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''Yarudora'' (やるドラ, lit. "A drama you do") is a [[Visual Novel]] series of [[Sony Computer Entertainment]], developped by Sugar&Rockets and [[Production
Unlike those two titles though, the ''Yarudora'' games play as a [[Choose Your Own Adventure|complex branch-system]] [[Visual Novel]]. At various points of the game, the player will have to choose between three options when prompted to answer a question by another character, or when making a move. The player can take all the time he needs to answer, but depending of the choice made, [[Event Flag|flags]] will (or will not) be raised, and the string of flags you've raised throughout the game will determine which routes you'll go and, consequently, which Ending you'll get. Upon finishing a playthrough, you get the possibility to watch it in the "Replay Mode", like if it was a drama or an OVA (hence the series' title and motto).
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The ''Yarudora'' series are well known for their compelling storylines, [[Round Character|developped characters]], and [[Multiple Endings|their high number of Endings]]. A typical ''Yarudora'' game will have 3-5 Good Endings, 3-5 Normal Endings, and 17-20 Bad Endings. Depending of the game's story genre, those Bad Endings can range from joke endings to [[The Many Deaths of You]].
The games are made in nearly Full Anime (with a few still images sprinkled in), with the animation done courtesy of [[Production
The ''Yarudora'' series consists of 6 games, and while all of them are gathered under this label, they're all independant stories not linked to each other. They are as follow:
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* ''Yukiwari no Hana'' (PS1, November 26th 1998; re-released on PSP and Playstation Network)
* ''Scandal'' (PS2, June 29th 2000)
* ''[[Blood:
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Compare this series to [[Konami]]'s ''[[Visual Novel/Dancing Blade Katte Ni Momotenshi|Dancing Blade: Katte ni Momotenshi!]]'' series, released in the same year as the first four ''Yarudora'' games.
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▲* [[Hundred Percent Completion]]: This series positively ''loves'' this trope. You'll have a Completion Rate meter of 0.00% to 100% to fill, by seeing various scenes and endings, and the higher the completion percentage is, the more bonus you'll unlock. Getting 100% nets you a special "congratulations!" video, and to manage this, you'll have to explore '''every single''' route and branch of the game. Which leads to:
** [[Guide Dang It]]: If you want to attain the 100% Completion Rate, you'll pretty much '''need''' a strategy guide with a detailed flow chart.
** [[Last Lousy Point]]
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* [[Classic Cheat Code]]: The [[Nintendo Hard|very-hard-to-pull-off]] "Right, O, Left, X, Up, O, Down, X" code to input ''in less than one second'' during the animated "[[Production
* [[Content Warnings]]: Featured on the factory seal of ''Double Cast'' and ''Sampaguita'': "This game contains violent scenes and depiction of gore".
* [[Genre Shift]]: Although all games share a love story plot, the importance of it and the overall genre of the stories vary from game to game.
** ''Double Cast'' is a [[Horror Visual Novels|suspense/horror story]] with romance elements à la ''[[Scream (
** ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'' is a [[Slice of Life]] [[Love Triangle]] story with [[Fantasy Visual Novels|fantastic elements]];
** ''Sampaguita'' is an action/romance story;
** ''Yukiwari no Hana'' is an adult, somber J-Drama type love story.
* [[Flower Motif]]: The first four games, save for ''Double Cast'', have a symbolic flower: [[Cherry Blossoms]] for ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'', and the titular ''Sampaguita'' ([
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Only available in ''Sampaguita'' and ''Yukiwari no Hana''. The [[Featureless Protagonist|Featureless Protagonists]] in ''Double Cast'' and ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'' aren't named at all; while the protagonists of ''Scandal'' and ''Blood: The Last Vampire'' aren't player avatars and have their own names, Saki Kitazawa and Saya Otonashi respectively.
* [[Identity Amnesia]] / [[Quest for Identity]]: The recurring theme of the first four ''Yarudora'' games. The cause and reason of the amnesia varies from game to game, and are a crucial plot point for each of them.
* [[Featureless Protagonist]]: All of the first four games let the player incarnate an [[Ordinary High School Student|Ordinary University Student]] whose face is hidden or barely seen. He's also a variant of [[Heroic Mime]] (in which he does talk, but doesn't have a voice actor unlike the other characters) until the 3rd game, ''Sampaguita''.
* [[Mercy Mode]]: If you get two Bad Endings or more without having obtained a Normal or Good Ending beforehand, the Hint Marker feature will be unlocked, pointing you out the good choices in branching options so you can reach a Normal or a Good Ending. The feature disappears once you get a Normal or Good Ending.
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]] / [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Each time you finish one of the four PS1 ''Yarudora'' games, you'll unlock a trailer of one of the other 3 games. Some of those trailers don't show the full nature of the game (for example {{spoiler|the ''Double Cast'' trailer in ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'', which only shows the happy-go-lucky part of the game}}), and others show spoilery moments (like {{spoiler|the ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'' trailer in ''Yukiwari no Hana'', which shows a main character that only appears after a [[New Game
* [[The Many Deaths of You]]: ''Double Cast'' loves this, and as for ''Yukiwari no Hana'' and its mind-boggling '''32''' Bad Endings, it's more like "The Many Deaths of Kaori" (the heroine), as she's often [[Driven to Suicide]] if [[Go Mad
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