and distributor of Japanese bishjo games . To date , all its releases have been ___MASK52___ games , which has made it one of the few companies in North America with games rated " Adults Only " by the ESRB . A is an interactive ___MASK20___ , featuring mostly static graphics , most often using ___MASK43___ - style art or occasionally live - ___MASK58___ stills ( and sometimes video footage ). As the name might suggest , they resemble mixed - media novels . ___MASK89___ novels and kinetic novels are types of visual novels , although visual novels have its own distinction between the others . G - Collections was an English ___MASK71___ , ___MASK12___ and distributor of Japanese bishjo games . The ___MASK20___ contains some thinly veiled references to several popular ___MASK43___ series , including " Neon Genesis Evangelion ", " Magic Knight Rayearth " and " Saint Tail ": each of the female characters bears a striking resemblance in appearance and ( in most cases ) personality to a ___MASK61___ from one of these ___MASK43___ . A subsidiary , subsidiary ___MASK88___ or daughter ___MASK88___ is a ___MASK88___ that is owned or controlled by another ___MASK88___ , which is called the " ___MASK49___ ", " parent ", or " holding ___MASK88___ ". The subsidiary can be a ___MASK88___ , ___MASK17___ , or limited liability ___MASK88___ . In some cases it is a government or state - owned enterprise . JAST USA is a licensor and ___MASK90___ of English - language versions of Japanese video games , specifically bishjo games , dating sims , visual novels and Japanese RPGs . It was founded in 1996 , and their first game releases were Sakura Soft ' s " ___MASK40___ of the Sakura " and JAST ' s " Three Sisters ' Story ". It has several subsidiary brands or labels : Peach Princess , G - Collections , and JAST Densetsu . The owner and founder of JAST USA is Peter Payne . Gameplay . The gameplay is ___MASK21___ for a ___MASK29___ . The player reads ___MASK28___ at the bottom of the screen , which is accompanied by static images . A ___MASK93___ of choices are made during the ___MASK66___ of the game , letting the player direct the main character through the plot , and into sexual encounters with Yuki , Emi or Risa , the three main female characters , as well as with a ___MASK93___ of other females . A , or , is " a type of Japanese ___MASK97___ centered on interactions with attractive girls ". Bishjo games are not to be confused with eroge nor dating sims , although some bishjo games do contain erotic content .