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Tag wiki
Short, voted descriptions for community tags. Hover a tag on a thread to see the official text.
- deer ears — A character has deer ears.
- deer girl — The artwork features deer girl.
- deer tail — A character has a deer tail.
- deerstalker — The artwork features deerstalker.
- defeat — The artwork features defeat.
- Defloration — Depicts a scene where a woman is deprived of her virginity. May or may not include blood
- Defloration by an Object — This VN has scenes of a character having their first sexual experience with an object / a sex toy. Example
- Defloration by Others — This game has one or more scenes of a heroine losing virginity to a character different from the protagonist. Do not use this tag for games where the characters have sexual experience from the beginning.
- Defloration During Common Route — This game features at least one instance of loss of virginity during the common route; in other words before entering into a branch for a specific romantic interest. This tag should not be used for games featuring a single romantic interest.
- deformed — The artwork features deformed.
- Deities — A game with this tag has some supernatural divinities, gods, or goddess' on its cast. They may be originating from one of the popular mythologies or may be based on games original story. Or may be they are from one of the accepted religions around the world, if the game is brave enough.
- Deity Protagonist — The protagonist of this visual novel is a god.
- delinquent — Character personality or condition: delinquent.
- Delusion — Plot points in this game involve delusions. A delusion is a false belief held with absolute conviction despite superior evidence. Unlike hallucinations, delusions are always pathological (the result of an illness or illness process). As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, dogma, stupidity, poor memory, illusion, or other effects of perception.
- delusional — Character personality or condition: delusional.
- Demihuman — Sexual content/relationship with a character who is mostly human-like, but with small characterization of other races, eg, Elves, Orcs, etc. Not to be confused with Furry
- demon — Sexual content/relationship with a character who is a devil, succubus, incubus, or similar demon
- demon boy — The artwork features demon boy.
- demon horns — A character has demon horns.
- demon megami tensei — The artwork features demon megami tensei.
- demon slayer uniform — A character wears a demon slayer uniform.
- demon tail — A character has a demon tail.
- demon wings — A character has demon wings.
- Demonic Contract (Non Sexual) — This game features demonic contracts. A demonic contract is an ancient belief that mortals can sacrifice something important to a demon in exchange for a wish of their choosing becoming true. Typically, it's when a human offers their soul to a demon so they can be immortal, cure an illness, or even take over the world. Don't use this tag for scenarios where the protagonist has sex with a horny.
- Demons — There are demons in this game.
- Denial Play — When a character is denied from sex and/or orgasms, either voluntarily or by use of a chastity cage/belt.
- denim — The artwork features denim.
- denim jacket — The artwork features denim jacket.
- denim shorts — The artwork features denim shorts.
- denim skirt — A character wears a denim skirt.
- Denpa — Denpa games are a subgenre of horror eroge, popularised by the 1996 Leaf game 'Shizuku' which also lent the genre its name. The typical model is a horror story where the catalyst for the events that occur are based on familiar people acting in unfamiliar, yet seemingly orchestrated ways. Stories where the world seems to have gone mad; and the protagonist is not necessarily an exception. The name.
- depth of field — The artwork features depth of field.
- deredere — Openly affectionate and sweet.
- Descriptions of Violence — This game features some scenes with descriptions of violence. The violence in these said scenes are not presented visually, but only as text, hence the difference of this tag from the Graphic Violence. This presentation may be preferable by those who do not like seeing vivid images of violent nature.
- Desert — This visual novel has a lot of scenes set in a desert.
- desi — The artwork features desi.
- Design Story — These games revolve around a group of characters working to design something or such an act takes a huge part in the story. They may be working to design (create) doujin comics, games and such or may be employed in a company that works in such a field. Do not use for games about music and food related projects, since there are already tags for those.
- Designer Hero — One or more of the heroes in a VN with the tag is a designer of some description, such as a fashion, graphic, interior, etc. designer. A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games, graphics,.
- desk — The artwork features desk.
- desk lamp — The artwork features desk lamp.
- Desperation — The main cast is thrown into a desperate situation. Each time it looks like they have finally found a way out of it, the tables turn again and the future will look even more desperate than it did before. Until possibly the very end, where everything may or may not be resolved...
- dessert — The artwork features dessert.
- Destiny — The concept of destiny (fate) plays an important role in these games. Destiny refers to a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the cosmos. Important point is to use this tag to mark the games that mention destiny (fate) specifically and not.
- destruction — The artwork features destruction.
- detached ahoge — The artwork features detached ahoge.
- detached collar — The artwork features detached collar.
- Detached Sexual Content — The story of this game can be enjoyed to the end without seeing any sexual content. Sexual content is only accessible through special extra menu and separated from the story. Player can decide himself whether he wants to avoid it or choose the time when he wants to read it without being a distraction to the story.
- detached sleeves — The artwork features detached sleeves.
- detached wings — A character has detached wings.
- detective — The artwork features detective.