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2020 · AliceSoft · Adult · Cyberpunk

Dohna Dohna

2020 video game

Released
27 November 2020
Platforms
Windows
Genres
AdultCyberpunkRole-playingRomance adventureVisual novel
Developers
AliceSoft
Publishers
ShiravuneAliceSoft
Modes
Single-player
Country
Japan

About

Dohna Dohna: Let's Do Bad Things Together (Japanese: ドーナドーナ いっしょにわるいことをしよう, Hepburn: Dōnadōna: Issho ni Warui Koto o Shiyō) is a 2020 erotic role playing game developed by Alicesoft. The game deals with serious subjects such as human trafficking, sexual violence, and prostitution, and has been praised for its characterization, themes, and dystopian setting, as well as its visual design.

The original Japanese version released on November 27, 2020. A Simplified Chinese version was released on March 26, 2021, and an English version by Shiravune followed on October 29, 2021. In Japan, Dohna Dohna went on to win industry awards.

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

The game takes place in Asougi City, a fictional provincial-city facing the Seto Inland Sea that has been completely taken over by the "Asougi Group", a monolithic megacorporation that controls every aspect of its citizens' lives.

Despite portraying themselves as a benevolent and utopian state, Asougi frequently disappears citizens for arbitrary offenses, especially failing to uphold their rigorous propaganda, and sentences them to what they euphemistically call "Temp Work". The oppressive nature of the regime has given rise to some level of bubbling unrest, manifesting itself in the form of the "Anti-Aso" clans, groups of rebels who fight back against Asougi through crime, including armed robbery, kidnapping, and forced prostitution.

Development

Dohna Dohna was developed by AliceSoft. The scenario was written by Dice Korogashi, with character designs and illustrations by Gyokai. Kanikama provided super-deformed illustrations. The opening theme song, "Dohna Dohna no Uta" (ドーナドーナのうた, Dōnadōna no uta), was sung by Tsukino.

Prior to launch, AliceSoft released a free trial for download on Fanza Games on November 5, 2020. The package edition, download edition and deluxe edition of Dohna Dohna were released for Windows PC on November 27, 2020, with compatibility for Windows 8/10. The "Deluxe" edition of the game was bundled with a dakimakura cover, a CD copy of the original soundtrack, and a copy of Haru Urare, a small game considered to be Dohna Dohna's spiritual predecessor. Other merchandise such as telephone cards and pin badges were also included as purchase and pre-order bonuses.

Reception

On Getchu.com, a redistributor of visual novel and anime products, Dohna Dohna ranked as the second best selling bishōjo game for the month of its release. Deluxe edition of the game also ranked as the eighth best selling bishōjo game at the same period. According to Japanese magazine "BugBug", it was the best selling bishōjo game from November 16, 2020, to December 15, 2020.

Tadamoto Ōsawa, the editor-in-chief of "BugBug", praised Dohna Dohna for its visual effects, user interface and illustration. Ryo from Media Clip praised the background music and pop graphics, and wrote that they "make the game fun and cheerful."

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