Eventually the Black Nest Society are found to be at it again, and the now nine-member Flower Troupe is called upon to save the capital once more. Ohgami returns to the theater from a one-year deployment aboard a Navy ship, and finds most of the Flower Troupe away on various business. Two new arrivals, Italian prodigy Orihime Soletta, and German girl Reni Milchstrasse, have joined the Imperial Revue.
The biggest addition to the game, of course, is the expanded cast of heroines. It began the tradition of using a historical, poetic quotation as a subtitle this time being Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare (“Beloved, You Must Not Die”) – from a controversial wartime poem by Akiko Yosano. The limited edition came with a thick pamphlet and a poster. It remains the breakout hit of the series, selling over half a million copies – this also makes it the #2 best-selling gal game title of all time, behind Tokimeki Memorial. This much-anticipated sequel was released for Saturn in April of 1998.
