History ChildhoodFriendRomance / VisualNovels

* [[VisualNovel/OurLifeBeginningsAndAlways Both]] installments of ''VisualNovel/OurLife'' can have the Main Character has their neighbors be their childhood friend who they can romance.

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* Chiho Sagisawa and Masaya Okonogi in ''VisualNovel/PrincessEvangile'', who have known each other since elementary school. In her route, she's the victorious one, while in all other routes she's the unlucky one.
* Sunao Fujimori and Matsuri Honjou are both Sora Hashiba's childhood friends in ''[[LightNovel/{{Sukisho}} Suki Na Mono Wa Suki Dakara Shoganai]]''. You can choose either one in the visual novel but in the anime [[spoiler: Sunao]] is the victorious childhood friend.
* ''VisualNovel/HashihimeOfTheOldBookTown'' is an interesting case. Although three of the five love interests/routes feature a childhood friend, [[spoiler:Minakami]] is the one mostly fits the stereotype and the one that the main character canonically loves in the four routes that happen in the same timeline, as well the one with the longest route in the game and the one that even gets confessed by the main character in routes that are not his.

* Yoh from ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' is Fuminori's childhood friend who has a crush on him. [[UnrequitedTragicMaiden Losing him to Saya]], however, is the ''[[BreakTheCutie least]]'' of poor Yoh's [[RapeAsDrama various]] [[BodyHorror horrors]] and [[HappinessInSlavery troubles]].

* Souji and Sayaka in ''VisualNovel/{{Suika}}''. It can be subverted in the alternate route, though. However, in the main story she ''is'' the winner.
* Anyone you choose in ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' will become the Victorious Childhood Friend except for Primula since they had all met Rin sometime as children and Asa met him in Jr High. Mess up going after a girl and you end up with Kaede, wishy washy on your choices and you end up with Kaede. She is clearly the default heroine in the game, even more so because [[InnocentCohabitation she lived with him for most of the series]] [[MarryThemAll EVERYONE]] becomes a Victorious Childhood Friend if you choose Tsubomi in Essence+ although it's implied that this is the expected end for the first game too when you choose a girl and Eustoma and Forbesii remind you that polygamy is legal in heaven.
* Ryouta and Hiyoko in ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' are, for all intents and purposes, this because even though the female protagonist can romance other pigeons, the game's longest route has him choose to stay with her for as long as it takes to [[spoiler:cure him of his disease and transplant Hiyoko's brain and spirit into a body]].
* Torta from ''VisualNovel/SymphonicRain'' is Chris' childhood friend and appears to be the main heroine [[spoiler:although the golden ending features Arietta, Torta's sister and Chris's other childhood friend as the main heroine.]]
* While Minori's technically Unlucky Childhood Friend in all routes of ''VisualNovel/BrassRestoration'' except her own, it's only really mentioned in Yoshine's. And also in Yoshine's route, [[spoiler: there's Koutarou]]. Minori's unlucky even in her own route. [[spoiler: Just as things seem to be going well for her and Ryo, Ryo fails a ''TestKiss'' and she takes it badly.]] The rest of the route involves [[spoiler: little more than getting things back to the way they were.]]
* Chie and Shika in ''VisualNovel/KiraKira''. She finds it very difficult to admit to him, but does eventually. Interestingly/conveniently enough, it happened right as he was beginning to shape up to be one himself.
* Kouhei and Nagamori in [[VisualNovel/OneKagayakuKisetsuE ONE ~To The Radiant Season~]] if you choose Nagamori's route. She gets flustered when he brings it up and Kouhei is such a jerk to her its amazing she still likes him.
* Makoto Itou and Otome Katou, if you choose her over all the other girls in ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''. The anime downright makes her the Unlucky Childhood Friend [[spoiler: despite her sleeping with Makoto. Then again ''almost EVERY girl'' in the cast sleeps with him in that continuity]].
* Miou and Masayuki in ''VisualNovel/AProfile''. She is presented as unlucky since she and Masayuki broke up in the past. She appears to be the main heroine, however, meaning that in many ways she's still 'victorious'.
* Three of the five main heroines in ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'' are ChildhoodFriends. Miyako, in particular, is the PatientChildhoodLoveInterest, to whom Yamato has been maintaining a JustFriends stance to for the last several years, despite her being rather pushy about it.

* ''VisualNovel/DreamyDaysInWestTokyo'' revolves almost entirely around love between childhood friends. The PlayerCharacter returns to her old neighborhood after ten years and reconnects with the boys she used to be friends with as a little girl, causing old crushes to revive into full-blown romance.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Lamune}}'': After a series of SheIsNotMyGirlfriend, Kenji and Nanami do end up together.
* ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari'': This is what happens if the PC gets together with Mikae Morikawa, whom he has known since kindergarten [[spoiler: and had a sort-of ChildhoodMarriagePromise with.]]
* In chapter 5 of ''VisualNovel/TheDevilOnGString'', its revealed in a conversation by [[spoiler:Haru]] & Kyousuke that they actually met each other when they were children, with [[spoiler:Haru]] proposing marriage if they reunite as adults. In the true ending, they were together as a couple & had a daughter.

* In ''VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder'', Aoba Seragaki met Koujaku when they were children and he comforted him over [[ParentsAsPeople Aoba's parents being loving but very into their work.]] So, if Koujaku is the chosen love interest, this trope will take place at full throttle.
* ''Honoo no Haramase Oppai Shintai Sokutei ~ Osananajimi Joshikousei Karada Sokutei de Zenin Nakadashi Paradise!'' (please excuse the {{Intentionally Awkward|Title}} LongTitle) allows you to take this UpToEleven; you can get a HaremEnding with '''''fourteen''''' different ChildhoodFriends!
* Ava Crescentia and Kayto Shields of ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}'' grew up together and became romantically involved in their last year of high school. Then Ava went off to join the military right after graduation, with Kayto promising to follow in her footsteps. When they finally meet again twelve years later, Kayto has become captain of the Sunrider and Ava is his second-in-command; as such, [[InappropriatelyCloseComrades she refuses any attempt to restart their old relationship as it wouldn’t be proper and could compromise their judgment]]. They don’t get together in either of the main games, but the ''Sunrider Academy'' HighschoolAU DatingSim has them get married at the end of her route.
* Nicholl (the blue-haired half fairy and resident magic tutor/best friend to Princess Charming) from ''VisualNovel/LadsInDistress'' is confirmed to have a route in the upcoming full version of the game and thus will presumably qualify for this trope.
* In ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'', one of your fellow club members is your childhood friend Sayori; she's the one who invites you to join the club in the first place. You can choose to devote poems to her and otherwise spend time with her. [[spoiler: She confesses to you, and you can nicely reject her or accept her confession, the latter of which makes you a couple. It's then horrifically subverted when [[CruelTwistEnding she commits suicide that evening.]]]]

* In ''VisualNovel/ButterflySoup'', Diya and Min-seo become close friends at age 8. The two very clearly like each other (most obviously on Min's part), but Min moves away across the country. They reconnect after Min moves back after 5 years when they both start high school. Their budding romance is one of the main story-lines throughout the game.

* In chapter 5 of ''VisualNovel/GSenjouNoMaou'', its revealed in a conversation by [[spoiler:Haru]] & Kyousuke that they actually met each other when they were children, with [[spoiler:Haru]] proposing marriage if they reunite as adults. In the true ending, they were together as a couple & had a daughter.

* Three of the five main heroines in ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'' are ChildhoodFriends. Miyako, in particular, is the PatientChildhoodLoveInterest, to whom Yamato has been maintaining a JustFriends stance to for the last several years, despite her being rather pushy about it.

* Nicholl (the blue-haired half fairy and resident magic tutor/best friend to Princess Charming) from ''VisualNovel/{{Lads In Distress}}'' is confirmed to have a route in the upcoming full version of the game and thus will presumably qualify for this trope.

* ''VisualNovel/KoshotengainoHashihime'' is an interesting case. Although three of the five love interests/routes feature a childhood friend, [[spoiler:Minakami]] is the one mostly fits the stereotype and the one that the main character canonically loves in the four routes that happen in the same timeline, as well the one with the longest route in the game and the one that even gets confessed by the main character in routes that are not his.

* In the ''VideoGame/FrontMission'' series (specifically ''5''), there's Walter Feng and Lynn Wennwright, who were childhood friends. It's also played with for a bit, in that Lynn was a ForgottenChildhoodFriend, and they only hook up once Walter transfers out of her unit and the main plot is dealt with.

* In ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', the main heroine, Rin, is part of a group of very close childhood friends the protagonist has belonged to since he was quite young -- the eponymous Little Busters. The ShipTease between [[HoYay Riki and Kyousuke]] would also count as this.

In general, visual novels will often feature at least one childhood friend. Whether or not the main character ends up in a relationship with her (or him) depends on [[MultipleEndings the player's choices]]. So much so that they have been documented [[https://vndb.org/g201 here]] and [[https://vndb.org/g883 here]].

* In chapter 5 of [[VisualNovel/GSenjouNoMaou The Devil on G-String]], its revealed in a conversation by [[spoiler:Haru]] & Kyousuke that they actually met each other when they were children, with [[spoiler:Haru]] proposing marriage if they reunite as adults. In the true ending, they were together as a couple & had a daughter.

* ''[[VisualNovel/ShallWeDateNinjaAssassin Shall We Date?: Ninja Assassin]]'' has the PlayerCharacter, Yui Takao, and her potential boyfriend Ichika. Ichika's dad and Yui's DisappearedDad were good friends, so they've known one another form years.

* ''Honoo no Haramase Oppai Shintai Sokutei ~Osananajimi Joshikousei Karada Sokutei de Zenin Nakadashi Paradise!'' (please excuse the {{Intentionally Awkward|Title}} LongTitle) allows you to take this UpToEleven; you can get a HaremEnding with '''''fourteen''''' different ChildhoodFriends!

In general, visual novels will often feature at least one childhood friend. Whether or not the main character ends up in a relationship with her (or him) depends on [[MultipleEndings the player's choices]].

* In ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'', one of your fellow club members is your childhood friend Sayori; she's the one who invites you to join the club in the first place. You can choose to devote poems to her and otherwise spend time with her. [[spoiler: She confesses to you, and you can nicely reject her or accept her confession, the latter of which makes you a couple. It's then horrifically subverted when [[CruelTwistEnding she commits suicide that evening.]]]]

* Nicholl (the blue-haired half fairy and resident magic tutor/best friend to Princess Charming) from ''VisualNovel/{{Lads In Distress}}'' is confirmed to have a route in the upcoming full version of the game and thus will presumably qualify for this trope.

* Nicholl (the blue haired half fairy and resident magic tutor/best friend of MC Princess Charming) is confirmed to have a route in the upcoming full version of ''VisualNovel/{{Lads In Distress}}'' and thus will presumably qualify for this trope. However, whether he will end up as the 'victorious childhood friend' or 'unlucky childhood friend' by the end of his route remains to be seen.
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* Nicholl (the blue haired half fairy and resident magic tutor/best friend of MC Princess Charming) is confirmed to have a route in the upcoming full version of ''VisualNovel/{{Lads In Distress}}'' and thus will presumably qualify for this trope. However, whether he will ends up as the 'victorious childhood friend' or 'unlucky childhood friend' in the end remains to be seen.

* Ava Crescentia and Kayto Shields of ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}'' grew up together and became romantically involved in their last year of high school. Then Ava went off to join the military right after graduation, with Kayto promising to follow in her footsteps. When they finally meet again eight years later, Kayto has become captain of the Sunrider and Ava is his second-in-command; as such, [[InappropriatelyCloseComrades she refuses any attempt to restart their old relationship as it wouldn’t be proper and could compromise their judgment]]. They don’t get together in either of the main games, but the ''Sunrider Academy'' HighschoolAU DatingSim has them get married at the end of her route.