Magical Diary

Year: 2011

Publisher: Hanako Games

Developer: Hanako Games

Genre: Visual novel

Platform: PC/Mac

Magical Diary

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Magical Diary, released in 2011 for PCs and Macs, is a visual novel fantasy video game following a freshman girl attending a magic academy. Magical Diary uses anime-style art but is English language. Players read through the game’s story in a “Choose Your Own Adventure”-esque format, making decisions at key points to affect the overall outcome. Players can customize a female student. Through the character of their choice, they make new friends, learn spells, take exams in dungeons, run for student council, and date.

LGBTQ references in this game:

Same-sex romance

See also QRM’s entry for this game.

Citations:

1. Magical Diary. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Diary