---
title: "BITTERSWEET FOOLS"
description: "This is the first game of minori.  The protagonist is Alan, a former mafia assassin. He was required to go into hiding after a job and is now living in Florence"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/30/87730.jpg"
---

# BITTERSWEET FOOLS

![BITTERSWEET FOOLS](https://t.vndb.org/cv/30/87730.jpg)

**Aliases:** ビタースイートフールズ

**Developer:** minori

**Release date:** Aug 31, 2001

**Platform:** Windows, GBA, PS2, DRC

**Language:** English, Japanese

**Rating:** 6.7/10 (36 votes)

## Description
This is the first game of [minori](/p27).

The protagonist is [Alan](/c56193), a former mafia assassin. He was required to go into hiding after a job and is now living in Florence, Italy. His days of peace and quiet comes to an end when he meets with the granddaughter of a mafia leader...

[Edited and translated from [the official page](http://www.minori.ph/lineup/bsf/story.html)]

## Characters
### Alan (アラン)
The protagonist. A former mafia assasin.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Allan
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Straight
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult
- **Clothes:** Coat
- **Personality:** Stoic, Kind, Smart, Serious
- **Role:** Mafia, Assassin, Not a Virgin, Italian
- **Voiced by:** Tsuru Hiroyuki

### Palermo (パレルモ)
He's in a team with Eliche and Siena. He found Lenie lying on the street and took her with him.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Blond, Short
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Clothes:** Trousers, Glasses
- **Personality:** Kind, Protective
- **Voiced by:** Hamada Kenji

### Francesca (フランチェスカ)
A girl, which is looking for Lenie, since she's her only friend and the one who understood her.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Waist Length+, Straight
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Clothes:** Dress, Thigh-high Stockings, Clothing with Ribbons
- **Personality:** Stoic, Spoiled, Arrogant, Short-tempered
- **Role:** Friend, Wealthy, Italian, Ojousama
- **Voiced by:** Kogure Ema

### Lenie (レーニエ)
Her plan is to escape from Francesca. She arrived to Florence and due to not having money she quickly became unable to move because of hunger. Lenie was found by Palermo on the street.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Regnie
- **Hair:** White, Shoulder-length, Short, Straight
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale, Short
- **Eyes:** Grey
- **Clothes:** Dress, Stockings
- **Personality:** Stoic, Shy, Friendly, Kind
- **Role:** Girlfriend, Friend, Poor, Italian, Runaway
- **Subject of:** Teasing
- **Voiced by:** Hasegawa Tomoko

### Tea (ティ)
A girl who decided to live with Alan. Although she was living in a spoiled atmosphere, Tea has a bright and gentle personality.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blond, Waist Length+, Straight
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** Dress, Headband, Knee-high Socks, Maid's Dress
- **Personality:** Spoiled, Shy, Friendly, Refined, Kind
- **Role:** Granddaughter, Girlfriend, Wealthy, Italian, Ojousama
- **Engages in:** Cleaning
- **Subject of:** Teasing, Piggyback Ride
- **Voiced by:** Kouzuki Miwa

### Eriche (エリチェ)
Palermo's colleague, a former police officer; he is the oldest from the trio. Erice is in charge of procurement and maintenance of weapons.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Elice
- **Hair:** Black
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Subject of:** Injury
- **Personality:** Quiet
- **Voiced by:** Okuda Keijin

### Foliphe (フォリフェ)
One of the oldest prostitutes (although she looks like a little boy), the popular diva of the opera association.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Short, Straight
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale, Younger Appearance, Androgynous
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Clothes:** Shirt
- **Personality:** Stoic, Smart
- **Role:** Prostitute, Not a Virgin, Popular
- **Voiced by:** Asano Ruri

### Lepre (レプレ)
A member of the terror organization. Her real name is Migiri.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Migiri
- **Hair:** Black, Waist Length+, Straight
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Clothes:** Coat, Ribbon Hair Tie
- **Personality:** Secretive, Stoic, Pretending, Mysterious
- **Role:** Mafia, Italian
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved
- **Voiced by:** Kouda Kaho

### Luca (ルカ)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Ruca
- **Role:** Mafia, Older Brother
- **Engages in:** Parricide
- **Voiced by:** Hamada Kenji

### Matthew (マシュウ)
- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Hair:** Black, White
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Role:** Cat, Pet, Heir
- **Body:** Fur, Claw, Furry Tail
- **Clothes:** Pet Collar

### Moris (モーリス)
He's Alan's boss and gives him orders in a restaurant or through mail.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Aliases:** Morris, ニコラ, Nicola
- **Hair:** White
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Clothes:** Necktie
- **Subject of:** Disappearance
- **Voiced by:** Okuda Keijin

### Olmina (オルミナ)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blond, Waist Length+
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Clothes:** Dress
- **Role:** Writer, Thief
- **Voiced by:** Kogure Ema

### Seth (セス)
He's helping Francesca with finding Lenie.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** White
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Role:** Full Brother, Undead
- **Personality:** Mysterious
- **Voiced by:** Oohashi Takamasa

### Siena (シエナ)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Waist Length+, Straight
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult
- **Clothes:** Coat, Blouse
- **Role:** Full Sister, Italian, Older Sister
- **Personality:** Protective
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved
- **Voiced by:** Asano Ruri

### Solino (ソリノ)
A shop clerk at a flower shop on the first floor of an apartment where Alan lodged. She's attending painting schools and is aiming for drawing. Born in a godly Christian family, Solino believes in Catholicism.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Straight
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Eyes:** Grey
- **Personality:** Friendly, Kind, Energetic
- **Role:** Daughter, Full Sister, Italian, Shop Clerk, Living Alone
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved, Drawing
- **Voiced by:** Okada Junko

### Sugar (シュガー)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** ジガー
- **Traits:** 
- **Voiced by:** Takase Akimitsu

### Vanya (ワーニャ)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Mafia, Russian
- **Subject of:** Blindness
- **Voiced by:** Takase Akimitsu

### Yurn (ユーン)
A girl who looks like a boy and who just became a prostitute, waiting for a customer now. Also suffers from androphobia.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Straight
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale, Androgynous
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Clothes:** Shirt
- **Personality:** Stoic, Shy, Kind
- **Role:** Daughter, Prostitute, Poor, Not a Virgin, Italian
- **Subject of:** Androphobia
- **Voiced by:** Kadowaki Mai

### Kirie (キリエ)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Traits:** 

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://www.minori.ph/lineup/bsf/index.html)
- [Getchu](http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=214261)

## Releases
### Japanese
- **2001-08-31**: BITTERSWEET FOOLS - First Press Edition - [Official website](http://www.minori.ph/lineup/bsf/index.html), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=1569), [Getchu](http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=6604)
- **2002-08-29**: The Ren'ai Adventure: BITTERSWEET FOOLS - [Official website](http://www.d3p.co.jp/s_20dc/s20dc_001.html), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=5488), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/7049a0), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/7023lw)
- **2002-09-12**: The Ren'ai Adventure: BITTERSWEET FOOLS - [Official website](http://www.d3p.co.jp/s_20/s20_009.html), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=5671)
- **2003-02-05**: BITTERSWEET FOOLS - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20030216180426/http://www.inside-cap.com:80/bsf/index.htm)
- **2005-12-28**: BITTERSWEET FOOLS - Regular Edition - [Official website](http://www.minori.ph/lineup/bsf/index.html), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=1569), [Getchu](http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=214261)
- **2019-04-12**: BITTERSWEET FOOLS - Download Edition - [Official website](http://www.minori.ph/lineup/bsf/index.html), [DMM](https://dlsoft.dmm.co.jp/detail/minori_0008/)

### English
- **2015-07-12**: BITTERSWEET FOOLS - [Official website](https://chillock.wordpress.com/2015/07/12/bittersweet-fools-english-translation-episode-1/)

## Tags
ADV, Romance, Male Protagonist, Modern Day, Drama, Loli Heroine, Lolicon, Ojousama Heroine, Low Sexual Content, Branching Plot, Arrogant Heroine, Protagonist with Sexual Experience, Assassin Protagonist, Protagonist with a Face, Defloration, Foreigner Heroine, Blowjob, White Haired Heroine, Europe, Poor Heroine, Serious Protagonist, Cowgirl, Italian Mafia, Protagonist with a Sprite, Modern Day Europe, Single Blowjob, Straight Lolicon, Food Discussions, Italy

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