---
title: "Refinery"
description: "Nineteen-year-old artist Kouro Tomomi is bored and restless. She's tired of life in her small, slow-moving Hokkaido hometown. But her plans to study at a presti"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/71/40471.jpg"
---

# Refinery

![Refinery](https://t.vndb.org/cv/71/40471.jpg)

**Developer:** Feral Phoenix

**Release date:** Jan 1, 2017

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English, Japanese

**Rating:** 7.0/10 (avg, 2 votes)

## Description
Nineteen-year-old artist Kouro Tomomi is bored and restless. She's tired of life in her small, slow-moving Hokkaido hometown. But her plans to study at a prestigious art college and break into the architectural and landscape design field were sidelined by a rude shock that impacted her on both a mental and physical level. Treading the worn path of routine at her parents' house and her part-time job at a local home and gardening store, she feels frozen in place, trapped—that it's still too early for anyone to buy her services landscaping is not helping.

But then one day early in May, a strange young man calling himself Kuro Daiya comes to Tomomi's workplace. Everything from his hair to his beloved motorcycle stands out a mile in this town. And early in the season though it may be, he has his heart set on setting up a garden for his new house—

[From [Itch.io](https://feralphoenix.itch.io/refinery)]

## Characters
### Kouro Tomomi (紅露 朋峰)
Tomomi is an aspiring artist who would be in college studying architecture and landscape design right now if not for a certain incident.

She's always had a pretty low tolerance for nonsense, but recent events have left her especially irritable. But at heart she's serious and responsible, and has a knack for reading people when she puts her mind to it.

Her hobbies are painting scenery and listening to indie music.

(from [url=https://dialoguelostloop.tumblr.com/refinery]official tumblr[/url])

- **Gender:** Female
- **Measurements:** Height: 168cm
- **Birthday:** 11 April
- **Hair:** Brown, Waist Length+
- **Eyes:** Red
- **Clothes:** Jeans, Hoodie
- **Personality:** Boku
- **Subject of:** Clinical Depression, Psychological Trauma, Betrayal
- **Role:** Senpai, University Student, Bisexual, Part-time Worker
- **Engages in:** Gardening, Unarmed Fighting

### Ariake Natsuko (有明 夏呼)
Tomomi's former best friend since elementary school. She has already left the prefecture to go to art college, and has not spoken to Tomomi since a certain incident.

A budding fashion designer with impeccable taste; well aware of her own beauty and a little vain. She was also the vice captain of the archery team in high school.

First became friends with Tomomi over the unusual writing of both of their given names.

(from [url=https://dialoguelostloop.tumblr.com/refinery]tumblr[/url])

- **Gender:** Female
- **Measurements:** Height: 164cm
- **Hair:** Black, Shoulder-length, Curly
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Role:** Childhood Friend, University Student
- **Body:** Mole
- **Engages in:** Betrayal, Unwilling Betrayal
- **Personality:** Watashi
- **Subject of:** Betrayal

### Hiki Shiu (飛気 紫羽)
Star of the track team and loyal choir member, Shiu is also Tomomi's best friend and staunchest supporter. She is a year younger than Tomomi, and in her final year of high school.

Silly, playful, and a great lover of all kinds of fantasy. She's no good at ad-libbing, but seems to enjoy it nevertheless.

She dyes streaks in her hair to make a visual pun on the kanji in her name.

(from [url=https://dialoguelostloop.tumblr.com/refinery]tumblr[/url])

- **Gender:** Female
- **Measurements:** Height: 161cm
- **Birthday:** 1 May
- **Hair:** Black, Violet, Dyed
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, T-shirt, Bell (accessory), Ribbon Hair Accessory
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Role:** Kouhai, Homosexual, Older Sister, School Athletic Club Member, Twelfth Grader
- **Personality:** Loyal, Atashi

### Kuro Daiya (黒 ダイヤ)
Daiya is a strange young man who has just moved to Tomomi's hometown. Though it's still a bit cold for serious planting work, he hires Tomomi to landscape his new house nonetheless.

He is cheerful, earnest, spacey, and innocent. As such, his personality sticks out almost as much as his looks. What's his deal?

Flowers and his motorcycle are the great loves of his life.

(from [url=https://dialoguelostloop.tumblr.com/refinery]tumblr[/url])

- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 188cm
- **Birthday:** 10 February
- **Hair:** Blond, Shoulder-length
- **Eyes:** Amber, Tsurime
- **Body:** Tattoo, Older Appearance, Tall
- **Clothes:** Earrings
- **Personality:** Ore, Friendly, Naive, Mysterious
- **Subject of:** Injury
- **Role:** Superhuman, Construct, Pyrokinetic
- **Engages in:** Unarmed Fighting

## Shops
- [Itch](https://feralphoenix.itch.io/refinery)

## Releases
### English
- **2014-05-01**: Refinery (demo) - [Itch.io](https://feralphoenix.itch.io/refinery)
- **2017-01-01**: Refinery (main story edition) - [Itch.io](https://feralphoenix.itch.io/refinery)
- **2017-07-07**: Refinery (Landscape edition) - [Itch.io](https://feralphoenix.itch.io/refinery)
- **2018-07-07**: Refinery - [Itch.io](https://feralphoenix.itch.io/refinery)
- **2021-12-08**: Refinery - [Itch.io](https://feralphoenix.itch.io/refinery)

### Japanese
- **2021-12-08**: Refinery JPN (demo) - [Itch.io](https://feralphoenix.itch.io/refinery)

## Tags
NVL, Science Fiction, Female Protagonist, Modern Day, Drama, Violence, No Sexual Content, Love Triangle, Slice of Life Drama, Protagonist with Psychological Problems, Artist Protagonist, Kinetic Novel, Friendship, Protagonist with a Face, Plants & Flowers, Bonus Side Stories, Unlockable Bonus Content, Modern Day Hokkaido, Bisexual Protagonist, Friendship Route, Music Recollection

## More Games from Feral Phoenix
- [Refinery](https://pinovel.net/v26947)

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