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* UnequalPairing: [[spoiler:The military attempt to break up Gigachu and Queen Seadora but drawing attention to Gigachu being a commoner and Seadora being royality. General Panjandrum even has Mechachu given the title of Duke solely to try and take Gigachu's place as Seadora's mate. {{Subverted}}, as Seadora doesn't want an inferior, but an equal partner to rule by their side.]]



* VirtuousCharacterCopy: King Seadora is obviously based off [[Characters/GodzillaTheGhidorahs King Ghidorah]]. However, whereas he's an OmnicidalManiac and pure evil (most of the time), Seadora is actually explicitly a heroic kaiju with a strong sense of justice.

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* VirtuousCharacterCopy: King Queen Seadora is obviously based off [[Characters/GodzillaTheGhidorahs King Ghidorah]]. However, whereas he's an OmnicidalManiac and pure evil (most of the time), Seadora is actually explicitly a heroic kaiju with a strong sense of justice.
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* VirtuousCharacterCopy: King Seadora is obviously based off [[Characters/GodzillaTheGhidorahs King Ghidorah]]. However, whereas he's an OmnicidalManiac and pure evil (most of the time), Seadora is actually explicitly a heroic kaiju with a strong sense of justice.

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* TheFourLoves: One of the traits described in the Kaijus' profiles is which ones of these loves fits them the most.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: During act 2, a "World Breaking News!" segment will show one of the other five {{Kaiju}} dating a {{Kaiju}} that doesn't appear anywhere else in the game. For instance, in Turpio's route, the segment will show Garudan with Sarth, a snake {{Kaiju}}.



* HeroOfAnotherStory: During act 2, a "World Breaking News!" segment will show one of the other five {{Kaiju}} dating a {{Kaiju}} that doesn't appear anywhere else in the game. For instance, in Turpio's route, the segment will show Garudan with Sarth, a snake {{Kaiju}}.



* TheFourLoves: One of the traits described in the Kaijus' profiles is which ones of these loves fits them the most.
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Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with the full visual novel officially releasing on September 7, 2022.

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Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Platform/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with the full visual novel officially releasing on September 7, 2022.
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* BigBad: Major Panjandrum is the game's main antagonist, attempting break up Gigachu and their partner.

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* BigBad: Major Panjandrum is the game's main antagonist, attempting to break up Gigachu and their partner.
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* CollateralDamage: Gigachu can trample trees, level massive sand dunes, and demolish the Egyptian pyramids as they run across the world map.
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* RemovableShell: Turpio's is shown to be in their ending, obviously meant to show them being comfortable enough in their relationship to lower their guard.
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* SickEpisode: Garudan catches bird flu near the end of his playthrough, and doesn't help trash the landmarks.

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* SickEpisode: Garudan catches In Garudan's route, the army's plan to break him and Gigachu up at the end of act 2 is to infect him with bird flu near the end of his playthrough, playthrough. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration For the rest of the route, he's visibly sick, does a weak thumbs-up instead of flexing when you give a great answer, and doesn't help trash the landmarks.]]
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* BigBad: Major Panjandrum is the game's main antagonist, attempting break up Gigachu and their partner.

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* HeroOfAnotherStory: During act 2, a "World Breaking News!" segment will show one of the other five {{Kaiju}} dating a {{Kaiju}} that doesn't appear anyhwere else in the game. For instance, in Turpio's route, the segment will show Garudan with Sarth, a snake {{Kaiju}}.

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* HeroOfAnotherStory: During act 2, a "World Breaking News!" segment will show one of the other five {{Kaiju}} dating a {{Kaiju}} that doesn't appear anyhwere anywhere else in the game. For instance, in Turpio's route, the segment will show Garudan with Sarth, a snake {{Kaiju}}.



* LoreCodex: You can access profiles of the six Kaiju anytime. At first, they only show their likes and dislikes, but by progressing in the route of a specific Kaiju, you unlock more datas: what they look for in a mate, how they express their love, their main virtue, [[TheFourLoves the greek definition of love they fit the most]], and the greatest challenge Gigachu will have to face to make the relation work.

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* LoreCodex: You can access profiles of the six Kaiju anytime. At first, they only show their likes and dislikes, but by progressing in the route of a specific Kaiju, you unlock more datas: data: what they look for in a mate, how they express their love, their main virtue, [[TheFourLoves the greek Greek definition of love they fit the most]], and the greatest challenge Gigachu will have to face to make the relation work.


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* SingleParentsAreUndesirable: [[spoiler:The end of the Mossra route reveals that Mossra has already laid eggs, leading to a brief break-up while Gigachu seeks out the other Kaiju for advice on whether they can accept the responsibilities of parenthood and that Mossra will always love her brood more than Gigachu. Ultimately, however, Gigachu decides that Mossra is still desirable, and helps rescue Mossra's eggs after Mechachu captures them.]]
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* SickEpisode: Garudan catches bird flu near the end of his playthrough, and doesn't help trash the landmarks.
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* ChastityCouple: Megaricus has a force field between her and Gigachu at the end of a date. It's implied this is because she's afraid her spores would poison Gigachu.

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You CAN'T date multiple Kaiju at once. Once you choose a route, you stick with it to the end.


* BetterAsFriends: [[spoiler: One of the bad endings you get if you fill the failure gauge during act 2.]]



* HeroOfAnotherStory: During act 2, a "World Breaking News!" segment will show one of the other five {{Kaiju}} dating a {{Kaiju}} that doesn't appear anyhwere else in the game. For instance, in Turpio's route, the segment will show Garudan with Sarth, a snake {{Kaiju}}.



* MultipleEndings: There is a different ending for each of the six Kaiju that can be courted, as well as one bad ending for failing to court any of them.

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* MultipleEndings: There is a different ending for each of the six Kaiju that can be courted, as well as one two different bad ending endings for failing to court any of them.



* {{Polyamory}}: Gigachu is free to date any of the six {{Kaiju}} with no negative repercussions even if they're already courting another, with a Steam achievement tied to being in love with every other Kaiju at once.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Gigachu's an ambiguous dinosaur species, which none of the dateable monsters are. Instead there's a giant three-headed seahorse, a giant bird, a turtle/scorpion hybrid, a tree/moth, an anthropomorphic volcano and an anthropomorphic colony of fungus.
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* MonumentalDamage: Every date happens at a famous landmark, which the kaiju destroy if they have a good time.
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* ThePowerOfLove: How Mechachu is defeated is, of course, by the couple affirming their love and destroying him with a CareBearStare of laser hearts.
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* {{Expy}}: Nearly every {{Kaiju}} is based on a famous cinematic monster; Mossra is a plant version of Film/{{Mothra}}, Seadora is a seahorse version of Ghidorah, etc.

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* {{Expy}}: Nearly every Every {{Kaiju}} is based on a famous cinematic monster; Mossra is a plant version of Film/{{Mothra}}, Seadora is a seahorse version of Ghidorah, [[RobotMe Mechachu]] is based on Mechagodzilla, etc.



* HopelessBossFight: [[spoiler: The first fight against Mechachu ''CAN'T'' be won. Eventually, the questions will ''always'' offer nothing but wrong answers.]]

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* HopelessBossFight: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The first fight against Mechachu ''CAN'T'' be won. Eventually, the questions will ''always'' offer nothing but wrong answers.]]



* PlantPerson: Mossra is a mossy moth with wings made out of leaves, and Megaricus is a feminine-presenting fungus person.
* {{Polyamory}}: Gigachu is free to date any of the six {{Kaiju}} with no negative repercussions even if they're already courting another, with a Steam achievement tied being in love with every other Kaiju at once.

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* PlantPerson: Mossra is a mossy moth with wings made out of leaves, and Megaricus is a feminine-presenting feminine-presenting, non-binary fungus person.
* {{Polyamory}}: Gigachu is free to date any of the six {{Kaiju}} with no negative repercussions even if they're already courting another, with a Steam achievement tied to being in love with every other Kaiju at once.
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* HopelessBossFight: [[spoiler: The first fight against Mechachu ''CAN'T'' be won. Eventually, the questions will ''always'' offer nothing but wrong answers.]]

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* LoreCodex: You can access profiles of the six Kaiju anytime. At first, they only show their likes and dislikes, but by progressing in the route of a specific Kaiju, you unlock more datas: what they look for in a mate, how they express their love, their main virtue, [[TheFourLoves the greek definition of love they fit the most]], and the greatest challenge Gigachu will have to face to make the relation work.



* TheFourLoves: One of the traits described in the kaijus' profiles is which ones of these loves fits them the most.

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* TheFourLoves: One of the traits described in the kaijus' Kaijus' profiles is which ones of these loves fits them the most.
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* TheFourLoves: One of the traits described in the kaijus' profiles is which ones of these loves fits them the most.
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Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with an official release on September 7, 2022.

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Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with an official release the full visual novel officially releasing on September 7, 2022.



* FourFingeredHands: Whenever Kaichu is asked to choose between one of three options, their potential replies are close-ups of their hands with one, two, or three of their four claws held up.

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* FourFingeredHands: Whenever Kaichu Gigachu is asked to choose between one of three options, their potential replies are close-ups of their hands with one, two, or three of their four claws held up.



* {{Polyamory}}: Kaichu is free to date any of the six {{Kaiju}} with no negative repercussions even if they're already courting another, with a Steam achievement tied being in love with every other Kaiju at once.

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* {{Polyamory}}: Kaichu Gigachu is free to date any of the six {{Kaiju}} with no negative repercussions even if they're already courting another, with a Steam achievement tied being in love with every other Kaiju at once.



* RobotMe: Once Kaichu's relationship with another Kaiju progresses far enough, Major Panjandrum starts piloting a giant mech called Mechachu to run interference and try to break them up before they break any more famous landmarks during their courtship rituals.

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* RobotMe: Once Kaichu's Gigachu's relationship with another Kaiju progresses far enough, Major Panjandrum starts piloting a giant mech called Mechachu to run interference and try to break them up before they break any more famous landmarks during their courtship rituals.



* TheUnintelligible: Kaichu and the other Kaiju cannot speak the language of humans, but the news anchors are able to translate all communication successfully, and Kaichu can respond to questions with a positive, neutral, or negative expression, or by holding up their claws.

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* TheUnintelligible: Kaichu Gigachu and the other Kaiju cannot speak the language of humans, but the news anchors are able to translate all communication successfully, and Kaichu Gigachu can respond to questions with a positive, neutral, or negative expression, or by holding up their claws.

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''Kaichu - The Kaiju Dating Sim'' is, as the subtitle indicates, a visual novel in which you play as a {{Kaiju}}, developed by Squiddershins and published by Top Hat Studios, Inc..

Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with a release date for September 7, 2022.

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''Kaichu - The Kaiju Dating Sim'' is, as the subtitle indicates, a visual novel in which you play as a {{Kaiju}}, {{Kaiju}} that dates other Kaiju, developed by Squiddershins and published by Top Hat Studios, Inc..

Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with a an official release date for on September 7, 2022.



* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: The playable {{Kaiju}}, Gigachu, is a pink, heart-themed Franchise/{{Godzilla}} {{Expy}} whose default pronouns in the Demo are "chu/chu"; the player can change the pronouns to be he/him, she/her, they/them, xie/xer, and a variety of other gender identities without altering their appearance in any way.
* {{Expy}}: Nearly every {{Kaiju}} in the Demo is based on a famous cinematic monster; Mossra is a plant version of Film/{{Mothra}}, Seadora is a seahorse version of Ghidorah, etc.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: In the Demo, a {{Kaiju}} "date" doesn't involve direct combat, but Gigachu and their partner do show affection by working together to utterly demolish whichever famous landmark their date is set at.
* {{Kaiju}}: With the exception of the two news anchors narrating the dates, every single character in the Demo is a giant monster of some kind.
* PlantPerson: In the Demo, Mossra is a mossy moth with wings made out of leaves, and Megaricus is a feminine-presenting fungus person.

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* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: The playable {{Kaiju}}, Gigachu, is a pink, heart-themed Franchise/{{Godzilla}} {{Expy}} whose default pronouns in the Demo are "chu/chu"; the player can change the pronouns to be he/him, she/her, they/them, xie/xer, and a variety of other gender identities without altering their appearance in any way.
* {{Expy}}: Nearly every {{Kaiju}} in the Demo is based on a famous cinematic monster; Mossra is a plant version of Film/{{Mothra}}, Seadora is a seahorse version of Ghidorah, etc.
* FourFingeredHands: Whenever Kaichu is asked to choose between one of three options, their potential replies are close-ups of their hands with one, two, or three of their four claws held up.
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InterplayOfSexAndViolence: In the Demo, a A {{Kaiju}} "date" doesn't involve direct combat, but Gigachu and their partner do show affection by working together to utterly demolish whichever famous landmark their date is set at.
* {{Kaiju}}: With the exception of the two news anchors narrating the dates, dates and the military leader Major Panjandrum, every single character in the Demo is a giant monster of some kind.
* MultipleEndings: There is a different ending for each of the six Kaiju that can be courted, as well as one bad ending for failing to court any of them.
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PlantPerson: In the Demo, Mossra is a mossy moth with wings made out of leaves, and Megaricus is a feminine-presenting fungus person.person.
* {{Polyamory}}: Kaichu is free to date any of the six {{Kaiju}} with no negative repercussions even if they're already courting another, with a Steam achievement tied being in love with every other Kaiju at once.



* ThisJustIn: In the Demo, between each date is a "World Breaking News!" segment in which the two news anchors that narrate Gigachu's dates provide some additional insight on their date partner and their destructive courtship rituals.

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* RobotMe: Once Kaichu's relationship with another Kaiju progresses far enough, Major Panjandrum starts piloting a giant mech called Mechachu to run interference and try to break them up before they break any more famous landmarks during their courtship rituals.
* ThisJustIn: In the Demo, between Between each date is a "World Breaking News!" segment in which the two news anchors that narrate Gigachu's dates provide some additional insight on their date partner and their destructive courtship rituals.rituals.
* TheUnintelligible: Kaichu and the other Kaiju cannot speak the language of humans, but the news anchors are able to translate all communication successfully, and Kaichu can respond to questions with a positive, neutral, or negative expression, or by holding up their claws.
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Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with a tentative release date of Summer 2022.

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Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with a tentative release date of Summer for September 7, 2022.

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''Kaichu - The Kaiju Dating Sim'' is, as the subtitle indicates, a visual novel in which you play as a {{Kaiju}}, developed by Squiddershins and published by Top Hat Studios, Inc. Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with a tentative release date of Summer 2022.

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''Kaichu - The Kaiju Dating Sim'' is, as the subtitle indicates, a visual novel in which you play as a {{Kaiju}}, developed by Squiddershins and published by Top Hat Studios, Inc. Inc..

Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with a tentative release date of Summer 2022.



* ThisJustIn: In the Demo, between each date is a "World Breaking News!" segment in which the two news anchors that narrate Gigachu's dates provide some additional insight on their date partner and their destructive courtship rituals.

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* ThisJustIn: In the Demo, between each date is a "World Breaking News!" segment in which the two news anchors that narrate Gigachu's dates provide some additional insight on their date partner and their destructive courtship rituals.rituals.
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* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: The playable {{Kaiju}}, Gigachu, is a pink, heart-themed Franchise/{{Godzilla}} {{Expy}} whose default pronouns in the Demo are "chu/chu"; the player can change the pronouns to be he/him, she/her, xie/xer, and a variety of other gender identities without altering their appearance in any way.

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* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: The playable {{Kaiju}}, Gigachu, is a pink, heart-themed Franchise/{{Godzilla}} {{Expy}} whose default pronouns in the Demo are "chu/chu"; the player can change the pronouns to be he/him, she/her, they/them, xie/xer, and a variety of other gender identities without altering their appearance in any way.


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* PortmanteauCoupleName: InUniverse, the newscasters will refer to Gigachu and their date this way if the relationship is going well, such as "Mosschu" for partnering with Mossra.

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''Kaichu - The Kaiju Dating Sim'' is, as the subtitle indicates, a visual novel in which you play as a {{Kaiju}} . Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with a tentative release date of Summer 2022.

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''Kaichu - The Kaiju Dating Sim'' is, as the subtitle indicates, a visual novel in which you play as a {{Kaiju}} .{{Kaiju}}, developed by Squiddershins and published by Top Hat Studios, Inc. Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with a tentative release date of Summer 2022.



* PlantPerson: In the Demo, Mossra is a mossy moth with wings made out of leaves, and Megaricus is a feminine-presenting fungus person.

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* PlantPerson: In the Demo, Mossra is a mossy moth with wings made out of leaves, and Megaricus is a feminine-presenting fungus person.person.
* ThisJustIn: In the Demo, between each date is a "World Breaking News!" segment in which the two news anchors that narrate Gigachu's dates provide some additional insight on their date partner and their destructive courtship rituals.
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''Kaichu - The Kaiju Dating Sim'' is, as the subtitle indicates, a visual novel in which you play as a {{Kaiju}} . Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign (viewable [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim here]]), a demo was released during the 2022 UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Next Fest, with a tentative release date of Summer 2022.
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* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: The playable {{Kaiju}}, Gigachu, is a pink, heart-themed Franchise/{{Godzilla}} {{Expy}} whose default pronouns in the Demo are "chu/chu"; the player can change the pronouns to be he/him, she/her, xie/xer, and a variety of other gender identities without altering their appearance in any way.
* {{Expy}}: Nearly every {{Kaiju}} in the Demo is based on a famous cinematic monster; Mossra is a plant version of Film/{{Mothra}}, Seadora is a seahorse version of Ghidorah, etc.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: In the Demo, a {{Kaiju}} "date" doesn't involve direct combat, but Gigachu and their partner do show affection by working together to utterly demolish whichever famous landmark their date is set at.
* {{Kaiju}}: With the exception of the two news anchors narrating the dates, every single character in the Demo is a giant monster of some kind.
* PlantPerson: In the Demo, Mossra is a mossy moth with wings made out of leaves, and Megaricus is a feminine-presenting fungus person.

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