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Inbaku Gakuen ~Houkago ni Saku Chijoku no Hana~ is an erotic visual novel developed by Mega Romance. Unlike most erotic visual novels that have their hentai adaptations released at a later time, Inbaku Gakuen already had its hentai adaptation released on June 25, 2002, which was prior to the release date of the visual novel at September 29, 2006. It’s not often that I come across a visual novel that got released after its hentai adaptation, which really caught my interest. There’s also a manga adaptation for Inbaku Gakuen, but I couldn’t find the date on when it was made. However, the premise for the manga is pretty much the same as the hentai so I’ll just assume the manga was also created before the visual novel.

The story features a delinquent student named Keisuke Shimizu who is the son of a rich and powerful man (not specified) which allowed him to get accepted at a decent school. Keisuke, serving as the main protagonist, has a very cynical behavior and a chauvinistic belief that women are just mere sex tools to satisfy men’s desires. This was due to him experiencing some hard times back at his home. The story also features two key female characters who are Remi Izumi and Orie Yuuki. Remi Izumi works as a music teacher and she has strong masochistic tendencies on wanting to be treated as a sex slave by Keisuke. Orie Yuuki on the other hand is one of Keisuke’s classmates. She is a serious student and a member of the disciplinary committee, urging Keisuke to be more serious in taking lessons at school. She’s also willing to change Keisuke’s chauvinistic beliefs by teaching him about true love which ultimately led her to have sex with him at some point prior to the beginning of the visual novel. If you watched the hentai or read the manga, then you pretty much get the main gist of the plot.

Wandering Mode

The story of this visual novel in comparison to the hentai and manga was a huge let down. Unlike the manga and hentai which had more variety in their story, the visual novel solely focused on sexual content. In this case, it focuses on either Keisuke or Remi (depending on the choices you make) subjecting Orie on various sexual acts which overtime degrades her sanity. After watching the hentai adaptation of Inbaku Gakuen, I was honestly expecting the visual novel to go more in-depth about these key characters such as their past lives and why they became the kind of people they are, but that really isn’t the case. Most of the dialogue throughout the visual novel (especially during the H-scenes), primarily focused on erotic content just like a typical Nukige. I was so bored out of my mind that I ended up skipping most of them.

As for the technical features, they were pretty standard. There’s nothing much for me to complain about except for the fact that there is no quick save feature. The artwork for the CGs and character sprites seemed pretty average as well. However, I was impressed by the artwork for the background images, having quite a lot of detail to them. The music was also pretty spot on. I did enjoy the glitchy tone of the music for the main menu.

Given that this visual novel was made after its hentai adaption got released and probably its manga adaptation too, I honestly believed that it would further expand the story derived from these two sources. However, the only thing that got expanded was the sexual content. This visual novel didn’t feature any form of drama or a compelling plot. There was also no character development either. It just talks about a chauvinistic highschool boy and a perverted masochistic teacher violating an innocent highschool girl for their own desires. The premise just feels so basic and not that interesting. Plus, it just feels like you’d have to watch the hentai or read the manga in order to get a better grasp on the visual novel’s story. I really couldn’t bring myself to finish this game and I ended up dropping it later on. I never thought I would come across another visual novel that isn’t as good as its hentai/manga adaptation. I’m starting to take back what I said about visual novels always being superior over its animated/manga alternative. It just goes to show you that the world isn’t black and white.