History VisualNovel / RistoranteAmore

''Ristorante Amore'' is a freeware UsefulNotes/RenPy {{otome game}} by [[http://cyanide-tea.net/ Cyanide Tea]] in which you take on the role of [[HelloInsertNameHere Lily Kingston]], a recent college graduate who has just started work as a waitress at her uncle's high-class Italian restaurant. Though she's clumsy and has a lot to learn, Lily finds good friends in her co-workers: the serious and hard-working Ethan, the princely sous-chef [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Pierre]], the fun-loving jock [[TheCharmer Liam]], and the cute but shy waiter [[ShrinkingViolet Laura]].

** The authors likely intended for Lily's clumsiness to be UpToEleven to poke fun at regular clumsy otome heroines. Lily breaks ''hundreds of dollars of fine china on a near-daily basis.''

* AlphaBitch: Angelina.

* BlindingBangs: Laura.
* CannotSpitItOut: Ethan, in his route.

* DefrostingIceKing: Ethan.
* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:Lily.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ethan.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Pierre.

* PrinceCharming: Pierre.
* ShrinkingViolet: Laura.
* StoicSpectacles: Ethan.
* TwistEnding: And how!

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: ''I LOVE YOU TOO, YOU JERK!''

* NestedStoryReveal: When the prologue ends, the role of the game's viewpoint character changes from Lily to Pierre, whereupon it's revealed that all of the characters are actors on a planet called Erewhon fueled by feelings of love from the inhabitants of Earth, and they're staging a DatingSim in order to encourage those feelings.
* NextSundayAD: Though the word appears to be exactly the same, the character profiles claim the entire cast was born in the 2400's.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: [[BespectacledBastardBoyfriend Ethan]] and [[RichBitch Angelica]] are actually nice people in real life, especially the former.

''Ristorante Amore'' is a freeware UsefulNotes/RenPy {{otome game}} by [[http://cyanide-tea.net/ Cyanide Tea]] in which you take on the role of [[HelloInsertNameHere Lily Kingston]], a recent college graduate who has just started work as a waitress at her uncle's high-class Italian restaurant. Though she's clumsy and has a lot to learn, Lily finds good friends in her co-workers: the serious and hard-working [[{{Megane}} Ethan]], the princely sous-chef [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Pierre]], the fun-loving jock [[TheCharmer Liam]], and the cute but shy waiter [[ShrinkingViolet Laura]].

''Ristorante Amore'' is a freeware UsefulNotes/RenPy {{otome game}} by [[http://cyanide-tea.net/ Cyanide Tea]] in which you take on the role of Lily Kingston, a recent college graduate who has just started work as a waitress at her uncle's high-class Italian restaurant. Though she's clumsy and has a lot to learn, Lily finds good friends in her co-workers: the serious and hard-working [[{{Megane}} Ethan]], the princely sous-chef [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Pierre]], the fun-loving jock [[TheCharmer Liam]], and the cute but shy waiter [[ShrinkingViolet Laura]].

* EmotionEater: The planet the story is set on, Erewhon, [[ThePowerOfLove gets its energy from the love experienced by people on Earth]].
** Pierre also mentions a less fortunate planet based on arachnophobia.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Angelina and Ethan.

* NestedStoryReveal

* ObliviousToLove: Pierre [[spoiler: to Liam's.]]

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend[=/=]UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Liam]], although it's up to you.

''Ristorante Amore'' is a freeware UsefulNotes/RenPy {{otome game}} by [[http://cyanide-tea.net/ Cyanide Tea]] in which you take on the role of Lily Kingston, a recent college graduate who has just started work as a waitress at her uncle's high-class Italian restaurant. Though she's clumsy and has a lot to learn, Lily finds good friends in her co-workers: the serious and hard-working [[{{Megane}} Ethan]], the princely sous chef [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Pierre]], the fun-loving jock [[TheCharmer Liam]], and the cute but shy waiter [[ShrinkingViolet Laura]].

* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist: Lily.]]

''Ristorante Amore'' is a freeware UsefulNotes/RenPy otome game by [[http://cyanide-tea.net/ Cyanide Tea]] in which you take on the role of Lily Kingston, a recent college graduate who has just started work as a waitress at her uncle's high-class Italian restaurant. Though she's clumsy and has a lot to learn, Lily finds good friends in her co-workers: the serious and hard-working [[{{Megane}} Ethan]], the princely sous chef [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Pierre]], the fun-loving jock [[TheCharmer Liam]], and the cute but shy waiter [[ShrinkingViolet Laura]].

* PortmanteauSeriesNickname: The [[ShowWithinAShow Game Within a Game]] is often called "[=RisAmo=]".

* IncestuousCasting: In-universe; Liam and Laura are cousins in real life, but Liam's route in the prologue has Laura falling in love with Liam. Josh points how weird this is.

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The post-prologue section will likely contain spoilers. Tread with caution.

!!The prologue provides examples of:

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!!The post-prologue provides examples of:

* [[spoiler: AlternateDimension: There are multiple planets similar to Earth, which occupy parallel dimensions. The main setting of the story is one of these.]]
* [[spoiler: AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The post-prologue focuses on the true protagonist of the game, Pierre/Josh.]]

* [[spoiler: BeneathTheMask: All of the cast are completely different people when not in their roles for the game.]]

* TheDanza: [[invoked]] [[spoiler:All the characters have the same names in real life as the characters they play in the game.]] [[spoiler:Except for Josh as Pierre, through the director told everyone to call him "Pierre" off-hours so they wouldn't slip up on-set.]]
* DevotedToYou: [[spoiler: Liam has been pining for Josh for ten years.]]
* [[spoiler:EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: An unspecified myriad of planets depend on the emotions of humans on Earth]] for their survival and energy sources.
* [[spoiler:EmotionEater: The planet the story is set on, Erewhon, [[ThePowerOfLove gets its energy from the love experienced by people on Earth]].]]
** Josh also mentions [[spoiler: a less fortunate planet based on arachnophobia.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: [[spoiler: Liam's feelings for Josh.]]

* IncestuousCasting: In-universe; [[spoiler:Liam and Laura are cousins in real life, but Liam's route in the prologue has Laura falling in love with Liam. Josh points how weird this is.]]

* [[spoiler:MundaneFantastic: The fantastical elements of the setting are completely unremarkable to the characters, and only barely relevant to the story except as an explanation for why the main game is so much different from the prologue.]]
* [[spoiler: NestedStoryReveal]]

* ObliviousToLove: Josh [[spoiler: to Liam's.]]

* YearInsideHourOutside: [[spoiler:One year in Erewhon]] is equivalent to about three Earth years.

* [[spoiler: EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: An unspecified myriad of planets depend on the emotions of humans on Earth]] for their survival and energy sources.
* [[spoiler: EmotionEater: The planet the story is set on, Erewhon, gets its energy from the love experienced by people on Earth.]]

* GayOption: [[spoiler: Ethan and Liam]]

* Flanderization: Lily is now depicted as even more comically dumb and simplistic (see image above).

* IncestuousCasting: In-universe, [[spoiler:Liam and Laura are cousins in real life, but Liam's route in the prologue has Laura falling in love with Liam. Josh points how weird this is.]]

''Ristorante Amore'' is a freeware Ren'py otome game by [[http://cyanide-tea.net/ Cyanide Tea]] in which you take on the role of Lily Kingston, a recent college graduate who has just started work as a waitress at her uncle's high-class Italian restaurant. Though she's clumsy and has a lot to learn, Lily finds good friends in her co-workers: the serious and hard-working [[{{Megane}} Ethan]], the princely sous chef [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Pierre]], the fun-loving jock [[TheCharmer Liam]], and the cute but shy waiter [[ShrinkingViolet Laura]].

* AudienceSurrogate: Lily, [[WordOfGod intentionally designed]] and written to seem as [[MarySue generic as possible]].

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend / UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Liam]], although it's up to you.
* YearInsideHourOutside: [[spoiler: One year in Erewhon]] is equivalent to about three Earth years.

* [[spoiler: Alternate Dimension: There are multiple planets similar to Earth, which occupy parallel dimensions. The main setting of the story is one of these.]]

A freeware visual novel game in which you take on the role of Lily Kingston, a recent college graduate who has just started work as a waitress at a fancy Italian restaurant. There, she has the option to pursue romance with one of her three male co-workers.

* CuteClumsyGirl: Lily.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Angelina.