looking for “”bromance”” heroines

[damonez]

I finished Sanoba Witch, and Watanaka’s route blew me away.

I love how unpretentious their friendship was—making fun of each other, teasing, and how gradually their feelings developed.

Any recommendations for something similar? (It doesn’t have to be a moege.)

 

thanks!! 

 

Edited February 1 by damonez

[LostPomegranate]

Teasing heroines are fairly common, but to hit all of the asks is a bit harder, but here's a list that came off the top of my head in roughly descending order of how much I think they match.

 

Reina from Kinkoi: Golden Loveriche comes to mind quickly.

Misaki in Aokana

Kyou in Hatsukoi 1/1

Hinata in Gin'iro, Haruka is probably borderline-ey to that but I think it'd fit well enough.

Touko in Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai - all three tone work's games are more just towards the teasing / joking end but develop the romance more slowly.

Sort of Noel in Walkure Romanze, but this is again more of the teasing thing

Kaname in Sugar Style is probably borderline too, but definitely has the teasing part going on

[Clephas]

Shizuku and Shiranui's relationship in Evolimit.  Their relationship is partly rivalry, part friendship, part comrades, and part siblings.  They met while holding similar ambitions for different reasons and has the same sense of alienation from the other members of the crew.  As a result, their relationship is ridiculously tight and one of equals.  The formation of the romantic aspect of the relationship took a number of years (with neither of them even realizing it was happening), lol.  It is easily one of the deepest relationships I've seen in a VN story, though it is actually typical of Higashide (the writer) who likes to create powerful relationships between his true heroines and his protagonist.

Edit: I recommended this one because the Shiranui/Shizuku dynamic is one of the very few 'relationships of equals' that I've seen in VNs in general.  For better or worse, most JVNs portray romantic relationships where one side is dominant for one reason or another.