Ren'Py - Lessons in Love [v0.48.0] [Selebus]

You ever heard a great song and then looked up the band and they had 20 similar songs and listened to them all and eventually got sick of the same sound? That's basically this game.

It's very well written but extremely repetitive. Every character has some flavor of depression, the MC will go into a monologue about how awful he is without changing anything, a horror segment will weird you out until you start skipping it since you've seen 5 of them already.

That extends to the gameplay too. A simple system where you choose who to hang out with. However, it's just overwhelmed eventually. There are about 20 characters who have multiple hang out spots, love/lust to grind and no idea how to progress events. Do you need points? Visit them somewhere else? Do a main event first? How do you start that? Don't know, just do random things until it clicks.

In the end, the game itself is pretty good but also a fantastic lesson that moderation is sorely needed.

Review of the version v0.13.0 Part2

Lessons of Love is a harem game where you get isekai'd and become the sensei of an all female class. The world seems to be in a war and nearly all men have been drafted. Seems like a blatant excuse but I'd rather have no men than the horrible big kids that the koikatsu engine makes men look like.

The story is mostly about focusing on the different girls, but there are different parts wanting to be horrorlike or disturbing in between. These ones tend to be more annoying than anything and can be quite annoying when you get random flashing images while u play.

Each girl has their own stereotypes and story to follow. Some are better than others, but there are no girls that feel like an afterthought. Some girls progress faster than others in the lewd department, which feels it ruins the pace. Worst offender for me was the beach vacation, first major event yet it feels bland for how far you are in the story Being jerked off a few times and having a 3some with ayane and the twin girl and most stuff you get are walls of text.

Which takes me to how lenghty is this game for the amount of actual lewd stuff and interesting events in comparison to the grindfest and the great amounts of reading. Like I get it, many girls, need many time to develop, but it feels that i can spend entire weeks on fast forward clicking menus to grind the points needed for the next event. Which btw i ended up needing to use the wiki to find out what to do a few times.

Finally, the graphics and lewd shit... Well, its koikatsu, so it can be polarising. Some characters look way better than other, and the MC looks like an obese 10 year old while clothed. Kudos for at least not making the repeatable sex scens a carbon copy of the first time you do it.

Finally, its a eh game imo. Started great, but declined. I can look over some stuff but the bad outweights the good more and more as the story progresses.

Also I hoped for more girl on girl stuff lol

Lessons in Love is my favorite game on this site, by far. It's not hugely interactive, more of a visual novel, but what makes it stand out is the writing. The writing is leagues better than any other adult game I've ever seen, and is honestly better than a lot of non-adult games. All of the characters are really well thought-out and extremely engaging, I never want this game to end and will fund it on Patreon for as long as it's updated.

The only downside is that it can be tedious to find the remaining unviewed content sometimes, but it's a small price to pay for everything good about the game.

One of if not THE best game ive ever played. Just trust me when i say the game just gets better and better with phenomenal character development and crazy hot dialogue its a must play for any harem game lover. I got a few lessons in love myself playing and cannot wait for future updates. Donate to the patreon if you get a chance as well.

Lessons in Love is a psychological horror visual novel by Selebus. So pay some attention attention to the words that coomers may find offensive. I'll provide a proper "review" after these forewords. Though I don't promise it'll be well articulated or thought through.

Stop fapping and start reading. I'm serious, this guy's writing is phenomenal. Instead of focusing on getting to the next h-scene to get your rocks off, maybe pay attention and enjoy every little piece. I'm not above any of you when we consider that I found this game because of a desire to fap, but Jesus fucking Christ there is something much more here than that. The characters are great, the story is good when you really look into it, the writing is fantastic, Niki Nakayama is probably my favorite newest addition for reasons I'm not going to even begin to get into. So get your hand away from your genitals, sit up straight or recline and just experience this, please, it is good.

Plot
You have arguably been isekai'd into the adult body of a teacher who will be referred to from this point forward as Sensei. Why is he Sensei? I don't know bro. This world was made for you, so have sex with these girls because they were made for you and you alone, Sensei.

You, the player, will point Sensei in directions and watch as he does things. What are these things you ask? Oh, you're not asking? Too fucking bad, I'm in a great mood. Sensei will meet all sorts of girls ranging from

• His tsundere student
• His niece
• His niece's friend who loves him
• His niece's best friend who happens to be a shrine maiden
• His moe magnet of a student
• His homie
• Futaba
• And more!

He will speak to cute teenage girls, he will groom develop healthy student & teacher relationships with said teenage girls while serving as their guidance counselor and homeroom teacher, helping them learn how to sex become better people as they grow! Truly a happy and inspiring setting where absolutely nothing can go wrong, don't you agree?

Characters
I can not stress enough how much I currently adore these characters and also how much I'll grow to hate them because of who they seemingly are. But seriously, he's written them very well and the way he's done dorm room compositions is brilliant. I'm not going to explain what I mean, because he knows and you'll find out.

Sound
This is important. Some of you like to play without sound, I strongly suggest you do NOT do that, you'll miss some important bits. If it really bothers you that much you can lower the volume because it is insanely loud at its highest, but if you drop it to a good level you're in for a treat from bops such as Sweet Vermouth, Yumiska.mp3 and more. Seriously though, play with sound on.

Art
The game is rendered in Koikatsu's charastudio. I personally think it looks nice because I do like the style of Koi, but some people may not like it and you may very well be one of them. Admittedly his shot compositions aren't absolutely amazing at the start, and I'm not much of a photographer so I honestly wouldn't know what said absolutely amazing would look like, but I think it gets better as it goes and is not god-awful at the beginning.

Conclusion
Yeah I like it. The writing is good and I have been traumatized blessed with nothing but happy things. Go in with the mindset of "This is a visual novel with adult elements that do not take away from the strong emphasis on writing" and you'll be happy. Praise be.

Best game I played to this day and I'm a $100 patron without any regrets.
Started out with me playing this thinking it was a simple fap game...wow I was wrong, so much good content than I could ever imagine. This game is story rich, well executed, good rendering, no half ass job as other games. If you are in for the lewds you will stay for the story

Review based on v13.0 Part2

Honestly one of my favorite Koikatsu based games on the site. Characters are well-developed and are unique in their own ways. Story seems to flowing along very well. Game itself is pretty clean with hardly any bug.

I will agree with other reviewers that the horror aspects and the "happy" scenes are a bit lower quality but it adds to the cheesiness of the game.

Not really much left to say, great game that I look forward to playing when new versions release publicly.

The CG and most of the characters are pretty good, but where it falls down for me is the "horror" aspects. Both poorly drawn and way too existential, cynical, and depressing for a porn game IMO. I'm not here to be depressed. Also, and this is one of my main qualms with the game, the MC is a complete jackass. Absolute piece of trash of a person, and it makes the game significantly less fun to play. He's always going on about how he doesn't love anything or care about anything, and it's like, fucking grow up and go to a therapist you absolute trash fire.

I don't think I masturbated a single time when playing this game, and I mean this in the best way possible.

I initially downloaded this game when looking for something quick and dirty, and suddenly found myself four hours later cancelling my other plans for the day as I was so engrossed in the story. This game's writing really is its major draw, and this shines through both in the overarching plot as well as in the various backstories of the characters and the, most often hilarious but sometimes quite poignant dialogue. A particularly great example is the opening of the game. What is usually nothing more than a copy-paste intro to frame the setting that most players here probably fast-forward through is deliberately made to grab your attention to indicate to players that no, this isn't a standard porn game, this is an actual visual novel and you'd better pay attention to the writing as that's where the real meat of the game is to be found, not the meat you beat.

In terms of visuals this game is definitely a cut above the rest in comparison to most of the games on this website, which means its about average when it comes to actual proper visual novels. An advantage of the 3D model style is that it allows for lots of different shots of the same scene to get a sense of movement and dynamism across, something this game takes advantage of a lot more than many other games in its genre. On the other hand animated scenes are unfortunately lacking. Not that they don't exist, but that there are only a limited number of them. This is a deliberate choice by the developer to cut down on production time, and thus understandable, but somewhat disappointing nonetheless considering how even a few tiny animated scenes here and there could spruce things up.

Until recently the UI design was passable but not great, but I'm glad to say that a recent update has overhauled the in-game menu to be both pleasant to look at and functionally good to use. The various option and choice screens could still use some work, especially now that the menu has surpassed it in visual design, but this is no major issue.

The character design is something that I believe is quite deserving of praise. Rather than just focussing on the aspects most players will focus on (the face and other, well, assets) detail was also spent on the characters' clothing, overall body language, and the way their overall design fits in with their personality and backstory, rather than just haphazardly throwing various personalities, clothes, and body designs together based on what the developer thinks players might like in some sort of potpourri of pandering.

Coming to the story I have nothing but praise. Do beware that this is not a regular dating sim or slice-of-life story, but rather a horror game. Not in the jump-scare or slasher kind of way, but rather akin to a more subtle, mysterious thriller. That's not to say disturbing scenes and content will never appear, but the horror here is mostly contained within the writing rather than in visual form. This story is so far mostly a slow burn, with the main horror plot only surfacing here and there before lurking below the surface again for a period of time. While this does lend itself well to create an unsettling atmosphere where you don't know when—not if, when—things will go wrong as the story lulls you back into a false sense of security before pulling the rug to the pool filled with horrors out from under you, resulting in a sudden icy splash, this does mean the beginning of the game can be seen as having too slow a pace at times. Luckily the inclusion of real plot increases in occurrence as you progress through the story, as would be expected, and you could argue that the slow beginning is deliberate to establish a baseline of normality before the main plot begins to violently tear it all apart, but I feel it still could have been somewhat faster.

The characters so far range from good to great. Many of the characters have already revealed part of their circumstances, and some have even reached a turning point in the character development, but unfortunately some are only still in their introductory phase in the current version. And with the developer adding more characters in the foreseeable future this has me somewhat wary that these characters will have to wait a bit more still until they get the attention they deserve, but this is both the unfortunately reality of a serialised work as well as mere speculation about the future. Do keep in mind though that as of now not every character is as fleshed out as others, and you might need to wait a bit still.

One particular point I would like to draw attention to that I quite like, yet unfortunately rarely see people mention is the audio design. Great care has been taken to find a proper, fitting soundtrack for this game: no standard Kevin MacLeod here. Not only are the pieces fitting for the scenes they are used, the developer has also edited various audio tracks for the more... interesting scenes, creating a nice sense of immersion.

Now sadly comes the other side of the coin, as even a game as great as this one is not without its flaws. Besides the minor things I have already mentioned, I only have one major issue with this game, namely that sometimes the triggers to continue the story can be quite hard to find, being somewhat obtuse. Many times people comment in the thread here or on discord asking for help when they get stuck, and frequently they get stuck on the same events, indicating I am not alone in finding the game sometimes difficult to progress. To mitigate this the developer has added a link to the wiki in the game menu, to assist players in these circumstances, but in my opinion this is a mere band-aid which hides a greater wound underneath. No game should require the player to check a wiki or ask others for help in order to proceed. Don't get me wrong; this is not an argument to dumb the game down so that everyone can progress without issue, as every game will no doubt have players that get stuck sometimes, but when it happens to this large a portion of the playerbase, and in the exact same spots, this is an sign that perhaps there should be more in-game indication of what to do in order to continue the story.

That being said with this being my only real point of complaint the quality of the rest of the game more than makes up for this, and so it is well deserving of the high score I have given it. I'm eagerly looking forward to seeing where this game continues to go in the future, as it is by far the game whose updates I'm most looking forward to on this entire website. Definitely recommended for anyone interested in something with more substance.

Played this game since version 0.2.0, i feel happy to found this game. At first, i think this is just an ordinary fap game. But after played it, the story and character are very well written. The character feeling like a real person, when the story are very interesting, with underlying things going on underneath our feet. The room with clock caught me off guard to be honest, but i don't read this game tag when i first played, so it's okay. One more thing that i like is bgm on this game, some of them are relaxing.

Used to love this game. Then, I slowly put the clues together and realized this game has you trying to fuck children. The loli tag wasn't always there and it was easy to assume they were 18+ like the game suggests. Then, they start talking about algebra 1 and you notice they don't have cars and most don't have jobs and a lot of the fans are sexualizing a character who is like 10 or 11 years old. It's fucked and gross and I regret wasting my time on this.

This is my very first VN and my first porn game. I originally came here for a good fap but I found so much more. I was completely not expecting something like this.. something this good. Saying the writing is amazing would be an understatement. I find myself caring for each and every one of these characters, so much so that I think about them and their actions/future actions when I am not playing the game. There are many other parts that get me thinking while not playing as well.. certain phrases, certain scenes that are very impactful in more than just a 'game' level. I look forward to playing this like I look forward to reading my favorite book series, it really means a lot to me. Thank you Selebus for creating something that has the power to affect me even when I am away from it.

didn't had to go this hard on the writingㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

As far as VN's go this is by far the one i enjoy the most.

The story is very interesting, some moments make you (the player, irl) perform some cyber detective work to understand more and it's always entertaining when that happens. The dev knows how to throw jokes and punches at you in a good way.

The characters somehow always find a way of making you interested in learning more about them and even characters i didn't like at first managed change my opinion the more i interacted with them.

There's a lot of attention to details and love put into this game. You should definitely give this game a try.

Quite simply, this is the best H-game I've yet come across.

The writing is top notch. I don't mean "top notch by porno standards", I mean it is legitimately really good writing. The game has aspects of an erotic hentai manga, a psychological horror thriller, and a comedy, and it manages to be above par in all the aspects. It masquerades as a fairly typical VN about fucking hot schoolgirls before you get deep enough into the story to realize it is far more than that, but even at its most superficial it still excels-- in other words, if you cut out all the great comedic dialogue and the deeper story, it'd still be a good game based purely on that outermost layer. Likewise if you dropped the sex out it'd still be a solid comedy and deeply interesting horror story.

In addition, the game has a lot of nice quality of life perks-- releases like clockwork, strong discord and wiki communities, better-than-average user interface, in-game help done in an innovative way that helps you avoid getting stuck without dropping spoilery hints, etc.

Can't recommend it enough. The game has little or no content in my top two fetishes and it's still my favorite.

This game has some of the best writing imo of any game on this site. The story is so good you'll forget you even downloaded it for the plethora of anime girls available.

Story: 10/10. Seriously, this game is an emotional roller coaster that'll take you from horny, to sad, to scared, then it'll fill you with joy and HOPE. All the characters are incredibly well written, each have their own flaws that keep them grounded and make you want to protect them for the rest of their lives.

Graphics: 10/10. All the graphics in this game are generated using Koikatsu, so you know that all the girls are going to look great, as well as the scenery.

Ecchi: 10/10. Not all the girls have sex scenes yet, but what we do see is some top notch scenes only made better by how fleshed out the characters are.

All in all, Lessons in Love is not just my favorite hentai game, but my favorite VN as well. Support this game on Selebus' Patreon, it's well worth it.

Lets start saying that im not into this Isekai waifu-senpai fetish harem thing. When someone says "sensei" i think about Miyagi and Cobra Kai, it doesnt turn me on at all.

Even so, Im inclined to like this game, i want to like this game., i mean, i live with my niece!
But So far there are only cockblocks, basically every scene so far, and the one scene that gets somewhere is a still picture with a change of face expression. Being repeatedly cockblocked is bad a mechanism, but its worst when you are finally not cockblocked and get a dissapointing scene.

Graphics are just avergae koikatsu i guess, so the girls look 10 and the teacher looks 16.

Text is a lot to read, and there are some funny momments (sort of) but after some reading, i can still not see the difference between the characters, its like the same person is speakng all the time. Theres is some exception but yet, the pattern its obvious, even in those over the top "personality" cases..

I lived with 3 younger sisters and took care of one niece and i dont feel the vibe at all here. Maybe im wrong, its a feeling after all.

The game is grindy but what i understand is that is milestone grindy, so you get some "reward scene" after reaching a number of points, so there are not any slightly different variations, which is good and also bad,depending on your tolerance.

Anyway, so far it seems there is potentially quite a lot to see and i havent seen much. If the scenes remain at this level of dissapointing, as i think they will be, its not worth the grind.

EDIT:
2 hours more of gameplay and sure There are way too much "or something" "and stuff" "or everything" "and shit" and most of the girls use them as much as the mc. They may have different backgrounds "or something lol" but they all speak the same.

Im seeing way to many "i dont remember" "its all fuzzy" moments. I get that is harder to make events that have any consequence, and make characters accountable for their actions, but going just a bit easier with it would be nice.
The writer reminds us way too many times that we are playing a game, no much room for inmersion here.
There are interupptions for every sort of thing, even pointless dialogues. In this world nobody can have a regular conversation wihtout the fear of being interrupted.

The more time i play the worst it gets, and still havent reached the payoff momments.

I really really love this game, I'm about 80% of the way through the current content and I don't want it to end. The writing is fantastic, the girls are all interesting and extremely loveable, sex scenes are sweet and romantic, humor is on point and had me cracking up on several occasions. The girls have so much personality that you don't even realize there isn't voice acting for them.

Sex animations are high-quality and super hot, though they are on the vanilla side which is perfectly fitting for the mostly pure girls you're romancing. The horror-esque parts are a nice compliment to the slice-of-life setting and I'm very curious to see where it will go in the future. Sensei can be more of an asshole than I'm comfortable with sometimes, but his intentions are never bad. Maybe I'm just jealous. Whatever consequences will happen later for his actions, I'm very afraid of. I never want to see cry again.

Best game I've downloaded on F95 by far, it's hard to believe this is 1 man putting out such fantastic and abundant content and putting 99% of VN writers to shame. I never liked gyaru girls before but Chika has completely changed my perception with how sweet and caring she is. Sana and Kaori are my absolute favorites and I can't wait for more events with them.

Selebus is truly a master of anime girl romance 10/10

1. Art 5/5
2. Sound 4/5
3. Gameplay 1/5

Gameplay is 1/5 because you have no clues or suggestions on how to proceed. If your just playing this game for the first time forget it. Only that have been playing since day 1 has any clue as they have already done all the past events but for someone that is just starting forget it! It's not possible unless you want to spend days and days in a single game when there is better games out there with goals built into the game. This is just a random guessing game that ends up no fun after hours of repetitive tasks.

I have not yet completed all of the current content, but I'm in the process of it, and I realised because I've loved playing it that I may as well write a review for it now.

The good points:

1. The story is compelling, and it's because of the self aware and creative writing style. It feels a bit similar to Deadpool in that it has humour and it likes to break the 4th wall quite often. It's quite intelligent, it has flair, and because of the long length of the story, it allows the characters to develop massively along the way. This makes the story feel very special. Both the main story and the stories for individual characters have been very unique, and a lot of it is down to the way it is written.
2. The characters are very relatable and very likeable. If you don't like one character, there will be one or more that you love, having said that I love pretty much all of them. Because of the good storytelling, it makes you feel very close to the characters in the story, and as well as that they're all very cute, which is a bonus point.
3. Topics that aren't usually inside these games, are explored in this game. For this reason it stands out when something happens, because you know it has more of a purpose that simply to get closer to eventually f*cking a character. A lot of games lack this, the topics of those games are bland and don't trigger your emotions, and every event has only one purpose, but for me this game triggered many happy moments in me. It makes you consider things that you might not think about all the time. And it makes you self reflect, which is something I love to do.
4. The music is fantastic. They have a lot of different songs for the game, and needless to say it really gives the game its personality. Each character has different music, different scenes have their own sounds, and overall the audio side to the game is very well put together.
5. The animations create some really good scenes. The still images are nice, but when you can replay the scenes with the animations they're top tier in terms of quality. The visuals are really fresh on them and the movement is smooth, it couldn't really be better.
6. The length of the game is fantastic, as well. I personally prefer longer games, because you can feel like the character when you play them. It's a much better experience than simply watching a random guy sleep with his entire family in the space of two days, I genuinely love how much content this game already has in it, and in reality I believe it's only been developed in this year so the developer needs a lot of praise for that. They've done so much already, and they have a long way to go. And that, brings me onto my next point.
7. The amount of updates too, is great. We've been blessed with a developer of game that both has a high level of talent, but also has a very strong motivation and passion for the project. I can't wait to play this game again when it's finished, it for sure I have no doubt it will be the best game of this website that I've ever played.

The bad points:

1. Honestly, none that I have discovered. I will say this, I was stuck on a part of the story and I thought I'd made a massive mistake and broken the game forever, but thankfully I managed to get through the stage and continue. I was wondering if I had to start all over again, but I suppose it was intended for me to feel like that. But other than that I've found no negatives yet within this game, and that wasn't really a negative anyway.

Summary:
I'm glad I waited a while to play this game. I say that because I wanted to play it when it first came out, but also I wanted to wait until it was further developed to see what the game was capable of. Needless to say, the games been a very good experience to play, and I'm glad I've got to see all of the content that I have. It is my favourite game on here, and there are a few others that I love. But this is a level above the others. Now, I can't wait to finish it and then wait a little longer for its next updates. In reality I hope this game can carry on forever, and maybe that would be selfish of me. But is that really so bad?