Modern-Day Office Otome ‘Sympathy Kiss’ Reveals Opening Trailer

Idea Factory International has recently revealed the opening trailer for the Idea Factory-developed otome game Sympathy Kiss. The opening trailer introduces the love interests, the voice cast, and also features the BYE MY LIFE/FOUND MY LOVE feat. Arata Sugimoto theme song by GENIC PALLET. The game will be available both physically and digitally in North America and Europe in 2024 on Nintendo Switch. Details about the Limited Edition will be revealed at a later date.

The publisher has also released some new screenshots. You can view them in our gallery below:

Sympathy Kiss is a thrilling office romance and slice-of-life drama where business and pleasure mix in. Explore your career opportunities and work with up to six love interests. See through the eyes of a Japanese career woman and experience full immersion in a contemporary workplace setting where the fantasy can be found in the break room.

The story takes place about a year after the protagonist Akari Amasawa started her new job as a designer at Estario, a mobile app maker. While she doesn’t dislike her job, she’s not deeply passionate about it either. After her yearly performance review, she’s given the opportunity to join the Estarci team.

The company’s namesake app, Estarci, is a news app that made a big splash when it launched, but has since fallen behind rival apps, including apps run by Estario itself. Management has decided to give the app one last chance before shutting it down for good, and Akari and all of her new co-workers will need to give it their all to save the app from the chopping block.

Will Akari find true love? Will she find what it is she wants to do in life? Will the app get shut down? Wait, was Akari only given this opportunity because the company was looking for an excuse to fire her?!

You can watch the opening movie trailer below: