---
title: "That Bitter Taste"
description: "Lane's daily life as a mortician is busy; there's always new \"guests\" to receive into the morgue, bodies to cremate and embalm, funerals to arrange, distraught "
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/22/30122.jpg"
---

# That Bitter Taste

![That Bitter Taste](https://t.vndb.org/cv/22/30122.jpg)

**Developer:** Avior

**Release date:** Aug 7, 2016

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 5.9/10 (8 votes)

## Description
Lane's daily life as a mortician is busy; there's always new "guests" to receive into the morgue, bodies to cremate and embalm, funerals to arrange, distraught family members to comfort… at the end of the day, he just wants to sit down with his television and a drink.

Unfortunately, things are never quite as easy as that. Lane is sick, and not in any particularly simple way; he has an otherwise unheard of condition, one that causes his body to be deficient in certain proteins only found in human flesh. To put it gently… his choice of profession was no coincidence.

His only hope is an old legend that he has held onto throughout his life: The one who loves you can save you, if only you can receive them. He doesn't know where it came from, or what it means, but it may prove to be a greater burden than he can afford to bear…

That Bitter Taste is a short, gay dating sim about an unfortunate cannibal. It was created for Yaoi Jam 2016.

[From [itch.io](https://avior.itch.io/that-bitter-taste)]

## Characters
### Lane
A man in his late twenties, Lane works as a mortician and is often misunderstood because of his excessively dry humor.

[From [url=https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=39807]Lemma Soft Forums[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Short
- **Body:** Young-adult
- **Clothes:** Glasses
- **Engages in:** Cannibalism
- **Role:** Homosexual

### Parker
A friend of Lane’s; they met when they were both in college and have dated off and on since then. He's kind but has a weak constitution.

[From [url=https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=39807]Lemma Soft Forums[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Body:** Young-adult, Dark
- **Subject of:** Death, Illness

### Thomas
He meets Lane at the bar one night. He's a little annoying, but endearing somehow. It seems he knows something he shouldn't...

[From [url=https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=39807]Lemma Soft Forums[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Body:** Young-adult
- **Role:** Musician
- **Subject of:** Death

## Shops
- [Itch](https://avior.itch.io/that-bitter-taste)

## Releases
### English
- **2016-08-07**: That Bitter Taste - [Itch.io](https://avior.itch.io/that-bitter-taste)

## Tags
ADV, Male Protagonist, Adult Protagonist, Multiple Endings, Early Branching Plot, Protagonist with Glasses, Protagonist with a Face, Side Portraits, Cannibalism, Adult Hero, Death of Hero, Musician Hero, Boy x Boy Romance Only, Yaoi Game Jam, Homosexual Male Protagonist

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- [That Bitter Taste](https://pinovel.net/v19828)
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- [B.A.T.](https://pinovel.net/v21877)
- [Weltschmerz](https://pinovel.net/v35733)

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*View the full details at [pinovel.net/v19828](https://pinovel.net/v19828).*

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