Toshoshitsu no Neversista

"''A boy who died on a stormy night

the brother who doesn't read his letters

the friends in the haunted dormitory

and the new teacher, who doesn't know anything...''"

A 2010 mystery Visual Novel made by the amateur group TARHS.

This game provides examples of

 * Affectionate Nickname: Haruto is "Harutan," Renji is "RenRen," Saki is "Sacchan," and Akihiro is "Kaya-san."
 * Kentarou's nicknames for everyone might also count for this...
 * Beware the Nice Ones:
 * Big Screwed Up Family: Akihiro was being abused by his older brother for several years.
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Seiji.
 * Break the Cutie: Makihara-sensei.
 * Chekhov's Gun: The Neversista Key. It doesn't do much...AT FIRST.
 * Downer Ending: In the "Tinker Bell" ending, Makihara and Miharu bond over cooking
 * Dramatic Ellipsis: This is a visual novel, after all.
 * Fairy Tale Motifs: Peter Pan, Pinnochio, and more!
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: Renji and Saki.
 * Keet: Miharu.
 * Megane: Kaya.
 * The Nicknamer: Miharu, of course.
 * Teens Are Monsters: Tying up, confining, and torturing a grown man? Check.
 * Also, see
 * The Woobie: Oh geez, EVERYONE, but especially Makihara and Miharu.